Queens Little Known Facts 2008

Townsend Harris High School

1. Which Queens high school was ranked #45 out of 1,400 nationally ranked high schools and the only one in Queens with a top-tier ranking?
A. Archbishop Molloy High School
B. Frank Sinatra School of the Arts
C. Thomas A. Edison Vocational and Technical High School, Jamaica
D. Townsend Harris High School

2. Which Flushing native has the best laugh?
A. Lucy Liu
B. Al Roker
C. Fran Drescher
D. Donald Trump

3. Which former first lady is from Queens?
A. Nancy Reagan
B. Betty Ford
C. Anna Roosevelt
D. Hillary Clinton

Queens Center Mall

4. Which Queens mall is the biggest in the borough and one of the most successful in the United States.
A. Smith Haven Mall
B. Queens Center Mall
C. Atlas Park Mall
D. Roosevelt Field Mall

5. Where is the best place to see the third leg of the Triple Crown?
A. Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
B. Cunningham Park
C. Belmont Park
D. Aqueduct Racetrack

6. Which Queens Olympian won four consecutive gold medals and passed away in 2007.

Al Oerter

A. Bob Beamon: long jump
B. Nancy Lieberman-Cline: basketball
C. Gertrude Ederle: swimmer
D. Al Oerter: track and field

7. Which superhero has his roots in Queens?
A. Batman
B. Spiderman
C. Superman
D. Iron Man

 

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Answers: 1.d, 2.c, 3.a, 4.b, 5.c, 6.d, 7.b