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575 | By May 14, the Ministry of Civil Affairs stated that 10.7 billion yuan (approximately US$1.5 billion) had been donated by the Chinese public. Houston Rockets center Yao Ming, one of the country's most popular sports icons, gave $214,000 and $71,000 to the Red Cross Society of China. The association has also collected a... | [
{
"answer": "$214,000 and $71,000",
"question": "How much did Yao Ming donate?"
},
{
"answer": "$26 million",
"question": "How much did the Red Cross collect in donations?"
},
{
"answer": "10.7 billion yuan",
"question": "How much money had been donated by May 14?"
},
{
"answ... |
576 | Francis Marcus of the International Federation of the Red Cross praised the Chinese rescue effort as "swift and very efficient" in Beijing on Tuesday. But he added the scale of the disaster was such that "we can't expect that the government can do everything and handle every aspect of the needs". The Economist noted th... | [
{
"answer": "swift and very efficient",
"question": "What did Francis Marcus say of the Chinese relief effort?"
},
{
"answer": "openness",
"question": "What uncharacteristic attitude did China display?"
},
{
"answer": "secretive",
"question": "What kind of attitude did Burma display ... |
577 | All Mainland Chinese television stations (along with some stations in Hong Kong and expatriate communities) cancelled all regularly-scheduled programming, displayed their logo in grayscale, and replaced their cancelled programmes with live earthquake footage from CCTV-1 for multiple days after the quake. Even pay telev... | [
{
"answer": "live earthquake footage",
"question": "What did stations replace programming with?"
},
{
"answer": "CCTV-1",
"question": "What was the source of the live feeds?"
},
{
"answer": "programmes suspended",
"question": "What about pay TV channels?"
}
] |
578 | Although the Chinese government was initially praised for its response to the quake (especially in comparison to Myanmar's ruling military junta's blockade of aid during Cyclone Nargis), it then saw an erosion in confidence over the school construction scandal. | [
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"answer": "Myanmar",
"question": "What government blocked aid after Cyclone Nargis?"
},
{
"answer": "school construction scandal",
"question": "Over what scandal did the Chinese government lose in public opinion?"
},
{
"answer": "response to the quake",
"question": "What was the Ch... |
579 | On May 29, 2008, government officials began inspecting the ruins of thousands of schools that collapsed, searching for clues about why they crumbled. Thousands of parents around the province have accused local officials and builders of cutting corners in school construction, citing that after the quake other nearby bui... | [
{
"answer": "cutting corners",
"question": "What did parents accuse builders of doing?"
},
{
"answer": "any reports",
"question": "As of July 17, 2008 what did parents complain of not receiving?"
},
{
"answer": "poorly built schools",
"question": "What kind of stories were being cens... |
580 | The AP reported that "The state-controlled media has largely ignored the issue, apparently under the propaganda bureau's instructions. Parents and volunteers who have questioned authorities have been detained and threatened." | [
{
"answer": "state-controlled media",
"question": "Who has ignored the school issue?"
},
{
"answer": "propaganda bureau",
"question": "Who gave instructions to ignore the school issue?"
},
{
"answer": "The AP",
"question": "What media source has reported this happening?"
}
] |
581 | On May 15, 2008 Geoffery York of the Globeandmail.com reported that the shoddily constructed buildings are commonly called "tofu buildings" because builders cut corners by replacing steel rods with thin iron wires for concrete re-inforcement; using inferior grade cement, if any at all; and using fewer bricks than they ... | [
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"answer": "builders cut corners",
"question": "Why are the buildings so shoddily built?"
},
{
"answer": "thin iron wires",
"question": "What did builder's use in place of steel rods as re-inforcement?"
},
{
"answer": "supervising agencies",
"question": "Who was supposed to inspect ... |
582 | However questions still remain, as some of the corrupt government officials have still not been brought to justice, while the many families who lost their only child, are still seeking compensation and justice to what had happened. According to the Times, many parents were warned by the government not to stage a protes... | [
{
"answer": "corrupt government officials",
"question": "Who has not been brought to justice?"
},
{
"answer": "many families",
"question": "Who is still looking for compensation and justice?"
},
{
"answer": "threat of arrest",
"question": "What has the government threatened people wi... |
583 | New York—often called New York City or the City of New York to distinguish it from the State of New York, of which it is a part—is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York metropolitan area, the premier gateway for legal immigration to the United States and one of the most populous urb... | [
{
"answer": "New York",
"question": "What city in the United States has the highest population?"
},
{
"answer": "New York",
"question": "In what city is the United Nations based?"
},
{
"answer": "New York",
"question": "What city has been called the cultural capital of the world?"
... |
585 | New York City traces its roots to its 1624 founding as a trading post by colonists of the Dutch Republic and was named New Amsterdam in 1626. The city and its surroundings came under English control in 1664. New York served as the capital of the United States from 1785 until 1790. It has been the country's largest city... | [
{
"answer": "New Amsterdam",
"question": "What was the trading post that preceded New York City called?"
},
{
"answer": "the Dutch Republic",
"question": "What nation founded New Amsterdam?"
},
{
"answer": "1790",
"question": "In what year did New York become the largest city in the ... |
587 | During the Wisconsinan glaciation, the New York City region was situated at the edge of a large ice sheet over 1,000 feet in depth. The ice sheet scraped away large amounts of soil, leaving the bedrock that serves as the geologic foundation for much of New York City today. Later on, the ice sheet would help split apart... | [
{
"answer": "Staten Island",
"question": "What island was once a part of Long Island?"
},
{
"answer": "the Wisconsinan glaciation",
"question": "During what period was the area around New York City located at the edge of an ice sheet 1,000 feet deep?"
},
{
"answer": "ice sheet",
"que... |
588 | In the precolonial era, the area of present-day New York City was inhabited by various bands of Algonquian tribes of Native Americans, including the Lenape, whose homeland, known as Lenapehoking, included Staten Island; the western portion of Long Island, including the area that would become Brooklyn and Queens; Manhat... | [
{
"answer": "Lenapehoking",
"question": "What was the name of the Lenape homeland?"
}
] |
589 | The first documented visit by a European was in 1524 by Giovanni da Verrazzano, a Florentine explorer in the service of the French crown, who sailed his ship La Dauphine into New York Harbor. He claimed the area for France and named it "Nouvelle Angoulême" (New Angoulême). | [
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"answer": "1524",
"question": "In what year did the first European arrive in the New York area?"
},
{
"answer": "Giovanni da Verrazzano",
"question": "What was the name of the first European who arrived in the New York area?"
},
{
"answer": "La Dauphine",
"question": "What was the ... |
590 | A Spanish expedition led by captain Estêvão Gomes, a Portuguese sailing for Emperor Charles V, arrived in New York Harbor in January 1525 aboard the purpose-built caravel "La Anunciada" and charted the mouth of the Hudson River, which he named Rio de San Antonio. Heavy ice kept him from further exploration, and he retu... | [
{
"answer": "1525",
"question": "In what year did a Spanish expedition visit New York Harbor?"
},
{
"answer": "Estêvão Gomes",
"question": "Who commanded the Spanish expedition?"
},
{
"answer": "Portuguese",
"question": "What was the nationality of Estêvão Gomes?"
},
{
"answe... |
591 | In 1609, English explorer Henry Hudson re-discovered the region when he sailed his ship the Halve Maen ("Half Moon" in Dutch) into New York Harbor while searching for the Northwest Passage to the Orient for his employer, the Dutch East India Company. He proceeded to sail up what he named the North River, also called th... | [
{
"answer": "Henry Hudson",
"question": "What was the name of the explorer who visited the area in 1609?"
},
{
"answer": "Dutch East India Company",
"question": "Who was Henry Hudson working for?"
},
{
"answer": "1614",
"question": "In what year did the Netherlands claim the area bet... |
592 | The first non-Native American inhabitant of what would eventually become New York City was Dominican trader Juan Rodriguez (transliterated to Dutch as Jan Rodrigues). Born in Santo Domingo of Portuguese and African descent, he arrived in Manhattan during the winter of 1613–1614, trapping for pelts and trading with the ... | [
{
"answer": "Santo Domingo",
"question": "Where was Juan Rodriguez born?"
},
{
"answer": "Jan Rodrigues",
"question": "What did the Dutch call Juan Rodriguez?"
},
{
"answer": "trader",
"question": "What was Juan Rodriguez's occupation?"
},
{
"answer": "Juan Rodriguez Way",
... |
593 | A permanent European presence in New Netherland began in 1624 – making New York the 12th oldest continuously occupied European-established settlement in the continental United States – with the founding of a Dutch fur trading settlement on Governors Island. In 1625, construction was started on a citadel and a Fort Ams... | [
{
"answer": "Governors Island",
"question": "On what island did the Dutch set up a settlement to trade furs?"
},
{
"answer": "Manhattan Island",
"question": "On what island was Fort Amsterdam built?"
},
{
"answer": "1625",
"question": "In what year did construction begin on Fort Amst... |
594 | In 1664, Peter Stuyvesant, the Director-General of the colony of New Netherland, surrendered New Amsterdam to the English without bloodshed. The English promptly renamed the fledgling city "New York" after the Duke of York (later King James II). | [
{
"answer": "New York",
"question": "What did the English call New Amsterdam after its capture?"
},
{
"answer": "James II",
"question": "What was the regnal name of the Duke of York?"
},
{
"answer": "Peter Stuyvesant",
"question": "What person gave up New Amsterdam to the English?"
... |
595 | On August 24, 1673, Dutch captain Anthonio Colve took over the colony of New York from England and rechristened it "New Orange" to honor the Prince of Orange, King William III. However, facing defeat from the British and French, who had teamed up to destroy Dutch trading routes, the Dutch returned the island to England... | [
{
"answer": "William III",
"question": "What was the regnal name of the Prince of Orange?"
},
{
"answer": "August 24, 1673",
"question": "What was the date of Anthonio Colve's capture of New York?"
},
{
"answer": "New Orange",
"question": "What did Colve call New York after he captur... |
596 | At the end of the Second Anglo-Dutch War, the English gained New Amsterdam (New York) in North America in exchange for Dutch control of Run, an Indonesian island. Several intertribal wars among the Native Americans and some epidemics brought on by contact with the Europeans caused sizable population losses for the Lena... | [
{
"answer": "Second Anglo-Dutch War",
"question": "After what war did the English receive New Amsterdam?"
},
{
"answer": "200",
"question": "How many Lenape lived in the area in 1700?"
},
{
"answer": "Run",
"question": "What was the name of the island the English traded to the Dutch ... |
597 | New York grew in importance as a trading port while under British rule in the early 1700s. It also became a center of slavery, with 42% of households holding slaves by 1730, more than any other city other than Charleston, South Carolina. Most slaveholders held a few or several domestic slaves, but others hired them out... | [
{
"answer": "42%",
"question": "In 1730, what percentage of New York households were slave-holding?"
},
{
"answer": "Charleston, South Carolina",
"question": "In 1730, what American city had the highest percentage of slaveholders?"
},
{
"answer": "Foley Square",
"question": "Near wha... |
598 | The trial in Manhattan of John Peter Zenger in 1735 helped to establish the freedom of the press in North America. In 1754, Columbia University was founded under charter by King George II as King's College in Lower Manhattan. The Stamp Act Congress met in New York in October 1765 as the Sons of Liberty organized in the... | [
{
"answer": "1735",
"question": "In what year was John Peter Zenger tried?"
},
{
"answer": "Manhattan",
"question": "On what island did Zenger's trial occur?"
},
{
"answer": "1754",
"question": "In what year was Columbia University chartered?"
},
{
"answer": "George II",
... |
599 | The Battle of Long Island, the largest battle of the American Revolutionary War, was fought in August 1776 entirely within the modern-day borough of Brooklyn. After the battle, in which the Americans were defeated, leaving subsequent smaller armed engagements following in its wake, the city became the British military ... | [
{
"answer": "Battle of Long Island",
"question": "What was the biggest battle of the American Revolution?"
},
{
"answer": "Brooklyn",
"question": "In what borough did the Battle of Long Island occur?"
},
{
"answer": "August 1776",
"question": "In what month and year was the Battle of... |
600 | The only attempt at a peaceful solution to the war took place at the Conference House on Staten Island between American delegates, including Benjamin Franklin, and British general Lord Howe on September 11, 1776. Shortly after the British occupation began, the Great Fire of New York occurred, a large conflagration on t... | [
{
"answer": "September 11, 1776",
"question": "On what date did the peace conference on Staten Island occur?"
},
{
"answer": "Lord Howe",
"question": "Who was the British representative at the Conference House meeting?"
},
{
"answer": "Great Fire of New York",
"question": "What notab... |
601 | In 1785, the assembly of the Congress of the Confederation made New York the national capital shortly after the war. New York was the last capital of the U.S. under the Articles of Confederation and the first capital under the Constitution of the United States. In 1789, the first President of the United States, George ... | [
{
"answer": "1785",
"question": "In what year did New York become the United States capital?"
},
{
"answer": "George Washington",
"question": "Who was the United States' first President?"
},
{
"answer": "Federal Hall",
"question": "In what building did the Supreme Court of the United... |
602 | Under New York State's gradual abolition act of 1799, children of slave mothers were born to be eventually liberated but were held in indentured servitude until their mid-to-late twenties. Together with slaves freed by their masters after the Revolutionary War and escaped slaves, a significant free-black population gra... | [
{
"answer": "1799",
"question": "In what year did the state of New York pass a law to free the slaves?"
},
{
"answer": "Manhattan",
"question": "What borough was home to a notable population of free African-Americans?"
},
{
"answer": "Alexander Hamilton",
"question": "Along with John... |
603 | In the 19th century, the city was transformed by development relating to its status as a trading center, as well as by European immigration. The city adopted the Commissioners' Plan of 1811, which expanded the city street grid to encompass all of Manhattan. The 1825 completion of the Erie Canal through central New York... | [
{
"answer": "Commissioners' Plan",
"question": "What plan of 1811 spread a grid of streets across Manhattan?"
},
{
"answer": "1825",
"question": "In what year did the Erie Canal finish building?"
},
{
"answer": "Tammany Hall",
"question": "What political machine controlled New York p... |
604 | Several prominent American literary figures lived in New York during the 1830s and 1840s, including William Cullen Bryant, Washington Irving, Herman Melville, Rufus Wilmot Griswold, John Keese, Nathaniel Parker Willis, and Edgar Allan Poe. Public-minded members of the contemporaneous business elite lobbied for the esta... | [
{
"answer": "Central Park",
"question": "What was the name of the first urban landscaped park in the United States?"
},
{
"answer": "1857",
"question": "In what year was Central Park founded?"
},
{
"answer": "first landscaped",
"question": "Central park, in 1857, became the first par... |
605 | The Great Irish Famine brought a large influx of Irish immigrants. Over 200,000 were living in New York by 1860, upwards of a quarter of the city's population. There was also extensive immigration from the German provinces, where revolutions had disrupted societies, and Germans comprised another 25% of New York's popul... | [
{
"answer": "Great Irish Famine",
"question": "What event brought many Irish immigrants to the United States?"
},
{
"answer": "200,000",
"question": "In 1860, approximately how many people of Irish extraction were in New York?"
},
{
"answer": "a quarter",
"question": "In 1860, what f... |
607 | In 1898, the modern City of New York was formed with the consolidation of Brooklyn (until then a separate city), the County of New York (which then included parts of the Bronx), the County of Richmond, and the western portion of the County of Queens. The opening of the subway in 1904, first built as separate private sy... | [
{
"answer": "1898",
"question": "In what year was the modern City of New York founded?"
},
{
"answer": "1904",
"question": "In what year did the subway begin operation?"
},
{
"answer": "the Bronx",
"question": "Portions of what modern-day borough were included in the County of New Yo... |
608 | In 1904, the steamship General Slocum caught fire in the East River, killing 1,021 people on board. In 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, the city's worst industrial disaster, took the lives of 146 garment workers and spurred the growth of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union and major improvements... | [
{
"answer": "1904",
"question": "In what year did the General Slocum disaster occur?"
},
{
"answer": "1,021",
"question": "How many people died on the General Slocum?"
},
{
"answer": "Triangle Shirtwaist Factory",
"question": "In what building did the city's deadliest industrial disa... |
609 | New York's non-white population was 36,620 in 1890. New York City was a prime destination in the early twentieth century for African Americans during the Great Migration from the American South, and by 1916, New York City was home to the largest urban African diaspora in North America. The Harlem Renaissance of literar... | [
{
"answer": "36,620",
"question": "How many non-white people lived in New York in 1890?"
},
{
"answer": "Harlem Renaissance",
"question": "What was the name of the Prohibition-era African-American cultural flourishing in New York?"
},
{
"answer": "36,620",
"question": "What was the p... |
610 | New York became the most populous urbanized area in the world in the early 1920s, overtaking London. The metropolitan area surpassed the 10 million mark in the early 1930s, becoming the first megacity in human history. The difficult years of the Great Depression saw the election of reformer Fiorello La Guardia as mayor... | [
{
"answer": "London",
"question": "In the early 1920s, what was the second most highly populated city in the world?"
},
{
"answer": "megacity",
"question": "What is the term for a city with a population of over 10 million?"
},
{
"answer": "Fiorello La Guardia",
"question": "Who was m... |
611 | Returning World War II veterans created a post-war economic boom and the development of large housing tracts in eastern Queens. New York emerged from the war unscathed as the leading city of the world, with Wall Street leading America's place as the world's dominant economic power. The United Nations Headquarters was c... | [
{
"answer": "1952",
"question": "When was construction finished on the United Nations Headquarters?"
},
{
"answer": "Paris",
"question": "Prior to New York, what city was the center of the world of art?"
},
{
"answer": "abstract expressionism",
"question": "What artistic movement cau... |
612 | The Stonewall riots were a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by members of the gay community against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan. They are widely considered to constitute the single m... | [
{
"answer": "the Stonewall Inn",
"question": "The Stonewall riots are named after what building?"
},
{
"answer": "Greenwich Village",
"question": "In what neighborhood did the Stonewall riots occur?"
},
{
"answer": "June 28, 1969",
"question": "On what date did the Stonewall riots ta... |
613 | In the 1970s, job losses due to industrial restructuring caused New York City to suffer from economic problems and rising crime rates. While a resurgence in the financial industry greatly improved the city's economic health in the 1980s, New York's crime rate continued to increase through that decade and into the begin... | [
{
"answer": "2000",
"question": "In what year did the population of New York first reach an all-time high in this period?"
},
{
"answer": "2010",
"question": "In what year did the population of New York reach an all-time high for the second time in this period?"
},
{
"answer": "Silicon A... |
615 | The Occupy Wall Street protests in Zuccotti Park in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan began on September 17, 2011, receiving global attention and spawning the Occupy movement against social and economic inequality worldwide. | [
{
"answer": "September 17, 2011",
"question": "On what date did the Occupy Wall Street protests commence?"
},
{
"answer": "Zuccotti Park",
"question": "In what park did the Occupy Wall Street protests occur?"
},
{
"answer": "Manhattan",
"question": "In what borough did the Occupy Wal... |
616 | When one Republican presidential candidate for the 2016 election ridiculed the liberalism of "New York values" in January 2016, Donald Trump, leading in the polls, vigorously defended his city. The National Review, a conservative magazine published in the city since its founding by William F. Buckley, Jr. in 1955, comm... | [
{
"answer": "William F. Buckley, Jr.",
"question": "What individual established the National Review?"
},
{
"answer": "1955",
"question": "In what year was the National Review founded?"
},
{
"answer": "Donald Trump",
"question": "What public figure defended New York in January 2016?"
... |
617 | New York City is situated in the Northeastern United States, in southeastern New York State, approximately halfway between Washington, D.C. and Boston. The location at the mouth of the Hudson River, which feeds into a naturally sheltered harbor and then into the Atlantic Ocean, has helped the city grow in significance ... | [
{
"answer": "Northeastern",
"question": "In what geographical region of the United States is New York City located?"
},
{
"answer": "southeastern",
"question": "In what geographical region of New York state is New York City located?"
},
{
"answer": "Boston",
"question": "New York Cit... |
618 | The Hudson River flows through the Hudson Valley into New York Bay. Between New York City and Troy, New York, the river is an estuary. The Hudson River separates the city from the U.S. state of New Jersey. The East River—a tidal strait—flows from Long Island Sound and separates the Bronx and Manhattan from Long Island.... | [
{
"answer": "New Jersey",
"question": "The Hudson River serves as a dividing line between New York and what state?"
},
{
"answer": "Harlem River",
"question": "What river flows between the Hudson and East Rivers?"
},
{
"answer": "Bronx River",
"question": "What is the city's sole fre... |
619 | The city's land has been altered substantially by human intervention, with considerable land reclamation along the waterfronts since Dutch colonial times; reclamation is most prominent in Lower Manhattan, with developments such as Battery Park City in the 1970s and 1980s. Some of the natural relief in topography has be... | [
{
"answer": "Battery Park City",
"question": "What Manhattan development is the product of land reclamation?"
}
] |
620 | The city's total area is 468.9 square miles (1,214 km2). 164.1 sq mi (425 km2) of this is water and 304.8 sq mi (789 km2) is land. The highest point in the city is Todt Hill on Staten Island, which, at 409.8 feet (124.9 m) above sea level, is the highest point on the Eastern Seaboard south of Maine. The summit of the r... | [
{
"answer": "468.9",
"question": "What is the total area of New York City in square miles?"
},
{
"answer": "164.1",
"question": "In square miles, how much of the city's total area is composed of water?"
},
{
"answer": "304.8",
"question": "In square miles, how much of the city's tota... |
621 | New York has architecturally noteworthy buildings in a wide range of styles and from distinct time periods, from the saltbox style Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House in Brooklyn, the oldest section of which dates to 1656, to the modern One World Trade Center, the skyscraper at Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan and currently the... | [
{
"answer": "Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House",
"question": "What structure is an example of saltbox architecture?"
},
{
"answer": "Brooklyn",
"question": "In what borough is the Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House located?"
},
{
"answer": "One World Trade Center",
"question": "What building is... |
622 | Manhattan's skyline, with its many skyscrapers, is universally recognized, and the city has been home to several of the tallest buildings in the world. As of 2011, New York City had 5,937 high-rise buildings, of which 550 completed structures were at least 330 feet (100 m) high, both second in the world after Hong Kong... | [
{
"answer": "5,937",
"question": "How many high-rises were present in New York City in 2011?"
},
{
"answer": "Hong Kong",
"question": "What city has the most high-rise buildings in the world?"
},
{
"answer": "550",
"question": "How many structures in New York City are over 100m tall?... |
623 | The 1916 Zoning Resolution required setbacks in new buildings, and restricted towers to a percentage of the lot size, to allow sunlight to reach the streets below. The Art Deco style of the Chrysler Building (1930) and Empire State Building (1931), with their tapered tops and steel spires, reflected the zoning requirem... | [
{
"answer": "1931",
"question": "In what year was the Empire State Building completed?"
},
{
"answer": "Art Deco",
"question": "The Chrysler Building reflects what architectural style?"
},
{
"answer": "61st",
"question": "What floor of the Chrysler Building has sculptures of eagles a... |
624 | The character of New York's large residential districts is often defined by the elegant brownstone rowhouses and townhouses and shabby tenements that were built during a period of rapid expansion from 1870 to 1930. In contrast, New York City also has neighborhoods that are less densely populated and feature free-standi... | [
{
"answer": "the Bronx",
"question": "In what borough is the Riverdale neighborhood located?"
},
{
"answer": "Brooklyn",
"question": "In what borough is the Ditmas Park neighborhood located?"
},
{
"answer": "Queens",
"question": "In what borough is the Douglaston neighborhood located... |
625 | Stone and brick became the city's building materials of choice after the construction of wood-frame houses was limited in the aftermath of the Great Fire of 1835. A distinctive feature of many of the city's buildings is the wooden roof-mounted water towers. In the 1800s, the city required their installation on building... | [
{
"answer": "the Great Fire of 1835",
"question": "What event led to the decline in wooden construction in New York City?"
},
{
"answer": "six",
"question": "In the 19th century, New York city required water towers in the roofs of buildings that were more than how many stories tall?"
},
{
... |
626 | According to the United States Geological Survey, an updated analysis of seismic hazard in July 2014 revealed a "slightly lower hazard for tall buildings" in New York City than previously assessed. Scientists estimated this lessened risk based upon a lower likelihood than previously thought of slow shaking near the cit... | [
{
"answer": "July 2014",
"question": "When did the United States Geological Survey released its seismic hazard analysis?"
}
] |
627 | There are hundreds of distinct neighborhoods throughout the five boroughs of New York City, many with a definable history and character to call their own. If the boroughs were each independent cities, four of the boroughs (Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, and the Bronx) would be among the ten most populous cities in the Un... | [
{
"answer": "four",
"question": "How many of New York's boroughs would be counted among the United States' ten most populated cities if they were independent?"
},
{
"answer": "five",
"question": "How many boroughs does New York City have?"
},
{
"answer": "Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, and... |
628 | Under the Köppen climate classification, using the 0 °C (32 °F) coldest month (January) isotherm, New York City itself experiences a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) and is thus the northernmost major city on the North American continent with this categorization. The suburbs to the immediate north and west lie in the tr... | [
{
"answer": "humid subtropical",
"question": "What is the name of New York City's climate using the Köppen climate classification?"
},
{
"answer": "234",
"question": "How many sunny days does New York average each year?"
},
{
"answer": "2,535",
"question": "How many hours of sunshine... |
630 | The city receives 49.9 inches (1,270 mm) of precipitation annually, which is fairly spread throughout the year. Average winter snowfall between 1981 and 2010 has been 25.8 inches (66 cm), but this varies considerably from year to year. Hurricanes and tropical storms are rare in the New York area, but are not unheard of... | [
{
"answer": "1,270",
"question": "In millimeters, how much precipitation does New York receive a year?"
},
{
"answer": "66",
"question": "In centimeters, what is the average winter snowfall?"
},
{
"answer": "October 29, 2012",
"question": "When did Hurricane Sandy strike New York?"
... |
631 | The City of New York has a complex park system, with various lands operated by the National Park Service, the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, and the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. | [
{
"answer": "New York City Department of Parks and Recreation",
"question": "What is the name of the New York City department that operates the park system?"
},
{
"answer": "New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation",
"question": "What is the state office that operates... |
632 | In its 2013 ParkScore ranking, The Trust for Public Land reported that the park system in New York City was the second best park system among the 50 most populous U.S. cities, behind the park system of Minneapolis. ParkScore ranks urban park systems by a formula that analyzes median park size, park acres as percent of ... | [
{
"answer": "Minneapolis",
"question": "What city was rated as having the best park system by The Trust for Public Land?"
},
{
"answer": "New York City",
"question": "What city had the second highest ParkScore rating?"
},
{
"answer": "Minneapolis",
"question": "The 2013 ParkScore rat... |
633 | Gateway National Recreation Area contains over 26,000 acres (10,521.83 ha) in total, most of it surrounded by New York City, including the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Brooklyn and Queens, over 9,000 acres (36 km2) of salt marsh, islands, and water, including most of Jamaica Bay. Also in Queens, the park includes a s... | [
{
"answer": "10,521.83",
"question": "How large is the Gateway National recreation Area in hectares?"
},
{
"answer": "9,000",
"question": "About how large is the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in acres?"
},
{
"answer": "Fort Tilden",
"question": "What fort is located on the Rockaway Pen... |
634 | The Statue of Liberty National Monument and Ellis Island Immigration Museum are managed by the National Park Service and are in both the states of New York and New Jersey. They are joined in the harbor by Governors Island National Monument, in New York. Historic sites under federal management on Manhattan Island includ... | [
{
"answer": "National Park Service",
"question": "What body administers the Ellis Island Immigration Museum?"
},
{
"answer": "Grant's Tomb",
"question": "What is the common name for the General Grant National Memorial?"
},
{
"answer": "Greenwich Village",
"question": "In what neighbo... |
635 | There are seven state parks within the confines of New York City, including Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve, a natural area which includes extensive riding trails, and Riverbank State Park, a 28-acre (110,000 m2) facility that rises 69 feet (21 m) over the Hudson River. | [
{
"answer": "seven",
"question": "How many state parks exist in New York City?"
},
{
"answer": "28",
"question": "How large is Riverbank State Park in acres?"
},
{
"answer": "21",
"question": "How many meters is Riverbank State Park elevated above the Hudson River?"
},
{
"ans... |
636 | New York City has over 28,000 acres (110 km2) of municipal parkland and 14 miles (23 km) of public beaches. Parks in New York City include Central Park, Prospect Park, Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, Forest Park, and Washington Square Park. The largest municipal park in the city is Pelham Bay Park with 2,700 acres (1,093... | [
{
"answer": "28,000",
"question": "New York has approximately how many acres of parks?"
},
{
"answer": "14",
"question": "How many miles of public beach are located in New York City?"
},
{
"answer": "Pelham Bay Park",
"question": "What is the biggest public park in the city?"
},
... |
637 | New York City is home to Fort Hamilton, the U.S. military's only active duty installation within the city. Established in 1825 in Brooklyn on the site of a small battery utilized during the American Revolution, it is one of America's longest serving military forts. Today Fort Hamilton serves as the headquarters of the ... | [
{
"answer": "Fort Hamilton",
"question": "What is the name of the military base in New York City?"
},
{
"answer": "1825",
"question": "In what year was Fort Hamilton founded?"
},
{
"answer": "Brooklyn",
"question": "In what borough is Fort Hamilton located?"
},
{
"answer": "N... |
638 | New York City is the most-populous city in the United States, with an estimated record high of 8,491,079 residents as of 2014, incorporating more immigration into the city than outmigration since the 2010 United States Census. More than twice as many people live in New York City as in the second-most populous U.S. city... | [
{
"answer": "8,491,079",
"question": "What was the population of New York City in 2014?"
},
{
"answer": "Los Angeles",
"question": "What is the US city with the second largest population?"
},
{
"answer": "316,000",
"question": "How many people moved to New York City between April 201... |
639 | In 2014, the city had an estimated population density of 27,858 people per square mile (10,756/km²), rendering it the most densely populated of all municipalities housing over 100,000 residents in the United States; however, several small cities (of fewer than 100,000) in adjacent Hudson County, New Jersey are more den... | [
{
"answer": "27,858",
"question": "How many people live in a square mile of New York City?"
},
{
"answer": "27,673",
"question": "What is the population density of Manhattan per square kilometer?"
},
{
"answer": "Hudson County",
"question": "Some cities in what county have a higher p... |
640 | The city's population in 2010 was 44% white (33.3% non-Hispanic white), 25.5% black (23% non-Hispanic black), 0.7% Native American, and 12.7% Asian. Hispanics of any race represented 28.6% of the population, while Asians constituted the fastest-growing segment of the city's population between 2000 and 2010; the non-His... | [
{
"answer": "44%",
"question": "What percentage of the city's population is Caucasian?"
},
{
"answer": "25.5%",
"question": "What percentage of the city's population is African-American?"
},
{
"answer": "Asians",
"question": "What ethnicity is growing the quickest in New York City?"
... |
641 | Throughout its history, the city has been a major port of entry for immigrants into the United States; more than 12 million European immigrants were received at Ellis Island between 1892 and 1924. The term "melting pot" was first coined to describe densely populated immigrant neighborhoods on the Lower East Side. By 19... | [
{
"answer": "12 million",
"question": "How many immigrants arrived at Ellis Island from 1892 to 1924?"
},
{
"answer": "Lower East Side",
"question": "'Melting pot' was first used to describe neighborhoods in what area of the city?"
},
{
"answer": "Germans",
"question": "What ethnicit... |
642 | Approximately 37% of the city's population is foreign born. In New York, no single country or region of origin dominates. The ten largest sources of foreign-born individuals in the city as of 2011 were the Dominican Republic, China, Mexico, Guyana, Jamaica, Ecuador, Haiti, India, Russia, and Trinidad and Tobago, while ... | [
{
"answer": "37%",
"question": "What percentage of the population was born outside the United States?"
},
{
"answer": "Dominican Republic",
"question": "From what country did the largest number of foreign-born immigrants originate as of 2011?"
},
{
"answer": "74,000",
"question": "Ab... |
646 | Ecuador, Colombia, Guyana, Peru, and Brazil were the top source countries from South America for legal immigrants to the New York City region in 2013; the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Haiti, and Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean; Egypt, Ghana, and Nigeria from Africa; and El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala in Cent... | [
{
"answer": "1.3 million",
"question": "In 2013, how many people of Puerto Rican ancestry lived in New York City?"
},
{
"answer": "the Dominican Republic",
"question": "What nation provided the most legal immigrants to New York City in the Caribbean?"
},
{
"answer": "Egypt",
"questio... |
647 | The New York metropolitan area is home to a self-identifying gay and bisexual community estimated at 568,903 individuals, the largest in the United States and one of the world's largest. Same-sex marriages in New York were legalized on June 24, 2011 and were authorized to take place beginning 30 days thereafter. | [
{
"answer": "568,903",
"question": "How many self-identified LGB people live in the New York metropolitan area?"
},
{
"answer": "June 24, 2011",
"question": "On what date did New York legalize gay marriage?"
},
{
"answer": "30",
"question": "How many days after gay marriage was legal... |
648 | Christianity (59%), particularly Catholicism (33%), was the most prevalently practiced religion in New York as of 2014, followed by Judaism, with approximately 1.1 million Jews in New York City, over half living in Brooklyn. Islam ranks third in New York City, with official estimates ranging between 600,000 and 1,000,0... | [
{
"answer": "59%",
"question": "What percentage of New Yorkers are Christians?"
},
{
"answer": "33%",
"question": "What percentage of New Yorkers follow the Catholic faith?"
},
{
"answer": "1.1 million",
"question": "About how many Jews live in New York City?"
},
{
"answer": ... |
649 | New York City has a high degree of income disparity as indicated by its Gini Coefficient of 0.5 for the city overall and 0.6 for Manhattan. The disparity is driven by wage growth in high-income brackets, while wages have stagnated for middle and lower-income brackets. In the first quarter of 2014, the average weekly wa... | [
{
"answer": "0.5",
"question": "What is New York City's Gini Coefficient?"
},
{
"answer": "Manhattan",
"question": "What borough has a Gini Coefficient of 0.6?"
},
{
"answer": "Michael R. Bloomberg",
"question": "What previous mayor of New York is a billionaire?"
},
{
"answer... |
650 | New York is a global hub of international business and commerce. In 2012, New York City topped the first Global Economic Power Index, published by The Atlantic (to be differentiated from a namesake list published by the Martin Prosperity Institute), with cities ranked according to criteria reflecting their presence on ... | [
{
"answer": "Silicon Alley",
"question": "What is the common name for New York's high technology sector?"
},
{
"answer": "The Atlantic",
"question": "Who created the Global Economic Power Index that ranked New York first?"
},
{
"answer": "2014",
"question": "In what year did the Port... |
651 | Many Fortune 500 corporations are headquartered in New York City, as are a large number of foreign corporations. One out of ten private sector jobs in the city is with a foreign company. New York City has been ranked first among cities across the globe in attracting capital, business, and tourists. This ability to attr... | [
{
"answer": "One out of ten",
"question": "What fraction of New Yorkers in the private sector are employed by foreign companies?"
},
{
"answer": "FDi Magazine",
"question": "What publication ranked New York first in the 2013 American Cities of the Future rankings?"
}
] |
652 | Real estate is a major force in the city's economy, as the total value of all New York City property was assessed at US$914.8 billion for the 2015 fiscal year. The Time Warner Center is the property with the highest-listed market value in the city, at US$1.1 billion in 2006. New York City is home to some of the nation'... | [
{
"answer": "US$914.8 billion",
"question": "What was the 2015 assessed value of all the property in New York?"
},
{
"answer": "US$1.1 billion",
"question": "How much was Time Warner Center worth in 2006?"
},
{
"answer": "$1,589",
"question": "What was the price per square foot of 45... |
653 | As of 2013, the global advertising agencies of Omnicom Group and Interpublic Group, both based in Manhattan, had combined annual revenues of approximately US$21 billion, reflecting New York City's role as the top global center for the advertising industry, which is metonymously referred to as "Madison Avenue". The city... | [
{
"answer": "Madison Avenue",
"question": "What is the popular name of New York's advertising industry?"
},
{
"answer": "180,000",
"question": "About how many people work in the New York fashion industry?"
},
{
"answer": "$11 billion",
"question": "About how much does it cost per yea... |
654 | Other important sectors include medical research and technology, non-profit institutions, and universities. Manufacturing accounts for a significant but declining share of employment, although the city's garment industry is showing a resurgence in Brooklyn. Food processing is a US$5 billion industry that employs more t... | [
{
"answer": "19,000",
"question": "How many New Yorkers work in the food processing field?"
},
{
"answer": "US$5 billion",
"question": "What is the annual revenue of the food processing industry?"
},
{
"answer": "Brooklyn",
"question": "In what borough is the garment business promine... |
655 | Chocolate is New York City's leading specialty-food export, with up to US$234 million worth of exports each year. Entrepreneurs were forming a "Chocolate District" in Brooklyn as of 2014, while Godiva, one of the world's largest chocolatiers, continues to be headquartered in Manhattan. | [
{
"answer": "US$234 million",
"question": "What dollar amount of chocolate does New York export annually?"
},
{
"answer": "Brooklyn",
"question": "Where is the \"Chocolate District\" located?"
},
{
"answer": "Manhattan",
"question": "In what borough is Godiva based?"
},
{
"an... |
656 | New York City's most important economic sector lies in its role as the headquarters for the U.S.financial industry, metonymously known as Wall Street. The city's securities industry, enumerating 163,400 jobs in August 2013, continues to form the largest segment of the city's financial sector and an important economic e... | [
{
"answer": "163,400",
"question": "As of 2013, how many people worked for a securities business in New York?"
},
{
"answer": "5",
"question": "What percentage of New York private sector jobs are in the securities industry?"
},
{
"answer": "US$3.8 billion",
"question": "How much tax ... |
658 | Many of the world's largest media conglomerates are also based in the city. Manhattan contained over 500 million square feet (46.5 million m2) of office space in 2015, making it the largest office market in the United States, while Midtown Manhattan, with nearly 400 million square feet (37.2 million m2) in 2015, is the... | [
{
"answer": "46.5 million",
"question": "How many square meters of office space does Manhattan have?"
},
{
"answer": "400",
"question": "About how many million square feet of office space is present in Midtown Manhattan?"
},
{
"answer": "500 million square feet",
"question": "How muc... |
661 | Tourism is a vital industry for New York City, which has witnessed a growing combined volume of international and domestic tourists – receiving approximately 51 million tourists in 2011, 54 million in 2013, and a record 56.4 million in 2014. Tourism generated an all-time high US$61.3 billion in overall economic impact ... | [
{
"answer": "51 million",
"question": "How many tourists visited New York in 2011?"
},
{
"answer": "54 million",
"question": "How many people came to visit New York in 2013?"
},
{
"answer": "56.4 million",
"question": "What is the record number of tourists that have visited New York ... |
662 | I Love New York (stylized I ❤ NY) is both a logo and a song that are the basis of an advertising campaign and have been used since 1977 to promote tourism in New York City, and later to promote New York State as well. The trademarked logo, owned by New York State Empire State Development, appears in souvenir shops and ... | [
{
"answer": "I Love New York",
"question": "What English phrase does I ❤ NY represent?"
},
{
"answer": "1977",
"question": "When was I ❤ NY first used in advertisements?"
},
{
"answer": "New York State Empire State Development",
"question": "Who owns the trademark to I ❤ NY?"
},
... |
663 | Major tourist destinations include Times Square; Broadway theater productions; the Empire State Building; the Statue of Liberty; Ellis Island; the United Nations Headquarters; museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art; greenspaces such as Central Park and Washington Square Park; Rockefeller Center; the Manhattan C... | [
{
"answer": "Greenwich Village",
"question": "In what neighborhood does the Halloween Parade take place?"
},
{
"answer": "Macy's",
"question": "What company sponsors the Thanksgiving Day parade?"
},
{
"answer": "Rockefeller Center",
"question": "At what location is a Christmas tree f... |
664 | Manhattan was on track to have an estimated 90,000 hotel rooms at the end of 2014, a 10% increase from 2013. In October 2014, the Anbang Insurance Group, based in China, purchased the Waldorf Astoria New York for US$1.95 billion, making it the world's most expensive hotel ever sold. | [
{
"answer": "90,000",
"question": "About how many hotel rooms are there in Manhattan?"
},
{
"answer": "10%",
"question": "What was the percentage increase of Manhattan hotel rooms between 2013 and 2014?"
},
{
"answer": "Anbang Insurance Group",
"question": "Who owns the Waldorf Astor... |
665 | New York is a prominent location for the American entertainment industry, with many films, television series, books, and other media being set there. As of 2012, New York City was the second largest center for filmmaking and television production in the United States, producing about 200 feature films annually, employi... | [
{
"answer": "200",
"question": "Approximately how many feature films are made in New York City every year?"
},
{
"answer": "130,000",
"question": "How many New Yorkers work in the television and film industry?"
},
{
"answer": "$7.1 billion",
"question": "How much money does the New Y... |
666 | New York City is additionally a center for the advertising, music, newspaper, digital media, and publishing industries and is also the largest media market in North America. Some of the city's media conglomerates and institutions include Time Warner, the Thomson Reuters Corporation, the Associated Press, Bloomberg L.P.... | [
{
"answer": "Sony Music Entertainment",
"question": "Along with Warner Music Group, what top three record label is based in New York City?"
},
{
"answer": "New York City",
"question": "What city is North America's biggest media market?"
},
{
"answer": "Seven",
"question": "Out of the... |
667 | More than 200 newspapers and 350 consumer magazines have an office in the city, and the publishing industry employs about 25,000 people. Two of the three national daily newspapers in the United States are New York papers: The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, which has won the most Pulitzer Prizes for journal... | [
{
"answer": "25,000",
"question": "How many people work in the New York publishing industry?"
},
{
"answer": "The New York Times",
"question": "Which New York-based newspaper has won the Pulitzer Prize for journalism?"
},
{
"answer": "The Wall Street Journal",
"question": "Along with... |
668 | The television industry developed in New York and is a significant employer in the city's economy. The three major American broadcast networks are all headquartered in New York: ABC, CBS, and NBC. Many cable networks are based in the city as well, including MTV, Fox News, HBO, Showtime, Bravo, Food Network, AMC, and Co... | [
{
"answer": "CBS",
"question": "Along with ABC and NBC, what other major broadcaster is based in New York?"
},
{
"answer": "NYCTV",
"question": "What is the name of the city's public television service?"
},
{
"answer": "Comedy Central",
"question": "What comedy channel on cable telev... |
669 | New York is also a major center for non-commercial educational media. The oldest public-access television channel in the United States is the Manhattan Neighborhood Network, founded in 1971. WNET is the city's major public television station and a primary source of national Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) television ... | [
{
"answer": "Manhattan Neighborhood Network",
"question": "What is the name of the first public-access TV channel in the country?"
},
{
"answer": "1971",
"question": "In what year did the Manhattan Neighborhood Network begin?"
},
{
"answer": "WNET",
"question": "What is the primary p... |
670 | The New York City Public Schools system, managed by the New York City Department of Education, is the largest public school system in the United States, serving about 1.1 million students in more than 1,700 separate primary and secondary schools. The city's public school system includes nine specialized high schools to... | [
{
"answer": "New York City Department of Education",
"question": "What city department runs the public school system?"
},
{
"answer": "1.1 million",
"question": "How many students are in New York City public schools?"
},
{
"answer": "1,700",
"question": "About how many public schools... |
671 | The New York City Charter School Center assists the setup of new charter schools. There are approximately 900 additional privately run secular and religious schools in the city. | [
{
"answer": "New York City Charter School Center",
"question": "What institution aids in the creation of charter schools in New York?"
},
{
"answer": "900",
"question": "About how many private schools does New York have?"
}
] |
673 | The New York Public Library, which has the largest collection of any public library system in the United States, serves Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island. Queens is served by the Queens Borough Public Library, the nation's second largest public library system, while the Brooklyn Public Library serves Brooklyn. | [
{
"answer": "The New York Public Library",
"question": "What is the largest library in the United States?"
},
{
"answer": "Queens Borough Public Library",
"question": "What is the second largest library in the US?"
},
{
"answer": "Queens Borough Public Library",
"question": "What is ... |
674 | The New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) operates the public hospitals and clinics in New York City. A public benefit corporation with $6.7 billion in annual revenues, HHC is the largest municipal healthcare system in the United States serving 1.4 million patients, including more than 475,000 uninsured ... | [
{
"answer": "New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation",
"question": "The largest municipal healthcare in the US is what?"
},
{
"answer": "11",
"question": "How many hospitals does HHC operate?"
},
{
"answer": "$6.7 billion",
"question": "What is the yearly revenue of the New Yo... |
675 | The most well-known hospital in the HHC system is Bellevue Hospital, the oldest public hospital in the United States. Bellevue is the designated hospital for treatment of the President of the United States and other world leaders if they become sick or injured while in New York City. The president of HHC is Ramanathan ... | [
{
"answer": "Bellevue Hospital",
"question": "The public hospital that has been around the longest in the US is what?"
},
{
"answer": "Ramanathan Raju",
"question": "Who is the president of HHC?"
},
{
"answer": "Bellevue Hospital",
"question": "What was the first public hospital foun... |
676 | The New York City Police Department (NYPD) has been the largest police force in the United States by a significant margin, with over 35,000 sworn officers. Members of the NYPD are frequently referred to by politicians, the media, and their own police cars by the nickname, New York's Finest. | [
{
"answer": "35,000",
"question": "The largest police presence in the US is NYPD with how many people?"
},
{
"answer": "New York's Finest",
"question": "NYPD officers have a nickname that is known as what?"
},
{
"answer": "New York City Police Department",
"question": "What does the ... |
678 | Organized crime has long been associated with New York City, beginning with the Forty Thieves and the Roach Guards in the Five Points in the 1820s. The 20th century saw a rise in the Mafia, dominated by the Five Families, as well as in gangs, including the Black Spades. The Mafia presence has declined in the city in th... | [
{
"answer": "Forty Thieves and the Roach Guards",
"question": "The first major crime groups in NYC were in the 1820s known as what?"
},
{
"answer": "the Five Families",
"question": "What group controlled the Mafia in New York in the 20th century?"
},
{
"answer": "the Five Points",
"q... |
679 | The New York City Fire Department (FDNY), provides fire protection, technical rescue, primary response to biological, chemical, and radioactive hazards, and emergency medical services for the five boroughs of New York City. The New York City Fire Department is the largest municipal fire department in the United States ... | [
{
"answer": "Tokyo Fire Department",
"question": "What is the largest fire department force in the world?"
},
{
"answer": "The New York City Fire Department",
"question": "What is the second largest fire department force in the world?"
},
{
"answer": "New York's Bravest",
"question":... |
680 | The New York City Fire Department faces highly multifaceted firefighting challenges in many ways unique to New York. In addition to responding to building types that range from wood-frame single family homes to high-rise structures, there are many secluded bridges and tunnels, as well as large parks and wooded areas th... | [
{
"answer": "subway systems",
"question": "New York is home to what largest transportation system in the world?"
},
{
"answer": "brush fires",
"question": "What types of fires can start in parks and woodlands?"
}
] |
681 | The FDNY headquarters is located at 9 MetroTech Center in Downtown Brooklyn, and the FDNY Fire Academy is located on Randalls Island. There are three Bureau of Fire Communications alarm offices which receive and dispatch alarms to appropriate units. One office, at 11 Metrotech Center in Brooklyn, houses Manhattan/Cityw... | [
{
"answer": "9 MetroTech Center",
"question": "What is the address for The New York City Fire Department headquarters?"
},
{
"answer": "Randalls Island",
"question": "Which island is home to the Fire academy in NYC?"
},
{
"answer": "Brooklyn",
"question": "Which borough of NYC is hom... |
682 | Numerous major American cultural movements began in the city, such as the Harlem Renaissance, which established the African-American literary canon in the United States. The city was a center of jazz in the 1940s, abstract expressionism in the 1950s, and the birthplace of hip hop in the 1970s. The city's punk and hardc... | [
{
"answer": "1940s",
"question": "Jazz became popular during which decade in NYC?"
},
{
"answer": "1970s",
"question": "Which decade did hip hop start to surface in NYC?"
},
{
"answer": "the Harlem Renaissance",
"question": "What was the name of the cultural development that defined ... |
683 | The city is the birthplace of many cultural movements, including the Harlem Renaissance in literature and visual art; abstract expressionism (also known as the New York School) in painting; and hip hop, punk, salsa, disco, freestyle, Tin Pan Alley, and Jazz in music. New York City has been considered the dance capital ... | [
{
"answer": "New York City",
"question": "The fashion capital of the world is what city in the US?"
},
{
"answer": "New York Fashion Week",
"question": "One of the biggest fashion shows in the world is named what in New York?"
},
{
"answer": "the New York School",
"question": "By wha... |
684 | New York City has more than 2,000 arts and cultural organizations and more than 500 art galleries of all sizes. The city government funds the arts with a larger annual budget than the National Endowment for the Arts. Wealthy business magnates in the 19th century built a network of major cultural institutions, such as t... | [
{
"answer": "1880s",
"question": "The Broadway Musical began in what decade?"
},
{
"answer": "500",
"question": "Approximately how many galleries of art are in New York City?"
},
{
"answer": "42nd Street",
"question": "Along with Broadway, what New York thoroughfare is associated wit... |
685 | Forty of the city's theaters, with more than 500 seats each, are collectively known as Broadway, after the major thoroughfare that crosses the Times Square Theater District, sometimes referred to as "The Great White Way". According to The Broadway League, Broadway shows sold approximately US$1.27 billion worth of ticke... | [
{
"answer": "12.21 million",
"question": "How many people attended Broadway shows during the 2013-2014 season?"
},
{
"answer": "The Great White Way",
"question": "What is the nickname of the Times Square Theater District?"
},
{
"answer": "US$1.27 billion",
"question": "What was the d... |
686 | New York City's food culture includes a variety of international cuisines influenced by the city's immigrant history. Central European and Italian immigrants originally made the city famous for bagels, cheesecake, and New York-style pizza, while Chinese and other Asian restaurants, sandwich joints, trattorias, diners, ... | [
{
"answer": "24,000",
"question": "How many restaurants are there in NYC?"
},
{
"answer": "4,000",
"question": "How many mobile food vendors operate in New York City?"
},
{
"answer": "24,000",
"question": "How many restaurants is New York home to?"
},
{
"answer": "New York Ci... |
687 | New York City is home to the headquarters of the National Football League, Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, the National Hockey League, and Major League Soccer. The New York metropolitan area hosts the most sports teams in these five professional leagues. Participation in professional sports ... | [
{
"answer": "1882",
"question": "The Brooklyn Dodgers were created in what year?"
},
{
"answer": "MetLife Stadium, the new Yankee Stadium, Madison Square Garden, and Citi Field",
"question": "Which four of the world's most expensive stadiums are located in NYC?"
},
{
"answer": "the origi... |
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