Nearly Ultimate New York 2

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

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

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

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

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

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

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

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? 59th and 110th Streets 63rd and 96th Streets 34th and 86th Streets 23rd and 72nd 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? Louis Armstrong Harry Houdini Jackie Robinson Leonard Bernstein

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

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

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