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She was gift of friendship from the people of France to the United States in 1886 and is recognized as a universal symbol of freedom and democracy.
What is Statue of Liberty?
100
Our national's capital was transferred from this City of Brotherly love, where the Declaration of Independence was signed, in 1800.
What is Philadelphia?
100
In this fun movie, a kid-like Tom Hanks plays "Chopsticks" with his feet in the famed toy store FAO Schwarz.
What is Big?
100
These 778 acres of city-owned land houses a zoo, the Carosel, the MET (Metropolitian Museum of Art and Metropolitain Opera), the famous "Tavern on the Green" resturant, and many theaters.
What is Central Park?
100
Boq, Nessarose, Fiyero, Madame Morrible, Doctor Dillamond, and the Wizard support our favorite witches in this incredible musical.
What is "Wicked"?
200
This giant obelisk stands 555' in honor our first president.
What is the Washington Monument?
200
Most people think "the Big Apple", New York City, is the capital of the state of the same name, but it is actually this upstate city
What is Albany?
200
The plot of this sequel movie begins when security guard Larry Daley (played by Ben Stiller) infiltrates the Smithsonian Institution in order to rescue Jedediah and Octavius, who have been shipped to the museum by mistake.
What is Night at the Museum: Battle at the Smithsonian?
200
On March 4, 1921, Congress approved the burial of an unidentified American soldier from World War I in the plaza of the new Memorial Amphitheater atop a hill overlooking Washington, D.C. at Arlington National Cemetery. This tomb is guarded 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and in any weather by Tomb Guard sentinels who change command every hour.
What is The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier?
200
2nd longest running show on Broadway, featuring whiskered-dancers and the song "Memories"
What is "Cats"?
300
This building houses the "Spirit of St. Louis", "Columbia", and Wright Brothers planes.
What is Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum?
300
Originating after the Wall Street Crash on October 29, 1929 (known as Black Tuesday), which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors, this devastating crisis was the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western industrialized world.
What is the Great Depression?
300
This film tells the story of four Central Park Zoo animals who have spent their lives in blissful captivity and are unexpectedly shipped back to Africa.
What is Madagascar?
300
Iconified as "The Crossroads of the World", this junction of Broadway and 7th Ave, stretches from 42nd to 47th streets, hosts 39 million visitors a year, not including New Year's Day each year when you can watch "the ball drop".
What is Times Square?
300
This musical made movie is soon to reprise on Broadway starring Ricky from this season's So You Think You Can Dance". The story concerns three American sailors on a 24-hour shore leave in New York City during wartime 1944. Each of the three sailors becomes enamoured of a particular woman — and of the city itself.
What is "On The Town"?
400
These twin towers were destroyed in the vicious attacks on September 11, 2001.
What are The World Trade Center buildings?
400
Located in the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, this performing arts conservatory was established in 1905. It trains about 850 undergraduate and graduate students in dance, drama, and music. It is widely regarded as one of the world's leading music schools, with some of the most prestigious arts programs.
What is Julliard?
400
Turns out that the great Olympian gods of Greek mythology actually live on the 600th floor of the Empire State Building in this action nerd movie.
What is Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief?
400
A 19' tall statue of our 16th president seated in an armchair is the focal point of this landmark seated at the end of the Reflecting Pool.
What is the Lincoln Memorial?
400
Set in early 19th-century France during the French Revolution, it is the story of Jean Valjean, a French peasant, and his quest for redemption after serving nineteen years in jail for having stolen a loaf of bread for his sister's starving child.
What is "Les Miserables" (Les Miz)?
500
The official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States, since John Adams in 1800, located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C.
What is White House?
500
You won't find a Justice or Hot Topic at this mall, rather you'll find, several of the national monuments, memorials to the Vietnam and Korean Wars, as well as 6 of these world-famous national museums.
What are the Smithsonians?
500
After discovering he has an aptitude for ping pong and plays for the U.S. Army team, and eventually competes against Chinese teams on a goodwill tour, this beloved character goes to the White House to meet President Richard Nixon who provides him a room at the Watergate hotel, where he inadvertently helps expose the Watergate scandal.
Who is Forrest Gump?
500
From Studio 8H at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, "Live from New York, it's...."
What is Saturday Night Live?
500
This musical begins at auction, with the sale of Lot 665, purchased by the elderly Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny, a papier-mâché music box in the shape of a monkey. Then reveals Lot 666, a shattered chandelier that, the auctioneer explains, was a "strange affair...a mystery never fully explained".
What is "The Phantom of the Opera"?