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Giancana, Capone, Luciano, Gambino...all these familiar Italian names are easily recognizable as Mafiosi. But organized crime also had its fair share of non-Italians. Try to identify as many as you can!

According to a Department of Labor survey (on which this quiz is based), most people become different people when they're at the office. They respond to things in ways they normally wouldn't. Which behaviors can you identify?

New York is so large and so crowded that when disaster strikes, it seems to strike hardest there. This quiz tests your knowledge of days in New York's history that New Yorkers would like to forget.

Although technically an estuary, the Hudson River is one of New York's most beautiful nature spots. It also has played an important role in the history of New York and America. Here are some questions about the Hudson River and its past and present.

New York's Central Park has gone from one of America's greatest parks to a metaphor for urban blight and now back to a haven in the midst of chaotic Manhattan. See how much you know about one of New York's top tourist attractions.

From the 50s on, television shows featured unmarried men raising children. Sometimes they raise their own children, or sometimes someone else's. Test your memory on these unique television shows.

Many people contributed the greatness of New York and the world. In this quiz, you will be asked to identify some of the more famous Gothamites.

Many singer/songwriters have written songs for other singer/songwriters or had their songs covered by others. In this quiz, you will have to identify the writer of a song that another singer/songwriter made famous.

Many singer/songwriters have written songs for other singer/songwriters or had their songs covered by others. In this quiz, you will have to identify the writer of a song that another singer/songwriter made famous.

"You Can't Go Home Again" Thomas Wolfe once wrote. So many TV shows have, as their basis, a character or characters who can't get home. Some don't even want to. See how much you know about these shows.

Many works of literature have been set in Manhattan. In this quiz, you will have to link several NYC sites to the authors who wrote about them.

Although New York did not invent skyscrapers (Chicago did), it did put them to use because of the small size of Manhattan island. Some are more famous than others, but they're all magnificent! How many can you identify?

Many great buildings and neighborhoods in New York were destroyed by catastrophe or greedy real estate developers and landlords. See how many parts of lost New York you can find.