Movies & TV Shows
In Nora Ephron’s 1989 masterpiece When Harry Met Sally, Harry and Sally meet on a road trip from college to New York City. In what city did their road trip begin?
Chicago
The 1975 studio album titled “Coney Island Baby” comes from which native New York musical act?
Simon & Garfunkel
Lou Reed
The Velvet Underground
The New York Dolls
Lou Reed
“Ray’s Coffee Shop” from HBO’s Girls sat directly across the street from a hip, trendy cafe called “Helvetica.” Name the Brooklyn restaurant where “Ray’s” was set.
Vinny’s Pizzeria
Speedy Romeo
Barboncino
Paulie Gee’s
Speedy Romeo
In the first chapter of Mario Puzo’s The Godfather, the Corleones are celebrating a wedding. Which NYC borough is the wedding set in?
Staten Island
Brooklyn is named for the city of Breukelen in what European nation?
The Netherlands
In the 1991 film New Jack City starring Wesley Snipes, Judd Brown and Ice-T, Chris Rock (in one of his first film roles) plays a drug addict who goes by the name of:
Cookie
Snoopy
Loops
Pookie
Dorothy Parker’s posse met for lunch every day for ten years at which Times Square hotel?
The Algonquin Hotel
In J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, Holden wonders about the fate of which animals in Central Park?
(a) The squirrels in the Sheep Meadow
(b) The goats in the Children’s Zoo
(c) The ducks in the lagoon
(d) The horses from the carriage tours
The ducks in the lagoon
The name of this, New York City’s most famous, mayor graces multiple locations across the city, including public housing facilities, schools, and even an airport.
(Fiorello) LaGuardia
Without his dancing skills, Tony Manero would just be a poor kid from Bay Bridge, Brooklyn in this 1977 classic:
Juice
West Side Story
Saturday Night Fever
Rosemary’s Baby
Saturday Night Fever
This New York jazz club was a famed venue for jazz legends Miles Davis, Billie Holiday, and John Coltrane.
The Lenox Lounge
This Greenwich Village cafe was a popular hangout for the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan in the 1960s and 1970s
Cafe Wha?
In Truman Capote’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s, which character is hospitalized for a bad sunburn?
(a) Rusty Trawler
(b) Sally Tomato
(c) Holly Golightly
(d) Mag Wildwood
Mag Wildwood
The Bronx is home to this park, the largest in all of the City’s five boroughs.
Pelham Bay Park
It opens with a scene on the Staten Island Ferry and includes plenty of great New York views, but can you name this 1988 film which stars Melanie Griffith?
Hannah and her Sisters
Body Double
Heartburn
Working Girl
Working Girl
What NYC nightclub played a major role in the growth of disco in the 1970s?
Studio 54
What New York City neighborhood does Louise Fitzhugh’s nosy kid-detective Harriet the Spy live in?
(a) Upper East Side
(b) Greenwich Village
(c) Upper West Side
(d) Hell’s Kitchen
Upper East Side
This notoriously crime-ridden, lower Manhattan neighborhood was immortalized in Scorcese’s 2002 film, “Gangs of New York.”
"The Five points"
In the early Seinfeld episode “The Airport,” Jerry picks up a woman he’s interested in from the airport. She gives him which unconventional greeting?
Clasping both hands
Hug from behind
Secret handshake
Salute
Clasping Both Hands
Name the home borough (or neighborhood) of these NYC rappers: Nas, Biggie, Fat Joe, A$AP Rocky, Cardi B
Queens (Queensbridge); Brooklyn (Bed-Stuy); Bronx; (Harlem); Bronx (Morris Heights)
Ralph Ellison's masterpiece, Invisible Man tells the story of a young college student in the 1930s who leaves the South for this bustling New York neighborhood.
What is Harlem
This astronomical occurrence, in which the rising or setting sun is perfectly aligned with the Manhattan street grid, is known by what name?
Manhattanhenge