Nyc Tour Guide License Exam Questions
& Answers With Latest Updates
What famous artists worked at the Hispanic Society of America? (5 artists) -
ANSWER//El Greco
Francisco Goya
Diego Valazquez
Joaquin Sorollo
Bastida
What and where is the campbell Apartment? - ANSWER//Tycoon John W campbells'
1920's private office and Salon in Grand Central Station which has been fully restored to
its original splendor and reborn as a cocktail lounge
Who sold Manhattan to the Dutch? - ANSWER//Algonquin Lenape Indians, Wappinger
Federation
Who made the purchase of Manhattan from Indians? - ANSWER//Dutchman Peter
Minuit
How many people pass thru Grand Central Station daily? - ANSWER//500,000
Who funds public arts in the subway? - ANSWER//MTA Arts for Transit (Metropolitan
Transit Authority)
Whats is the oldest Jewish newspaper? - ANSWER//Jewish Daily Forward also called
The Forvitz
Whats the Salmagundi Club?
Describe the club?
Where is the club located? - ANSWER//A club for artists(not night club)
Only surviving mansion - on Natl Reg of Historic Places
Lower 5th Ave in Greenwich Village
Name some famous artists from Salmagundi Club - ANSWER//Louis Comfort Tiffany
Charles Dana Gibson
John LaFarge
Stanford White
What is the 21 Club and where is it? - ANSWER//A bar that was most upscale
speakeasy during prohibition
21 W 52nd St
What did the law of 1879 concerning tenement construction affect in terms of
architecture? - ANSWER//Required that windows face a source of fresh air to combat
the dumbbell style construction
, Is what Museum would you find 2 surviving Dutch Farm houses - ANSWER//Brooklyn
Museum
Who originally owned the Dutch farm houses in the Brooklyn Museum? - ANSWER//Jan
Martense Schenk & Nicholas Schenk
Where can buses stop when picking up or dropoff pax? - ANSWER//White actively
unloading or loading pax, buses May stop in: No parking, No standing, No standing-
Except trucks loading & unloading zones.
Note - buses may NOT top in a no stopping zone, red zone bus lanes or bus stops
Name - ANSWER//
Where is the diamond District? - ANSWER//47th St between 5th & 6th Avenues
What is unusual about the diamond trade? - ANSWER//There are no contracts only
handshakes
Prior to its present location where was the Diamond District - ANSWER//Canal Street
Where are the great Works of Picasso found? - ANSWER//Gasosian Gallery - Which
has 3 locations in NYC and numerous worldwide
Where does the New York Ballet perform the Nutcracker Suite during Christmas time? -
ANSWER//David H Koch Theater - formerly the NY State Theater - which is part of the
Lincoln Center for performing Arts
What book did photographer/reformer Jacob Riis write? - ANSWER//"How the other Half
Lives" that was a look at impoverished life in the tenement houses that motivated social
reform
Who was Elizabeth Ann Seton? - ANSWER//The first American born saint in the US &
NY
Where is the Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton located? - ANSWER//7 State St facing
Battery Park
Why was she canonized? - ANSWER//Helped establish the Catholic Church and
schools in the U.S.
What are the addresses of:
Madison Square Garden?
Grand Central Station?
Time Square? - ANSWER//Madison Square Garden:
4 Penn Plaza
Grand Central Station:
42nd and Park Ave
Time Square:
& Answers With Latest Updates
What famous artists worked at the Hispanic Society of America? (5 artists) -
ANSWER//El Greco
Francisco Goya
Diego Valazquez
Joaquin Sorollo
Bastida
What and where is the campbell Apartment? - ANSWER//Tycoon John W campbells'
1920's private office and Salon in Grand Central Station which has been fully restored to
its original splendor and reborn as a cocktail lounge
Who sold Manhattan to the Dutch? - ANSWER//Algonquin Lenape Indians, Wappinger
Federation
Who made the purchase of Manhattan from Indians? - ANSWER//Dutchman Peter
Minuit
How many people pass thru Grand Central Station daily? - ANSWER//500,000
Who funds public arts in the subway? - ANSWER//MTA Arts for Transit (Metropolitan
Transit Authority)
Whats is the oldest Jewish newspaper? - ANSWER//Jewish Daily Forward also called
The Forvitz
Whats the Salmagundi Club?
Describe the club?
Where is the club located? - ANSWER//A club for artists(not night club)
Only surviving mansion - on Natl Reg of Historic Places
Lower 5th Ave in Greenwich Village
Name some famous artists from Salmagundi Club - ANSWER//Louis Comfort Tiffany
Charles Dana Gibson
John LaFarge
Stanford White
What is the 21 Club and where is it? - ANSWER//A bar that was most upscale
speakeasy during prohibition
21 W 52nd St
What did the law of 1879 concerning tenement construction affect in terms of
architecture? - ANSWER//Required that windows face a source of fresh air to combat
the dumbbell style construction
, Is what Museum would you find 2 surviving Dutch Farm houses - ANSWER//Brooklyn
Museum
Who originally owned the Dutch farm houses in the Brooklyn Museum? - ANSWER//Jan
Martense Schenk & Nicholas Schenk
Where can buses stop when picking up or dropoff pax? - ANSWER//White actively
unloading or loading pax, buses May stop in: No parking, No standing, No standing-
Except trucks loading & unloading zones.
Note - buses may NOT top in a no stopping zone, red zone bus lanes or bus stops
Name - ANSWER//
Where is the diamond District? - ANSWER//47th St between 5th & 6th Avenues
What is unusual about the diamond trade? - ANSWER//There are no contracts only
handshakes
Prior to its present location where was the Diamond District - ANSWER//Canal Street
Where are the great Works of Picasso found? - ANSWER//Gasosian Gallery - Which
has 3 locations in NYC and numerous worldwide
Where does the New York Ballet perform the Nutcracker Suite during Christmas time? -
ANSWER//David H Koch Theater - formerly the NY State Theater - which is part of the
Lincoln Center for performing Arts
What book did photographer/reformer Jacob Riis write? - ANSWER//"How the other Half
Lives" that was a look at impoverished life in the tenement houses that motivated social
reform
Who was Elizabeth Ann Seton? - ANSWER//The first American born saint in the US &
NY
Where is the Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton located? - ANSWER//7 State St facing
Battery Park
Why was she canonized? - ANSWER//Helped establish the Catholic Church and
schools in the U.S.
What are the addresses of:
Madison Square Garden?
Grand Central Station?
Time Square? - ANSWER//Madison Square Garden:
4 Penn Plaza
Grand Central Station:
42nd and Park Ave
Time Square:
