Answer: Ontario
Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes. Lake Avenue runs from the center of Rochester to Lake Ontario State Park. This park was known as the Coney Island of the West at the turn of the century. Today, the park offers a beach, concerts, festivals, and the Dentzel Carousel. The carousel was built in 1905.
From Quiz: Rochester, NY
Answer: Glaciation
In the last Ice Age, a huge glacier carved out what is now the Hudson River Valley. Valleys carved by glaciers have a characteristic "U" shape.
From Quiz: The Beautiful and Fascinating Hudson River
Answer: Auburn
In Auburn you can tour the house of Harriet Tubman, where she settled after the Civil War. William H. Seward's home if full of history of the Civil War and many Alaskan artifacts. The Cayuga Museum is the former home of Theodore Case, where he and his staff worked in his lab to put sound in motion pictures. The lab is part of the museum. Auburn Correctional Facility is New York State's oldest prison and was the site of the first execution by the Electric Chair in the world. Auburn is the county seat of Cayuga County. The Auburn Doubledays are the Class A team of the Toronto Bluejays in the New York-Penn League. Cayuga, Weedsport and Owasco are villages near Auburn in Cayuga County. Owasco Lake is about 11 miles long.
From Quiz: Cities and Villages of the Finger Lakes
Answer: East River
The East River separates both Queens and Brooklyn from Manhattan. It is spanned by 8 bridges, including the Brooklyn Bridge and the Queensboro Bridge, and 13 tunnels, 10 of which are used for subways. The Hudson River separates Manhattan from New Jersey, the Hutchinson River is in the Bronx, and the Connetquot River is on Long Island.
From Quiz: Geography of Long Island
Answer: 55
In all, there are 62 counties in the state of New York. Many people from Downstate New York think of the counties as consisting only of New York City, Nassau, and Suffolk counties. Everything else is considered Upstate.
From Quiz: Everything About Upstate New York
Answer: Herkimer
Reaching from the Mohawk River well into the Adirondack Park, Herkimer county is named after General Nicholas Herkimer, who died in 1777 from battle wounds for his part in the famous Battle of Oriskany. Herkimer County is home to the Remington Arms Company and to the Herkimer Diamond Mines (the "diamonds" are really unusual clear quartz crystals).
From Quiz: Central New York
Answer: Satmar
Satmar refers to the village of Satu Mare or Szatmarnemeti. It was once part of Hungary, but is now within Romania.
From Quiz: Kiryas Joel
Answer: Governor George Clinton
George Clinton was not only the first governor of New York, but also served two separated terms, from 1777-1795 and 1801-1804.
From Quiz: Kingston, NY
Answer: 11
The eleven Finger Lakes are Conesus, Hemlock, Candice, Honeoye, Canandaigua, Keuka, Seneca, Cayuga, Owasco, Skaneateles, and Otisco.
All of the Finger Lakes were carved out by glaciers after the Ice Age, which makes them look long, narrow, and similar to fingers.
From Quiz: The Finger Lakes
Answer: 315 miles
Oddly enough, this natural waterway, from the southern tip of Manhattan to its origin in the Adirondacks, is smaller than the man-made, artificial waterway that links it to Lake Erie; the Erie Canal is over 350 miles long.
From Quiz: The Mighty Hudson River
Answer: Erie Canal
Built in 1825, the Erie Canal stretched from Albany to Buffalo, and connected the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.
From Quiz: RUNY II - The Empire State Strikes Back
Answer: Rochester
Rochester, NY is on Lake Ontario. Rochester, MN is where the famous Mayo Clinic is located.
From Quiz: New York State Cities
Answer: Albany
Fort Orange swas the first permanent Dutch settlement in New Netherlands and was near the site of the present-day city of Albany. The city was known as Fort Orange from 1624 until 1686, when it became Albany. It's one of the country's oldest chartered cities.
From Quiz: Albany, NY
Answer: The Jack of Spades, called the Right Bauer
Euchre is a trumping card game originating in Germany. The word euchre means "farmer", and the game is thought to originate in rural areas. You'll find euchre players in RUNY, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Canada (and some other places no doubt).
From Quiz: The RUNY (Rural Upstate New Yorker)
Answer: 1954
The St. Lawrence Seaway was dedicated by then President Dwight D. Eisenhower when construction was finished. Ships from all over the world have gone through the Seaway.
From Quiz: Northern New York State
Answer: Albany
Many people believe that it is New York City, but the former Native American city of Albany is the capital.
From Quiz: New York State of Mind
Answer: August 6, 1918
It was filled with rock and was being towed by a tug when the tow line broke, stranding the three men aboard.
From Quiz: Niagara Falls: Daredevils and Lore
Answer: Louis Hennepin
He wrote this in 'Nouvelle Decouverte' about the 1678 expedition that he went on with Robert Cavelier.
From Quiz: Niagara Falls
Answer: Brooklyn Heights
The Battle of Long Island took place on August 27th, 1776, when George Washington took part of his small army to Brooklyn Heights in order to protect the city of New York from the British. After a short siege, Washington, realizing the hopelessness of the situation managed to extricate most of his troops back into Manhattan.
From Quiz: A Very, Very Long Island
Answer: Main Campus
It's called that because it's right at the intersection between Main and Bailey.
From Quiz: University at Buffalo
Answer: The Buffalo News
The Buffalo News is the biggest newspaper. There used to be a Courier-Express, but it closed when it refused to sell out to Rupert Murdoch. The Buffalo Evening News became the Buffalo News when the Courier-Express closed in 1982 and it took on some of its employees.
From Quiz: Erie County, New York
Answer: Peace Bridge
It's called the Peace Bridge to celebrate our peace with Canada.
From Quiz: Buffalo, New York
Answer: Honeymoon Capital of the World
There are so many hotels with 'heart shaped jacuzzis'.
From Quiz: Niagara Falls
Answer: Estuary
An estuary is an arm of the ocean that cuts into the land. Salt water is not uncommon in the lower portions of the Hudson.
From Quiz: The Beautiful and Fascinating Hudson River
Answer: Ithaca
Ithaca is home to Cornell University and Ithaca College. Many silent films were made there. The Ithaca Gun Company made great shotguns. Ithaca is the county seat of Tompkins County. Ithaca is surrounded by beautiful gorges, waterfalls and State Parks. Lansing, Cayuga Heights and Newfield are villages near Ithaca in Tompkins County. Cayuga Lake is about 40 miles long and is the longest of the Finger Lakes.
From Quiz: Cities and Villages of the Finger Lakes
Answer: Lake Ronkonkoma
Lake Ronkonkoma is the island's largest lake, at 240 acres and a depth of 65 feet at the deepest area. Hempstead Lake is second-largest, at 163 acres.
From Quiz: Geography of Long Island
Answer: Merchant Marine Academy
The Merchant Marine Academy, established in 1938, is located in Kings Point, Long Island, in Nassau County. USMMA midshipmen are trained in marine engineering, navigation, and transportation of military materials. The Coast Guard Academy is located in New London, Connecticut; the Military Academy is located in West Point, New York; and the Naval Academy is found in Annapolis, Maryland.
From Quiz: Long Island Geography
Answer: Orange
The Syracuse University Orange, the collective name for their sports teams (formerly Orangemen and Orangewomen), have produced many renowned players, including football's Jim Brown, Larry Csonka and Jim Morris, and basketball's Derrick Coleman and Carmelo Anthony. Syracuse is located at the junction of interstate highways I-90 (aka "The Thruway") and I-81. It is situated at the southeast end of Onondaga Lake, within Onondaga County. It is also home to Hancock International Airport, the region's main commercial airport.
From Quiz: Central New York
Answer: Yiddish
Signs in Kiryas Joel are often bilingual, in English and Yiddish. The town was named after the late Satmar Grand Rebbe Joel Teitelbaum.
From Quiz: Kiryas Joel
Answer: Broadway
Broadway is where you can find places such as Kingston Hospital, Kingston High School, Broadway Lights Diner, and my favorite place, Up in the Cut hair salon.
From Quiz: Kingston, NY
Answer: Seneca
Geneva is at the north of Seneca Lake and Watkins Glen is at the south. Watkins Glen is also home to the famous NASCAR track. Seneca lake got its name from one of the branches of the Iroquois. Seneca lake is so deep that the very bottom of it is below sea level making it the second deepest lake in New York and the deepest of the Finger Lakes. Seneca lake is also called the trout capital of the world and the site of the unexplained phenomenon, the Guns of Seneca.
From Quiz: The Finger Lakes
Answer: knee high
"Knee high by the Fourth of July" is the old adage.
From Quiz: RUNY II - The Empire State Strikes Back
Answer: Syracuse
Syracuse is in central New York and is home of the Syracuse University Orangemen!
From Quiz: New York State Cities
Answer: 787
A walkway opened in 2002, enabling people to walk from downtown Albany, above 787, and over to the Corning Preserve along the Hudson.
From Quiz: Albany, NY
Answer: A pole with a hook used to roll logs
The peavey is a lumberman's lever that has a pivoting hooked arm and metal spike at one end - also called a cant dog. It's used to roll logs onto a sawbuck or a bobsled.
From Quiz: The RUNY (Rural Upstate New Yorker)
Answer: 50 million tons
Ships from all over the world have traveled through the Seaway.
From Quiz: Northern New York State
Answer: Excelsior
Excelsior means "ever upward".
From Quiz: New York--The Empire State
Answer: 767 meters
William Hill volunteered to rescue the men by going hand-over-hand along a line to rescue the men. Legend has it that the hair of the three men turned white overnight because of how scared they were that the Old Scow would break loose and go over the Falls.
From Quiz: Niagara Falls: Daredevils and Lore
Answer: On a tightrope
He survived crossing many times, one time carrying his manager on his back and another by pushing a wheelbarrow.
From Quiz: Niagara Falls
Answer: Young's Memorial Cemetery
Sagamore Hill was Teddy Roosevelt's 'Summer White House', where he entertained heads of state. The 89 acre estate is now a National Historic site.
From Quiz: A Very, Very Long Island
