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100

This is the capital of New York State.

What is Albany?

100

New York was one of these original colonies.

What are the 13 original colonies?

100

This singer is nicknamed "The Queen of Soul"—wait, not her! This "Piano Man" was born in the Bronx.

Who is Billy Joel?

100

New York has this many U.S. Senators.

What is 2?

100

This fruit is New York's official state fruit.

What is the apple?

200

This famous waterfall sits on the border between New York and Canada.

What is Niagara Falls?

200

This statue was a gift from France in 1886.

What is the Statue of Liberty?

200

This late-night TV host and comedian grew up in Saugerties, New York.

Who is Jimmy Fallon?

200

This is the title of New York's chief executive.

What is Governor?

200

This bird is the New York State bird.

What is the Eastern Bluebird?

300

This mountain range is home to the state's highest peak, Mount Marcy.

What are the Adirondack Mountains?

300

This canal, completed in 1825, connected the Hudson River to the Great Lakes.

What is the Erie Canal?

300

This famous abolitionist escaped slavery and later settled in Auburn, New York.

Who was Harriet Tubman?

300

New York's legislature has these two chambers.

What are the State Senate and Assembly?

300

This flower is New York's official state flower.

What is the rose?

400

This long island east of New York City is home to the Hamptons and Montauk.

What is Long Island?

400

This battle is often called the turning point of the Revolutionary War.


What is the Battle of Saratoga?


400

This inventor developed alternating current electrical systems and worked in New York.

Who was Nikola Tesla?

400

The highest court in New York State has this unusual name.

What is the Court of Appeals?

400

his sweet treat was first mass-produced in New York and is famous at state fairs.

What is cotton candy?

500

This is the largest of New York's Finger Lakes.

What is Seneca Lake?

500

This former president and New York governor led the Rough Riders.

Who was Theodore Roosevelt?

500

This U.S. president was born in Hyde Park, New York.

Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt?

500

Unlike most states, New York's main trial court is called this.

What is the Supreme Court?

500

New York's official state beverage is this dairy product.

What is milk?