Politics and Economics
The common name for the financial district
What is Wall Street?
One of the two rivers that borders Manhattan
What is the Hudson or East River?
Three of New York's major newspapers
What are The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Daily News, The New York Post?
In 1950, the complex housing this international body opened
What is the United Nations?
The New Year's Eve ball drops here
What is Times Square?
One of New York's two U.S. Senators
Who is Kristen Gillibrand or Charles Schumer?
The five boroughs of New York City
Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, and the Bronx?
This is considered New York's most famous breakfast food
What are bagels?
Wall Street got its name this way
What is they built a street where a wall had been?
The Statue of Liberty was a gift from this nation
What is France?
The current mayor of New York City
Who is Eric Adams?
This neighborhood is considered the center of African-American culture
What is Harlem?
This Ivy League university is located in Manhattan. It was once called King's College and Alexander Hamilton was among its' early alumni
What is Columbia University?
These cramped quarters were known for housing dense populations of immigrants in the 19th and 20th centuries in NYC
What is tenement housing?
The Strawberry Fields Forever memorial, located in Central Park, honors this legendary musician who was killed in front of his nearby home
Who is John Lennon?
This country provides the UN the largest amount of money of any member state
What is the United States?
Yankee Stadium is located in this borough
What is the Bronx?
Its more informal name is MOMA
What is the Museum of Modern Art?
The last year that New York served as the capital of the United States
What is 1789?
The most famous avenue for shopping in NYC
What is 5th avenue?
The latest country to become a member of the United Nations
What is South Sudan?
Common name for the district south of Houston Street
What is SoHo?
Five of New York's eight pro sports teams
What are the Mets, Yankees, Jets, Giants, Knicks, Rangers, Islanders, Brooklyn Nets, Liberty (WNBA), NJ/NY Gotham (NWSL)?
Members of this country established the first permanent settlement in what is now called New York
What is Holland?
The skyscraper into which an airplane crashed in 1945, killing 14 people
What is The Empire State Building?