IMPROVED NYC TOUR GUIDE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2026
UPDATE | 100% CORRECT.
Who are the architects of Grand Central Terminal? - ANS Warren and Wetmore, Reed and
Stem
What subway lines do NOT stop at Times Square? - ANS 4/5/6, B/D/F/M, A/C/E, G, L
What borough has Edgar Allan Poe's cottage? - ANS The Bronx
Where can you find the greatest concentration of cast iron buildings in the world? -
ANS SoHo (SOuth of HOuston)
What's a nickname for the AT&T Building? - ANS Golden Boy
What was the original function of the building that holds Tavern-on-the-Green, an exclusive,
eccentric restaurant in Central Park? - ANS It was a sheep barn
What are some of Wallace K. Harrison's accomplishments as an architect? - ANS United
Nations, Rockefeller Center, Battery Park City, master plan for Lincoln Center and Metropolitan
Opera House, Albany's Empire State Plaza, Corning Museum of Glass
What famous book did Jacob Riis write about the conditions in tenement houses, to motivate
social reform? - ANS How the Other Half Lives
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,Who designed the outside of the Statue of Liberty? The inside? - ANS Frédéric Auguste
Bartholdi; Gustave Eiffel
Who designed the Washington Square Arch? - ANS Stanford White
Who sculpted Bethesda Fountain? Where is it? - ANS Emma Stebbins; Central Park
What home of a Founding Father was moved from its original location to St. Nicholas Park? -
ANS Hamilton Grange (Alexander Hamilton's home)
What is the oldest continuous Protestant organization in New York City? - ANS Marble
Collegiate Church
Where was West Side Story filmed? - ANS Lincoln Center
What's at Arthur Avenue in the Bronx? - ANS Belmont, the "Little Italy of the Bronx"
What is the oldest Jewish synagogue in New York City (founded in 1654), and where is it? -
ANS Congregation Shearith Israel, W 70th Street and Central Park West
Where is the Islamic Cultural Center, the first mosque built in the US, which faces Mecca? -
ANS 1711 Third Avenue, between E 96th Street and E 97th Street
Who was Malcolm Shabazz? What two locations on W 116th Street are named for him? -
ANS Malcolm X's grandson; Malcolm Shabazz Mosque and Malcolm Shabazz Harlem Market
(market for African goods and clothes)
The Kosciuszko Bridge spans what waterway between Brooklyn and Queens? - ANS Newtown
Creek
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, Where is the New Wave Festival held each year? - ANS Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)
Which great painters are on display at the Hispanic Society of America? - ANS El Greco, Diego
Velázquez, Francisco de Goya, and others
What is CBGB? - ANS A music club that opened in the East Village in 1973 and helped launch
punk and new wave music. "Country, BlueGrass, and Blues." Police, the B-52s, the Talking
Heads, and Blondie played here.
What is a bialy? - ANS A Jewish pastry similar to a bagel but without a hole. Usually covered
with onions.
What is unique about wooden water towers? - ANS Wood expands when wet, preventing
leaks. Cheaper to build and maintain. Water freezes later than in steel.
Where is the New York City Panorama, the largest architectural model in the world? -
ANS Queens Museum in Flushing Meadows Corona Park
What is the largest Jewish congregation in New York City? - ANS Temple Emanu-El
Where was the Bill Cosby Show shot? Where were the Huxtable family supposed to live? -
ANS St. Luke's Place in the West Village; Brooklyn Heights
Where are the great works of Picasso found? - ANS The Gagosian Gallery, which has 3
locations in NYC and numerous worldwide
Who designed the Malcolm Shabazz Mosque? - ANS Sabbath Brown
Who were the original owners of the Dutch farmhouses in the Brooklyn Museum? - ANS Jan
Martense Schenk & Nicholas Schenk
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2026
UPDATE | 100% CORRECT.
Who are the architects of Grand Central Terminal? - ANS Warren and Wetmore, Reed and
Stem
What subway lines do NOT stop at Times Square? - ANS 4/5/6, B/D/F/M, A/C/E, G, L
What borough has Edgar Allan Poe's cottage? - ANS The Bronx
Where can you find the greatest concentration of cast iron buildings in the world? -
ANS SoHo (SOuth of HOuston)
What's a nickname for the AT&T Building? - ANS Golden Boy
What was the original function of the building that holds Tavern-on-the-Green, an exclusive,
eccentric restaurant in Central Park? - ANS It was a sheep barn
What are some of Wallace K. Harrison's accomplishments as an architect? - ANS United
Nations, Rockefeller Center, Battery Park City, master plan for Lincoln Center and Metropolitan
Opera House, Albany's Empire State Plaza, Corning Museum of Glass
What famous book did Jacob Riis write about the conditions in tenement houses, to motivate
social reform? - ANS How the Other Half Lives
@COPYRIGHT ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PAGE 1 OF 18
,Who designed the outside of the Statue of Liberty? The inside? - ANS Frédéric Auguste
Bartholdi; Gustave Eiffel
Who designed the Washington Square Arch? - ANS Stanford White
Who sculpted Bethesda Fountain? Where is it? - ANS Emma Stebbins; Central Park
What home of a Founding Father was moved from its original location to St. Nicholas Park? -
ANS Hamilton Grange (Alexander Hamilton's home)
What is the oldest continuous Protestant organization in New York City? - ANS Marble
Collegiate Church
Where was West Side Story filmed? - ANS Lincoln Center
What's at Arthur Avenue in the Bronx? - ANS Belmont, the "Little Italy of the Bronx"
What is the oldest Jewish synagogue in New York City (founded in 1654), and where is it? -
ANS Congregation Shearith Israel, W 70th Street and Central Park West
Where is the Islamic Cultural Center, the first mosque built in the US, which faces Mecca? -
ANS 1711 Third Avenue, between E 96th Street and E 97th Street
Who was Malcolm Shabazz? What two locations on W 116th Street are named for him? -
ANS Malcolm X's grandson; Malcolm Shabazz Mosque and Malcolm Shabazz Harlem Market
(market for African goods and clothes)
The Kosciuszko Bridge spans what waterway between Brooklyn and Queens? - ANS Newtown
Creek
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, Where is the New Wave Festival held each year? - ANS Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)
Which great painters are on display at the Hispanic Society of America? - ANS El Greco, Diego
Velázquez, Francisco de Goya, and others
What is CBGB? - ANS A music club that opened in the East Village in 1973 and helped launch
punk and new wave music. "Country, BlueGrass, and Blues." Police, the B-52s, the Talking
Heads, and Blondie played here.
What is a bialy? - ANS A Jewish pastry similar to a bagel but without a hole. Usually covered
with onions.
What is unique about wooden water towers? - ANS Wood expands when wet, preventing
leaks. Cheaper to build and maintain. Water freezes later than in steel.
Where is the New York City Panorama, the largest architectural model in the world? -
ANS Queens Museum in Flushing Meadows Corona Park
What is the largest Jewish congregation in New York City? - ANS Temple Emanu-El
Where was the Bill Cosby Show shot? Where were the Huxtable family supposed to live? -
ANS St. Luke's Place in the West Village; Brooklyn Heights
Where are the great works of Picasso found? - ANS The Gagosian Gallery, which has 3
locations in NYC and numerous worldwide
Who designed the Malcolm Shabazz Mosque? - ANS Sabbath Brown
Who were the original owners of the Dutch farmhouses in the Brooklyn Museum? - ANS Jan
Martense Schenk & Nicholas Schenk
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