NYC TOUR GUIDE LICENSE EXAM
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Where is the diamond District? - ANSWER47th St between 5th & 6th Avenues
What is unusual about the diamond trade? - ANSWERThere are no contracts only
handshakes
Prior to its present location where was the Diamond District - ANSWERCanal Street
Where are the great Works of Picasso found? - ANSWERGasosian Gallery - Which has
3 locations in NYC and numerous worldwide
Where does the New York Ballet perform the Nutcracker Suite during Christmas time? -
ANSWERDavid 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? - ANSWERThe first American born saint in the US &
NY
Where is the Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton located? - ANSWER7 State St facing
Battery Park
Why was she canonized? - ANSWERHelped establish the Catholic Church and schools
in the U.S.
What are the addresses of:
Madison Square Garden?
Grand Central Station?
Time Square? - ANSWERMadison 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? - ANSWERSalsa
, What is the current neighborhood name where the original St. Patrick's Church was
built? - ANSWERNotita (In Manhattan) - Mott Ave across from Prince St.
During what war did the battleship USS Maine Sink - ANSWERSpanish-American War,
Mast of battleship is at Arlington Cemetery
What 6 items would you find on Roosevelt Island? - ANSWERRenwick 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? - ANSWERBetween 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? - ANSWERBrooklyn Labor Day Parade - West Indian American Day Parade &
Carnival
What park displays Greek Revival houses with old iron fences surrounding the
properties and has the city's only private residential square? - ANSWERGramercy Park
by Samuel B Ruggles
Where did the Huxtables of the Bill Cosby Show live? - ANSWERSt. Luke's PL in
Greenwich Village
Where is the Empire State Building? - ANSWER5th Ave & 34th St
What are the dimensions and style of Empire State Building? - ANSWER102 Stories
and 1250 ft tall. Art Deco
What is Art Deco - ANSWER???????????
When was the ESB completed? - ANSWER1931
When has the ESB been the tallest in NYC? - ANSWERBefore and after WTC
Where can one find 1st biggest collection of Egyptian arts? - ANSWERMET @ 1000 5th
Ave
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Where is the diamond District? - ANSWER47th St between 5th & 6th Avenues
What is unusual about the diamond trade? - ANSWERThere are no contracts only
handshakes
Prior to its present location where was the Diamond District - ANSWERCanal Street
Where are the great Works of Picasso found? - ANSWERGasosian Gallery - Which has
3 locations in NYC and numerous worldwide
Where does the New York Ballet perform the Nutcracker Suite during Christmas time? -
ANSWERDavid 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? - ANSWERThe first American born saint in the US &
NY
Where is the Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton located? - ANSWER7 State St facing
Battery Park
Why was she canonized? - ANSWERHelped establish the Catholic Church and schools
in the U.S.
What are the addresses of:
Madison Square Garden?
Grand Central Station?
Time Square? - ANSWERMadison 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? - ANSWERSalsa
, What is the current neighborhood name where the original St. Patrick's Church was
built? - ANSWERNotita (In Manhattan) - Mott Ave across from Prince St.
During what war did the battleship USS Maine Sink - ANSWERSpanish-American War,
Mast of battleship is at Arlington Cemetery
What 6 items would you find on Roosevelt Island? - ANSWERRenwick 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? - ANSWERBetween 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? - ANSWERBrooklyn Labor Day Parade - West Indian American Day Parade &
Carnival
What park displays Greek Revival houses with old iron fences surrounding the
properties and has the city's only private residential square? - ANSWERGramercy Park
by Samuel B Ruggles
Where did the Huxtables of the Bill Cosby Show live? - ANSWERSt. Luke's PL in
Greenwich Village
Where is the Empire State Building? - ANSWER5th Ave & 34th St
What are the dimensions and style of Empire State Building? - ANSWER102 Stories
and 1250 ft tall. Art Deco
What is Art Deco - ANSWER???????????
When was the ESB completed? - ANSWER1931
When has the ESB been the tallest in NYC? - ANSWERBefore and after WTC
Where can one find 1st biggest collection of Egyptian arts? - ANSWERMET @ 1000 5th
Ave
