| Letter | Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Ocean that straddles Long Island on three sides | Atlantic Ocean | 98%
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| B | Singer and songwriter of "Piano Man" | Billy Joel | 95%
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| J | Busiest International Commercial Airport in North America | John F. Kennedy | 74%
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| C | Beachy neighborhood in Brooklyn that is technically a peninsula | Coney Island | 69%
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| H | Group of towns in eastern Long Island known for being a popular seaside resort | Hamptons | 69%
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| Q | NYC Borough that makes up roughly 30% of Long Island's population but only 8% of the area | Queens | 67%
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| M | Village on the far eastern tip of Long Island, famous for its lighthouse | Montauk | 62%
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| G | Book set in a fictionalized version of Great Neck, on Long Island's North Shore | The {Great Gatsby} | 62%
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| S | North shore town home to a prestigious SUNY University | Stony Brook | 48%
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| D | Biological molecule discovered at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory by James Watson and Francis Crick | DNA | 45%
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| L | Hamlet in Nassau County originally built for returning World War II veterans, the first of many such projects | Levittown | 45%
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| N | Actress famous for playing Padme Amidala in Star Wars | Natalie Portman | 40%
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| U | 19th-century-era organized network of secret routes that had some locations in Long Island | Underground Railroad | 36%
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| W | Poet and essayist who wrote "Leaves of Grass" | Walt Whitman | 31%
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| I | Interstate highway that stretches from Manhattan to Riverhead | I-495 | 29%
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| K | Grocery store chain based in Hauppauge recognized as America's first supermarket | King Kullen | 29%
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| E | Cosmetics and skincare brand whose namesake founder was born in Corona | Estée Lauder | 26%
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| R | Former airport and current shopping mall site that Charles Lindbergh started his Trans-Atlantic voyage from | Roosevelt Field | 26%
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| Y | Village formerly home to a summer camp promoting Nazi ideology to youth | Yaphank | 24%
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| O | Mansion formerly owned by Otto Hermann Kahn where the music video for Taylor Swift's "Blank Space" was filmed | Oheka Castle | 21%
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| T | Series of three horse races that concludes its final leg in Belmont Park in Elmont | Triple Crown | 21%
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| V | Town whose Jewish temple was visited by President Ronald Reagan | Valley Stream | 12%
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| Z | Prestigious medical college of Hofstra University | Zucker School | 12%
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| F | Public park that was the setting for much of Iron Man 2 | Flushing Meadows | 7%
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| X | Russian princess and Long Island socialite who recognized Anna Anderson as Anastasia Romanova | Xenia Georgievna | 7%
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| P | Legendary rapper from Hempstead who comprised one half of Mobb Deep | Prodigy | 5%
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