NY Geography
Pace Based
MISC/General Knowledge
NYC History
POP culture of NYC
100

One of these is not a section of Central park: Sheeps Meadow, Shakespeare Garden, Strawberry Fields, Dewy Plains

Dewy Plains

100

This is our president!

Marvin Krislov

100

If you were born in the year 2014, you would be a part of this generation.

Gen Alpha

100

This country famously gave New York the statue of liberty as a gift in 1865.

France

100

This iconic duo sings the New York City anthem "Empire State of Mind"

Alicia Keys and Jay Z

200

This is the smallest borough in NYC, yet has a population of roughly 1.6 million.

Manhattan

200

This actor played Erik Menendez in Netflix's series Monsters, and graduated from Pace University in 2018!

Cooper Koch

200

This is the largest continent on Earth, covering about 30% of the Earth's land surface.

Asia

200

During this period in American history, Hoovervilles were set up in this NYC park for the homeless, named after the negligent president Herbert Hoover.

The Great Depression.

200

NYC is the birthplace of this renaissance that largely impacted African American arts and literature with artists like Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston.

Harlem Renaissance

300

The avenue that divides the city into the east and west sides

5th avenue

300

This is where the center for student engagement is located.

41 Park Row, 8th floor.

300

This movie won best picture at the Oscars (2025).

Anora

300

This is what New York was originally called before the Duke of York renamed it in 1664.

New Amsterdam.

300

This film director and auteur grew up in Brooklyn. He is widely known for his movies "Do the Right Thing" and "Malcolm X".

Spike Lee.

400

This is the most populated borough of NYC.

Brooklyn

400

This is where the counseling center is located.

161 Williams Street, 7th floor.

400

This country produces the most oil in the world (Happy Belated Earth day!)

United States

400

This is the name of the Native American tribe that originally resided in Manhattan 3,000 years ago.

Lenape

400

NYC is known for being incredibly diverse. Here, we speak roughly this amount of languages or more.

800

500

This mountain range is NOT in NY: Mount Kilimanjaro, Adirondack Mountains, Appalachian Mountains, or Catskill Mountains.

Mount Kilimanjaro.

500

These two brothers founded Pace University.

Homer and Charles Pace.

500

This icy moon that is bigger than both Pluto and Mercury, is the largest moon in our entire galaxy and orbits Jupiter.

Ganymede

500

This is the original meaning of the word Manahattan (Mannahatta)

Hilly Island

500

The music genres Hip Hop and Rap originated in this NYC borough.

The Bronx

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