Statistics for History of New York

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Question	Answer	% Correct
What country gave the Statue of Liberty to the United States?	France	99%
What became the world's tallest building when it was completed in 1931?	Empire State Building	98%
What buildings were built in 1973 and destroyed in 2001?	World Trade Center	95%
What was the name of New York City when it was a Dutch colony?	New Amsterdam	88%
What 1969 music festival took place on a farm near the town of Bethel?	Woodstock	85%
What worldwide event started on Wall Street in October, 1929?	The Great Depression	84%
What African-American neighborhood had a literary "Renaissance" in the 1920s?	Harlem	81%
What served as the gateway to over 12 million immigrants between 1892 and 1954?	{Ellis} Island	71%
Who was mayor of New York City from 1934-1945? (Hint: an airport is named for him)	Fiorello La Guardia	65%
What New York City mayor of the 1990s is often credited with reducing crime in the city?	Rudy Giuliani	61%
What was the fourth most populous city in the United States when it was annexed by New York City in 1898?	Brooklyn	56%
What game's modern rules were invented by Alexander Cartwright in 1845?	Baseball	55%
What canal, completed in 1825, connected the Hudson River to the Great Lakes?	Erie Canal	55%
Who was the only President to be inaugurated in New York City?	George Washington	50%
What Armonk, New York company dominated the computer industry in the 1960s and 70s?	IBM	49%
What confederation consists of six Native American tribes, including the Mohawk and Oneida?	Iroquois	38%
Who was assassinated by an anarchist in Buffalo in 1901?	William McKinley	38%
What corrupt political machine was led by Boss Tweed in the 1860s?	{Tammany} Hall	31%
What railroad and shipping tycoon was one of the world's richest people when he died in 1877?	Cornelius Vanderbilt	30%
What two battles of 1777 are called the "turning point" of the Revolutionary War because they convinced the French to help the U.S.?	Battles of {Saratoga}	22%