Lost in New York

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1. This world-famous hotel occupied the site of the Empire State Building until 1931. Waldorf-Astoria Hotel Pierre Hotel Astor The Plaza

2. The World Trade Center was not the first set of Twin Towers to occupy that site. What buildings stood through the late 1960's at Church, Cortland, Vesey and Dey? Cunard Building Port Authority Warehouse Hudson Terminal Grand Central Station

3. Manhattan lost one large hotel and three theaters to make way for the Marriott Marquis project. It gained the Marriott Marquis and the Marquis Theater. Which of the following were the hotel and theaters that were demolished? Abbey Hotel, Earl Carroll, Globe and Times Square Theaters Hotel Taft, Lyric, Hammerstein and Empire Theaters Hotel Astor, Strand, Lunt Fontanne, and Rialto Theaters Piccadilly Hotel, Helen Hayes, Morosco, and Bijou Theaters

4. Which infamous Revolutionary War prison where Colonial patriots were incarcerated, many of them dying of disease or neglect, stood behind the current Municipal Building? The Citadel Fort Clinton The Sugar House Fort Wood

5. These buildings ironically rose on the site of Five Points, a tough and unruly immigrant neighborhood in the 1800's. One Police Plaza and the Municipal Building New York Colosseum complex Metrotech United States District Court for the Southern District of NY and the Supreme Court, New York County

6. New York is sadly not a stranger to violence and terrorism. What Wall Street area bank named after an American businessman was the target of an anarchist bomb on September 16, 1920? Chase Mellon Morgan Gould

7. Castle Clinton, a historic site at the tip of the Battery, has seen many uses over its long life. Which of the below was it used as? All of these Immigration headquarters before Ellis Island New York Aquarium Fort

8. What New York building offered a public heliport with regular service through the mid-1970's? Pan Am Building One Penn Plaza World Trade Center Gulf & Western Building

9. This midtown park behind the New York Public Library, known for over 20 years prior as a haven for drugs and crime, enjoyed a renaissance in the mid-1990's with extensive landscaping and a new outdoor restaurant. Union Square Park Herald Square Park Washington Square Park Bryant Park

10. And here's one for you sports fans... Before 2000, the last Subway Series was... Yankees-Giants 1954 Yankees-Dodgers 1955 Yankees-Dodgers 1953 Yankees-Dodgers, 1956

11. The early New York fast-food cafeterias that featured food dispensed from vending machines with small glass doors were known as Food-O-Ramas Automats Speedy-Eatys U-Serve Cafeterias

12. What was the neighborhood, where the World Trade Center rose, known as in the mid-1900's? Fish District Little Greece Radio Row Little Havana

13. Airships once docked atop the Empire State Building True False

14. What was the name of Radio City Music Hall's "little sister" that stood across the street from it, now obliterated by office space, famed for movies and ice shows? Capitol Center State Strand

15. The Manhattan Mall was once this famous department store. Best Company Altman's Gimbel's Korvette's