General Trivia
Local Knowledge
New York Facts
Public Education
90s TV/Movies
100
Which planet is closest to the sun?
Mercury
100
What is the name of the river that flows past Coxsackie and Athens?
The Hudson River
100
What is the state capital of New York?
Albany
100
An IEP outlines special education services, goals, and support for a public school student with a qualifying disability.
What does the "P" stand for in IEP?
Program
100
This show followed the every day existence of George, Kramer, Elaine and Jerry.
Seinfeld
200
What software company is headquartered in Redmond, Washington?
Microsoft
200
What is the mountain range most closely associated with our immediate area?
The Catskill mountains
200
The Statue of Liberty was a gift from which country?
France
200
This state, the 11th to join the Union, spends the most per student on public education in the United States, averaging around $31,918 per pupil.
New York
200
The line "You had me at hello" is from which movie?
Jerry Maguire
300
What is the most common surname in the United States?
Smith
300
This actress made her stage debut at the Ritz Theatre in Newburgh in 1941. 
Lucille Ball
300
New York is called the Empire State because which president called it "the seat of the Empire"?
George Washington
300
In 1635, the first public school opened in which major American city?
Boston
300
In the 1991 movie My Girl, what is the profession of Vada’s father, Harry Sultenfuss?
Funeral Director or Undertaker
400
What is a word, phrase, number, or other sequence of characters that reads the same backward as forward?
Palindrome
400
This house originally belonged to Fredric Edwin Church.
Olana
400
What’s the name of the New York-born cocktail made with whiskey, vermouth, and bitters?
A Manhattan
400
In 1918, which state, known as the Magnolia State, was the last to make compulsory education a law?
Mississippi
400
Where did the Bundy family of "Married... With Children" live?
Chicago
500
What is the world’s largest retailer as of 2026?
Walmart
500
Around 1652, which town was settled first: Coxsackie or Athens?
Coxsackie
500
Of the following writers, which one is buried in New York state?
Edgar Allan Poe
Dr. Seuss
Mark Twain
Maya Angelou
Mark Twain
500
Before it reached the Supreme Court, the landmark case Brown vs. The Board of Education took place in which state?
Kansas
500
Which 1992 movie has the best-selling soundtrack of all time?
The Bodyguard