Nearly Ultimate New York 3

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1. In 1890, "How The Other Half Lives", a book written by a former police reporter, opened the eyes of many who had no idea how horrific slum conditions were. Its author's name? Conde Nast Theodore Roosevelt Jacob Riis James Van Wyck

2. Mae West was born and raised in this part of Brooklyn: Bensonhurst Red Hook Canarsie Greenpoint

3. Madison Square Garden is on 7th Avenue and 33rd Street in Manhattan. It has been in several other locations. What was its location just before the home it moved to in 1968? 5th Avenue and 23rd Street Lexington Avenue and 59th Street 6th Avenue and 44th Street 8th Avenue and 50th Street

4. McSorley's Ale House is near New York University. What is unusual about this historic bar? George Washington met with his troops there It is where Dylan Thomas had his last drink They did not serve women until the 1970's It is the oldest bar in New York

5. The dead outnumber the living in which borough? Queens The Bronx Brooklyn Staten Island

6. A famous poet and author once lived in the narrowest house in New York City. It is on Grove Street and is barely nine feet wide. This person was: Edna St. Vincent Millay Walt Whitman Hart Crane Mark Twain

7. Where were immigrants coming in to New York processed before Ellis Island opened? South Street Seaport Battery Park Castle Garden Bedloe's Island

8. John Roebling was the engineer-in-chief at the completion of the Brooklyn Bridge in 1883. True False

9. Who paid for the pedestal that the Statue of Liberty rests on? Andrew Carnegie The U.S. Government The French Government The people of New York

10. On which Street was Alfred E. Smith, later Governor of New York, born in 1873? Delancey Street South Street Mott Street Bowery

11. New York City is the capital of New York State. True False

12. The famous Algonquin Round Table was located in which room at the Algonquin Hotel? The Oak Room The Gold Room The Palm Room The Rose Room

13. Where is former President Bill Clinton's office located? Harlem The Financial District Rockefeller Center Greenwich Village

14. In "Desperately Seeking Susan" Madonna tries to steal a pair of boots from which East Village store? Love Saves The Day Screaming Mimi's Trash and Vaudeville Antique Boutique

15. Known as "The Father of the Electric Guitar," nonogenarian Les Paul played a regular gig in New York City. At which of these did he do these shows? The Blue Note Iridium The Village Vanguard Birdland