The New York quiz brings to you the important facts about New York City from it's history to modern life.
Here is the New York quiz trivia questions and answers today
Can you tell us the nickname of New York City?
Answer: The Big Apple
Can you name the year New York City was founded by the Dutch?
Answer: 1624
What was New York City originally called?
Answer: New Amsterdam
In what year was New Amsterdam renamed New York?
Answer: 1664
Who was New York named after?
Answer: The Duke of York
Can you name the tallest building in New York City?
Answer: One World Trade Center
Can you name the year when the Statue of Liberty was dedicated?
Answer: 1886
Who gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States?
Answer: France
Can you tell us the name of the island where the Statue of Liberty stands?
Answer: Liberty Island
Can you tell us the name of the famous park in the middle of Manhattan?
Answer: Central Park
Can you name the year Central Park was open?
Answer: 1858
Who designed Central Park?
Answer: Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux
Can you tell us the busiest train station in New York City?
Answer: Penn Station
Can you name the largest subway system in the world by stations?
Answer: New York City Subway
Can you tell us the total number of boroughs that make up New York City?
Answer: Five
Can you name the five boroughs of New York City?
Answer: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and Staten Island
Can you tell us the most populated borough in New York City?
Answer: Brooklyn
Which borough is the largest by area?
Answer: Queens
Can you tell us the smallest borough by area?
Answer: Manhattan
Can you tell us the name of New York City’s financial district?
Answer: Wall Street
Can you name the year the New York Stock Exchange was founded?
Answer: 1792
Can you tell us the name of the famous triangular building in Manhattan?
Answer: The Flatiron Building
Can you tell us the year the Empire State Building was completed?
Answer: 1931
Can you tell us the number of floors the Empire State Building has?
Answer: 102
What year did the Empire State Building hold the title of tallest building in the world?
Answer: 1931–1970
Can you tell us the name of the famous square known for its lights and billboards?
Answer: Times Square
What year was Times Square renamed from Longacre Square?
Answer: 1904
Can you tell us the name of the famous New Year’s Eve event held in Times Square?
Answer: The Ball Drop
Can you tell us the year the Times Square Ball Drop tradition begins?
Answer: 1907
Can you tell us the name of New York City’s largest art museum?
Answer: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Can you tell us the year The Metropolitan Museum of Art was founded?
Answer: 1870
What is the nickname of The Metropolitan Museum of Art?
Answer: The Met
Can you tell us the name of the museum dedicated to modern art in New York City?
Answer: The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
Can you tell us the year MoMA was founded?
Answer: 1929
Can you tell us the name of the museum that is located on Fifth Avenue designed by Frank Lloyd Wright?
Answer: The Guggenheim Museum
What year did the Guggenheim Museum open?
Answer: 1959
What is the name of the famous concert hall in New York City?
Answer: Carnegie Hall
Can you tell us the year Carnegie Hall was open?
Answer: 1891
Can you tell us the name of the famous opera house in New York City?
Answer: The Metropolitan Opera House
Can you tell us the year the Metropolitan Opera House opened at Lincoln Center?
Answer: 1966
Can you tell us the name of the famous baseball stadium in the Bronx?
Answer: Yankee Stadium
What year did the original Yankee Stadium open?
Answer: 1923
Can you tell us the year the new Yankee Stadium was opened?
Answer: 2009
What is the name of the baseball team that plays at Yankee Stadium?
Answer: New York Yankees
Can you tell us the name of the baseball team that plays at Citi Field?
Answer: New York Mets
What year did Citi Field open?
Answer: 2009
Tell us the name of the basketball team that plays at Madison Square Garden?
Answer: New York Knicks
What is the name of the ice hockey team that plays at Madison Square Garden?
Answer: New York Rangers
Can you tell us the name of American football (NFL) team that plays at MetLife Stadium?
Answer: New York Giants
Can you tell us the name of the other American football (NFL) team that plays at MetLife Stadium?
Answer: New York Jets
Tell us the name of the famous suspension bridge that connects Manhattan and Brooklyn?
Answer: Brooklyn Bridge
What year was the Brooklyn Bridge completed?
Answer: 1883
Can you tell us the name of the chief engineer of the Brooklyn Bridge?
Answer: John A. Roebling
Who completed the Brooklyn Bridge after John Roebling’s death?
Answer: Washington Roebling
Can you tell us the name of the iconic skyscraper with a spire completed in 1930?
Answer: Chrysler Building
Can you tell us the name of the person who designed the Chrysler Building?
Answer: William Van Alen
What is the architectural style of the Chrysler Building?
Answer: Art Deco
Can you tell us the year the Chrysler Building was completed?
Answer: 1930
Can you tell us the name of the famous train terminal in Midtown Manhattan?
Answer: Grand Central Terminal
Can you tell us the year the Grand Central Terminal opened?
Answer: 1913
Can you tell us the nickname of the Grand Central Terminal’s main concourse ceiling?
Answer: The Celestial Ceiling
Can you tell us the year the Celestial Ceiling was restored?
Answer: 1998
Can you tell us the name of the famous public library in Manhattan?
Answer: New York Public Library
Can you tell us the year the New York Public Library was opened?
Answer: 1911
What are the names of the marble lions outside the New York Public Library?
Answer: Patience and Fortitude
Can you tell us the name of the famous performing arts complex in Manhattan?
Answer: Lincoln Center
Can you tell us the year the Lincoln Center was open?
Answer: 1962
Tell us the name of the famous arena in Manhattan known for sports and concerts?
Answer: Madison Square Garden
What year did the current Madison Square Garden open?
Answer: 1968
What is the name of the famous cathedral in Manhattan?
Answer: St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Tell us the year St. Patrick’s Cathedral was completed?
Answer: 1878
What is the architectural style of St. Patrick’s Cathedral?
Answer: Neo-Gothic
Can you tell us the name of the famous United Nations headquarters building in New York?
Answer: United Nations Headquarters
Can you tell us the year the United Nations Headquarters opened?
Answer: 1952
Can you tell us the name of the famous island that processed immigrants from 1892 to 1954?
Answer: Ellis Island
Can you tell us the year the Ellis Island opened as an immigration station?
Answer: 1892
What year did Ellis Island close as an immigration station?
Answer: 1954
Can you tell us the name of the famous skyscraper that replaced the Twin Towers?
Answer: One World Trade Center
What year was the One World Trade Center completed?
Answer: 2014
What is the height of the One World Trade Center?
Answer: 1,776 feet
Can you tell us the name of the memorial honoring 9/11 victims?
Answer: National September 11 Memorial & Museum
Can you name the year the 9/11 Memorial opened?
Answer: 2011
What year did the 9/11 Museum open?
Answer: 2014
Can you tell us the name of the famous avenue known for the Broadway theaters?
Answer: Broadway
Can you tell us the nickname of Broadway?
Answer: The Great White Way
Can you tell us the year Broadway’s electric lights first appeared?
Answer: 1880s
Can you tell us the name of the longest-running Broadway show?
Answer: The Phantom of the Opera
Can you tell us the year The Phantom of the Opera opened on Broadway?
Answer: 1988
Tell us the name of the famous baseball team from Brooklyn that moved to Los Angeles?
Answer: Brooklyn Dodgers
Can you tell us the year the Brooklyn Dodgers move to Los Angeles?
Answer: 1958
Can you tell us the name of the famous marathon held annually in New York City?
Answer: New York City Marathon
Can you tell us the year the New York City Marathon began?
Answer: 1970
Can you tell us the name of the famous zoo in Central Park?
Answer: Central Park Zoo
Can you tell us the year the Central Park Zoo opened?
Answer: 1864
Can you tell us the name of the famous botanical garden in the Bronx?
Answer: New York Botanical Garden
What year did the New York Botanical Garden open?
Answer: 1891
Can you tell us the name of the famous baseball team in Queens?
Answer: New York Mets
Can you tell us the name of the famous basketball team in Brooklyn?
Answer: Brooklyn Nets
What is the name of the famous ice hockey team in Long Island?
Answer: New York Islanders
Can you tell us the name of the famous football stadium in East Rutherford (New Jersey) that is used by New York teams?
Answer: MetLife Stadium
Tell us the name of the famous art district in Manhattan?
Answer: SoHo
Can you tell us what SoHo stands for?
Answer: South of Houston Street
Can you tell us the name of the famous neighborhood known for jazz clubs in Harlem?
Answer: Harlem Renaissance District
What is the name of the famous theater in Harlem?
Answer: Apollo Theater
What year did the Apollo Theater open?
Answer: 1914
Can you tell us the name of the famous avenue running north-south through Manhattan?
Answer: Fifth Avenue
Can you tell us the name of the famous shopping street in Manhattan?
Answer: Madison Avenue
Can you tell us the name of the famous financial street in Manhattan?
Answer: Wall Street
Can you tell us the name of the famous bull sculpture near Wall Street?
Answer: Charging Bull
Can you tell us the year the Charging Bull installed?
Answer: 1989
Can you tell us the name of the famous cathedral in Brooklyn?
Answer: Cathedral Basilica of St. James
What is the name of the famous baseball stadium in Queens?
Answer: Citi Field
Can you tell us the name of the famous tennis venue in Queens?
Answer: USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
Can you tell us the name of the famous tennis tournament held in New York?
Answer: US Open
Can you tell us the year the US Open moved to Flushing Meadows?
Answer: 1978
What is the name of the famous island south of Manhattan?
Answer: Governors Island
Can you tell us the year Governors Island opened to the public?
Answer: 2003
Can you tell us the name of the famous ferry connecting Staten Island and Manhattan?
Answer: Staten Island Ferry
What year did the Staten Island Ferry begin service?
Answer: 1817
Can you tell us the name of the famous zoo in the Bronx?
Answer: Bronx Zoo
Can you tell us the year the Bronx Zoo opened?
Answer: 1899
Can you tell us the name of the famous botanical garden in Brooklyn?
Answer: Brooklyn Botanic Garden
What year did the Brooklyn Botanic Garden open?
Answer: 1910
Can you tell us the name of the famous art museum in Brooklyn?
Answer: Brooklyn Museum
Can you tell us the year the Brooklyn Museum opened?
Answer: 1895
Can you tell us the name of the famous bridge connecting Manhattan and Queens?
Answer: Queensboro Bridge
Can you name the year the Queensboro Bridge was completed?
Answer: 1909
Can you tell us the name of the famous suspension bridge connecting Manhattan and the Bronx?
Answer: George Washington Bridge
What year was the George Washington Bridge completed?
Answer: 1931
Can you tell us the name of the famous tunnel connecting Manhattan and New Jersey?
Answer: Lincoln Tunnel
What year was the Lincoln Tunnel completed?
Answer: 1937
Can you tell us the name of the famous tunnel connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn?
Answer: Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel (now Hugh L. Carey Tunnel)
Can you tell us the year the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel was completed?
Answer: 1950
Can you tell us the name of the famous tunnel connecting Manhattan and Queens?
Answer: Queens-Midtown Tunnel
Can you tell us the year the Queens-Midtown Tunnel was completed?
Answer: 1940
Can you tell us the name of the famous island that houses the United Nations?
Answer: Turtle Bay
Can you tell us the name of the famous skyscraper with a green-topped roof in Midtown?
Answer: The Woolworth Building
What year was the Woolworth Building completed?
Answer: 1913
What was the Woolworth Building’s nickname when completed?
Answer: The Cathedral of Commerce
Can you tell us the name of the famous art museum in Queens?
Answer: Queens Museum
Can you name the year the Queens Museum opened?
Answer: 1972
Tell us the name of the famous stadium that hosted the 1964 World’s Fair?
Answer: Flushing Meadows–Corona Park
Can you tell us the name of the famous globe sculpture in Queens?
Answer: The Unisphere
What year was the Unisphere built?
Answer: 1964
Can you tell us the name of the famous concert venue in Brooklyn?
Answer: Barclays Center
Can you tell us the year the Barclays Center opened?
Answer: 2012
What is the name of the famous arena in Queens used for baseball before Citi Field?
Answer: Shea Stadium
Can you name the year the Shea Stadium opened?
Answer: 1964
Can you tell us the year the Shea Stadium closed?
Answer: 2008
What is the name of the famous art museum on the Upper East Side of Manhattan?
Answer: The Frick Collection
Can you tell us the name of the famous art museum located in Washington Heights?
Answer: The Hispanic Society Museum & Library
Can you name the year the Hispanic Society Museum was founded?
Answer: 1904
Can you tell us the name of the famous performing arts venue in Brooklyn?
Answer: Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)
Can you name the year the BAM opened?
Answer: 1861
What is the name of the famous concert venue in Queens?
Answer: Forest Hills Stadium
What year did Forest Hills Stadium open?
Answer: 1923
Can you tell us the name of the famous art museum in the Bronx?
Answer: Bronx Museum of the Arts
Can you tell us the year the Bronx Museum of the Arts opened?
Answer: 1971
Tell us the name of the famous island prison near New York City?
Answer: Rikers Island
Can you tell us the name of the famous neighborhood known for Italian heritage in Manhattan?
Answer: Little Italy
Can you tell us the name of the famous neighborhood known for Chinese heritage in Manhattan?
Answer: Chinatown
Can you tell us the name of the famous neighborhood known for Jewish heritage in Brooklyn?
Answer: Williamsburg
What is the name of the famous neighborhood known for Dominican heritage in Manhattan?
Answer: Washington Heights
What is the name of the famous neighborhood known for Puerto Rican heritage in Manhattan?
Answer: Spanish Harlem (El Barrio)
Can you tell us the name of the famous neighborhood known for hip hop culture in the Bronx?
Answer: South Bronx
Can you tell us the name of the famous neighborhood known for African American culture in Manhattan?
Answer: Harlem
Can you tell us the name of the famous neighborhood known for Polish heritage in Brooklyn?
Answer: Greenpoint
Can you tell us the name of the famous neighborhood known for Irish heritage in Queens?
Answer: Woodside
Can you tell us the name of the famous neighborhood known for Greek heritage in Queens?
Answer: Astoria
Can you tell us the name of the famous neighborhood known for Russian heritage in Brooklyn?
Answer: Brighton Beach
Can you tell us the name of the famous neighborhood known for Italian heritage in Staten Island?
Answer: Rosebank
Can you tell me the name of the famous neighborhood known for Caribbean heritage in Brooklyn?
Answer: Flatbush
What is the name of the famous neighborhood known for Jewish heritage in Manhattan?
Answer: Lower East Side
Can you tell us the name of the famous neighborhood known for African American culture in Brooklyn?
Answer: Bedford-Stuyvesant (Bed-Stuy)
Can you tell us the name of the famous neighborhood known for Dominican heritage in the Bronx?
Answer: Kingsbridge
Can you tell us the name of the famous neighborhood known for Italian heritage in the Bronx?
Answer: Belmont
What is the name of the famous neighborhood known for Irish heritage in the Bronx?
Answer: Woodlawn
Can you tell us the name of the famous neighborhood known for Jewish heritage in Queens?
Answer: Kew Gardens Hills
Can you tell us the name of the famous neighborhood known for Indian heritage in Queens?
Answer: Jackson Heights
What is the name of the famous neighborhood known for Korean heritage in Queens?
Answer: Flushing
Can you tell us the name of the famous neighborhood known for Chinese heritage in Queens?
Answer: Elmhurst
Can you tell us the name of the famous neighborhood known for Italian heritage in Queens?
Answer: Corona
Can you tell us the name of the famous neighborhood known for African American culture in Queens?
Answer: Jamaica
Can you tell us the name of the famous neighborhood known for Jewish heritage in Staten Island?
Answer: Willowbrook
Can you tell us the name of the famous neighborhood known for Italian heritage in Staten Island?
Answer: Tottenville
Can you tell us the name of the famous neighborhood known for Irish heritage in Staten Island?
Answer: Westerleigh
Can you tell us the name of the famous neighborhood known for African American culture in Staten Island?
Answer: Stapleton
Can you tell us the name of the famous neighborhood known for Latino culture in Staten Island?
Answer: Port Richmond
Can you tell us the name of the famous neighborhood known for Italian heritage in Brooklyn?
Answer: Bensonhurst
What is the name of the famous neighborhood known for Jewish heritage in Brooklyn?
Answer: Borough Park
Can you tell me the name of the famous neighborhood known for Caribbean heritage in Queens?
Answer: Richmond Hill
What is the name of the famous neighborhood known for Guyanese heritage in Queens?
Answer: Ozone Park
What is the name of the famous neighborhood known for Dominican heritage in Queens?
Answer: Corona
Can you tell us the name of the famous neighborhood known for Bangladeshi heritage in Queens?
Answer: Jamaica
Can you tell us the name of the famous neighborhood known for Pakistani heritage in Queens?
Answer: Jackson Heights
Can you tell us the name of the famous neighborhood known for Italian heritage in Manhattan?
Answer: Little Italy
Can you tell us the name of the famous neighborhood known for Jewish heritage in Manhattan?
Answer: Lower East Side
Can you tell us the name of the famous neighborhood known for Puerto Rican heritage in Manhattan?
Answer: Spanish Harlem (El Barrio)