IMPROVED NYC TOUR EXAM REVIEW SOLVED QUESTIONS COMPLETE ANSWERS GRADED
A PLUS
● What is unusual about the diamond trade? Answer: There are no
contracts only handshakes
● Prior to its present location where was the Diamond District Answer:
Canal Street
● Where are the great Works of Picasso found? 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? 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? 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? Answer: The first American born saint
in the US & NY
, ● Where is the Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton located? Answer: 7
State St facing Battery Park
● Why was she canonized? Answer: Helped establish the Catholic
Church and schools in the U.S.
● What are the addresses of:
Madison Square Garden?
Grand Central Station?
Time Square? 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? Answer: Salsa
● What is the current neighborhood name where the original St. Patrick's
Church was built? Answer: Notita (In Manhattan) - Mott Ave across
from Prince St.
A PLUS
● What is unusual about the diamond trade? Answer: There are no
contracts only handshakes
● Prior to its present location where was the Diamond District Answer:
Canal Street
● Where are the great Works of Picasso found? 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? 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? 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? Answer: The first American born saint
in the US & NY
, ● Where is the Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton located? Answer: 7
State St facing Battery Park
● Why was she canonized? Answer: Helped establish the Catholic
Church and schools in the U.S.
● What are the addresses of:
Madison Square Garden?
Grand Central Station?
Time Square? 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? Answer: Salsa
● What is the current neighborhood name where the original St. Patrick's
Church was built? Answer: Notita (In Manhattan) - Mott Ave across
from Prince St.
