Famous Cities: NEW YORK CITY

New York City at nigh

New York City is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world. A global power city, New York City exerts a significant impact upon commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and entertainment. New York City is an important center for international diplomacy and has been described as the cultural capital of the world. New York City is located on one of the world’s largest natural harbor. About 800 languages are spoken in New York City, making it the most linguistically diverse city in the world.

1. Which international organization’s headquarters are located in the New York City?

Ans: United Nation (UN).

UN headquarters in Lower Manhattan

2. World’s leading financial center Wall Street is located in which borough of New York City?

Ans: Manhattan (Lower Manhattan).

3. Which is the oldest institution of higher learning in the New York City as well as New York State?

Ans: Columbia University (Est. 1754).

4. Do you know the name of the homeland of the Lenape people that inhabited in the New York City during pre-colonial era?

Ans: Lenapehoking.

Giovanni da Verrazzano

5. Name the first European explorer to visit New York City as documented.

Ans: Giovanni da Verrazzano (1524).

6. Who purchased island of Manhattan from Native Americans for 60 Dutch guilders in the 17^th century?

Ans: Peter Minuit (May 24, 1626).

7. Which disease caused the city to lost 10% of its population in 1702?

Ans: Yellow Fever.

Brooklyn Bridge during construction

8. The Brooklyn Bridge, one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States and New York City. It was completed in 1883. It connects the two New City boroughs. Do you know which two?

Ans: Manhattan and Brooklyn.

9. The largest battle of the American Revolutionary War was fought in August 27, 1776 entirely within the modern day of Brooklyn. Do you know the name of the battle?

Ans: The Battle of Long Island, also known as the Battle of Brooklyn or the Battle of Brooklyn Heights.

10. The General Slocum was a passenger steamboat built in Brooklyn in 1891. On June 15, 1904, the General Slocum caught fire and sank in East River. An estimated of 1021 of the 1342 people on board died. The General Slocum disaster was the New York area's worst disaster in terms of loss of life until the September 11, 2001 attacks. Do you know the General Slocum was name after which New York congress man and civil war general?

Ans: General Henry Warner Slocum

11. The Bronx is the New York City’s northernmost borough. The Bronx is the only borough that is located primarily on the mainland. Do you which famous MLB team’s home stadium is in the Bronx?

Ans: New York Yankees (the Yankee Stadium).

1993 bombing WTC

12. The Empire State Building is a 102-story skyscraper located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It was world’s tallest building for 40 years, from its completion in 1931 until construction of the World Trade Center's North Tower in 1972. Do you know from where its name derived from?

Ans: From the nickname of New York, the Empire State.

13. The World Trade Center was destroyed in 11 September, 2001 by Al-Qaeda terrorist group. Al-Qaeda hijackers flew two Boeing 767 jets into the complex, one into each tower, in a coordinated terrorist attack. These attacks on the World Trade Center killed 2,753 people. Do you know when World Trade Center was bombed before?

Ans: February 26, 1993.

Stock Exchange

14. Which New York paper won the most Pulitzer Prize for journalism?

Ans: The New York Times.

15. Which famous soccer team listed its IPO in New York Stock Exchange in 2012?

Ans: Manchester United F.C.