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I am still stuck on 8...

Largest Cities of the World - by population - and the city where I live isn't on here ...

NOTE: Numbers shown include population within the recognized metro area of the city, and they include
people living in the immediate surrounding area outside of the established border of the city.

All countries of the world - by population here!

Capital cities of the world - with population here!

1. Tokyo, Japan - 28,025,000
2. Mexico City, Mexico - 18,131,000
3. Mumbai, India - 18,042,000
4. Sáo Paulo, Brazil - 17, 711,000
5. New York City, USA - 16,626,000
6. Shanghai, China - 14,173,000
7. Lagos, Nigeria - 13,488,000
8. Los Angeles, USA - 13,129,000
9. Calcutta, India - 12,900,000
10. Buenos Aires, Argentina - 12,431,000
11. Seóul, South Korea - 12,215,000
12. Beijing, China - 12,033,000
13. Karachi, Pakistan - 11,774,000
14. Delhi, India - 11,680,000
15. Dhaka, Bangladesh - 10,979,000
16. Manila, Philippines - 10,818,000
17. Cairo, Egypt - 10,772,000
18. Õsaka, Japan - 10,609,000
19. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 10,556,000
20. Tianjin, China - 10,239,000

21. Jakarta, Indonesia - 9,815,000
22. Paris, France - 9,638,000
23. Istanbul, Turkey - 9,413,000
24. Moscow, Russian Fed. - 9,299,000
25. London, United Kingdom - 7,640,000
26. Lima, Peru - 7,443,000
27. Tehrãn, Iran - 7,380,000
28. Bangkok, Thailand - 7,221,000
29. Chicago, USA - 6,945,000
30. Bogotá, Colombia - 6,834,000

31. Hyderabad, India - 6,833,000
32. Chennai, India - 6,639,000
33. Essen, Germany - 6,559,000
34. Hangzhou, China - 6,389,000
35. Hong Kong, China - 6,097,000
36. Lahore, Pakistan - 6,030,000
37. Shenyang, China - 5,681,000
38. Changchun, China - 5,566,000
39. Bangalore, India - 5,544,000
40. Harbin, China - 5,475,000

41. Chengdu, China - 5,293,000
42. Santiago, Chile - 5,261,000
43. Guangzhou, China - 5,162,000
44. St. Petersburg, Russian Fed. - 5,132,000
45. Kinshasa, DRC - 5,068,000
46. Baghdãd, Iraq - 4,796,000
47. Jinan, China - 4,789,000
48. Wuhan, China - 4,750,000
49. Toronto, Canada - 4,657,000
50. Yangon, Myanmar (Burma) - 4,458,000

51. Alger, Algeria - 4,447,000
52. Philadelphia, USA - 4,398,000
53. Qingdao, China - 4,376,000
54. Milano, Italy - 4,251,000
55. Pusan, South Korea - 4,239,000
56. Belo Horizonte, Brazil - 4,160,000
57. Almadabad, India - 4,154,000
58. Madrid, Spain - 4,072,000
59. San Francisco, USA - 4,051,000
60. Alexandria, Egypt - 3,995,000
61. Washington DC, USA - 3,927,000
62. Houston, USA - 3,918,000
63. Dallas, USA - 3,912,000
64. Guadalajara, Mexico - 3,908,000
65. Chongging, China - 3,896,000
66. Medellin, Colombia - 3,831,000
67. Detroit, USA - 3,785,000
68. Handan, China - 3,763,000
69. Frankfurt, Germany - 3,700,000
70. Porto Alegre, Brazil - 3,699,000

71. Hanoi, Vietnam - 3,678,000
72. Sydney, Australia - 3,665,000
73. Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep. - 3,601,000
74. Singapore, Singapore - 3,587,000
75. Casablanca, Morocco - 3,535,000
76. Katowice, Poland - 3,488,000
77. Pune, India - 3,485,000
78. Bangdung, Indonesia - 3,420,000
79. Monterrey, Mexico - 3,416,000
80. Montréal, Canada - 3,401,000

81. Nagoya, Japan - 3,377,000
82. Nanjing, China - 3,375,000
83. Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire - 3,359,000
84. Xi'an, China - 3,352,000
85. Berlin, Germany - 3,337,000
86. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - 3,328,000
87. Recife, Brazil - 3,307,000
88. Dusseldorf, Germany - 3,251,000
89. Ankara, Turkey - 3,190,000
90. Melbourne, Australia - 3,188,000

91. Salvador, Brazil - 3,180,000
92. Dalian, China - 3,153,000
93. Caracas, Venezuela - 3,153,000
94. Adis Abeba, Ethiopia - 3,112,000
95. Athina, Greece - 3,103,000
96. Cape Town, South Africa - 3,092,000
97. Koln, Germany - 3.067,000
98. Maputo, Mozambique - 3,017,000
99. Napoli, Italy - 3,012,000
100. Fortaleza, Brazil - 3,007,000




Sources: U.S. Census Bureau and Times Atlas of the World, tenth edition





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Mame, Another trivia for the books; I visited 41 of the 100 on your list.

Wow... that's fantastic, CI...I envy you. You'll have to do a post about your travels... I'd love to read it.

Mame, Be my guest. http://www.able2know.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=70607&start=0

Here's a previous one from my cruise on the Med last November - if interested. http://www.able2know.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=62770&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=10

Thanks for the list, c.i.. I guess one's source is everything- I just was counted wrong in a trivia contest last week for saying that Tokyo was the largest city in the world (they said Bombay/Mumbai). Of course, they also claimed that the character "Puck" was from Shakespeare's "The Tempest" (Puck was in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Ariel was in The Tempest)

Equus, Not my list; it belongs to Mame. Tokyo has been number one forever in my mind. At least some things that stick in my grey matter are true! LOL

Sorry, Mame- I should have given you credit. Oops.

I'm so happy - I just got a "9" on the movie quiz I mentioned above!! There are no gimmie questions...

Here's an interesting one - and it's certainly trivial!

I was looking at an old Canberra street directory this morning. Canberra is the capital of Australia, populated largely by public servants. It is a fast-growing city and new tracts of land are often opened for housing. I noticed two new planned adjoining suburbs named Harrison and Forde.

Does anyone know of any similar combinations?

Today's tough movie question (from the game I mentioned before):

"In what film does Tom Cruise's cousin, William Mapother, star?"

[No IMDB, please ]

As an aside, can you believe that Tom started out with that last name?

Not quite as amazing- but within a mile from my house is the intersection of Russell Street and Johnson Drive - Russell Johnson was the actor who played the Professor on Gilligan's Island and was in many old Sci Fi movies.

Wow! I cheated and googled. Won't give it away. I had no idea he was Cruise's cousin.

I know... I never would have guessed either...

Today's question (I just took the quiz again)...

In what 2004 film do several characters of different racial backgrounds collide in one incident, teaching them something about societal stereotypes?

Guesses?

Tokyo is not a city, but a prefecture, the most populated urban area on earth.

Attila the Hun
453 AD --- bled to death from a nosebleed on his wedding night.

Alexander I of Greece - king of the Hellenes 1917-20
1920 --- died October 25, from blood poisoning after being bitten by his gardener's pet monkey.

I don't know of any movies - but wasn't he Ethan in LOST?

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Good ones Mame!
(And you didn't make them up!)

I had a real giggle at the thought of big, tough, conquerer of the world, I Am The Greatest, He Man, et al Attila carking it through a nose bleed.

My favorite death: The Greek Playwright Aeschylus (456 BCE) was killed by a falling turtle. Apparently, sea birds had picked up the turtle, and mistaking Aeschylus' bald head for a pointy rock, tried to open the turtle by dropping it on him.

2004? Don't know.