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Famous People from New Jersey

Can you name these famous New Jerseyans based on a short clue?
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First submittedJune 16, 2012
Times taken8,207
Average score57.1%
Rating4.38
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Clue
Hometown
Answer
The Boss
Freehold
Bruce Springsteen
"Clerks" director
Red Bank
Kevin Smith
"Livin' on a Prayer"
Sayreville
Jon Bon Jovi
2nd man on the moon
Montclair
Buzz Aldrin
"The Shining" actor and
avid Lakers fan
Neptune City
Jack Nicholson
Bumbling burglar from
"Home Alone"
Belleville
Joe Pesci
Tony Soprano actor
Park Ridge
James Gandolfini
George Costanza
Livingston
Jason Alexander
"The Bodyguard" star -
she died in 2012
East Orange
Whitney Houston
Ol' Blue Eyes
Hoboken
Frank Sinatra
"Howl" poet
Paterson
Allen Ginsberg
Clue
Hometown
Answer
21x Oscar nominee
Bernardsville
Meryl Streep
"Garden State" director
South Orange
Zach Braff
"Miseducated" singer
South Orange
Lauryn Hill
Muscular Dystrophy
telethoner
Newark
Jerry Lewis
Schwarzenegger's
diminutive twin
Asbury Park
Danny DeVito
Thomas Jefferson's VP
Elizabeth
Aaron Burr
Former host of
"The Daily Show"
Lawrenceville
Jon Stewart
Jazz music's Count
Red Bank
Count Basie
"Are You There God?
It's Me, Margaret"
Elizabeth
Judy Blume
Scientologist and
disco dancer
Englewood
John Travolta
Muhreeya
+2
Level 21
Aug 27, 2012
For Judy Blume, Bloom should be accepted.
Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Oct 14, 2014
Okay
DeathCassette
+2
Level 63
Jan 12, 2015
No it shouldn't. That isn't her name.
pattage23
+3
Level 81
Jul 10, 2015
Come on, people - if you can't spell, just live with it! Don't complain about it.
rosser24
+2
Level 16
Dec 7, 2012
You know, Derek Jeter is from New Jersey..., he's famous.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Oct 14, 2014
Born in Jersey, but grew up in Michigan.
SinginDiva721
+2
Level 69
Apr 29, 2014
No Kevin Smith?!?!

RIP Tony Soprano :-(

Quizmaster
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Level ∞
Oct 14, 2014
Added Kevin Smith.
jennywren21
+3
Level 61
Aug 15, 2014
George R R Martin, Bayonne, author of Game of Thrones.
samiamco
+2
Level 70
Jul 15, 2019
Maybe he could be swapped in for Jon Stewart, as Stewart’s no longer the host of The Daily Show.
Valenmiceli
+2
Level 66
Sep 13, 2020
WOW no Joey Diaz?? shame on QM.
JackintheBox
+3
Level 77
Feb 20, 2021
I tried Jovi for Bon Jovi...
Jacobey
+1
Level 25
Jan 24, 2022
Add Mike Trout (top 5 MLB player of all time plus Derek jeter maybe tho he didn't grow up in nj
GavinAkersten2
+1
Level 54
Mar 28, 2022
Grover Cleveland was born in Caldwell, NJ. The only president from New Jersey
RobNobody
+1
Level 74
Jun 27, 2022
Though Woodrow Wilson was our governor, so he gets honorary status.
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