#8782, aired 2023-01-10 | NYC SUBWAY STOPS $200: The S train has but 2 stops, shuttling across 42nd Street between Times Square & this landmark with much train activity Grand Central Station |
#8782, aired 2023-01-10 | NYC SUBWAY STOPS $400: Flatbush Avenue! The No. 2 train's stop for the college named for this borough! Please step away from the closing doors Brooklyn |
#8782, aired 2023-01-10 | NYC SUBWAY STOPS $600: Give my regards to Broadway, remember me to this square, named for an old-time newspaper, & its stop on the D train Herald Square |
#8782, aired 2023-01-10 | NYC SUBWAY STOPS $800: Head downtown on the 1, 2 or 3 train to hit this street, the "Ho" in SoHo, & note its pronunciation Houston (Street) |
#8782, aired 2023-01-10 | NYC SUBWAY STOPS $1000: If you want a day at the museum, take the C train to 81st Street to enjoy this "Night at the Museum" museum the Museum of Natural History |
#8598, aired 2022-03-16 | NYC NEIGHBORHOODS $200: This West Midtown neighborhood with a "demonic" name is also called Clinton, which just isn't as cool Hell's Kitchen |
#8598, aired 2022-03-16 | NYC NEIGHBORHOODS $400: As well as the second half of the name of a famous hotel, it's a Queens hood with a diverse population & lots of Greek restaurants Astoria |
#8598, aired 2022-03-16 | NYC NEIGHBORHOODS $600: In 2017 phase 1 of expanding the 2nd Avenue subway included new stops at 96th, 86th & 72nd on the U.E.S., or this the Upper East Side |
#8598, aired 2022-03-16 | NYC NEIGHBORHOODS $800: Jughead may not really live there, but this Bronx area on the Hudson contains NYC's northernmost point Riverdale |
#8598, aired 2022-03-16 | NYC NEIGHBORHOODS $1000: An area in Brooklyn's Brighton Beach is known as Little this seaport & resort in Southern Ukraine Odessa |
#7307, aired 2016-05-24 | NYC TV $200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the Lincoln Center in New York.) Sarah Jessica Parker actually swoons when Mikhail Baryshnikov tries to dance with her at Lincoln Center on an episode of this TV show Sex and the City |
#7307, aired 2016-05-24 | NYC TV $400: A line from this Big Apple show is "There ain't no party like a Liz Lemon party 'cause a Liz Lemon party is mandatory" 30 Rock |
#7307, aired 2016-05-24 | NYC TV $600: Part of this sitcom took place in 2030 as an older Ted told his kids a lot of NYC-set stories that defied the show's title How I Met Your Mother |
#7307, aired 2016-05-24 | NYC TV $800: J-Lo deals with the FBI & NYPD on this "colorful" NBC show Shades of Blue |
#7307, aired 2016-05-24 | NYC TV $1000: The crew of a NYC firehouse dealt with gambling addiction, alcoholism, murder & even ghosts on this FX show Rescue Me |
#7225, aired 2016-01-29 | WHICH NYC BOROUGH? $200: Has its name on a ferry that transports approximately 70,000 passengers each weekday Staten Island |
#7225, aired 2016-01-29 | WHICH NYC BOROUGH? $400: Shares its name with a city in northeastern Kansas Manhattan |
#7225, aired 2016-01-29 | WHICH NYC BOROUGH? $600: Is home to Coney Island Brooklyn |
#7225, aired 2016-01-29 | WHICH NYC BOROUGH? $800: Is the only one entirely on the U.S. mainland the Bronx |
#7225, aired 2016-01-29 | WHICH NYC BOROUGH? $1000: Hosted the 1939 & 1964 World's Fairs Queens |
#6830, aired 2014-05-02 | WHICH NYC BOROUGH? $200: Was purchased from Native Americans for about $24 Manhattan |
#6830, aired 2014-05-02 | WHICH NYC BOROUGH? $400: Is home to the New York Yankees the Bronx |
#6830, aired 2014-05-02 | WHICH NYC BOROUGH? $600: Is the most populous, with more than 2.5 million people Brooklyn |
#6830, aired 2014-05-02 | WHICH NYC BOROUGH? $800: Is where LaGuardia & JFK International are located Queens |
#6830, aired 2014-05-02 | WHICH NYC BOROUGH? $1000: Until 1975 was known as Richmond Borough Staten Island |
#6692, aired 2013-10-22 | THE ABCs OF NYC $200: RCMH:
Kick up your heels on its stage Radio City Music Hall |
#6692, aired 2013-10-22 | THE ABCs OF NYC $400: ESB:
It was completed ahead of schedule & under budget the Empire State Building |
#6692, aired 2013-10-22 | THE ABCs OF NYC $600: CUNY:
Hunter College is one City University of New York |
#6692, aired 2013-10-22 | THE ABCs OF NYC $800: SoHo:
It's how the neighborhood got its name South of Houston |
#6692, aired 2013-10-22 | THE ABCs OF NYC $1000: TLC:
This commission licenses & regulates certain for-hire vehicles the Taxi and Limousine Commission |
#6552, aired 2013-02-26 | MAYORS OF NYC $400: 17th century mayor Cornelius van Steenwyck was born in this country--maybe in Haarlem the Netherlands |
#6552, aired 2013-02-26 | MAYORS OF NYC $800: In 1880 Irish-born William Grace became NYC's first mayor of this faith Roman Catholicism |
#6552, aired 2013-02-26 | MAYORS OF NYC $1200: In 1904 Mayor McClellan liked his ceremonial task starting this new transit, so he drove the train the whole route the subway |
#6552, aired 2013-02-26 | MAYORS OF NYC $1600: Mayor 3 different times from 1800 to 1815, he was "de" man to improve American infrastructure (DeWitt) Clinton |
#6552, aired 2013-02-26 | MAYORS OF NYC $2000: George Opdyke was mayor during the Civil War & quashed this related NYC event of July 1863 draft riots |
#5977, aired 2010-09-14 | LIVING IN NYC $400: This "numerical" club on 52nd boasted Ernest Hemingway as a regular 21 |
#5977, aired 2010-09-14 | LIVING IN NYC $800: In 2010 you could check out the "Bauhaus Lounge" exhibit at this museum on 53rd Street the MoMA |
#5977, aired 2010-09-14 | LIVING IN NYC $1200: This transport takes 60,000 people a day across the water between 2 boroughs, for free the Staten Island ferry |
#5977, aired 2010-09-14 | LIVING IN NYC $1600: Architect William Van Alen put radiator caps on the 31st floor of this art deco landmark at 405 Lexington the Chrysler Building |
#5977, aired 2010-09-14 | LIVING IN NYC $2000: In 1942 Fiorello LaGuardia & his family moved into this building at 88th Street & East End Avenue Gracie Mansion |
#4550, aired 2004-05-21 | NYC MUSIC HISTORY $200: The Who performed this work at the Metropolitan Opera House in Lincoln Center in 1970 Tommy |
#4550, aired 2004-05-21 | NYC MUSIC HISTORY $400: Dvorak's "New World Symphony" debuted in this venue in 1893: The Beatles played there in 1964 Carnegie Hall |
#4550, aired 2004-05-21 | NYC MUSIC HISTORY $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from a street corner in the Bronx, New York.) The Belmonts, named for the Belmont area of the Bronx, sang in this style, the street version of a cappella doo-wop |
#4550, aired 2004-05-21 | NYC MUSIC HISTORY $800: She co-wrote "The Loco-Motion" in the Brill Building on Broadway Carole King |
#4550, aired 2004-05-21 | NYC MUSIC HISTORY $1000: This East Village venue was run by Bill Graham for only 3 years, from 1968 to 1971 the Fillmore East |
#4292, aired 2003-04-08 | NYC BUSINESS HISTORY $200: The Baker's Local No. 338 formed between 1910 & 1915 was for an elite group of bakers of these "Jewish Donuts" bagels |
#4292, aired 2003-04-08 | NYC BUSINESS HISTORY $400: First name of Mr. Handwerker, who opened a hot dog stand in Coney Island in 1916 Nathan |
#4292, aired 2003-04-08 | NYC BUSINESS HISTORY $600: The IRT operated the first ones of these in NYC back in 1904 subway |
#4292, aired 2003-04-08 | NYC BUSINESS HISTORY $800: Last name of siblings Daniel, John & Elisha, who took over dad's clothing store in 1850 Brooks |
#4292, aired 2003-04-08 | NYC BUSINESS HISTORY $1000: George Dunlap joined up with this man in 1898 to publish books, left him in 1899, but came back in 1900 Alexander Grosset |
#3970, aired 2001-11-30 | NYC STREET FOODS $200: (Sofia is on Park Avenue, enjoying a pretzel, when....) Oops! I forgot to get a side of this traditional yellow condiment mustard |
#3970, aired 2001-11-30 | NYC STREET FOODS $400: (Sofia is tasting a Mediterranean delicacy.) This pita contains little balls of this, a deep-fried Mideast treat made from chickpeas or fava beans falafel |
#3970, aired 2001-11-30 | NYC STREET FOODS $600: (Sofia is enjoying a foreign potato product.) From the Ukranian for "dumpling", it's the name of the potato product I'm eating knish |
#3970, aired 2001-11-30 | NYC STREET FOODS $800: (Sofia holds up a slice of thin-crust pizza.) You can get pizza New York-style or in this thicker style named for an Italian island Sicilian |
#3970, aired 2001-11-30 | NYC STREET FOODS $1000: (Sofia wraps up our taste of the Big Apple--with a stomache--and a bottle of a well-known product for curing such.) Fortunately, also available in New York is this Procter & Gamble tummy-soothing liquid Pepto-Bismol |
#3570, aired 2000-02-25 | BANNED AS PETS IN NYC $100: It'll be a cold day in New York before the Department of Health allows you to keep one of these Polar Bear |
#3570, aired 2000-02-25 | BANNED AS PETS IN NYC $200: No exemptions! You can't keep these in a basement or a baseball park Bats |
#3570, aired 2000-02-25 | BANNED AS PETS IN NYC $300: You won't "spot" one of these in Central Park Leopard |
#3570, aired 2000-02-25 | BANNED AS PETS IN NYC $400: Not even if you get its food chocolate-covered can you keep this animal Anteater |
#3570, aired 2000-02-25 | BANNED AS PETS IN NYC $500: It may be wild to have this wild dog in Australia but in New York City it's no go Dingo |
#3289, aired 1998-12-17 | NYC IN THE '70s $100: Live from New York, it debuted October 11, 1975 at 11:30 P.M. Saturday Night Live |
#3289, aired 1998-12-17 | NYC IN THE '70s $200: Saying he wouldn't be active in the day-to-day running of the Yankees, in 1973 he led the group that bought them George Steinbrenner |
#3289, aired 1998-12-17 | NYC IN THE '70s $300: In 1978 & '79 over 1 million people saw his "Treasures" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art King Tut |
#3289, aired 1998-12-17 | NYC IN THE '70s $400: On August 7, 1974 Philippe Petit traveled via this between the towers of the World Trade Center a tightrope (or highwire) |
#3289, aired 1998-12-17 | NYC IN THE '70s $500: The city rolled out this famous ad campaign in 1977 "I Love New York" ("I ♥ NY") |
#2460, aired 1995-04-21 | NYC LANDMARKS $100: A statue of this man at the Federal Hall National Memorial marks the spot where he was inaugurated George Washington |
#2460, aired 1995-04-21 | NYC LANDMARKS $200: 2 places to see a starry night are at MOMA, which has van Gogh's, or at the Hayden, one of these a planetarium |
#2460, aired 1995-04-21 | NYC LANDMARKS $300: The neighborhood where "West Side Story" was filmed was demolished for this performing arts complex Lincoln Center |
#2460, aired 1995-04-21 | NYC LANDMARKS $400: Zelda & F. Scott Fitzgerald were married in this cathedral, the seat of the Archdiocese of New York St. Patrick's |
#2460, aired 1995-04-21 | NYC LANDMARKS $500: Commodore Vanderbilt named this huge transportation hub when it was originally built Grand Central Station |
#770, aired 1988-01-01 | NYC MOVIES $100: 1984 Francis Coppola film set in Harlem's hottest hangout The Cotton Club |
#770, aired 1988-01-01 | NYC MOVIES $200: 1 of the 2 parks in "Barefoot in the Park" Central Park (or Washington Square Park) |
#770, aired 1988-01-01 | NYC MOVIES $300: In the Paul Newman film, this title "Fort" is in the Bronx Fort Apache |
#770, aired 1988-01-01 | NYC MOVIES $400: In 1975, Jack Lemmon was "The Prisoner of" this thoroughfare Second Avenue |
#770, aired 1988-01-01 | NYC MOVIES $500: 1975 film based on a true story in which Al Pacino robs a Brooklyn bank to finance a sex change Dog Day Afternoon |
#607, aired 1987-04-07 | NYC AUTHORS $200: Walt Whitman, Henry Miller, & Betty Smith's "tree" all grew up in this borough Brooklyn |
#607, aired 1987-04-07 | NYC AUTHORS $400: Tho he "looked homeward" to North Carolina, he lived in NYC because "You Can't Go Home Again" Thomas Wolfe |
#607, aired 1987-04-07 | NYC AUTHORS $600: James Baldwin called this "the only human part of New York", but left it anyway Harlem |
#607, aired 1987-04-07 | NYC AUTHORS $800: Mark Twain, Dylan Thomas & Arthur Miller all lived in this famed hotel named for a London district The Chelsea |
#607, aired 1987-04-07 | NYC AUTHORS $1000: The Algonquin Hotel apparently threw this "Borstal Boy" out when he chased the maids thru the halls Brendan Behan |
#441, aired 1986-05-19 | NYC $200: Trendy adjective applied to people who have homes in both NYC & L.A. bicoastal |
#441, aired 1986-05-19 | NYC $400: Before she ran for VP, Geraldine Ferraro was a Congresswoman from this NYC borough Queens |
#441, aired 1986-05-19 | NYC $600: Daily & Sunday, it has the largest circulation of any NYC newspaper the Daily News |
#441, aired 1986-05-19 | NYC $800: The Cloisters, a replica of a medieval monastery, is part of this world-famous museum the Metropolitan Museum of Art |
#441, aired 1986-05-19 | NYC $1000: Alexander Hamilton & Robert Fulton are buried in this churchyard near Wall Street Trinity Church |