NYS Facts & History Quiz
1. What historic New York military base was the site of the colonist’s first victory in the American Revolution?
• Fort Knox
• Fort Ticonderoga
• Fort Montgomery
• The Alamo
2. The Dutch settled permanently in 1624 and ruled over the colony of:
• New Hampshire
• New Holland
• New Netherland
• New England
3. Which city was the first capital of the United States?
• Washington D.C.
• New York City
• Philadelphia
• Kingston
4. What president, born in New York, was the first American to receive the Nobel Prize?
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt
• Theodore Roosevelt
• Millard Fillmore
• Martin Van Buren
5. New York declared its independence from the British in:
• 1492
• 1609
• 1776
• 1976
6. The Turning Point of the American Revolution was the:
• Battle of Saratoga
• Battle of the Bulge
• Battle at Bunker Hill
• Battle of Trenton
7. Who was the first elected Governor of New York State?
• DeWitt Clinton
• George Clinton
• John Jay
• Grover Cleveland
8. What canal system was completed in 1825?
• Suez Canal
• Erie Canal
• Panama Canal
• Lake Champlain
9. How many United States Presidents were born in New York State?
• One
• Two
• Three
• Four
• Five
10. Who was the European Explorer to visit what would later be known as New York Harbor?
• Amerigo Vespucci
• Christopher Columbus
• William Blithe
• Henry Hudson
• Giovanni Verrazzano
11. Where is the inscription "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to be free"?
• The Empire State Building
• The Statue of Liberty
• The Metropolitan Museum
• Central Park
12. Which Governor of New York State was once New York State Secretary of State?
• Hugh L. Carey
• Mario M. Cuomo
• George E. Pataki
• Averell Harriman
13. What county's name is an Iroquois word meaning "the outpouring"?
• Oswego
• Seneca
• Nassau
• Steuben
14. What county's name is a Seneca Indian word for "bad smelling banks"?
• Chemung
• Montgomery
• Rensselaer
• Cattaraugus
15. Who earned her medical degree in Geneva, NY, making her the first female Doctor in US history?
• Susan B. Anthony
• Elizabeth Blackwell
• Clara Barton
• Joyce Brothers