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This is where you go to see a Broadway Play in Schenectady.

Proctors Theatre

100

This Capital Region City Is Known For It's Pivotal "Turning Point" Revolutionary War Battle

Saratoga

100

This basketball legend went to a local high school who has since named their gym after him.

Pat Riley
100

True Or False:  Albany NY Was The Birthplace Of Perforated Toilet Paper.

True:  On July 25, 1871, the United States Patent Office issued Albany businessman and inventor Seth Wheeler a patent for his improvement on Toilet Paper.

100

If Victoria Hussar Was A Canine - What Would She Look Like?

200

When you feel like enjoying the outdoors while watching your movies this is the place to be!

Jericho Drive-In

200

This Mansion (Restaurant) Once Hosted Notable Historical Figures Like George Washington and Louis Philippe of France

Glen Sanders

200

In 1907 it was declared that Abner Doubleday had invented Baseball in 1839 in this village.

Cooperstown

200

True or False: The founder of the Ferris wheel graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy.

True: George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. graduated in 1881. From there he went on to design the first Ferris wheel in 1893 for the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Il. 

200

This Managers Middle School Nickname Was "Pugsley"

Garret Rappold

300

When you feel like losing some money in Schenectady head on down to...

Rivers Casino

300

This City Is The Birthplace Home Of "Uncle Sam"

Troy

300

True Of False:  Saratoga Raceway Is Part Of The "Triple Crown" Of Horse Racing

FICTION:  NO - But Saratoga Raceways has recently hosted the "Belmont Stakes" - as the current racetrack is under construction.

400

At 6 million acres (roughly 9,375 square miles) this park is larger than Yellowstone, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Glacier, and Great Smoky Mountains National Parks combined.

The Adirondack State Park

400

Thomas Edison Moved This Companies Headquarters To The City Of Schenectady In 1892

General Electric (G.E).

400

True Or False:  The Ice Cream Sundae was invented in an ice cream parlor in Amsterdam, NY.

FALSE:  But it is a New York creation - being invented in Ithaca, New York, in 1892

500

I once sailed the sea during WWII as a destroyer escort, now I'm available to the public as a museum.

USS Slater

500

U.S. President Chester A. Aruthur graduated from this local college.

Union College (Schenectady)

500

True Or False: The Largest Wal-mart Super Center In The Country Is Located In Albany, NY.

TRUE:  Surpassing the national average of 187,000 square feet, the Wal-mart Super Center in Albany is 260,000 square feet, making it the largest in the country. The two-story store even features an escalator for your shopping cart. [source]


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