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Gigi describes New York as ‘a city that will really blow your mind…like going on holiday for the first time’. Compliments don’t come much higher than that, and New York City occupies a special place in the hearts and minds of people the world over. You might have already travelled to New York, you might have seen it on television, or you may have only been to York and wondered what was so new about it…

With that in mind, here’s a chance to test your knowledge of the Big Apple. Are you an expert, a novice, or totally clueless? Good luck!

Easytobook.com's Big Bumper Fun New York Quiz

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Question 1

We all know that New York was once New Amsterdam, but what did the British give to the Dutch in exchange for New Amsterdam?

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A	Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)
B	Brunei
C	Saint Martin
D	Pulau Run

Question 1 Explanation:

The Dutch traded New Amsterdam to the British in the 1667 Treaty of Breda in exchange for Pulau Run, an obscure tiny Indonesian island once known for its nutmeg.

Question 2

This NFL team just won the Superbowl:

: Superbowl 2012 - http://bit.ly/wPBlCL

A	New York Knicks
B	New York Yankees
C	New York Giants
D	New York Mets

Question 3

Which gangsta rapper is not from New York?

Tupac Shakur? - http://bit.ly/Azl2WL

A	Biggie
B	Nas
C	Snoop
D	Jay-Z

Question 3 Explanation:

Everybody knows that Snoop is West Coast!

Question 4

What’s the name of this building?

Mystery NYC building - http://bit.ly/xszI2q

A	New York
B	Empire State Building
C	Woolworth Building
D	Chrysler Building

Question 4 Explanation:

An apartment block by Frank Gehry, the mastermind behind Bilbao's Guggenheim Museum.

Question 5

Which French sculptor made the Statue of Liberty?

Statue of Liberty - http://bit.ly/wvJkiv

A	Charles de Gaulle
B	Auguste Bartholdi
C	Francois Rude
D	Auguste Rodin

Question 5 Explanation:

The Statue of Liberty was built by French sculptor Auguste Bartholdi, with the help of tons of workers working ten hour days, seven days a week for nine years. The statue was finally finished in 1884 and presented to America on July 4th. It didn't arrive in the United States until many months later though: all 350 individual pieces of the statue had to be packed into 214 crates for the long boat ride from France to New York.

Question 6

Which of these people isn’t a member of New York’s supernatural crime-fighting team, Ghostbusters?

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A	Winston Zeddemore
B	Ray Stanz
C	Egon Spengler
D	Mr Stay Puft

Question 7

Which of the following is not an area of Manhattan?

Harbour - http://bit.ly/eWNvnX

A	Hell’s Kitchen
B	Little Venezuela
C	NoLita
D	Korea Town

Question 8

Which of these famous musicians didn’t live at New York’s Chelsea Hotel?

Chelsea Hotel - http://bit.ly/y7LLJb

A	Janis Joplin
B	Sid Vicious
C	Bob Dylan
D	Louis Armstrong

Question 9

More than 47% of New York City's residents over the age of 5 do this at home:

Bon appetit - http://bit.ly/10L2B

A	Talk a language other than English
B	Shoot a loved one
C	Consume their own weight in takeaway pizza every month
D	Regularly wake up in their own vomit

Question 10

What was Broadway before it was Broadway?

Broadway - http://bit.ly/yIinb0

A	A gold prospecting route originally called the Yellow Brick Road
B	A traditional St. Patrick’s Day procession route
C	A postal trail linking Harlem to Lower Manhattan
D	An Algonquin trading route

Question 10 Explanation:

Before it was called Broadway, the route was an old Algonquin trading route called the Wiechquaekeck Trail.

Question 11

Why are yellow cabs yellow?

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A	They’re not actually yellow - they’re very light orange
B	Yellow was chosen by the president as it reminded him of sunflowers
C	Yellow was determined ‘easiest to see’ through scientific research
D	The Great Depression caused a surplus of yellow paint in the taxi manufacturing industry

Question 12

The New York skyline has featured many of the tallest buildings in the world in its history; which of these former tallest buildings in the world held the title for 40 years?

New York skyline - http://bit.ly/AgrnQG

A	Empire State Building
B	Met Life Tower
C	Woolworth Building
D	Chrysler Building

Question 12 Explanation:

The Woolworth Building was the tallest building in the world from 1913 to 1930. The Chrysler Building was the first man-made structure over 1000 feet (305 metres) tall, and was the tallest building in the world for a short time in 1930 to 1931. Met Life Tower was the tallest building in the world from 1909 to 1913, though the base of the building dates to 1893.

Question 13

Over 12,700 of these work the streets of New York City:

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A	Prostitutes
B	Taxis
C	Hot dog vendors
D	Buskers

Question 14

Why is Wall Street so called?

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A	From the well-known trading expression of going ‘to the wall’.
B	One of its largest buildings used to be owned by financial advisers Wall & co.
C	When the Dutch still controlled the region there was a wall here to designate the city limit.
D	This is where Walls ice cream was first sold.

Question 15

Speaking of Wall street, 25% of the world’s what is held in the Federal Reserve?

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A	Brick
B	Gold
C	Ivory
D	Lava

Question 16

Larger than the principality of Monaco, Central Park is roughly the size of how many football fields?

Central Park - http://bit.ly/wUGTOs

A	650
B	124
C	1,000
D	14

Question 16 Explanation:

...which is about 843 acres.

Question 17

Which of these movies doesn’t feature New York as the main setting:

New York skyline by night - http://bit.ly/xJ2Hx7

A	Gangs of New York
B	Maid in Manhattan
C	Sex and the City 2
D	New York, I Love You

Question 17 Explanation:

Sex and the City 2 was actually set in Abu Dhabi and was shot in Morocco.

Question 18

What is the largest art museum in the Western Hemisphere and the most frequently visited museum in Manhattan?

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A	Whitney Museum of American Art
B	Metropolitan Museum of Art
C	Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
D	Museum of Modern Art

Question 18 Explanation:

The MET covers over 32 acres and its exhibits include paintings, furniture, an actual Egyptian temple and much more.

Question 19

Which of these songs about New York doesn’t actually exist?

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A	West 42nd Street by Neil Diamond
B	59th Street Bridge Song by Simon & Garfunkel
C	52nd Street by Billy Joel
D	8th Avenue Shuffle by the Doobie Brothers

Question 20

Which New York hotel has the largest number of rooms?

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A	Hotel California
B	Hotel Motel Holiday Inn
C	Hilton New York
D	Heartbreak Hotel

Question 21

You can find 26,000 what per Manhattan square mile?

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A	Rats
B	Hotdogs
C	Grams of cocaine
D	People

Question 21 Explanation:

The most densely populated county in the U.S.

Question 22

What record does the New York Post hold?

New York Post vans - http://bit.ly/yuIfJI

A	Most widely distributed
B	Longest existing in US
C	Largest extra-terrestrial readership
D	Lightest weight per page

Question 23

Which series set in NYC wasn’t actually filmed there?

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A	Law and Order
B	Friends
C	Sex and the City
D	Gossip Girl

Question 23 Explanation:

Though set in Manhattan, Friends was filmed entirely in LA.

Question 24

Which ancient Egyptian monument can actually be found in Central Park?

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A	Cleopatra's Needle
B	Cleopatra’s Altar
C	Cleopatra’s Tomb
D	Cleopatra’s Sceptre

Question 24 Explanation:

Cleopatra's Needle is a 3,000-year-old Egyptian artefact. After the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 the Khedive of Egypt decided to give the needle to the US in order to improve trade relations. In 1879 it finally arrived in New York; the 220-ton, 66-foot-high monument took a decade to be fully transported.

Question 25