Around New York City
It was the tallest building in the world when it opened in 1931 and would remain so for 40 years
What is the Empire State Building?
Founded in 1903, this company perfected the moving assembly line in 1913, making the automobile affordable for millions.
What is Ford Motor Company?
Before becoming one of Hollywood's most successful directors, this Schindler's List director made his feature debut in 1971 with Duel, a thriller about a salesman terrorized by an unseen truck driver.
Who is Steven Spielberg?
This English document signed in 1215 limited the power of a king and became an important influence on later ideas about government.
What is the Magna Carta?
Founded in 1888, this publication became known for its yellow-bordered covers and stories about science, history, and exploration.
What is National Geographic?
You must be at least 48 inches high to ride the Slingshot, and extreme thrill ride found at Luna Park at this Brooklyn location.
What is Coney Island?
Beginning as a mail-order business in 1888, this company helped rural Americans buy everything from houses to watches through a single catalog.
What is Sears, Roebuck and Company?
This director's first feature, Blood Simple (1984), announced the arrival of the filmmaking brothers who would later make Fargo and No Country for Old Men.
Who are the Coen Brothers?
This pandemic arrived in Europe in the 14th century and killed millions, dramatically changing medieval society.
What is the Black Death?
First published in 1923, this weekly magazine became famous for its essays, fiction, and iconic red-bordered covers.
What is Time?
Serving over 500,000 passengers each weekday, this transport hub is partly located under Madison Square Garden
What is Penn Station?
Founded in Atlanta in 1886, this beverage company helped pioneer modern global advertising with slogans recognized around the world.
What is the Coca-Cola Company?
Before winning Oscars for The Godfather and The Godfather Part II, this director made his feature debut with the low-budget horror film Dementia 13.
Who is Francis Ford Coppola?
This French heroine led troops during the Hundred Years’ War and was later executed after being accused of heresy.
Who is Joan of Arc?
This magazine’s annual swimsuit issue helped make it one of the most recognizable names in sports publishing.
What is Sports Illustrated?
When the smell of orchids gives way to lion sweat, you're going from the New York Botanical Garden to this neighbor facility
What is the Bronx Zoo?
Originally a small Japanese electronics manufacturer founded in 1946, this company popularized the transistor radio and later the Walkman.
What is Sony?
Long before making the Odyssey, this British director made his feature debut with Following (1998), a black-and-white crime thriller made on weekends with friends.
Who is Christopher Nolan?
This 1066 battle resulted in a Norman victory and brought a new ruling dynasty to England.
What is the Battle of Hastings?
Founded in 1892, this magazine became known for fashion coverage and the phrase “The September Issue.”
What is Vogue?
4th Avenue? There no 4th Avenue! Actually, the avenue with this name was once 4th Avenue and part of Lower Manhattan, still is.
What is Park Avenue?
Chartered in 1600, this English trading company grew so powerful that it maintained its own army and governed large parts of the Indian subcontinent.
What is the East India Company?
This director's first feature, The 400 Blows (1959), became a defining work of the French New Wave.
Who is François Truffaut?
This medieval work tells the story of a pilgrimage to a shrine through a collection of poems and stories.
What are the Canterbury Tales?
This magazine launched in 1925 and became famous for its fiction, including works by writers such as F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway.
What is the New Yorker?