Sister Cities of New York City

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1. Relationship with this European sister city was formalized after it publicly elected a Mayor for the first time in 1999: Zurich, Switzerland Marseille, France London, England Oporto, Portugal

2. When NYC and Beijing (Peking), China were bound as sister cities, what gift did the Chinese government grant the city of New York? a photo exhibit for the Guggenheim Museum a Chinese shrine panda bears a new wing for the UN building

3. This Caribbean capital has been New York's sister city since 1983, as NYC has the largest of the Caribbean country's population outside its borders: Kingston, Jamaica Havana, Cuba Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Port-au-Prince, Haiti

4. New York's sister city relationship with Rome, Italy was formalized in 1992. But what other 1983 'sister' relationship was it based on? 'sister rivers' 'sister cathedrals' 'sister bridges' 'sister fountains'

5. This Eastern-European city has been a sister city of New York City since 1992, since the fall of the Iron Curtain: Bucharest, Romania Budapest, Hungary Minsk, Belarus Prague, Czech Republic

6. Sister city ties to this city were established in 1983, and the sisterhood has built up the city, including the opening of a New York styled subway system in 1987, and a 1992 effort to rebuild parts of the city damaged in a terrible earthquake: Managua, Nicaragua Roermond, the Netherlands Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Cairo, Egypt

7. This Asian capital is New York's oldest sister city, ever since 1960. They share a multitude of international activities, such as an annual baseball game, an annual ceramic competition, and a shared half-marathon: Answer: (One Word)

8. This is New York's youngest sister city, with ties formalized in 2003, based on a corporate relationship signed with this African city in 1999. Johannesburg, South Africa Casablanca, Morocco Nairobi, Kenya Lagos, Nigeria

9. Over 20,000 of this sister city's countrymen live in NYC, and this Spanish city has always had strong cultural, social and economic ties with the 'Big Apple': Sevilla Barcelona Madrid Zaragoza

10. Which Middle-eastern city has been sister city to New York since 1993, a relationship based on the struggle to merge the inhabitants within the cities? Beirut, Lebanon Jerusalem, Israel Tehran, Iran Riyadh, Saudi Arabia