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Exploring Kingston, New York: A Knowledge Quiz

Test your knowledge about Kingston, New York with this engaging quiz covering its geography, demographics, and cultural aspects.

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1 How many feet above sea level is Kingston, New York?

2 This hub was later used to transport other goods, including ________.

3 What type of subdivision is Kingston, New York?

4 Kingston is home to the Hudson Valley Highlanders of the ________.

5 What is the metropolitan population of Kingston, New York?

6 What timezone is Kingston, New York in?

7 What is the total population of Kingston, New York?

8 What is Kingston, New York classified as?

9 1980) bassist for progressive rock band ________.

10 What is the leader of Kingston, New York called?

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Tobias Van Steenburgh House was one of the few buildings in Kingston, New York, not burned by British troops in 1777.
  • the first steeple of the Old Dutch Church in Kingston, New York, collapsed a year after it was built because slate roofing was substituted for the tin in Minard Lafever's design.
  • the largest derrick in New York State at the time was used to build the Broadway Theatre in Kingston.
  • two of the residents of the Richard Upjohn-designed James and Mary Forsyth House in Kingston, New York, left it after being accused of financial wrongdoing.
  • the Kirkland Hotel in Kingston, New York, is a rare surviving example of a wood-frame urban hotel.
  • the former library of Kingston, New York, has been used as the offices for the janitors at the neighboring high school.
  • Kingston City Hall (pictured) was built on the former boundary between Kingston and Rondout, New York, to unify the two villages when they merged into one city.
  • although the Benjamin Ten Broeck House north of Kingston, New York, was built by Dutch settlers, the layout of one of its additions suggests its residents were Palatine Germans.
  • despite most of its interments later being moved to larger rural cemeteries, Sharp Burial Ground in Kingston, New York, still has the graves of two former U.S. Congressmen.
  • the Kingston, New York, zoning code forbids new construction in the Stockade District to higher than 62 feet (19 m), the height of the base of the steeple of the Old Dutch Church (pictured).
  • Bridge L-158 (pictured) in Goldens Bridge, New York, the only extant double-intersection Whipple truss railroad bridge in the state, was moved there from Kingston 20 years after it was built.
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