NYC Tour Guide Test 333 questions with complete solutions.

NYC Tour Guide Test 333 questions with complete solutions. What borough has Edgar Allen Poe's cottage? - correct answers.The Bronx What is in the Dahesh Museum? - correct answers.Europe's academically trained artists of the 19th and early 20th century, only museum in US. What is the best example of Art Deco architecture in NYC? - correct answers.Chrysler Building What is a Brownstone? - correct answers.Originally a rowhouse built almost entirely out of brown sandstone, later only faced with brownstone. Brownstone made of iron ore The Ansonia Hotel was known for what unusual features? - correct answers.World's largest swimming pool, rooftop farm with goats and pigs, indoor fountain with seals, home to Babe Ruth, Igor Stravinsky, etc. All of the above? What did William Cullen Bryant do for a living? - correct answers.Romantic poet and editor of NY Evening Post who spearheaded the campaign for Central Park. What is the nickname of the Woolworth Building? - correct answers.The Cathedral of Commerce What and where is the Salmagundi Club (47)? - correct answers.A club for artists. At 47 Fifth Ave between 11th and 12th Streets, named after The Salmagundi Papers by Washington Irving. Where can you find the greatest concentration of cast iron buildings in the world? - correct answers.SOHO (SOuth of HOuston) Where is the Forbes Gallery (60)? - correct answers.60 Fifth Ave. near 12th St. What is the current name of Hurtig and Seamon's? - correct answers.Apollo Theater Where and what is the 2nd oldest monument in NYC? - correct answers.Worth Monument is in Worth Square at 25th and Broadway near Madison Square Park. The obelisk honors General Worth for his service in the Mexican-American War and Seminole War. What does Guastavino refer to? - correct answers.A type of timbrel roof vaulting that uses lighter terra cotta tiles. Ellis Island, Custom House, GCT used them. Which of these is not a Broadway theater? Hilton, Music Box, Beacon, St. James - correct answers.The Beacon What is the name of the hotel at 59 W. 44th between Fifth and Sixth, famous as a hangout for writers? - correct answers.Algonquin Hotel, famous for its Round Table, where actors, critics, writers and wits would gather, nicknamed The Vicious Circle. What is the finest example of Greek Revival Architecture in the city? - correct answers.Federal Hall National Memorial What is the Haughwaut's building known for? - correct answers.Store sold the Lincolns their china and silverware for the White House. Also, first Otis elevator and earliest use of cast iron. Where is the New York Stock Exchange? - correct answers.11 Wall St. (This is a trick question, they want you to say Wall and Broad) What is Federal Hall and where is it? - correct answers.Site of George Washington's Inauguration as President. Federal Hall Memorial is the former Custom House building rebuilt on the original site on Wall Street. What is Bloomingdale Asylum and where is it? - correct answers.Buell Hall, the administration building of Columbia University in Morningside Heights, formerly a lunatic asylum from 1821. What is the name of the garden at the Brooklyn Botanical Museum, famous for its cherry trees? - correct answers.Japanese Hill And Pond Garden What's the nickname of the AT&T building? - correct answers.Golden Boy