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State of New York

Can you guess this trivia about the northeastern U.S. state of New York?
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Last updated: June 30, 2025
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First submittedJuly 18, 2024
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State capital
Albany
Largest city (think)
New York
Nickname of that city
Big Apple
State nickname
Empire State
State motto
Excelsior
Second largest city
Buffalo
Mountainous park in the northeast of NY
Adirondack
Lake town in the above that hosted the Winter Olympics
Lake Placid
Waterfalls that connect Lake Erie to Lake Ontario
Niagara Falls
Largest island in the contiguous US, with ~39% of NY's population
Long Island
Village at the far eastern tip of that island
Montauk
Region in central NY with long and narrow lakes
Finger Lakes
Region shared with Ontario on the St. Lawrence River
Thousand Islands
Mountainous park with 7 reservoirs that provide freshwater to the biggest city
Catskill
Largest lake entirely in NY
Oneida
Rich family that gave birth to two US presidents—"rose field"
Roosevelt
Last governor of New Netherland before the English took over
Peter Stuyvesant
The Borscht Belt was known for vacationers of this religion
Judaism
Name one of New York's two Ivy League schools
Columbia / Cornell
Canal completed in 1825 that connected the Great Lakes to the Atlantic
Erie Canal
Largest city in central NY, known for intense snowfall
Syracuse
Wealthy business magnate who founded Standard Oil
John D. Rockefeller
Founding father who lived in NY, but was born in Nevis
Alexander Hamilton
Fort captured by Ethan Allen in the American Revolution
Ticonderoga
Famous statue gifted from France
Statue of Liberty
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2 Comments
Nyackjohn
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Level 79
Aug 7, 2024
Great quiz! As a New Yorker, I thank you - you got all parts of the state in, along with history, geography, population - not just NYC! One note: the true name is "Liberty Enlightening The World" actually, "The Statue of Liberty" is merely a nickname. ONLY because so many quizzes on here would have insisted on the real name and the real name ONLY, I began with that and it was not accepted (yes, I immediately substituted the common answer). Although I totally grant you that the vast majority will answer "The Statue of Liberty", having the quiz NOT accept the actual name seems really strange. May I suggest accepting it, just for accuracy sake? Thanks again for a fun quiz.
cranbeckh
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Level 69
Aug 7, 2024
It's nice to see the Catskill Mountains get a mention. Often overshadowed by their cousins the Adirondacks, the Catskills have some of the best hiking and vistas on the east coast.
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