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Learn fun facts about New York City!

1. Question: What is the name of a free ferry service that provides a great view of the Statue of Liberty?

Answer: Staten Island ferry.

2. Question: Which is the largest New York City borough in terms of its total area?

Answer: Queens.

3. Question: Which is the least populated borough in New York City?

Answer: Staten Island.

4. Question: In which New York City borough could you find the largest metropolitan zoo in the USA?

Answer: The Bronx.

5. Question: Which New York City borough is connected with Jersey City and New Jersey

through the Holland Tunnel?

Answer: Manhattan.

6. Question: Which is the most densely populated borough in New York City?

Answer: Manhattan.

7. Question: How many boroughs are there in New York City?

Answer: Five.

8. Question: Which among the five New York City boroughs is situated on the southern end?

Answer: Staten Island.

9. Where is the largest park in New York City located?

Answer: The Bronx.

10. Question: Which New York City borough has the largest area on the US mainland?

Answer: The Bronx.

11. Question: Which borough occupies the northernmost position of New York City?

Answer: The Bronx.

12. Question: In which borough are the two airports of the New York metropolitan area located?

Answer: Queens.

13. Question: What is the name of the bridge that connects Manhattan with Brooklyn?

Answer: The Manhattan Bridge.

14. Question: Which borough is located on the eastern side of New York City?

Answer: Queens.

15. Question: Which borough occupies the least position in terms of its area?

Answer: Manhattan.

16. Question: Where is Liberty Island and the Statue of Liberty located?

Answer: Manhattan.

17. In which New York City borough is the death rate higher than the birth rate?

Answer: Queens

18. Question: Which is said to be the poorest borough in New York City?

Answer: The Bronx.

19. Question: Which is the richest borough in New York City?

Answer: Staten Island.

20. Question: Who was the person behind the idea of the name The Bronx?

Answer: Jonas Bronck.

21. Question: What is the Bronx famous for?

Answer: Baseball.

22. Question: Which New York City borough is home to the largest landfill on the eastern coast?

Answer: Staten Island.

23. Question: In which borough is Harlem situated?

Answer: Manhattan.

24. Question: Which borough provides the most affordable living conditions?

Answer: The Bronx.

25. Question: Which one considered being the best borough in New York?

Answer: Brooklyn.

26. Question: To which sport does the term big apple refer to?

Answer: Horse racing.

27. Question: In which year was the oldest building in New York City building?

Answer: 1642.

28. What is the favorite pastime of New Yorkers in central park?

Answer: Birdwatching.

29. Question: What was the previous color of the yellow-colored cabs in New York City?

Answer: Red and green.

30. Question: In which year did the first American pizza joint start working in New York City?

Answer: 1905.

31. Question: Where is the smallest church in the world situated?

Answer: Oneida, New York City.

32. Question: Who was assassinated in the Audubon Auditorium in Manhattan?

Answer: Malcolm X.

33. Question: Who is the only US president to be buried in NYC?

Answers: Ulysses S. Grant.

34. Question: From which New York City landmark did the subway system started its journey?

Answer: City Hall.

35. Question: In which decade did the Harlem renaissance begin in New York City?

Answer: 1910s.

36. Question: The world-famous Times Square is named after which popular newspaper?

Answer: New York Times.

37. Question: In which year was the Brooklyn Bridge build on the East river?

Answer: 1883.

38. Question: When was New York City founded?

Answer: 1624

39. Question: What is the former name of New York City?

Answer: New Amsterdam.

40. Question: What is the name of the birthplace of the gay rights movement in Manhattan?

Answer: The Stonewall Inn.

41. Question: What are the words imprinted on the top left-side corner of all New York Times

newspapers?

Answer: 'All the news that's fit to print'.

42. Question: Who was the New York City named after?

Answer: James Stewart, the Duke of York.

43. Question: A safe deposit box in New York City preserves the eyeballs of which famous

scientist?

Answer: Albert Einstein.

44. Question: In which year was the JP Morgan Bank destroyed by terrorists?

Answer: 1920.

45. Question: Who spent money on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty?

Answer: New York residents.

46. Question: Which historical bar was not open to women until the 1970s?

Answer: McSorley's Ale House.

47. Question: Which year witnessed the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire that ultimately led to a

massive revolution in the workplace?

Answer: 1911.

48. Question: When did the New York subway system start its journey?

Answer: 1904.

49. Question: Which president was born in New York City?

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt.

50. Question: Which street in Manhattan is called Swing Street?

Answer: 52nd street.

51. Question: How many World Fairs event took place in New York City after 1900?

Answer: Two.

52. Question: When was the Yankee Stadium built?

Answer: 1923.

53. Question: Which was the very first building built in New York City?

Answer: The Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum

54. Question: Which is the oldest part of New York City?

Answer: Brooklyn.

55. Question: Which is the widely spoken language in New York City?

Answer: English.

56. Question: Which is the largest ethnic group residing in New York City?

Answer: Italian.

57. Question: Which European group were the first ones to settle in NYC?

Answer: Dutch.

58. Question: Which historical New York City structure was built in 1931?

Answer: Empire state building.

59. Question: How many counties represent Long Island?

Answer: Four counties.

60. Question: Where is the largest art museum in the western hemisphere located?

Answer: New York City.

61. Question: There are how many floors in the Empire State Building have?

Answer: 102.

62. Question: Who are the two most famous people living in New York City?

Answer: Beyonce and Jay Z.

63. Question: Who are the two famous celebrities born and brought up in Manhattan?

Answer: Robert Downey Jr. and Scarlett Johansson.

64. Question: Who is one of the most famous young Instagram stars born and living in New York

City?

Answer: James Charles.

65. Question: Name two celebrities who live in Manhattan.

Answer: Justin Timberlake, Taylor Swift.

66. Question: Which American actress and songwriter was born and brought up in New York

City?

Answer: Lindsay Lohan.

67: Question : What is the nickname of New york

Answer : the Empire State

68 : Question : What animal represent NYC ?

Answer : The Beaver

69 : Question : how many acres make up central park ?

Answer : 843

70: Question : Where the Statue of Liberty can be found ?

Answer : Liberty island

71 : Question : Where is the New York public libary found

Answer : by bryant park ?

72: Question : How many Airports does New York have ?

Answer : 3

73 : Question : If you are walking to the top of the Empire State Building, how many floors are

you climbing?

Answer : 102

74 : Question : If you want to see dinosaurs and other artefacts, where should you go?

Answer : The American Museum of Natural History

75 : Question : When Manhattan was the capital of the United States ?

Answer : in 1786 under George Washington

76 : Question : Coney Island is found in which borough?

Answer : Brooklyn

77 : Question : When The Flatiron Building was built?

Answer : Before WW1

78 : Question : Which awards ceremony is held in New York?

Answer : Tony Awards

80 : Question : In 2007, what contemporary art museum opened their new venue on Bowery

Street in Manhattan?

Answer : The New Museum

81 : Question : Who coined the term “Big Apple”?

Answer : John J. Fitz Gerald

82 : Question : What's the correct order of boroughs from largest to smallest?

Answer : Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island, The Bronx, Manhattan

83: Question : What dessert is associated with New York?

Answer : Cheesecake

84 : Question : How many miles is Manhattan

Answer : 24miles

85 : Question : How many immigrants passed through Ellis Island, between 1892 and 1954?

A: More than 12 million.

86 : Question : What is the population of New York City?

A: Over 8.4 million in 2013.

87 : Question : What city has more foreign visitors by far than any other American city?

A: New York City.

88 : Question : New York City is home to the country's largest zoo, which features more than

4,000 animals. What is the name of the zoo?

Answer: Bronx zoo

89: Question : The New York Aquarium is located in which New York City borough?

Answer : Brooklyn

90 : Question : When was the state admitted into the Union?

A : 1788

91 : The Statue of Liberty is a representation of... ?

A : Libertas

92 : The Statue of Liberty was a collaboration between the Americans and the... ?

A : French

93 : Theodore Roosevelt was inaugurated in which city?

A : Buffalo

94 : Where is the highest point in New York?

A : Mount marcy

95 : The Strawberry Fields Memorial is a section in...

A : Central Park

96 : How many counties are in New York?

A : 62

97 : New York was originally called...?

A : New Amsterdam

98 : Liberty Island was once known as...?

A : Bedloe’s island

99 : The largest city in Central New York is...?

A : Syracuse

100 : New York is the only US state to border...

A : Lake Ontario

101.Why is NYC’s nickname “The Big Apple?”

- NYC is nicknamed “The Big Apple” because a sport journalist in the 1920’s wrote a

newspaper column about the many horse races and racecourses in and around New

York, he referred to the substantial racetracks and big-time venues as “The Big

Apple” symbolizing the biggest and best one can achieve. The nickname did fade

away until the early 1970’s, as part of a tourism campaign to spiff up New York’s

image to the rest of the world.

102. What’s the history behind the Statue of Liberty?

- The Statue of Liberty stands as a universal symbol of freedom. The Statue of Liberty

was built as an emblem of the friendship between France and the United States and as

a sign of both their desires for liberty. The Statue of Liberty greets the immigrants

coming in to the United States embodying hope and opportunity for those seeking a

better life in a new country.

103. What’s the significance of Times Square? Why is it called Times Square?

- Time Square is one of the worlds busiest pedestrian areas. It is the hub of the

Broadway Theater District and a big centre of the world’s entertainment industry.

- Time Square got its name when the newspaper company, The New York Times,

took up residence in the building, today known as One Time Square.

104. How many boroughs does NYC have? Name Them!

- New York City has five boroughs.

1 – The Bronx

2 – Manhattan

3 – Queens

4 – Brooklyn

5 – Staten Island

105. What’s the meaning behind the Oculus?

- It is designed as a memorial for the tragic event that happened on 11 September

2001. The Oculus is designed to shine a light through the building at 10:28 am, the

time the North Tower collapsed on 9/11.