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Nyc Tour Guide License Exam with
complete solutions latest version
Where is the Diamond District? - CORRECT ANSWER-47th St between 5th & 6th
Avenues
What is unusual about the diamond trade? - CORRECT ANSWER-There are no
contracts only handshakes
Prior to its present location where was the Diamond District - CORRECT ANSWER-
Canal Street
Where are the great Works of Picasso found? - CORRECT 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? -
CORRECT 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? - CORRECT 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? - CORRECT ANSWER-The first American born saint in
the US & NY
Where is the Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton located? - CORRECT ANSWER-7 State
St facing Battery Park
Why was she canonized? - CORRECT ANSWER-Helped establish the Catholic Church
and schools in the U.S.
What are the addresses of:
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Madison Square Garden?
Grand Central Station?
Time Square? - CORRECT ANSWER-Madison Square Garden:
4 Penn Plaza
Grand Central Station:
42nd and Park Ave
Time Square:
Junction of Broadway & 7th Ave between W 42th and W 47 St
What style music in the 1970's blended Latin Puerto Rican and African American style
music? - CORRECT ANSWER-Salsa
What is the current neighborhood name where the original St. Patrick's Church was
built? - CORRECT ANSWER-Notita (In Manhattan) - Mott Ave across from Prince St.
During what war did the battleship USS Maine Sink - CORRECT ANSWER-Spanish-
American War, Mast of battleship is at Arlington Cemetery
What 6 items would you find on Roosevelt Island? - CORRECT ANSWER-Renwick
Smallpox Hospital
Blackwell Farmhouse - 6th oldest 18th Century house
Lihthouse Park - Northern tip
Chapel of the good Shepherd
Strecker Memorial Laboratory - pathological bacteriological search
FDR's Four Freedoms Park - speech, worship, want, and fear
Where is Roosevelt Island? - CORRECT ANSWER-Between Manhattan & Queens in
the East River 2 miles long & 800 ft wide, total 147 acres.
What is the name and purpose of the colorful Brooklyn parade that is held on Labor
Day? - CORRECT ANSWER-Brooklyn Labor Day Parade - West Indian American Day
Parade & Carnival
Where is the largest Carillon in NYC - CORRECT ANSWER-Riverside Church -
installed 1925 with additional bells later
490 Riverside Dr & W 120th St
Who financed the Carillon at Riverside Church and Why? - CORRECT ANSWER-John
D Rockefeller, Jr, in memory of his mother Laura Rockefeller
BRAINSCAPE1
Nyc Tour Guide License Exam with
complete solutions latest version
Where is the Diamond District? - CORRECT ANSWER-47th St between 5th & 6th
Avenues
What is unusual about the diamond trade? - CORRECT ANSWER-There are no
contracts only handshakes
Prior to its present location where was the Diamond District - CORRECT ANSWER-
Canal Street
Where are the great Works of Picasso found? - CORRECT 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? -
CORRECT 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? - CORRECT 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? - CORRECT ANSWER-The first American born saint in
the US & NY
Where is the Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton located? - CORRECT ANSWER-7 State
St facing Battery Park
Why was she canonized? - CORRECT ANSWER-Helped establish the Catholic Church
and schools in the U.S.
What are the addresses of:
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Madison Square Garden?
Grand Central Station?
Time Square? - CORRECT ANSWER-Madison Square Garden:
4 Penn Plaza
Grand Central Station:
42nd and Park Ave
Time Square:
Junction of Broadway & 7th Ave between W 42th and W 47 St
What style music in the 1970's blended Latin Puerto Rican and African American style
music? - CORRECT ANSWER-Salsa
What is the current neighborhood name where the original St. Patrick's Church was
built? - CORRECT ANSWER-Notita (In Manhattan) - Mott Ave across from Prince St.
During what war did the battleship USS Maine Sink - CORRECT ANSWER-Spanish-
American War, Mast of battleship is at Arlington Cemetery
What 6 items would you find on Roosevelt Island? - CORRECT ANSWER-Renwick
Smallpox Hospital
Blackwell Farmhouse - 6th oldest 18th Century house
Lihthouse Park - Northern tip
Chapel of the good Shepherd
Strecker Memorial Laboratory - pathological bacteriological search
FDR's Four Freedoms Park - speech, worship, want, and fear
Where is Roosevelt Island? - CORRECT ANSWER-Between Manhattan & Queens in
the East River 2 miles long & 800 ft wide, total 147 acres.
What is the name and purpose of the colorful Brooklyn parade that is held on Labor
Day? - CORRECT ANSWER-Brooklyn Labor Day Parade - West Indian American Day
Parade & Carnival
Where is the largest Carillon in NYC - CORRECT ANSWER-Riverside Church -
installed 1925 with additional bells later
490 Riverside Dr & W 120th St
Who financed the Carillon at Riverside Church and Why? - CORRECT ANSWER-John
D Rockefeller, Jr, in memory of his mother Laura Rockefeller
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