10-Question Quiz: NYC Neighborhoods

0:00It's the Brian Lair show on WNYC. Good morning again everyone and this drive as we've been doing in recent membership drives. We are doing a 10 question quiz each day around 11 o'clock breaking it up a little bit during the drive to have a little fun while we do all the serious content segments and then ask you for money on the rest of the show. And we're covering a different theme each day, get two in a row right and today you can choose between a Brian Lair show baseball cap or the WNYC tote that says you can't defund the truth. Our theme for today is New York City neighborhoods and we'll start with Cindy in the West Village, one of those New York City neighborhoods. Cindy, you ready to play? I'm ready. Alright question one not too far from you. What does Tribeca stand for? Triangle

1:04below Canal Street? Yes, okay number two for the hat or the tote which borough is home to the largest park in New York City or name the pad. You've only got five to choose from. I know largest in terms of acres. Oh sorry Cindy, no it's the Bronx is the answer to the borough question and from the Parks and Recreation New York City Government website, website Pell and Bay Park in the Bronx is the largest park in New York City spanning 2765 acres more than three times the size of central park for example it's located along the shore it features orchard beach two golf courses hiking trails and the Bartow Pell matching. Alright let's go on to

2:06Elizabeth in Brooklyn. Hi Elizabeth, ready to play? Hi I guess that's me. That is you which neighborhood is considered one of the most linguistically diverse places on earth with over 160 languages spoken in just that one neighborhood I'll give you one hint if you think you need it or do you have an answer already? I have an answer I believe it's where my husband's from Jackson Heights and Queens. Jackson Heights and Queens is exactly right I was going to give you the borough as the clue but you didn't need it for the hat or the tote which Manhattan neighborhood was once nicknamed Hell's Hundred Acres. Hell's Hundred Acres and I'll give you a hint it's not Hell's Kitchen. Oh okay. I'm in Hatton neighborhood. I think I think Hell's Hundred Acres. Could you give me another hint east side north or south? I guess you know low and and it did kind of it was considered

3:17rough and tumble back in the day. I don't know the battery. Sorry the answer is so whole according to the New York Public Library. Hell's Hundred Acres was a nickname for the industrial area now known as Soho coined by fire officials in the early to mid 20th century due to the high frequency of dangerous fatal fires in its cast iron manufacturing building. So how about that? Okay sorry didn't get that right. Let's try Joe and East Harlem. Hi Joe ready to play? Yes. Okay question five. The outer bridge crossing in Staten Island's Charleston neighborhood is the most remote bridge in New York City and the southern most crossing in New York state connecting Staten Island to Perth and Boy New Jersey. So Tura Falls. Does it get or not Tura Falls? Here's the question. Does it get its name the outer bridge crossing

4:20because it's the outermost bridge in the city or is it named for a guy named Mr. Outerbridge? It's named for a guy named Mr. Outerbridge. It actually is believe it or not. Eugenius Harvey Outerbridge lived 1860 to 1932. He was the first chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Did you know that or did you think he wouldn't ask me this question if the answer weren't counterintuitive. But what did you know? I did not know you did it you did it. You game the game. All right question six. Which Manhattan neighborhood was historically known as Little Syria in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and you do get a multiple choice on this was I should say which New York City neighborhood. I said which Manhattan neighborhood which New York City neighborhood was historically known as Little

5:23Syria. Brooklyn Heights, the financial district, Bensonhurst, or a story. I accidentally gave a clue. Well yeah so okay I didn't know if you really gave me a clue. If you really gave me a clue can you can you say them one more time? Yeah Brooklyn Heights, the financial district, Bensonhurst, or a story. Financial district. That is right. I just I took it off. Would you like a brain layer show baseball cap or the you can't defund the truth tote? The cap please. I have your mug. It's fantastic. I'll take the cap. Awesome. Thank you. Thank you. All right hang on Joe. We'll take your address off the air. Let's go next to the four mentioned Astoria and talk to Josh. Hi Josh ready to play? I am. Let's roll. Okay question seven up until the 1930s this neighborhood was home to Manhattan's last working farm up until

6:28the 1930s. There was a working farm in Manhattan where what neighborhood? Inward. That's right. All question eight for the hat or the tote. This Brooklyn neighborhood was originally called yellow hook for the yellow clay found there but the name was changed in 1853 when the city was overrun by yellow fever and they didn't want to be associated with that. Do you know its current name and I will give you a clue that it's not red hook. I was about to say it's not red hook it's Bay Ridge. It is Bay Ridge well done and even in Astoria all the way up there in Queens you knew about Bay Ridge all the way down there in Brooklyn. Would you like the hat or the tote? I don't need another tote but I will take the tote anyway. All right one tote that says you can't defund the truth heading to Astoria. Just thank you. We'll take your contact information off the air. Let's see

7:31what was that? That was question eight so we have two to go. Let's try Allen in Midtown. Hi Allen ready to play? Yeah Brian how you doing? Doing all right. This Queens neighborhood was renamed in the 1880s to evoke the fresh breezy air from the nearby Atlantic Ocean and attract home buyers. Now though that same name by which the neighborhood is still known might make you think it was named after a kind of air pollution. Can you name the Queens neighborhood? Air pollution in Queens. Oh there it's on breezy point is it? It is not breezy point. I know I talked about the in the clue that I mean in the question a breezy area but it's not breezy point. I'll give you one more shot since you did not guess breezy point. You said it's not breezy point. Something that

8:34ends in park. That's one more hint. Now known as a kind of point is the word yeah no it's ozone park. Ozone park Queen sorry Allen and yeah that's an interesting little you know fairly obscured detail of history that it was originally called ozone park because the word ozone was associated with the fresh breezy air from the nearby ocean. Now of course we think of of ozone differently we got that by the way from the Bowery Boys podcast which is such a cool podcast about about New York City neighborhoods. All right well this means we only have one question left question 10. So Elizabeth and Brooklyn you get the luxury of being able to answer only one in a row right and you would win the hat or the tote if you get it. Hi Elizabeth ready to play?

9:36Uh me again you oh oh you oh sorry okay sorry about that my mistake let's try Allen in Brooklyn hi Allen ready to play. Yes good morning Brian how are you good good morning Allen okay and we have a Brooklyn question for you as it turns out. Bo Coker Bo Coker is a portmanteau word combining the names of three adjacent neighborhoods in Brooklyn. Can you name all three Bo Coker? Bo Coker. Bo C.O. C.A. It's not a kind of soda. I'm not jumping out at me. Um if you have about Rococo I'd say it's a yeah. All right I'll give you one more.

10:38You were located in the okay located in the Bronx. This neighborhood is home to one of the world's largest food distribution centers. That's an easier question I think. Can you name the neighborhood in the Bronx? The Blank Blank Market very well known. Oh sorry Allen I thought you might get that one. I know that but I forgot it. All right well that one's Hunts Point and Bo Coker combines Borum Hill, Cobble Hill and Carol Gardens but thanks everybody for playing that was fun. I learned some things from my producer Amina who put together that quiz and all the sources that she picked from for it. I hope you learned some stuff about New York City neighborhoods and we gave away a few hats and totes. Thanks for playing. We'll do another 10 question quiz on another theme at the same time tomorrow. More Brian Laire Show to come today. Stay with us. Since WNYC's first broadcast in 1924 we've been dedicated to creating the kind of content we

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