| Clue | Answer | % Correct | |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | State capital | Albany | 98%
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| B | NYC street famous for musical theaters | Broadway | 97%
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| N | Waterfall on the Canadian border | Niagara Falls | 94%
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| Q | New York City borough | Queens | 93%
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| H | NYC neighborhood that had a literary "Renaissance" in the 1920s | Harlem | 89%
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| K | NBA team based in Manhattan | Knicks | 86%
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| E | State nickname | The {Empire} State | 86%
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| W | Music festival that took place on a farm near the town of Bethel 1969 | Woodstock | 83%
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| C | Last name of politicians Andrew and Mario | Cuomo | 80%
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| X | Company that was the first to introduce photocopiers in 1959 | Xerox | 79%
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| R | Most populous city on the Lake Ontario | Rochester | 78%
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| G | 1990s New York City mayor that is often credited with reducing crime in the city | Rudy Giuliani | 78%
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| F | Otisco, Skaneateles, Owasco, Cayuga and Seneca, for example | {Finger} Lakes | 77%
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| I | Confederation of six Native American tribes | Iroquois | 77%
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| U | Upstate city named after an ancient Phoenician city | Utica | 75%
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| M | President that was assassinated by an anarchist in Buffalo in 1901 | William McKinley | 73%
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| V | Railroad and shipping tycoon that was one of the richest people in the world when he died in 1877 | Cornelius Vanderbilt | 68%
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| Z | CEO that was born in White Plains in 1984 | Mark Zuckerberg | 66%
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| L | Village that hosted the Winter Olympics twice | Lake Placid | 64%
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| O | Tallest building in the United States | One World Trade Center | 64%
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| D | "Raging Bull" actor | Robert De Niro | 64%
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| Y | They are called "The Bronx Bombers" | Yankees | 64%
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| J | His real name is Shawn Carter | Jay-Z | 63%
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| P | Musical that was the longest-running production of B of all-time | Phantom of the Opera | 50%
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| S | County in which two Revolutionary War battles took place and are called to be the "turning points" of the war | Saratoga | 50%
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| T | Corrupt political machine that was led by Boss Tweed in the 1860s | {Tammany} Hall | 43%
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