Q 01/05

Wall Street runs through the financial district of which US metropolis?

A) New York

B) Boston

C) Chicago

D) Philadelphia

Answer · why

A) New York

It runs eight blocks through Lower Manhattan, from Broadway to the East River.

Q 02/05

Roughly how long is Wall Street?

A) Just under 2,000 feet

B) About one mile

C) Just over 500 feet

D) About two miles

Answer · why

A) Just under 2,000 feet

It runs eight city blocks between Broadway and South Street on the East River.

Q 03/05

What did the Dutch call the street when it was part of New Amsterdam?

A) Heeren Wegh

B) Het Cingel

C) Breede Weg

D) De Waal Straat

Answer · why

B) Het Cingel

The name means the Belt, and was also used for Amsterdam's own outer barrier street.

Q 04/05

Between which years did an actual wall stand along the street?

A) 1625 to 1664

B) 1653 to 1699

C) 1700 to 1776

D) 1664 to 1783

Answer · why

B) 1653 to 1699

It was removed once the city had grown well beyond it.

Q 05/05

Who ordered the original wall built at the start of the first Anglo-Dutch war?

A) Peter Stuyvesant

B) Henry Hudson

C) Willem Kieft

D) Peter Minuit

Answer · why

A) Peter Stuyvesant

He feared an overland attack by English troops from New England.