Nearly Ultimate New York 2

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. When did the New York Subway system begin operation? 1900 1904 1903 1905

2. Secretary of State Colin Powell was raised in: Hell's Kitchen Brooklyn The Bronx Harlem

3. The first Subway Series (a World Series in which two New York teams competed) took place in: 1911 1947 1933 1921

4. There are many TV series filmed in New York. Which of these is not filmed there? "Sex and The City" "Law and Order" "The Sopranos" "NYPD Blue"

5. All of these performers live in New York City except: Matthew Broderick David Letterman Hilary Swank Bill Cosby

6. The subway and bus fare in summer 2003 was: $1.50 $1.25 $2.00 $1.75

7. How many times did the Beatles play at Shea Stadium? Answer: (One Word)

8. The JP Morgan Bank was bombed by terrorists in what year? 1941 1929 1920 1975

9. Which Manhattan streets border Central Park on the North and South? 34th and 86th Streets 23rd and 72nd Streets 63rd and 96th Streets 59th and 110th Streets

10. Dorothy Parker, the brightest literary light of the Algonquin Round Table, was born in New York. True False

11. New York's State song is "I Love New York." True False

12. Which of these famous people is not buried in Brooklyn? Jackie Robinson Leonard Bernstein Harry Houdini Louis Armstrong

13. What was the first fully integrated (meaning both performers and patrons) nightclub in New York? Cafe Society The Copacabana The Cotton Club The Latin Quarter

14. Where does Woody Allen live? Upper East Side Greenwich Village Upper West Side Sutton Place

15. In what year did the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire, which resulted in revolutionary workplace and social reform, take place? 1911 1909 1914 1910