Improved Nyc Tour Guide Exam 2024
What famous book did Jacob Riis write about the conditions in
tenement houses, to motivate social reform? - ✔️CORRECT
ANSWER✅-How the Other Half Lives
Who designed the outside of the Statue of Liberty? The inside? -
✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi; Gustave
Eiffel
Who designed the Washington Square Arch? - ✔️CORRECT
ANSWER✅-Stanford White
Who are the architects of Grand Central Terminal? - ✔️CORRECT
ANSWER✅-Warren and Wetmore, Reed and Stem
,What subway lines do NOT stop at Times Square? - ✔️CORRECT
ANSWER✅-4/5/6, B/D/F/M, A/C/E, G, L
What borough has Edgar Allan Poe's cottage? - ✔️CORRECT
ANSWER✅-The Bronx
Where can you find the greatest concentration of cast iron
buildings in the world? - ✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-SoHo (SOuth of
HOuston)
What is unique about wooden water towers? - ✔️CORRECT
ANSWER✅-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? - ✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-Queens Museum
in Flushing Meadows Corona Park
,What is the largest Jewish congregation in New York City? -
✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-Temple Emanu-El
Where was the Bill Cosby Show shot? Where were the Huxtable
family supposed to live? - ✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-St. Luke's
Place in the West Village; Brooklyn Heights
Where are the great works of Picasso found? - ✔️CORRECT
ANSWER✅-The Gagosian Gallery, which has 3 locations in NYC
and numerous worldwide
Who designed the Malcolm Shabazz Mosque? - ✔️CORRECT
ANSWER✅-Sabbath Brown
Who were the original owners of the Dutch farmhouses in the
Brooklyn Museum? - ✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-Jan Martense
Schenk & Nicholas Schenk
, What is the Dahesh Museum? - ✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-Only
museum in US devoted to collecting, exhibiting, and interpreting
works by Europe's academically trained artists of the 19th and
early 20th century.
What is the newest museum on Museum Mile? - ✔️CORRECT
ANSWER✅-The Neue Galerie at 1048 5th Avenue. Austrian and
German art, donated by Ronald Lauder, a cosmetics mogul. In C.
Vanderbuilt's old house.
What is the best example of Art Deco architecture in New York
City? - ✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-Chrysler Building
What's a nickname for the AT&T Building? - ✔️CORRECT
ANSWER✅-Golden Boy
What was the original function of the building that holds Tavern-on-
the-Green, an exclusive, eccentric restaurant in Central Park? -
✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-It was a sheep barn
What famous book did Jacob Riis write about the conditions in
tenement houses, to motivate social reform? - ✔️CORRECT
ANSWER✅-How the Other Half Lives
Who designed the outside of the Statue of Liberty? The inside? -
✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi; Gustave
Eiffel
Who designed the Washington Square Arch? - ✔️CORRECT
ANSWER✅-Stanford White
Who are the architects of Grand Central Terminal? - ✔️CORRECT
ANSWER✅-Warren and Wetmore, Reed and Stem
,What subway lines do NOT stop at Times Square? - ✔️CORRECT
ANSWER✅-4/5/6, B/D/F/M, A/C/E, G, L
What borough has Edgar Allan Poe's cottage? - ✔️CORRECT
ANSWER✅-The Bronx
Where can you find the greatest concentration of cast iron
buildings in the world? - ✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-SoHo (SOuth of
HOuston)
What is unique about wooden water towers? - ✔️CORRECT
ANSWER✅-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? - ✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-Queens Museum
in Flushing Meadows Corona Park
,What is the largest Jewish congregation in New York City? -
✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-Temple Emanu-El
Where was the Bill Cosby Show shot? Where were the Huxtable
family supposed to live? - ✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-St. Luke's
Place in the West Village; Brooklyn Heights
Where are the great works of Picasso found? - ✔️CORRECT
ANSWER✅-The Gagosian Gallery, which has 3 locations in NYC
and numerous worldwide
Who designed the Malcolm Shabazz Mosque? - ✔️CORRECT
ANSWER✅-Sabbath Brown
Who were the original owners of the Dutch farmhouses in the
Brooklyn Museum? - ✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-Jan Martense
Schenk & Nicholas Schenk
, What is the Dahesh Museum? - ✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-Only
museum in US devoted to collecting, exhibiting, and interpreting
works by Europe's academically trained artists of the 19th and
early 20th century.
What is the newest museum on Museum Mile? - ✔️CORRECT
ANSWER✅-The Neue Galerie at 1048 5th Avenue. Austrian and
German art, donated by Ronald Lauder, a cosmetics mogul. In C.
Vanderbuilt's old house.
What is the best example of Art Deco architecture in New York
City? - ✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-Chrysler Building
What's a nickname for the AT&T Building? - ✔️CORRECT
ANSWER✅-Golden Boy
What was the original function of the building that holds Tavern-on-
the-Green, an exclusive, eccentric restaurant in Central Park? -
✔️CORRECT ANSWER✅-It was a sheep barn
