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NYC Tour License Exam Questions with
100% Correct Answers Latest Version
What was Chumley's?
A speakeasy in the Village that may have survived to the present. There will be a
picture. Look for curved top door, courtyard.
What is the name of the Mayor's house?
Gracie Mansion
What was the name of the Giant's stadium in Harlem?
Polo Grounds
What's the name of the Greek Revival Row houses north of Washington Square?
The Row
What is the history of the many "Ray's Pizza" stores in Manhattan ?
When the Albanians were overrun in wartime Europe, they found refuge in Italy. There,
they learned to make pizza.
What was the reason for selling and who sold Manhattan to the Dutch?
Wappinger Federation
What were the Stonewall Riots?
In 1969, gay people fought with police at 53 Christopher St. at the Stonewall Inn, in
Greenwich Village. Considered beginning of gay rights movement.
To What does the Dispensary Triangle refer?
Medical care for the poor.
What is the name of the stadium known as the " House That Ruth Built"?
Yankee Stadium
What Latin dance was popular in the 80's?
Salsa
Know that Bryant Park, named after William Cullen Bryant, was the site of the
Croton Reservoir, and later the Crystal Palace. Behind current NYC Library
The question will want to ask something on left
What is the name of an early black settlement in Brooklyn, settled by freedmen in
1838?
Weeksville, James Weeks
What was the name of a popular vending machine system for food?
Automats
How has the 1811 grid plan affected the city?
All of the above
What is the origin of the word "Bowery" ?
Dutch, for farm
Tenement Law of 1879 What was it designed to correct?
Designed to correct the flaws of the 1867 Laws, caused "dumbbell apartments ", and
were worse.
What areas of Europe were reduced as the result of the 1924 Immigration Act? (
Johnson -Reed Act )
, 2
Southern and Eastern Europe.
What was the original function of the building that holds" Tavern-On-The-Green",
an exclusive, eccentric restaurant in Central Park
It was a sheep barn
What, where and when was the Jewish Rialto?
This was a Jewish theater district on 2nd Ave., between 14th st. and Houston St. that
was very popular in the 20's to 40's.
When did the 5 boroughs consolidate?
1898 - result - Manhattan Municipal Building, with "Civic Fame" on top.McKim , Mead,
and White
What event caused the National Historic Preservation Movement to begin?
The wanton and careless destruction of the original Pennsylvania train Station. When
GCT was slated, resistance was begun, Spearheaded by Jackie O.
What was the purpose of the 1965 Hart- Cellars Act?
Correct the flaws of the 1924 Johnson-Reed Act . Allowed many more Asians.
Immigration based on skills.
When was slavery abolished?
1827
Where is the Star Walk?
Pearl Theater
Who founded the AME Zion Church?
Peter Williams
What was the original name of the Cotton Club?
Club Deluxe
Where is the Diamond District?
On 47th St. between 5th and 6th Ave. Used to be down in Chinatown.
What is the name of the poem written by Emma Lazurus of the Statue Of Liberty?
The New Colossus
What are Wallace K. Harrison's accomplishments as an architect?
UN, Rockefeller Center, Lincoln Center, Battery Park City, Albany Plaza, Corning Glass
Center
Who was the first conductor to perform at Carnegie Hall?
Tchaikovsky
What was the old elevated railway called on Ninth Ave?
Ninth Ave. El
What is the Grand Boulevard in the Bronx also known as?
Grand Concourse
Who designed the Equitable Building? When was it built?
Ernest Graham 1915
Where is a revolutionary War Monument that honors 11,500 patriots that died on
prison ships?
Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn
What famous author hated brownstones?
Edith Wharton
Who designed the copper dome of the Woolworth Building?
Cass Gilbert
NYC Tour License Exam Questions with
100% Correct Answers Latest Version
What was Chumley's?
A speakeasy in the Village that may have survived to the present. There will be a
picture. Look for curved top door, courtyard.
What is the name of the Mayor's house?
Gracie Mansion
What was the name of the Giant's stadium in Harlem?
Polo Grounds
What's the name of the Greek Revival Row houses north of Washington Square?
The Row
What is the history of the many "Ray's Pizza" stores in Manhattan ?
When the Albanians were overrun in wartime Europe, they found refuge in Italy. There,
they learned to make pizza.
What was the reason for selling and who sold Manhattan to the Dutch?
Wappinger Federation
What were the Stonewall Riots?
In 1969, gay people fought with police at 53 Christopher St. at the Stonewall Inn, in
Greenwich Village. Considered beginning of gay rights movement.
To What does the Dispensary Triangle refer?
Medical care for the poor.
What is the name of the stadium known as the " House That Ruth Built"?
Yankee Stadium
What Latin dance was popular in the 80's?
Salsa
Know that Bryant Park, named after William Cullen Bryant, was the site of the
Croton Reservoir, and later the Crystal Palace. Behind current NYC Library
The question will want to ask something on left
What is the name of an early black settlement in Brooklyn, settled by freedmen in
1838?
Weeksville, James Weeks
What was the name of a popular vending machine system for food?
Automats
How has the 1811 grid plan affected the city?
All of the above
What is the origin of the word "Bowery" ?
Dutch, for farm
Tenement Law of 1879 What was it designed to correct?
Designed to correct the flaws of the 1867 Laws, caused "dumbbell apartments ", and
were worse.
What areas of Europe were reduced as the result of the 1924 Immigration Act? (
Johnson -Reed Act )
, 2
Southern and Eastern Europe.
What was the original function of the building that holds" Tavern-On-The-Green",
an exclusive, eccentric restaurant in Central Park
It was a sheep barn
What, where and when was the Jewish Rialto?
This was a Jewish theater district on 2nd Ave., between 14th st. and Houston St. that
was very popular in the 20's to 40's.
When did the 5 boroughs consolidate?
1898 - result - Manhattan Municipal Building, with "Civic Fame" on top.McKim , Mead,
and White
What event caused the National Historic Preservation Movement to begin?
The wanton and careless destruction of the original Pennsylvania train Station. When
GCT was slated, resistance was begun, Spearheaded by Jackie O.
What was the purpose of the 1965 Hart- Cellars Act?
Correct the flaws of the 1924 Johnson-Reed Act . Allowed many more Asians.
Immigration based on skills.
When was slavery abolished?
1827
Where is the Star Walk?
Pearl Theater
Who founded the AME Zion Church?
Peter Williams
What was the original name of the Cotton Club?
Club Deluxe
Where is the Diamond District?
On 47th St. between 5th and 6th Ave. Used to be down in Chinatown.
What is the name of the poem written by Emma Lazurus of the Statue Of Liberty?
The New Colossus
What are Wallace K. Harrison's accomplishments as an architect?
UN, Rockefeller Center, Lincoln Center, Battery Park City, Albany Plaza, Corning Glass
Center
Who was the first conductor to perform at Carnegie Hall?
Tchaikovsky
What was the old elevated railway called on Ninth Ave?
Ninth Ave. El
What is the Grand Boulevard in the Bronx also known as?
Grand Concourse
Who designed the Equitable Building? When was it built?
Ernest Graham 1915
Where is a revolutionary War Monument that honors 11,500 patriots that died on
prison ships?
Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn
What famous author hated brownstones?
Edith Wharton
Who designed the copper dome of the Woolworth Building?
Cass Gilbert
