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Name that Meme
100
A deal is made to make Washington, DC, the nation's new capital, in "The Room Where It Happens.” What smash hit Broadway musical is the song from?
Hamilton
100
Forming in St. Louis in 1925, what precision dance company has performed in New York City’s Radio City Music Hall since 1932?
Rockettes
100
First and last name required. What quarterback led the New York Giants to Superbowl wins in 2008 and 2012?
Eli Manning
100
What street does Harlem start on?
96th St
100
in the a song by Skrilla what two numbers does he reference?
6/7
200
What lyricist and composer (who died in 2021) had a Broadway theater named for him on the occasion of his 80th birthday?
Stephen Sondheim
200
New York City's only aerial tramway connects commuters with what island, part of the borough of Manhattan?
Roosevelt Island
200
What New York City baseball team did Jackie Robinson play for when he broke the MLB color barrier in 1947?
Brooklyn Dodgers
200
Between 1910 and 1930, over 1.6 million African Americans moved from the South to the North to escape institutionalized racism and to find work in the booming northern economy. What was this called?
The Great Migration
200
Skibidi Toilet
300
Referring to then-future president John Adams, the songs "Sit Down, John" and "But, Mr. Adams" come from what Broadway musical named for an important year in American history?
1776
300
Created in the 15th century BC, the oldest object in New York City's Central Park is an obelisk also known as the "needle" of what Ptolemaic Egyptian queen?
Cleopatra
300
What are the two MLS New York teams?
Red Bulls and New York City FC
300
What group of people settled in the Harlem area in 1658?
The Dutch
300
Fill in the black
"ow charlie, You bit my _______! That really hurt!"
Finger
400
"The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain" is a famous lyric from what classic Broadway musical by Lerner and Loewe?
My Fair Lady
400
Located on East 42nd Street, what New York City skyscraper was designated an official historic landmark in 1978 because it is a "stunning statement in the Art Deco style?"
Chrysler Building
400
What NY team made it to the conference finals this year, after making it since 1999?
New York Knicks
400
What was the original name of the Apollo Theater?
New Burlesque Theater.
400
Ninja got a low taper fade
500
What colorful three-word term for Broadway, alluding to its distinction of being one of the first electrically illuminated streets in the country, was coined in 1901?
Great White Way
500
What eponymous phenomenon, coined as a term by New York-native Neil deGrasse Tyson, refers to the setting sun aligning perfectly with the east-west streets of the main street grid in one of New York City’s boroughs?
Manhattanhenge
500
What baseball team does Jerry support in Seinfeld?
The New York Mets
500
Although it is set in Harlem, New York City, what 1974 novel by James Baldwin has a title that refers to a thoroughfare in Memphis, Tennessee?
If Beale Street Could Talk
500
Fill in the blank from this famous vine: "Road work ahead? ____"
I sure hope it does!