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This week’s quiz is about New York City.

1. With what fruit would you associate New York’s nickname?

2. What was the name of the two buildings into which two planes crashed on September 11 2001?

3. Which New York actor, writer and director has played the iconic roles of John Rambo, Rocky Balboa and Barney Ross?

4. Which building, built in 1931, was for 41 years, the tallest building in the world?

5. Since 1931, which New York newspaper publishes the preeminent list of best-selling books in the US?

6. Which musician was assassinated by Mark Chapman in New York City in December 1980? 7. The Manhattan Project (19421946) involved the development of what?

8. Which sporting arena, also known by its initials “MSG”, is home to the NHL team The Rangers and NBA team The Knicks?

9. Which of these sitcoms is not set in New York City? A) “Friends”, B) “30 Rock”, C) “Seinfeld”, D) “Frasier”

10. What is the name of the centre in New York that is home to the Metropolitan Opera, New York Philharmonic and New York City Ballet?

11. Who directed the 2004 film “Gangs of New York”?

12. The boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn are located on which island? A) Staten B) Manhattan, C) Long, D) Ellis

13. What salad comprising fresh apples, celery, grapes and walnuts on lettuce is named after a hotel in Manhattan where, in 1896, the dish was first served?

14. The New York Stonewall Riots were driven by what? A) AfricanAmerican civil rights, B) LGBT civil rights, C) Prohibition, D) Vietnam war

15. What is the full name of the Manhattan suburb known as “The Village”?

16. Who wrote the novella that’s set in New York, “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”? A) Harper Lee, B) Truman Capote, C) Sylvia Plath, D) Tom Wolfe

17. With whom did Alicia Keys perform the hit “Empire State of Mind” — a song about New York that was a 2009 No 1 in the US for five weeks? A) Kanye West, B) John Legend, C) Drake, D) Jay-Z

18. With which field would you associate science populariser and New Yorker Carl Sagan? A) Physicist, B) Mathematician, C) Conservationist, D) Astronomer 19. Which stadium is home to the baseball team the New York Yankees?

20. Which country would you arrive at if you travelled due east from New York City? A) Ireland, B) France, C) Portugal, D) Morocco Answers on this page