New York Quiz

 
        Welcome! Do you think you know New York City inside out? Take our quiz and see!

           1.  Where can you find about a dozen hippos in  N.Y.C.?
                a) Central Park
                b) Bronx Zoo
                c) Hippo Park
                d) The Empire State Building
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          2.  At which pier is the U.S.S Intrepid located?
                a) pier 71
                b) pier 16
                c) pier 86
                d) pier 49
 
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          3. What building was originally built on the site of The Empire State Building?
                a) The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
                b) The Citicorp Building
                c) The United Nations
                d) The Four Seasons Hotel
 
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        4.  How many stories would the Twin Towers have when both buildings are combined?
                a) 110
                b) 220
                c) 200
                d) 400
 
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        5.  One of the things that makes the Citicorp building unusual is:
                a) Its odd proportion
                b) Its double elevators
                 c) Its creative design
                d) Its restaurants
 
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        6. About how many miles of cable are there in the Brooklyn Bridge?
                a) 3,000
                b) 6,000
                c) 10,000
                d) 1,000
 

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        7. How many volumes are in the New York Public Library?
                a) 1,000,000 (1 million)
                b) 2,500,000 (2.5 million)
                c) 2
                d)1,234
 

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    8. What is another name for the 59th street bridge?
                a) The bridge on 59th street
                b)The Brooklyn Bridge
                c) The George Washington Bridge
                d) The Queensboro Bridge
 

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   9. Where, in N.Y.C., can you find 100,000 pairs of glass eyeballs?
                a) F.A.O. Schwartz
                b) N.Y.U Hospital
                c) McDonald’s
                d) NY doll hospital
 

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You can visit the Doll Hospital on Lexington and 61 Street.
Answers:
1.You’re right! you can visit Hippo Park at Riverside Park & 91st Street.
2.Definitely! The WWII carrier is at pier 86 on the Hudson, at 49th Street.
3.Keep it up! The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel is now located at 301 Park Avenue.
4.Wow! Doing Good! Each building has 110 stories for a total of 220.
5.Yup. Citicorp has two elevators connected, one for the even floors, one for the odd.
6.It may seem like a lot, but John Roebling designed for the first main bridge to Manhattan to have 3,000 miles of cable.
7.Its a stunning amount, but there are 2,500,000 volumes in the N.Y.C.P.L.
8.Yes! For Y'all out in Manhattan, you probably know it as the 59th. But as for you in Queens, it’s probably the Queensboro.
9.No, we aren’t drunk. There is a doll hospital in NY. Although there was something crunchy in my burger...
You can visit the Doll Hospital on Lexington and 61 Street.
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