Where in the Bay?
Agency ABC
Bay Celebrities and History
Fun around the Bay
Bay Trivia
Final Jeopardy
100
This airport, one of the top ten busiest in the country, is located in Jamaica Bay.
What is John F. Kennedy Airport?
(JFK or Kennedy Airport is also acceptable)
Over 59 million passengers fly through annually.
100
This post-Sandy state program allocated money to Canarsie for planning and implementation of community resilience projects.
What is NY Rising?
The Canarsie award was over $11 million.
100
This celebrity drinks 'Lemonade' while sailing on her yacht named 'The Jamaica Bay'.
Who is Beyonce Knowles?
100
National Park Service rangers lead kayaking trips to this island near Canarsie pier.
What is Canarsie Pol?
Recommended for experienced kayakers, the trip is a 3 hour, 5 mile journey around one of the largest islands in the Bay, Canarsie Pol.
100
Parts of Jamaica Bay consist of this type of water, a mix of fresh and saltwater.
What is brackish water?
Some parts of the Bay are totally saline while increasingly small areas are fresh.
100
This house, built in 1675 in the boundaries of what became Canarsie Park, was dismantled in the 1950s and reassembled in the Brooklyn Museum of Art.
What is the Schenck House?
200
Jamaica Bay is surrounded by these many counties?
What is three?
Kings, Queens, and Nassau counties
200
Among the new features proposed for Rockaway Parkway in NY Rising Resilient Streetscaping project, these landscape elements filters pollution and debris from surface runoff water.
What are bioswales?
200
This 1970s American Punk Rock Band made “Rockaway Beach” a hit.
Who are The Ramones?
200
In Bay 9 of this Queens beach, the annual Beach Bazaar draws thousands with pop-up shops and live DJs.
What is Jacob Riis OR Riis Beach?
Events kick off with a lobster boil on Memorial Day weekend.
200
Jamaica Bay is this many acres.
a) 5,000 acres b) 18,000 acres. c) 24,000 acres
What is b) 18,000 acres?
Although it doesn't look that way in subway maps, Jamaica Bay has a larger square area than Manhattan island.
200
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON CYCLES OF RESILENCE AND THE LINKS TO PLAY JAMAICA BAY JEOPARDY WITH YOUR FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND NEIGHBORS, GO TO THIS WEBSITE.
What is http://www.srijb.org/cycles/
300
The Rockaways are this kind of coastal landform.
What is a peninsula?
Formerly a barrier island, parts of the Bay were filled in connecting the Rockaways to Long Island.
300
This many federal, state, and city agencies have jurisdiction over Jamaica Bay?
a) less than 5 b) 15 c) more than 20
What is c) more than 20?
About 25 agencies operate in Jamaica Bay.
300
The Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, which is the only "wildlife refuge" in the National Park System, was created by this man in 1938.
Who is Robert Moses?
300
This Park's North Forty Natural Area is available for cross country skiing in winter.
What is Floyd Bennett Field?
300
This activity has deepened the Bay 13 times its original depth in some areas, contributing to more powerful waves and decreased water quality
What is dredging?
400
The Jamaica Bay Riding Academy, praised as one of the best equestrian academies on the East Coast is located in this Brooklyn neighborhood.
What is Bergen Beach?
400
While Canarsie Pier Improvements are a New York Rising project, the pier itself falls under this agency's jurisdiction.
What is the National Park Service? (NPS)
400
The City of Brooklyn first purchased land to create Canarsie Park in the following year?
a) 1895 b) 1935 c) 1980
What is a) 1895?
400
Kite-surfing and wind-surfing are popular summer attractions at this beach.
What is Plumb Beach?
Many kite-surfing enthusiasts consider Plumb Beach the best spot for kite-surfing in the New York City area.
400
This important nutrient in wastewater can contribute to algae blooms and poor water quality when too much of it enters the Bay.
What is nitrogen?
500
This is the only waterway in the NY-NJ Harbor Estuary from which no fish or crabs can be safely eaten by humans.
What is Paerdegat Basin?
While you may not be able to eat the oysters, the Billion Oysters Project has a community reef in Paerdegat Basin.
500
This plan was put together by the New York City Department of Environmental Protection to reduce the amount of pollution flowing into Paerdegat Basin and improve water quality
What is the Paedergat Basin Long Term Control Plan?
This plan addresses CSOs or 'combined sewer outflows'.
500
This Starbucks Coffee Company executive and possible presidential hopeful was born in Canarsie.
Who is Howard Shultz?
He graduated from Canarsie High School in 1971.
500
Move over Coney Island! Golden City Amusement Park was the crown-jewel of this Jamaica Bay neighborhood’s early 20th century seaside resort complex.
What is Canarsie?
Coney Island had the last laugh. In 1934, the park was razed to make way for the Belt Parkway, which connects outer borough residents to Coney Island.
500
This bird of prey arrives in Jamaica Bay in the spring and nests for five months before taking the 6,000 mile return trip to South America.
What is an osprey?
Once considered endangered in parts of our area, ospreys have made a remarkable recovery in recent decades thanks to conservation efforts like artificial nest boxes.