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Things that Came From New York

Can you name these inventions, companies, and bands which originated in the New York area?
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Comic book company that created Captain America
1939
Marvel Comics
Board game with 100 tiles played on a 15x15 grid
1931
Scrabble
Diners Club introduced the first one of these
1950
Credit card
Overpriced burger chain which started as a kiosk in Madison Square Park
2001
Shake Shack
Jewelry store known for its robin's egg blue boxes
1837
Tiffany & Co.
Salad named for a hotel which has celery, apples, walnuts, grapes, and mayonnaise dressing
1896
Waldorf salad
Fashion magazine once led by Anna Wintour
1892
Vogue
Musical genre whose first hit song was recorded by the Sugarhill Gang
1979
Rap
Brand which sponsors an annual hot dog eating contest in Coney Island
1916
Nathan's Famous
The world's best-selling brand of grand pianos
1853
Steinway & Sons
Company which demonstrated the safety elevator at the 1853 World's Fair
1853
Otis Elevator
Punk band that were not actually related to each other, despite their stage names
1974
The Ramones
Stuffed animal named after a President
1902
Teddy bear
Invention of Willis Carrier that has resulted in higher populations in southern states
1902
Air conditioning
Dance style which was an Olympic sport in 2024
1970s
Breakdancing
Children's book featuring a red balloon, kittens, mittens, and a bowl full of mush
1947
Goodnight Moon
Ice cream brand with a fake Danish name
1960
Häagen-Dazs
Hindu religious group once notorious for handing out flowers at airports
1966
Hare Krishnas
Bathroom necessity used for over 1000 years in China but produced commercially for the first time in New York
1857
Toilet paper
Brand of cookies which was a knockoff of Hydrox
1912
Oreo
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27 Comments
Neodymium
+5
Level 63
Oct 25, 2025
Would be nice to see it ordered by year, just for fun
overtired
+5
Level 88
Oct 25, 2025
Allow air con?
Zildjinn
+4
Level 86
Oct 26, 2025
I second this because "Air Conditioner" didn't work.
PietjePuk24
+2
Level 86
Oct 25, 2025
could you be leaner on the spelling of Hare Krishnas?
Alexquiz17
+5
Level 95
Oct 25, 2025
Or fatter?
JackintheBox
+1
Level 82
Nov 6, 2025
You mean 'more lenient'?
Alexquiz17
+3
Level 95
Oct 25, 2025
I’m sorry, we’re fresh out of waldorfs.

Fawlty Towers reference.

No Beastie Boys?

IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 92
Oct 28, 2025
Hearing that guy repeat Waldorf salad ingredients to Fawlty so many times has made me never want one. What a crap combination.
ZaKitty
+5
Level 80
Oct 25, 2025
Allow toilet roll?
barmanitan
+1
Level 84
Oct 26, 2025
Yeah also tripped up by this
keloke
+2
Level 62
Nov 6, 2025
me too
Amaya75622
+1
Level 32
Oct 25, 2025
Forgot the 's' in Haagen Daz
IsleAuHaulte
+2
Level 92
Oct 27, 2025
I was guessing Five Guys was from New York.
Ampersandwich
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Level 61
Nov 6, 2025
I truly believe Five Guys is now the best value for fast food*

* As long as you're fine with water

The food is still great quality. Yes, it's expensive, but they provide you a mountain of fries & unlimited peanuts to nosh on!

Vs McDonalds, which gets you angry at the sheer difference between the picture & the Oreo-sized burger you get stateside

My two cents, but feel free to disagree!

jmellor13
+2
Level 68
Nov 6, 2025
It's originally from Virginia. (Some fun trivia is that the "Five Guys" are the founder and his four sons.)
loganite
+5
Level 94
Oct 27, 2025
Air conditioner for air conditioning?
tizzlizz
+1
Level 66
Nov 25, 2025
absolutely should be accepted
JWC1202
+5
Level 76
Oct 28, 2025
Actually, Timely Comics, Marvel Comics predecessor, introduced Captain America. Timely didn't become Marvel until 1961; Captain America was created 20 years earlier.
MindWax
+2
Level 87
Oct 28, 2025
I tried Steinberg and Steinman but couldn't quite get there! Grrrr
Ampersandwich
+3
Level 61
Nov 6, 2025
If my memory serves me right, naming the company a pseudo-Scandinavian name (Häagen-Dazs) was twofold

- The obvious being it sounds fancy & foreign, and thus very premium (something which fooled my dad & I for quite a while!)

- The second being that the company was founded by Polish-American Jews & paid tribute to Denmark, which (despite German occupation) did a tremendous amount for the Jews in WW2. This included smuggling out >90% to Sweden, which kept the prewar Jewish population largely intact.

RuthlessCosmo
+3
Level 78
Nov 6, 2025
You should add ISKCON, which is the acronym by which that organization and its local affiliates are known.
pyramid18
+2
Level 69
Nov 6, 2025
I came here to say this; with other Hindus I've only heard them referred to as ISKON. It should be accepted.
chrcolstrup
+6
Level 70
Nov 6, 2025
Häagen-Dazs was supposed to sound danish?? As a dane, they did not do a very good job lol
InterAlia
+6
Level 83
Nov 6, 2025
Actual Danes were not the target audience.
Djai
+2
Level 63
Nov 6, 2025
I know it's still NY State, but wasn't air conditioning invented in Buffalo, not NYC? I guess this could be a NYS quiz, but I kind of thought it was just the city.
MasterKenobi
+2
Level 65
Nov 7, 2025
It saddens me how many of y'all never grew up with Good Night Moon or even got it for your own kids 😢
GeneralZaroff
+1
Level 34
Nov 27, 2025
Three of these, you can get if you've read The Anthropocene Reviewed.
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