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It's the stadium where the Jets played their home games in 1969.
Shea Stadium
Dean Martin warned about the moon hitting your eye like a big pizza pie in this 1952 song.
"That's amore."
This vegetable is the main ingredient of any Italian dish described as "Florentine."
Spinach
This New York State canal was built to connect the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean.
Erie Canal
Born Marion Michael Morrison and nicknamed Duke, he was the star of many Westerns.
John Wayne
He was the first player voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame as a member of the Yankees.
Babe Ruth
Bobby Darin told us that "someone's sneakin' 'round the corner" now that he's back in town in this 1958 hit.
Mack the Knife
This sauce is traditionally made with basil, garlic, salt, hard cheese, and pine nuts.
Pesto
It is important to study the voyages of Hudson, Champlain and this explorer, an Italian for whom a bridge is named in New York City.
Verrazano
She was the Queen of Disco, best known for "Last Dance" and "Bad Girls"
Donna Summer
Wearing #16, he led the Giants to 3 NFL title games before moving on the a career as a TV sportscaster.
Frank Gifford
This popular crooner had a huge hit in 1958 when he sang "Come fly with me"
Frank Sinatra
When pasta is cooked but is still form to the bote or "to the tooth," it is this in Italian.
Al dente
This is one of at least two native American tribes that Dutch and English explorers encountered in what we now call New York State.
Iroquois (or Algonquin)
He's the first African American man to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony
John Legend
This beloved Mets pitcher and 1969 Cy Young winner had his number retired in 1988.
Tom Seaver
In 1958, Richie Valens released "La Bamba" and followed it up with another hit the next year with this song about his high school sweetheart named...
Donna
The name of this coffee-flavored dessert literally means "pick-me-up or "cheer me up."
Tiramisu
This New York entrepreneur and inventor introduced the first Kodak camera and thus helped to promote amateur photography on a large scale.
George Eastman
She founded a New York City-based fashion house in 1984 and known by 4 letters
Donna Karan
This Ranger is the only goaltender in NHL history to record 11 30-win seasons in his first 12 seasons. In fact, he holds the record for the most wins by a European-born goaltender in the NHL.
Henrik Lundqvist
The love song "Because of you" was made popular in 1952 by this smooth Italian-American singer.
Tony Bennett
The Italian name of this narrow flat noodle literally means "little tongues."
Linguine
(Non New York Question...) This is the process in which green plants use sunlight to make their own food.
Photosynthesis
This singer-songwriter was born in Albany, Georgia, which might explain why he wrote "Georgia on my Mind"
Ray Charles