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Grand Central - Quiz

Test your knowledge of one of the busiest railroad stations in the world!

1) Grand Central Terminal is an example of this architectural style:

Greek revival
Romanesque
Beaux-Arts
Colonial

2) The architects of Grand Central Terminal were:

Reed and Stem
D.H. Burnham and Company
McKim, Mead, and White
H.H. Richardson

3) Which of the following buildings does not share Lexington Avenue and 42nd Street addresses with Grand Central Terminal?

Chrysler Building
Lincoln Building
Chanin Building
Citicorp Center

4) Which of the following people was active in the fight to preserve Grand Central as an historical landmark?

Richard Nixon
Abbie Hoffman
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Joan Baez

5) Beyer Blinder Belle, the architects responsible for Grand Central's renovation, also restored

Ellis Island
Washington Monument
Eiffel Tower
Empire State Building

6) What famous American originally purchased the land Grand Central Terminal is built on?

J.P. Morgan
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Andrew Carnegie
Jay Gould

7) Which of the following has not, at some point, been a part of the terminal?

a bowling alley
a movie theater
an art gallery
a hospital

8) Grand Central Terminal was featured in all of the following films except:

Spellbound (1945)
North by Northwest (1959)
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (1987)
Armageddon (1998)

9) A once-familiar site on the wall of the Main Concourse that was removed in the renovation of Grand Central is:

Kodak-Colorama sign
Colgate-Palmolive clock
McDonald's golden arches
Live broadcasts of the evening news

10) The restored Grand Central will, for the first time, have:

an amusement park
24-hour live entertainment
a revolving restaurant with views of midtown Manhattan
air-conditioning

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