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IMPROVED NYC Tour Guide Exam QUESTIONS AND
WELL ELABORATED ANSWERS TOP RATED VERSION
FOR ALREADY A GRADED WITH EXPERT FEEDBACK
NEW AND REVISED
Who are the architects of Grand Central Terminal? - ..(ANSWER)...Warren and
Wetmore, Reed and Stem
What subway lines do NOT stop at Times Square? - ..(ANSWER)...4/5/6, B/D/F/M,
A/C/E, G, L
What borough has Edgar Allan Poe's cottage? - ..(ANSWER)...The Bronx
Where can you find the greatest concentration of cast iron buildings in the world?
- ..(ANSWER)...SoHo (SOuth of HOuston)
What's a nickname for the AT&T Building? - ..(ANSWER)...Golden Boy
What was the original function of the building that holds Tavern-on-the-Green, an
exclusive, eccentric restaurant in Central Park? - ..(ANSWER)...It was a sheep barn
What are some of Wallace K. Harrison's accomplishments as an architect? -
..(ANSWER)...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
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What famous book did Jacob Riis write about the conditions in tenement houses,
to motivate social reform? - ..(ANSWER)...How the Other Half Lives
Who designed the outside of the Statue of Liberty? The inside? -
..(ANSWER)...Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi; Gustave Eiffel
Who designed the Washington Square Arch? - ..(ANSWER)...Stanford White
Who sculpted Bethesda Fountain? Where is it? - ..(ANSWER)...Emma Stebbins;
Central Park
What home of a Founding Father was moved from its original location to St.
Nicholas Park? - ..(ANSWER)...Hamilton Grange (Alexander Hamilton's home)
What is the oldest continuous Protestant organization in New York City? -
..(ANSWER)...Marble Collegiate Church
Where was West Side Story filmed? - ..(ANSWER)...Lincoln Center
What's at Arthur Avenue in the Bronx? - ..(ANSWER)...Belmont, the "Little Italy of
the Bronx"
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What is the oldest Jewish synagogue in New York City (founded in 1654), and
where is it? - ..(ANSWER)...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? - ..(ANSWER)...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? - ..(ANSWER)...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? -
..(ANSWER)...Newtown Creek
Where is the New Wave Festival held each year? - ..(ANSWER)...Brooklyn
Academy of Music (BAM)
Which great painters are on display at the Hispanic Society of America? -
..(ANSWER)...El Greco, Diego Velázquez, Francisco de Goya, and others
What is CBGB? - ..(ANSWER)...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.
IMPROVED NYC Tour Guide Exam QUESTIONS AND
WELL ELABORATED ANSWERS TOP RATED VERSION
FOR ALREADY A GRADED WITH EXPERT FEEDBACK
NEW AND REVISED
Who are the architects of Grand Central Terminal? - ..(ANSWER)...Warren and
Wetmore, Reed and Stem
What subway lines do NOT stop at Times Square? - ..(ANSWER)...4/5/6, B/D/F/M,
A/C/E, G, L
What borough has Edgar Allan Poe's cottage? - ..(ANSWER)...The Bronx
Where can you find the greatest concentration of cast iron buildings in the world?
- ..(ANSWER)...SoHo (SOuth of HOuston)
What's a nickname for the AT&T Building? - ..(ANSWER)...Golden Boy
What was the original function of the building that holds Tavern-on-the-Green, an
exclusive, eccentric restaurant in Central Park? - ..(ANSWER)...It was a sheep barn
What are some of Wallace K. Harrison's accomplishments as an architect? -
..(ANSWER)...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
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What famous book did Jacob Riis write about the conditions in tenement houses,
to motivate social reform? - ..(ANSWER)...How the Other Half Lives
Who designed the outside of the Statue of Liberty? The inside? -
..(ANSWER)...Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi; Gustave Eiffel
Who designed the Washington Square Arch? - ..(ANSWER)...Stanford White
Who sculpted Bethesda Fountain? Where is it? - ..(ANSWER)...Emma Stebbins;
Central Park
What home of a Founding Father was moved from its original location to St.
Nicholas Park? - ..(ANSWER)...Hamilton Grange (Alexander Hamilton's home)
What is the oldest continuous Protestant organization in New York City? -
..(ANSWER)...Marble Collegiate Church
Where was West Side Story filmed? - ..(ANSWER)...Lincoln Center
What's at Arthur Avenue in the Bronx? - ..(ANSWER)...Belmont, the "Little Italy of
the Bronx"
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What is the oldest Jewish synagogue in New York City (founded in 1654), and
where is it? - ..(ANSWER)...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? - ..(ANSWER)...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? - ..(ANSWER)...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? -
..(ANSWER)...Newtown Creek
Where is the New Wave Festival held each year? - ..(ANSWER)...Brooklyn
Academy of Music (BAM)
Which great painters are on display at the Hispanic Society of America? -
..(ANSWER)...El Greco, Diego Velázquez, Francisco de Goya, and others
What is CBGB? - ..(ANSWER)...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.
