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On September 24, 1644, The English finally captured the town of New Amsterdam, and decided that it needed a new name. This quiz is about New York.
1. Where in New York are you likely to see a poem written by Emma Lazarus?
2. Still on poems. Within New York, which landmark building’s entrance bears an inscription from the poem Gulistan by Iranian poet Saadi?
3. The Canyon of Heroes is the name given to a section of Lower Broadway from Bowling Green to City Park Hall. Why is it specifically referred to by that name?
4. In New York, what now starts in Fort Wordsworth on Staten Island and ends at a place called Tavern On The Green — and is the largest of its kind in the world?
5. A district on New York’s 5th Avenue is named after a 20 -storied building with a strange shape built in the early 20th century. Which district?
6. Which catchphrase originated from a 1941 Peter Arno cartoon in the New Yorker , showing an engineer walking away from a crashed plane?
7. The Brooklyn Dodgers were a legendary baseball team that later moved to Los Angeles. But for what specific reason did they call themselves the ‘Dodgers?’
8. The song ‘New York’ is often performed live by a legendary group. The lead singer and song writer used it in his live performances, often with changed lyrics after 9/11. Just name the songwriter and the band?
9. What is referred to as a ‘New York Minute?’
10. The song ‘The Only Living Boy in New York’ was written by songwriter Paul Simon when his partner, Art Garfunkel left for Mexico to act in the film version of a celebrated novel, leaving him with all the writing for the album Bridge Over Troubled Water . Name the novel. Incidentally, the novelist also taught creative writing in the City College of New York in the ’70s.
Answers
1. At the base of the Statue of Liberty. The poem was written by her to raise money for a base for the statue, a centennial gift from the citizens of France
2. The UN General Assembly Building. It goes ‘Human beings are members of a whole, in creation of one essence and soul..’
3. It is the route for the city’s famous ticker-tape parades, which have honoured many, from Charles Lindberg to the 2015 US Women’s World Cup winning soccer team
4. The New York Marathon, started in 1970 and featuring more than 50,000 runners
5. Flatiron District New York, named after the Flatiron building, because of its strange triangular shape
6. The engineer says, ‘Well, back to the old drawing board.’
7. The name was a tribute to the average Brooklyn citizen for his ability to “dodge between the city’s trolley streetcar network”
8. Bono and U2
9. A really short time, usually less than a second. The urban dictionary defines it as the amount of time between the light turning green and the driver behind you honking for you to get on. Obviously, the person who coined the phrase has not visited India
10. Catch-22 , Joseph Heller
Joy Bhattacharjyais a quizmaster and Project Director, FIFA U-17 World Cup
Follow Joy on Twitter @joybhattacharj
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