Quiz: New York City

New York City is the capital of ________.

1. the state of New Jersey
2. the state of New York
3. the USA
4. x – none of the above

The population of the urban area of New York City is almost ________.

1. 11 million
2. 19 million
3. 26 million
4. 6 million

Which of the following is not one of the five boroughs of New York:

1. Brooklyn
2. Queens
3. Rhode Island
4. the Bronx

The first European settlement in Manhattan was ________.

1. British
2. Dutch
3. French
4. Spanish

Which of these is not a nickname for New York City:

1. Gotham
2. The Big Apple
3. The City that Never Sleeps
4. The Cradle of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty was a gift from the ________.

1. British
2. Dutch
3. French
4. Indians

Many people go to ________ on New Year's Eve.

1. Central Park
2. Liberty Island
3. Madison Square Gardens
4. Times Square

________ is known as a major black cultural and business center.

1. Broadway
2. Greenwich Village
3. Harlem
4. SoHo

Wall Street got its name because ________.

1. there are buildings with high walls
2. there is a wall with the names of people who died in the war in Vietnam
3. there was once a wall to protect the settlement against attacks of Indians
4. Waal is a Dutch word for ‘money’

The place where the World Trade Center used to stand is now sometimes called ________.

1. Area 51
2. Flushing Meadows
3. Ground Zero
4. Murray Hill