The City That Never Sleeps

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1. The Empire State Building is one of New York's best loved landmarks. Built in 1930, and completed in just over a year, it cost $24,000,000 to build. How many floors does it have? 86 102 99 100

2. For someone unused to the US system of street numbering, Manhattan's system seems extremely complicated at first. However, you can soon see that it's very logical. The Avenues run north-south, and the Streets run east-west. The numbers of the Avenues increase as you go west, and the numbers of the Streets increase as you go north. What is the dividing line between east and west, enabling addresses to pinpoint an exact location in the city? 6th Avenue 5th Avenue Central Park Park Avenue

3. New York's most famous landmark is almost certainly the Statue of Liberty. Most of us know that it was a gift from France in 1886, and that it stands in the harbour as a symbol of the freedom that tempted many immigrants to the USA over the years. But what is the statue's full name? Lady Liberty Liberty Enlightening the World The Statue of Liberty The New Colossus

4. By what name is 6th Avenue also known? Madison Avenue Park Avenue Lexington Avenue Avenue of the Americas

5. Many tourists concentrate on Manhattan, but there are many places worth visiting in the other four boroughs. Which of these is NOT a borough of New York City? Queens The Bronx Harlem Staten Island

6. The building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, opened in 1959, and is shaped like a giant upside down spiral. Which art gallery is housed here? Museum of Modern Art Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Metropolitan Museum of Art Whitney Musem

7. Times Square is instantly recognisable, thanks to its featuring in so many movies and TV shows. Is it true that all new buildings there are required by law to have massive billboard-style advertisments? True False

8. Which New York building and tourist attraction was the headquarters of Lex Luthor in the movie 'Superman'? Statue of Liberty Empire State Building Grand Central Terminal New York Public Library

9. Which famous New York store featured in the title and plot of a 1958 novella by Truman Capote, and a classic 1961 movie starring Audrey Hepburn? Answer: (One word)

10. New Yorkers love to abbreviate names. For example, SoHo is short for 'south of Houston', TriBeCa is the 'triangle below Canal'. But where is 'DUMBO'? nowhere - there is no such place down under the Manhattan Bridge overpass directly under Madison and Broadway dead between Manhattan and Brooklyn

11. Where does the term 'Big Apple' originate? New York was originally home to millions of wild apple trees it was made up by an advertising agency in the 1940s it was coined by jazz musicians in the 1930s it was coined by an author in 1909

12. The name 'Manhattan' is derived from the Native American 'Man-a-hat-ta'. But which tribe lived in the area and gave the land this name? Iroquois Sioux Algonquin Pawnee

13. Most of us already know that New York was colonised by Dutch settlers who named their town New Amsterdam. When was the city renamed New York? mid 18th century mid 17th century late 16th century early 19th century

14. This New York dance company was founded in 1948 by Lincoln Kirstein and George Balanchine, has its own school, and performs at the Lincoln Center. What is its name? School of American Ballet Dance Theatre of Harlem New York City Ballet American Ballet Theatre

15. Ol' Blue Eyes sang that 'if you can make it there, you'll make it anywhere', but who wrote the famous 'New York New York'? Rogers and Hammerstein Cole Porter Kander and Ebb Rogers and Hart