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Knowledge test: New York – [GEO]

Why are New York cabs yellow? Which building was the city’s first skyscraper? What is the name of New York’s acting mayor? Test your knowledge of the city that never sleeps!


The answers to the questions are below.

Question 1 of 10
True or made up? Which statement about New York is correct?

a) In Chinese, New York means something like rat tail.

b) More Italians live in New York than in Rome.

c) About 3 million elevator rides take place in New York every year.

Question 2 of 10
Which building was the city’s first skyscraper?

a) Flatiron Building

b) Empire State Building

c) Rockefeller Center

Question 3 out of 10
What is the name of the current mayor of the city?

a) Adrian Fenty

b) Michael Bloomberg

c) Rudolph Giuliani

Question 4 out of 10
How much did Peter Minuit buy Manhattan from the locals?

a) for goods worth 60 guilders

b) for a small island in the Netherlands

c) for $22

Question 5 out of 10
Why are New York cabs yellow?

a) The color is easily recognizable even at long distances.

b) The founder of the taxi company was called Yellow.

c) Yellow was the color of the first New York flag.

Question 6 out of 10
How many rays does the crown of the Statue of Liberty have?

a) three

b) five

c) seven

Question 7 out of 10
Which Jewish specialty is popular in New York?

a) Murg

b) Knish

c) Laddu

Question 8 out of 10
Which of the following celebrities was born in New York?

a) Barack Obama

b) Julia Roberts

c) Sylvester Stallone

Question 9 out of 10
Who was the first German artist to be exhibited at the Guggenheim Museum?

a) Joseph Beuys

b) Gerhard Richter

c) Andreas Gursky

Question 10 out of 10
Where is the Broadway theater district located?

a) between 11th and 21st streets

b) between 41st and 53rd streets

c) between 63rd and 75th streets

Attention resolution!

Here are the answers to check:

Question 1 of 10
True or made up? Which statement about New York is correct?

a) In Chinese, New York means something like rat tail. ❌

b) More Italians live in New York than in Rome. ✔️

c) About 3 million elevator rides take place in New York every year. ❌

New York is the cosmopolitan city par excellence: Not only do more Italians live here than in Rome, but also more Irish than in Dublin and more citizens of the Jewish faith than in Tel Aviv.

Question 2 of 10
Which building was the city’s first skyscraper?

a) Flatiron Building ✔️

b) Empire State Building ❌

c) Rockefeller Center ❌

In 1902, the Flatiron Building was built as the city’s first skyscraper. The unusual wedge shape is to blame for the fact that it is very windy in the adjacent streets – sometimes not an easy walk for people with skirts!

Question 3 out of 10
What is the name of the current mayor of the city?

a) Adrian Fenty ❌

b) Michael Bloomberg ✔️

c) Rudolph Giuliani ❌

Media entrepreneur Michael Bloomberg has been the 108th Mayor of New York City since January 1, 2002.

Question 4 out of 10
How much did Peter Minuit buy Manhattan from the locals?

a) for goods worth 60 guilders ✔️

b) for a small island in the Netherlands ❌

c) for 22 dollars ❌

The Dutch seafarer bought the island of Manna-hatta (now Manhattan) from the native Indians for goods worth about 60 guilders. This makes him a co-founder of New York.

Question 5 out of 10
Why are New York cabs yellow?

a) The color is easily recognizable even at long distances. ✔️

b) The founder of the taxi company was called Yellow. ❌

c) Yellow was the color of the first New York flag. ❌

Rental car operator John D. Hertz opted for the uniform yellow livery because a study had shown that the color was best seen from a long distance.

Question 6 out of 10
How many rays does the crown of the Statue of Liberty have?

a) three ❌

b) five ❌

c) seven ✔️

The seven rays stand for the seven continents and the seven seas. Together they indicate the halo of the statue.

Question 7 out of 10
Which Jewish specialty is popular in New York?

a) Murg ❌

b) Knisch ✔️

c) Laddu

A knisch (or knish) is a type of potato pocket that Jewish immigrants brought to New York around 1900.

Question 8 out of 10
Which of the following celebrities was born in New York?

a) Barack Obama ❌

b) Julia Roberts ❌

c) Sylvester Stallone ✔️

The actor, film producer and director Sylvester Stallone was born on July 6, 1946 in New York.

Question 9 out of 10
Who was the first German artist to be exhibited at the Guggenheim Museum?

a) Joseph Beuys ✔️

b) Gerhard Richter ❌

c) Andreas Gursky ❌

In 1979 the Guggenheim Museum exhibited a retrospective of Joseph Beuys.

Question 10 out of 10
Where is the Broadway theater district located?

a) between 11th and 21st streets ❌

b) between 41st and 53rd streets ✔️

c) between 63rd and 75th streets ❌

The Broadway Theater District is located between 41st and 53rd Streets and between Sixth and Ninth Avenues. Musicals such as “West Side Story”, “The Phantom of the Opera” and “The Lion King” celebrated great successes here.

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