The Big Apple

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1. The city of New York is made up of ______ boroughs? four three seven five

2. What New York City (NYC) Art Deco building has six levels of stainless steel arches topped by a lit lancet spire on its top? Seagram Building Chrysler Building Empire State Building Woolworth Building

3. What NYC museum started in Gracie Mansion and later moved to 5th Ave. between 103rd St. and 104th St.? Museum of The City of New York Museum of American Folk Art Cooper-Hewitt Whitney Museum of American Art

4. The largest art museum in the Western Hemisphere is located in NYC, what is its name? Whitney Museum Museum of Modern Art Metropolitan Museum of Art Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

5. One of the most unusual gardens in NYC, until June 29th 2002, had sculptures by Matisse, Miro, and Rodin. This garden was at the ________? Museum of Modern Art Central Park Metropolitan Museum of Art The Frick Collection

6. One of the great bridges into Manhattan was designed by John Roebling with Gothic arches, and opened in 1883, it is the ________________? Verranzano Narrows Bridge Manhattan Bridge Brooklyn Bridge George Washington Bridge

7. An ice skating rink is erected each winter under the statue of Prometheus at _____________? Central Park Rockefeller Center Bryant Park Gracie Mansion

8. What NYC area is home to Washington Square, the MacDougal-Sullivan Gardens Historic District and New York University? Midtown Greenwich Village Garment District Upper east Side

9. What famous concert hall was restored in the 1980s after Isaac Stern and a group of music lovers fought to save it? Carnegie Hall Radio City Music Hall Lincoln Center The Winter Garden

10. What area in NYC contains bridle paths, a children's zoo, and a world famous art museum within its boundaries? Gramercy Park Fort Tryon Park Washington Square Park Central Park