New York City Quiz

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Question	Answer
Famous Nickname	The Big Apple
Original name of the city	New Amsterdam
Island to the east	Long Island
State to the west	New Jersey
State it is in	New York
1 of 5 Boroughs	Brooklyn, Manhattan, Bronx, Queens, Staten Island
River it is at the mouth of	Hudson River
First University in New York	Columbia University
Revolutionary War Battle in Manhattan	Battle of Fort Washington
Monument given from France in 1886	Statue of Liberty
Island European immigrants went to on arrival	Ellis Island
Year the stock market crashed and led to the Great Depression	1929
Famous building constructed in 1931	The Empire State Building
Building that terrorists crashed two hijacked planes into on 9/11	World Trade Center
Hurricane in 2012	Hurricane Sandy
Baseball Team located in the Bronx	Yankees
Football team that was won 4 Super Bowls	Giants
Famous Street named after a barrier from the original Dutch Colony. The New York Stock Exchange is here.	Wall Street
Major International Airport in Queens	John F. Kennedy International
Huge Shopping/Event Center in Manhattan. named after famous 19th Century Oil Tycoon and, founder of Standard Oil	Rockefeller Center

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