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Central Park
  • 1. In which city is Central Park located?
A) Boston
B) Philadelphia
C) New York City
D) Chicago
  • 2. What is the approximate size of Central Park in acres?
A) 1,000 acres
B) 843 acres
C) 778 acres
D) 500 acres
  • 3. Who manages Central Park under a public-private partnership?
A) Central Park Conservancy
B) Manhattan Borough President
C) New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
D) The National Park Service
  • 4. Who designed the 'Greensward Plan' for Central Park?
A) Robert Moses and Frederick Law Olmsted
B) Calvert Vaux and Robert Moses
C) Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux
D) Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Calvert Vaux
  • 5. In what year was the Central Park Conservancy created?
A) 1980
B) 1858
C) 1930
D) 1998
  • 6. What was the name of the majority-Black settlement razed to build the park?
A) Olmsted Village
B) Seneca Village
C) Vaux Settlement
D) Manhattan Village
  • 7. When was Central Park completed?
A) 1876
B) 1980
C) 1853
D) 1858
  • 8. In what year was Central Park designated a National Historic Landmark district?
A) 1963
B) 1876
C) 1974
D) 1980
  • 9. What is the estimated number of annual visitors to Central Park as of 2016?
A) 25 million
B) 60 million
C) 10 million
D) 42 million
  • 10. Who started a program to clean up Central Park in the 1930s?
A) Frederick Law Olmsted
B) The Mayor of New York
C) Robert Moses
D) Calvert Vaux
  • 11. Which of these is a listed attraction within Central Park?
A) Statue of Liberty
B) Delacorte Theater
C) Empire State Building
D) Brooklyn Bridge
  • 12. Central Park is located between which two Manhattan neighborhoods?
A) Harlem and Midtown
B) Upper West Side and Upper East Side
C) Lower East Side and Tribeca
D) Chelsea and Greenwich Village
  • 13. What was the original approved size of the park in 1853?
A) 341 acres
B) 778 acres
C) 600 acres
D) 843 acres
  • 14. When did construction begin on Central Park?
A) 1858
B) 1840
C) 1853
D) 1857
  • 15. What status was awarded to Central Park in 1974?
A) National Park
B) New York City scenic landmark
C) State Monument
D) World Heritage Site
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