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The Brian Lehrer Show

Ten Question Quiz: NYC Mayors

The Brian Lehrer Show

WNYC

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

4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Listeners try their hand at a ten-question quiz about New York City mayors from recent -- and more distant-- history.

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's the Brian Laird show on WNYc, good

0:10.0

It's the Brian Laird Show on WNYC. Good morning again everyone.

0:14.7

All during this membership drive, we've been doing a daily 10 question quiz

0:19.2

to break things up and have some fun and make the drive days a little more palatable and we wrap up the 10

0:25.0

question quiz series today with a 10 question quiz about New York City

0:28.7

mayors who wants to play 212 433 WNYC. As with all the quizzes this week, get 2 in a row right and you

0:37.1

win a Brian Lear show Baseball cap who thinks you know some things about New York City

0:41.6

mayors past and present who wants to play.

0:45.0

Now lines are already full so as people finish up you can call 212

0:49.8

433 WNYC 433 962 and we will start with Michael and Queens

0:59.0

Michael you're on WNYC hey there ready? Yes I'm ready.

1:04.0

Question number one. Where do mayors of New York City live? What's the name of the

1:09.7

home they've lived in since the 19th century. Absolutely right.

1:14.0

And so for the hat, Mayor Michael Bloomberg got city council

1:19.0

to exempt him from a basic law that voters had passed in a referendum.

1:25.0

What was that?

1:27.0

The law that limited, term limited law or may.

1:35.0

Absolutely right, Michael.

1:37.0

Hang on, we're going to take your address and send you a Brian Litter

1:39.4

Show, baseball cap, term limit of two terms. One reason was that in exempting Bloomberg they were

1:47.4

also exempting many of themselves because the two term limit law also applied to city council.

1:55.0

So maybe that made it a little easier and self-interested,

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