When asked where I grew up, I say upstate New York, mainly as a way of informing those asked that I was not from New York City. However, my hometown was spitting distance from the Pennsylvania border, and definitely not upstate. Though I've spent more than half my life in Austin, New York is where I'm from and I will always identify with the state (a nice place to visit now, but I wouldn't want to live there).
I thought it was about time for another state trivia puzzle, so I put together one with facts from New York State. I chose to do an acrostic for variety from the multiple choice. Most answers should be readily available on the Internet with appropriate searches. Hopefully you will find the puzzle informative and fun.
Good luck!
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This city had its first European settlement in 1614 and was officially chartered as a city in 1686. It became the capital in 1797. |
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This canal ran 363 miles from Lake Erie to the Hudson River, and opened a navigable water route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes. It's construction took about 8 years, starting in 1817 and completing in 1825. |
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Nicknamed "The Flour City", "The Flower City", and "The World's Image Center", this is the third most populous city in New York state. Two well known imaging companies, though currently having fallen on more difficult times, were founded here. |
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This small community found itself the unintended center of attention in November 1957, when the heads of the American Mafia gathered to discuss organized crime issues. This meeting was broken up by the police and resulted in numerous arrests and indictments, and helped to confirm the existence of the American Mafia. |
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This type of "diamond", found in dolostone deposits in Mohawk, Fulton, and Montgomery counties in New York, and also elsewhere throughout the world, is not really a diamond, but are doubly terminated quartz crystals. |
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This is the original name of the airport built to relieve congestion at nearby La Guardia airport, and it was named after the golf course that it displaced. It was later renamed to John F Kennedy International Airport. |
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The name of a historically powerful and important northeast Native American people, and was also known as the Five Nations, composed of the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca nations. |
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This is the name of the largest park, the largest state-level protected area in the contiguous United States, and the largest National Historic Landmark. The preserve area encompasses over 6,000,000 acres of public and private land. |
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Designated as the state reptile of New York. |
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This city is the home of the CIA (the other one) and the Springwood estate, the birthplace, home, and burial location of FDR. |
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