Trains, Planes & Automobiles
Who is John Candy?
This word comes from the latin for Libertas. This can refer to political or civil freedom in the sense of being a free person.
What is liberty?
While close in name to TV show "Friends" favorite hangout spot, this urban area was designed by landscape architect and writer Frederick Law Olmsted and the English architect Calvert Vaux in 1858 after winning a design competition.
What is Central Park?
This vehicle brand made its name in the early days of WW2. A small, four-wheel drive prototype, the Willys "Quad", was delivered to the US Army. It featured the Willys "Go-Devil" engine, developed by Delmar "Barney" Roos.
What is Jeep?
What admendent was passed by congress on June 4th 1919 coming up on 100 years ago, finally giving this gender an equal right to vote?
What is the 19th Amendment? Also accept women's right to vote.
While nine-year-old Oskar Schell, the main character in Jonathan Safran Foer's novel Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, believes there is a sixth borough in New York City, what are NYC's five boroughs?
What are The Bronx, Manhatan, Brooklyn, Queens, & Staten Island?
This band from San Francisco, CA formed in 1993 to put out such hits as "Meet Virgina", "Calling All Angels" & "Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)".
Who is Train?
Designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and built by Gustave Eiffel. This monument was dedicated on October 28, 1886.
What is the Statue of Liberty?
This island had over 12 million immigrants pass through it over it's 60 years+ in operation.
What is Ellis Island?
This rail system serves the Tri-State area, servicing a average weekday ride total of 928,494 acting as a connector of the areas larger cities of Philly & NYC.
What is the NJ Transit?
What do the 7 rays in the crown on Lady Liberty's head represent?
What is the seven seas and continents of the world?
Once a fan of fat free yogurt & Seinfeld, he was the 107th Mayor of NYC from 1994 to 2001.
This cities airports consist of JFK & La Guardia.
What is New York City?
What is the official name given to the Liberty Monument by it's sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi? In his native French, he named it "La Liberté Éclairant le Monde"
What is "Liberty Enlightening the World"?
Once called the Effiel Tower, by a young polish american on his first trip to NYC, this building was the tallest building in the world from 1931 to 1972.
What is the Empire State Building?