Q 01/05

Which premium ice cream brand was founded in the Bronx in 1960 by Reuben Mattus and his wife Rose?

A) Baskin-Robbins

B) Good Humor

C) Häagen-Dazs

D) Friendly's

Answer · why

C) Häagen-Dazs

Häagen-Dazs means nothing in any language: Reuben Mattus invented the name because he thought it sounded Danish. The letter ä and the pairing zs do no...

Q 02/05

Which music genre is traced to a 1973 back-to-school party at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx?

A) Hip hop

B) Salsa

C) Disco

D) Punk rock

Answer · why

A) Hip hop

Hip hop has an official birthplace: New York State recognised the apartment building in 2007. The party was held in its recreation room for Cindy Camp...

Q 03/05

Which slugger hit the first home run at the original Yankee Stadium in the Bronx on opening day in 1923?

A) Lou Gehrig

B) Ty Cobb

C) Tris Speaker

D) Babe Ruth

Answer · why

D) Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth drew such crowds that a sportswriter named the ballpark after him the moment it opened. It has been The House That Ruth Built ever since.

Q 04/05

Which American writer moved in 1846 into a small cottage that still stands on the Grand Concourse in the Bronx?

A) Herman Melville

B) Edgar Allan Poe

C) Walt Whitman

D) Washington Irving

Answer · why

B) Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe wrote the poem Annabel Lee in the cottage, reportedly with the family cat on his shoulder. His wife Virginia died of tuberculosis in i...

Q 05/05

Which martial arts star's film Rumble in the Bronx was shot in Vancouver, with mountains visible behind the action?

A) Jackie Chan

B) Donnie Yen

C) Sammo Hung

D) Steven Seagal

Answer · why

A) Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan broke through in North America with the film, even though critic Roger Ebert noticed a skyline New York does not have. The crew had also p...