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The Brian Lehrer Show

Pop Quiz: NYC History

The Brian Lehrer Show

WNYC

Politics, News, News Commentary, Wnyc, Radio, Npr, Arts, New, Lerer, Media, Bryan, Nyc, Daily News, York, Public

4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

It's membership drive quiz time. Today, New York City History! Listeners call in to try their hand at a New York City history quiz.

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's the Brian Larra Show on WNYC.

0:13.2

Good morning again everyone, and it's membership drive quiz time today,

0:17.4

New York City history.

0:19.1

If you think you know stuff about the city and it's passed,

0:22.0

call up now to play.

0:23.2

212 433.

0:25.0

WNYC all our lines are open.

0:27.8

212 433 9692.

0:32.4

Get two in a row right, and you'll win a Brian Laracheau baseball hat.

0:37.7

And if you're new around here, what is this?

0:39.5

Well, we are in our annual fall membership drive and during the drive the beginning of this 11 a.m. hour of the show every day during the drive we're going to do a low stakes pop quiz.

0:53.3

We don't give grades, but yes, we do give prizes.

0:56.9

So again, get two in a row right,

0:59.2

and you'll win the ever popular Brian Laird Show, Sean Bray Blue Baseball Cap, who wants to give it a shot?

1:06.3

212 433. WNYC 212 433, 962.

1:14.4

The topic today is New York City history.

1:17.6

Tomorrow, because we do our climate story of the week

1:21.4

every Tuesday on the show all this year tomorrow I'm writing a climate quiz

1:27.4

so we'll see if you if you know your climate that'll be tomorrow but for, for today, it's a New York City history quiz.

1:36.0

212 433 WNYC, 212 433, 9692, producer Amina Cerna wrote today's quiz on New York City history as I say I'm

1:48.4

writing the one for tomorrow on climate but right now it's the history quiz who wants to play there's no cost of admission

1:57.4

just come on in at 212 433 WNYC 212 433 962 and looks like George and Franklin Lakes is our first

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