NYC, BABY!
That's So Cheesy
Personal Finance
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Triple Rhyme Time: Geographic Edition
100

This large park located in Upper Manhattan is the most visited urban park in the United States and has been a filming location for many movies including Home Alone 2, 13 going on 30, John Wick, and Spiderman 3.

What is Central Park? 

100

This hard Italian cheese is often finely grated on top of pasta and is also a key ingredient in caesar salad.  

What is Parmesan?

100

Unlike a credit card, this type of finance card is linked directly to your bank account and take money from there every time you swipe it. 

What is a debit card? 

100

'Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play
And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate
Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake

What is: (I) shake it off, (I) shake it off

100

A Parisian love story involving a choreographed routine.

What is a France Dance Romance? 

200

This NYC neighborhood, located in upper Manhattan, was at the epicenter of an important American artistic movement of the 1920s, in which African American writers, artists, dancers, musicians, dramatists, and intellectuals thrived. 

What is Harlem?

200

This Swiss alpine dish, consisting of melted cheese and wine served in a communal pot, is the perfect thing in which to dip hunks of bread, raw vegetables, and pickles. 

What is fondue? 

200

This is the act of putting your money into things like stocks, real estate, or a business with the goal of making a profit over time.

What is investing? 

200

He knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring
And said, "Marry me, Juliet
You'll never have to be alone
I love you and that's all I really know
I talked to your dad, go pick out a white dress

What is: It's a love story, baby, just say, "Yes"

200

A highly intelligent locomotive traveling between Madrid and Barcelona

What is a Spain Brain Train? 

300

Between 1892 and 1954, about 12 million immigrants entered the United States through a processing station on this island in New York Harbor.

What is Ellis Island?

300

This highly processed cheese which comes single serving in a plastic sleeve was invented in 1910 by James L. Kraft, the founder of Kraft Foods. 

What is American Cheese? 

300

If you have $5 in your bank account but buy a $6 slice of pizza, the bank might let the transaction go through so you aren't embarrassed at the register—but then they'll charge you this type of fee, making your slice of pizza effectively cost $40 or more.

What is an overdraft fee? 

300

Got a long list of ex-lovers
They'll tell you I'm insane
But I've got a blank space, baby

What is: And I'll write your name

300

A square piece of cloth worn on the head by a piece of fruit in the Hoosier State.

What is an Indiana Banana Bandana? 

400

Spanning about 300 square miles, New York City comprises these five boroughs.

What are Queens, The Bronx, Manhattan, Staten Island, and Brooklyn? 

400

This creamy, nutty, soft cheese from France is a staple on charcuterie boards and comes encased in an edible rind of white mold. 

What is Brie? 

400

If you don’t pay off your full balance on your credit card, the credit card company will charge you this specific percentage, making your original purchases much more expensive over time. (name of the percentage, not a specific number) 

What is interest rate or APR?

400

Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
You called me up again tonight, but
Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
This time, I'm telling you, I'm telling you

What is: We are never, ever, ever getting back together

400

A massive fight between cows beneath the Space Needle.

What is a Seattle Cattle Battle? 

500

Elected in 2025, this 34 year old New Yorker is the first Asian-American and Muslim ever elected mayor in the city's history and is also famous for his side interest, composing, recording, and producing rap music.

Who is Zohran Mamdani? 

500

This US state makes over 25% of the total cheese production in the United States. Moo! 

What is Wisconsin? 

500

This type of long-term loan, usually paid back over 30 years, is used to buy a home or real estate, where the house itself serves as "collateral" for the bank if you can no longer make payments. 

What is a mortgage?

500

And for a fortnight there, we were forever
Run into you sometimes, ask about the weather

What is: Now you're in my backyard, turned into good neighbors
Your wife waters flowers, I wanna kill her

500

A ghostly-white gastropod found in a ritzy Colorado mountain town.

What is a pale Vail snail?

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