Languages
Spoken by over 80 million people, this is the national language of Iran.
What is Persian (Farsi)?
This country has the largest population of Porutugese speakers in the World.
What is Brazil?
This staple jewish deli serves up a famous giant pastrami sandwich.
What is Katz's Delicatessen?
This skyscraper named after an automobile mogul is known for its art-deco style.
What is the Chrysler building?
This ubiquitous instrument originally came from the Oud, brought to Spain by the Moors.
What is the guitar?
This Asian language is considered the easiest to learn for English speakers due to its simple grammar and use of the latin alphabet.
What is Indonesian?
This country was founded in the 1920's preceded by the Ottoman Empire and mostly consists of land known as Anatolia.
What is Turkey?
This Upper West Side establishment has been serving Glizzys since 1973.
What is Gray's Papaya?
The landscape architect responsible for designing Central and Prospect Parks.
Who was Frederic Law Olmstead?
This small, high-pitched string instrument is often used in bluegrass music and has four strings, played with a pick or fingers.
What is a mandolin?
This romance language is unique in its influences from Slavic languages.
What is Romanian?
This mountain range stretches more than 7,000 kilometers along the western edge of South America.
What are the Andes?
Their calorie-dense gooey cookies were initially made to give energy while training for a triathlon.
What is Levain Bakery?
The city planner who unsuccessfully tried to tear up Greenwich Village and put a highway straight through Lower Manhattan.
Who was Robert Moses?
This wind instrument, associated with traditional music from Peru, is made of a series of pipes of varying lengths and is played by blowing air across the top.
What is a pan flute?
This language native to the northern part of Spain and southern part of France predates Indo-European languages by thousands of years.
What is Basque?
This sea, bordered by Italy, Greece, and Croatia, is known for its crystal-clear waters and thousands of islands.
What is the Adriatic Sea?
This pizzeria is said to be the first one in America, located in Little Italy.
What is Lombardi's?
This neo-Gothic skyscraper was the tallest in the world between 1913 and 1929.
What is the Woolworth Building?
This West African drum, often made from a hollowed-out tree trunk and covered with animal skin, is played with the hands and is central to many African music traditions.
What is a Djembe?
This tonal language is the most widely spoken of the Niger-Congo family and is used by over 40 million people in West Africa.
What is Yoruba?
This is the only country in Africa whose official language is Spanish.
What is Ecuatorial Guinea?
A legendary delicatessen in the East Village, this restaurant serves some of the best knishes in the city and has been a staple for over 60 years.
What is Yonah Schimmel’s Knish Bakery?
The cheeky nickname for the Empire State Building, given during its years of being unprofitable between 1931 and 1950.
What is the 'Empty State Building'?
This percussion instrument, originating in Zimbabwe, consists of a set of metal keys attached to a wooden board, and is played by plucking the keys with the thumbs.
What is a kalimba?