The borough of Queens got its name, as you might suspect, in honor of a famous queen: Catherine of Braganza, wife of the English King Charles II. But the names of the other boroughs in NYC don't have such straightforward origins. One of the famous five boroughs is even named for one of its residents, who owned a majority of its land for farming. Which NYC borough gets its name from that early settler?
a) Manhattan
b) The Bronx
c) Brooklyn
d) Staten Island
Check back on Thursday for the answer to this week's trivia question!
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