| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Nickname of NYC | The Big {Apple} | 97%
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| Suspension bridge designed by John A. Roebling that opened in 1883 | Brooklyn Bridge | 90%
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| Tallest building in the world for 40 years starting in 1931 | Empire State Building | 90%
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| River between Manhattan and New Jersey | Hudson River | 90%
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| Original name of the city under Dutch rule | New {Amsterdam} | 90%
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| Entertainment hub with many lit-up billboards, shops and theaters | {Times} Square | 90%
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| Entry island for many immigrants in the early 20th century | Ellis Island | 89%
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| Copper statue designed by Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi | Statue of Liberty | 89%
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| Urban park between the Upper West and Upper East Sides | Central Park | 88%
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| Large island with Brooklyn and Queens | Long Island | 88%
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| Yellow cabs that drive pedestrians around the city | Taxi | 88%
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| Building complex that was targeted in a devastating terrorist attack on September 11th, 2001 | World Trade Center | 88%
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| Street that is synonymous with finance and the stock market | {Wall} Street | 83%
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| Famous street that forms the above plaza when it intersects with 7th Avenue | Broadway | 82%
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| Neighborhood home to Daredevil, but no Gordon Ramsay | Hell's {Kitchen} | 82%
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| Majority African-American and Hispanic neighborhood that had a renaissance in the early 20th century | Harlem | 81%
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| NYC is famous for this food, with the first designated restaurant being Lombardi's | Pizza | 81%
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| Passenger train system that links 4 of the 5 boroughs | Subway | 81%
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| It took the record from this building nearby | Chrysler Building | 80%
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| Airports within Queens that serve NYC | John F. Kennedy | 80%
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| Neighborhoods in Lower Manhattan named for countries | Little {Italy} | 80%
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| Neighborhoods in Lower Manhattan named for countries | {China}town | 79%
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| World organization headquartered on the East River | United Nations | 79%
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| Major league baseball team based in The Bronx | Yankees | 79%
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| Ivy League school in Morningside Heights | Columbia University | 78%
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| Macy's throws a parade every year in Manhattan during this holiday | Thanksgiving | 78%
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| Popular beach neighborhood with theme park rides and a boardwalk | {Coney} Island | 77%
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| Bridge that connects Manhattan to Fort Lee, NJ | George Washington Bridge | 77%
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| The Bronx has one of the largest locations of this type in the US (hint: lion) | Zoo | 77%
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| Airports within Queens that serve NYC | LaGuardia | 76%
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| Almost a quarter of Brooklyn Residents are of this religion, with large numbers in Borough Park | Judaism | 72%
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| Holland, Lincoln, and Hugh L. Carey are... | Tunnels | 71%
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| Other MLB team of NYC, based at Citi Field | Mets | 70%
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| Height of the Freedom Tower in feet; honoring a certain patriotic year | 1776 | 69%
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| Citywide annual sporting event on the first Sunday of November | Marathon | 68%
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| Music genre that is said to have originated in South Bronx during the 70s | Hip-Hop | 66%
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| Modern art museum with a circular shaped roof | Guggenheim | 64%
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| These 2 skyscrapers utilize this style | Art Deco | 61%
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| Gothic cathedral adjacent to Rockefeller Center | St. {Patrick}'s Cathedral | 61%
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| Park at the southern tip of Manhattan | The {Battery} | 57%
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| Busy train station under the Madison Square Garden arena | {Pennsylvania} Station | 54%
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| County north of NYC (has cities like Yonkers and New Rochelle) | West{chester} | 54%
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| Park that hosted the 1964 World's Fair | {Flushing} Meadows Corona Park | 52%
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| Island in the East River previously known as Welfare Island | Roosevelt Island | 52%
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| The trendy neighborhood TriBeCa is a shortened version of this | Triangle Below {Canal} | 48%
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| Which is the namesake for a style of this "sandwich" | Hot dog | 42%
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| Which is just south of the New York... | {Botanical} Garden | 40%
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| Neighborhood with the riverside Domino Park | Williamsburg | 39%
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| County that Staten Island is part of | Richmond | 36%
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| Peninsula across Jamaica Bay with many beaches | Rockaway | 36%
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| Grand Army Plaza is the main entrance for this park | {Prospect} Park | 34%
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| Which has this large steel statue of the Earth | Uni{sphere} | 26%
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| The gothic revival gate of this cemetery is a tourist attraction | Green-{Wood} Cemetery | 14%
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| Highest natural point in NYC at 401 feet | {Todt} Hill | 14%
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| Old fort that overlooks the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge | Fort {Wadsworth} | 12%
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