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New York - The Empire State.

New York

New York was admitted to the Union on the 26th of July 1788, becoming the 11th state of the USA.

Four Presidents of the United States were born in the State of New York - Martin Van Buren, Millard Fillmore, Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D Roosevelt.

New York's state motto is the Latin word Excelsior which translates into English as Higher or Ever Upward.

New York has the fourth highest population of all the states in the USA. In 2014 it had an estimated 19,746,227 inhabitants. That's about the same as Romania.

The film stars Lucille Ball, Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, Tom Cruise and Christopher Reeve were all born in the State of New York, as were the Marx Brothers Groucho, Gummo, Zeppo, Chico, and Harpo.

New York has also given musicians to the world. George Gershwin, Billy Joel, Duane Eddy, Carole King and Jennifer Rush were all born in the state.

New York has an average elevation of exactly 1,000 feet (304.8metres). The state's highest point is Mount Marcy at 5,343 feet or 1,629 metres.

The Red Spotted Purple or White Admiral Butterfly won the New York State Butterfly Election in 2008. The Karner Blue came in second.

New York State has and area of 54,555 square miles or 141,300 square km which is just slightly larger than England. This makes New York the 27th largest state in the USA.

New York is an interesting and an exciting place. See how much you know about it by playing this quiz on the Empire State.

1 .

This is the New York State Capitol building. Which city is it in?

New York City

Buffalo

Yonkers

Albany

The building is said to be haunted by several ghosts - a night watchman who died in a 1911 fire, a greengrocer who committed suicide there in 1890, and the artist William Morris Hunt who haunts the building because the murals he painted there are no longer on display

2 .

What was chosen as the official state bush of New York State in 2006?

Fuchsia

Lilac

Aloe

Holly

Lilac (Syringa vulgaris) comes in many varieties and colours, from white to the classic purple. Lilacs originated in Europe and Asia but were taken to America in the 18th Century

3 .

New York's flag show's the state's coat of arms upon a blue background. The coat of arms has two female figures representing which Roman goddesses?

Liberty and Justice

Venus and Minerva

Victory and Truth

Juno and Diana

Liberty, on the left, has her foot on a crown, symbolising the overthrow of monarchy. Justice, on the right, stands ready to fight tyranny with her sword

4 .

The One World Trade Center is the tallest building in the Americas and the sixth tallest in the world. How high is it?

2,448 feet or 746 metres

2,119 feet or 646 metres

1,792 feet or 546 metres

1,463 feet or 446 metres

The tallest building in the world is Burj Khalifa which stands 2,722 feet (830 metres) above the streets of Dubai

5 .

Chosen in 1970, what is New York's state bird?

The Eastern Bluebird

The Mountain Bluebird

The Northern Flicker

The Northern Mockingbird

Eastern bluebirds, as their name suggests, are found in eastern parts of North America as far south as Nicaragua and as far north as southern Canada

6 .

New York City, the largest city in the state and in the country, was originally a Dutch colony. What was it called at the time?

New Eindhoven

New Utrecht

New Amsterdam

New Rotterdam

New York did not come under British control until 1664. It was then named, not after the English city, but rather after King Charles II's brother the Duke of York who later became King James II

7 .

What was chosen as the State fruit of New York in 1976?

The Pear

The Apricot

The Pomegranate

The Apple

An appropriate choice - New York City is known as the Big Apple and New York State is the second largest apple producing state in the USA

8 .

The Statue of Liberty stands on Liberty Island in New York Harbor. It was a gift to the United States from the people of which nation?

The United Kingdom

France

Russia

Germany

It was designed by the French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, and constructed by the architect Gustave Eiffel, whose most famous work is the Eiffel Tower

9 .

New York is home to the headquarters of which international organisation founded in 1945?

The North American Free Trade Agreement

The League of Nations

The International Committee of the Red Cross

The United Nations

The UN was established at the end of World War II with the aim of preventing a similar conflict from occurring. Although its headquarters are in Manhattan, New York, they are extraterritorial (exempt from the jurisdiction of local law)

10 .

Brooklyn Bridge is the third oldest suspension bridge in the world. In what year was it completed?

1863

1883

1903

1923

Both of the older suspension bridges are also in the USA - the John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge in Cincinnati, Ohio which was built in 1867 and the Wheeling Suspension Bridge which spans the Ohio river and was opened in 1849

Author: Graeme Haw