Geography: USA: New York City Jeopardy Template

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NYC

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Buildings

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Parks & Museums

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Arenas

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Transportation

100

What was the date when the Twin Towers were knocked down in a massive terrorist attack?

A) September 11, 2001

B) September 11, 2011

C) October 11, 2021

A) September 11, 2001

100

King Kong climbed up what building?

A) The Eiffel Tower

B) The Empire State Building

C) The Sears Tower

B) The Empire State Building

100

What is the name of the park that is in the center of the city?

A) Central Perk

B) Central Intelligence Agency

C) Central Park

Central Park

100

What sport is mostly playing at Madison Square Garden?

A) Basketball

B) Baseball

C) Football

A) Basketball

100

The bright yellow paint on these vehicles can be spotted in the snow or rain?

A) Uber and Lyft

B) Yellow Cabs

C) School Buses

B) Yellow Cabs

200

How many burrows make up New York City?

A) 3

B) 5

C) 7

B) 5: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island

200

The New York Public Library has millions of books and seven underground floors. It was a setting for this movie. So "Who Are You Going to Call?"

A) Star Wars

B) Ghostbusters

C) Harry Potter

B) Ghostbusters!

200

What movie, set in the American Museum of Natural History, had the artifacts come to life at night?

A) Nightmare on Elm Street

B) The Dark Knight

C) Night at the Museum

Night at the Museum

200

What radio hall has the Rockettes?

A) Radio Shack

B) Radio City Music Hall

C) Radio Waves

B) Radio City Music Hall

200

The subway's busiest stop in all of New York City is which part of town?

A) Central Park West

B) Times Square

C) The World Trade Center

B) Times Square

300

What is the nick-name for New York City?

A) The Big Apricot

B) The Big Apple

C) The Big Top

B) The Big Apple

300

The Chrysler Building, built by and for the car company, built gargoyles onto the building. What are those gargoyles made out of?

A) Metal

B) Concrete

B) Bamboo

A) Metal

300

What animal statue stares people down outside Wall Street?

A) A Lion

B) A Bull

C) A Bear

B) A Bull

300

What 'Square' is known around the world for its very special New Year's Eve outdoor "party?"

A) Four Square

B) City Square

C) Times Square

300

The city dropped 44 of these 'underground vehicles' into the ocean to create a reef for fish.

A) Planes

B) Bikes

C) Subway Cars

C) Subway cars

400

What is the name of the Green Lady that stands in the harbor?

A) The Washington Monument

B) The Statue of Liberty

C) Big Ben

B) The Statue of Liberty; or Lady Liberty

400

What building in midtown Manhattan has its very own zip code?

A) The Empire State Building

B) Macy's Shopping Center

C) My House

The Empire State Building: There are so many offices that it was given a zip code: 10118

400

Does George Washington have a memorial park inside New York City?

A) Yes

B) No

A) Yes. The Washington Square Arch in Greenwich Village

400

What 'Center' puts up a huge Christmas Tree every year?

A) Central Park

B) Trump Tower

C) Rockefeller Center

400

New York City has more underground platforms than any other station in the world. How many are there?

A) 2

B) 24

C) 44

500

On what island did over 12 million immigrants entered the U.S. from the 1890s to 1954?

A) Ellis Island

B) The Bahamas

C) Gilligan's Island

A) Ellis Island

500

The U.N. is where you can see people from all around the globe gathered in a single building solve the world's problems. What does U.N. stand for?

A) The World Series

B) The European Union

C) The United Nations

The United Nations

500

What bridge was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964, 300 years after the city was founded?

A) The London Bridge

B) The Golden Gate Bridge

C) The Brooklyn Bridge

500

What section of Manhattan is known as the "rich" part of town?

A) 42nd Street

B) Hell's Kitchen

C) 5th Avenue

500

In 1904, a subway ride cost just five cents to ride; more than one hundred years later, how much does it cost to ride now?

A) 2 cents

B) 2 dollars

C) 200 dollars

B) $2.00!