NYC quiz (this one's tough)

[Briar Rose 7457]

today my department had a lunchtime cruise on the harbor. very few of us got all the answers to this quiz (I've removed the 3 questions that were just about our company):


1. What is the longest street in NYC?

2. What is New York State's nickname?

3. In which arm does the Statue of Liberty hold her torch?

4. What is the name of the island where the Statue of Liberty is located?

5. Which two states fought over the Statue of Liberty?

6. Which five states border New York State?

7. True or false. Central Park is bigger than Monaco.

8. True or false. Most of the tip of Manhattan is made up of landfill.

9. True or false. In NYC the "streets" run north and south.

10. Who sings "New York State of Mind"?

[SPAGo 98]

1. What is the longest street in NYC?
b'way?

2. What is New York State's nickname?
big apple

3. In which arm does the Statue of Liberty hold her torch?
right?

4. What is the name of the island where the Statue of Liberty is located?
ellis

5. Which two states fought over the Statue of Liberty?
ny & nj

6. Which five states border New York State?
vt, ma, ct, nj, pa

7. True or false. Central Park is bigger than Monaco.
true

8. True or false. Most of the tip of Manhattan is made up of landfill.
true

9. True or false. In NYC the "streets" run north and south.
false

10. Who sings "New York State of Mind"?
billy joel

[DaisyDebbie]

1. What is the longest street in NYC? Houston Street????

2. What is New York State's nickname? The Empire State

3. In which arm does the Statue of Liberty hold her torch? The Left

4. What is the name of the island where the Statue of Liberty is located? Ellis Island

5. Which two states fought over the Statue of Liberty? NY & NJ

6. Which five states border New York State? NJ,PA,CT, MASS, VT

7. True or false. Central Park is bigger than Monaco. True

8. True or false. Most of the tip of Manhattan is made up of landfill. False

9. True or false. In NYC the "streets" run north and south. False

*edited because I forgot to answer #1

10. Who sings "New York State of Mind"? Who else, Billy Joel

[Briar Rose 7457]

two wrong, Hes. want to give it another try?

[Briar Rose 7457]

4 wrong, Debbie.

[gina2000]

1. What is the longest street in NYC? Broadway

2. What is New York State's nickname? The Big Apple

3. In which arm does the Statue of Liberty hold her torch? left

4. What is the name of the island where the Statue of Liberty is located? Ellis

5. Which two states fought over the Statue of Liberty? NY/NJ

6. Which five states border New York State? Beats me. NJ/CT/PA/NH/VT

7. True or false. Central Park is bigger than Monaco. T

8. True or false. Most of the tip of Manhattan is made up of landfill. T

9. True or false. In NYC the "streets" run north and south. F

10. Who sings "New York State of Mind"? Billy Joel


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[SPAGo 98]

whoops

2. new york = empire state.

4. lady liberty is on liberty island.

[FergieTCat]

I'm trying to reply before I see the answers:

1. Broadway
2. Is the whole state called "The Big Apple"?
3. Right
4. Ellis Island
5. New York and New Jersey
6. (Wow! I'm really bad at geography) New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut (and I give up)
7. False
8. False (maybe)
9. Avenues run north to south; streets run east to west
10. Billy Joel

And, my score is -- 6

[Briar Rose 7457]

Hes has a perfect score now that he's made his corrections!

the City is "the big Apple" but the state is "the Empire State".

[SPAGo 98]

yay!

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