Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4th, 2021 (Eastern Time) and beginning April 20th, 2021 (Eastern Time) the Yahoo Answers website will be in read-only mode. There will be no changes to other Yahoo properties or services, or your Yahoo account. You can find more information about the Yahoo Answers shutdown and how to download your data on this help page.

Trending News

Promoted
dave n kez
Lv 4
dave n kez asked in TravelUnited StatesNew York City · 1 decade ago

New York???

New york is known as the big apple. But why?why apple?

1 Answer

Relevance
  • Enajo
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Basically, it looks like, in the 1920s, New York racetracks were the best, so any jockey that got to race there was going to "the Big Apple"--the big prize. Since then, the popularity of the term stems from a 1970s ad campaign. Check out this site on Wikipedia for more information and alternative explanations: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_apple.

    Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_apple
Still have questions? Get your answers by asking now.