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New York Quiz: 15 Questions on NYC and New York State
New York City appears on the Bing homepage all year round, from the Brooklyn Bridge in winter to Central Park in autumn. This quiz has 15 questions on the city's boroughs, landmarks and history, plus a few on the rest of New York State.
Each answer comes with a short explanation.
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Pick A, B or C for each question. The right answer turns green and a short fact explains it.
All 15 questions and answers
Every question with its answer and explanation. Open “Show answer” after you guess.
1 How many boroughs does New York City have?
- A Four
- B Five
- C Six
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✓ Answer: B. Five
Did you know? They are Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island.
2 What was New York City called when it was a Dutch colony?
- A New Utrecht
- B New Holland
- C New Amsterdam
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✓ Answer: C. New Amsterdam
Did you know? The English took over and renamed it in 1664.
3 Which region of New York State is famous for its long, narrow glacial lakes?
- A The Finger Lakes
- B The Thousand Islands
- C The Hudson Valley
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✓ Answer: A. The Finger Lakes
Did you know? The eleven Finger Lakes were carved by glaciers and are known for their vineyards.
4 Which park, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, is in the middle of Manhattan?
- A Bryant Park
- B Prospect Park
- C Central Park
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✓ Answer: C. Central Park
Did you know? Olmsted and Vaux later designed Prospect Park in Brooklyn as well.
5 When did the Brooklyn Bridge open?
- A 1931
- B 1883
- C 1910
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✓ Answer: B. 1883
Did you know? It was the longest suspension bridge in the world when it opened.
6 Which island was the main U.S. immigration station from 1892 to 1954?
- A Ellis Island
- B Staten Island
- C Roosevelt Island
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✓ Answer: A. Ellis Island
Did you know? About 12 million immigrants passed through it.
7 Which famous street is the heart of New York's theater district?
- A Fifth Avenue
- B Wall Street
- C Broadway
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✓ Answer: C. Broadway
Did you know? Broadway theaters are mostly around Times Square in Midtown Manhattan.
8 What is New York City's most famous nickname?
- A The Windy City
- B The Big Apple
- C The Big Easy
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✓ Answer: B. The Big Apple
Did you know? The Windy City is Chicago and the Big Easy is New Orleans.
9 Which New York skyscraper was the world's tallest building from 1931 to 1970?
- A Chrysler Building
- B Woolworth Building
- C Empire State Building
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✓ Answer: C. Empire State Building
Did you know? It was built in just over a year.
10 Which natural wonder does New York share with the Canadian province of Ontario?
- A The Thousand Islands
- B Lake Champlain
- C Niagara Falls
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✓ Answer: C. Niagara Falls
Did you know? Niagara Falls State Park, opened in 1885, is the oldest state park in the U.S.
11 Which baseball team plays in the Bronx?
- A Brooklyn Cyclones
- B New York Yankees
- C New York Mets
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✓ Answer: B. New York Yankees
Did you know? The Mets play in Queens.
12 On which island is Times Square?
- A Staten Island
- B Long Island
- C Manhattan
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✓ Answer: C. Manhattan
Did you know? The New Year's Eve ball drop there has been held since 1907.
13 What connects Staten Island and Manhattan for free, 24 hours a day?
- A A subway tunnel
- B A ferry
- C A cable car
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✓ Answer: B. A ferry
Did you know? The Staten Island Ferry passes close to the Statue of Liberty.
14 Which mountain range in New York State is home to Lake Placid?
- A The Adirondacks
- B The Catskills
- C The Poconos
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✓ Answer: A. The Adirondacks
Did you know? Lake Placid hosted the Winter Olympics in 1932 and 1980.
15 Which New York museum is known as 'the Met'?
- A The Guggenheim
- B The Museum of Modern Art
- C The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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✓ Answer: C. The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Did you know? It is on Fifth Avenue, on the eastern edge of Central Park.
NYC in a few facts
New York City is made up of five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island. It was founded by the Dutch as New Amsterdam and renamed New York in 1664, after the Duke of York. It was also the first capital of the United States under the Constitution, where George Washington took the oath of office in 1789.
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