History of New Jersey - Statistics

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Question Answer % Correct
What real estate board game, released in 1935, is based on the streets of that city? Monopoly
93%
What inventor's laboratory was located in Menlo Park? Thomas Edison
91%
What Jewish scientist fled his native Germany to study at Princeton? Albert Einstein
88%
What coastal city was known as "The World's Playground" in the 1920s? (It is the subject of the HBO show "Boardwalk Empire") Atlantic City
86%
What zeppelin famously burst into flames while trying to dock in 1937? The Hindenburg
84%
Who shot Alexander Hamilton in Weehawken in 1804? Aaron Burr
80%
What river did George Washington cross to launch a surprise attack in Trenton in 1776? Delaware
79%
What blue-eyed crooner was born in Hoboken in 1915? Frank Sinatra
78%
What invention did Samuel Morse demonstrate for the first time in Morristown in 1838? Telegraph
78%
New Jersey is named after the island of Jersey. In what body of water would you find that island? English Channel
76%
What aviator's son was kidnapped from his home in Hopewell, New Jersey in 1932? Charles Lindbergh
73%
What governor's 2016 Presidential aspirations were torpedoed by the "Bridgegate" scandal? Chris Christie
68%
What "superstorm" devastated New Jersey's beaches in 2012? Sandy
68%
What suspension bridge, connecting New Jersey and New York, was the longest in the world from 1931-1937? George Washington Bridge
67%
What boxer defeated Michael Spinks in just 91 seconds in a 1988 bout in New Jersey? Mike Tyson
64%
What deadly bacteria was contained in four letters thought to be mailed from New Jersey in 2001? Anthrax
61%
What city had race riots that resulted in 26 deaths in 1967? Newark
61%
What U.S. President also served as President of Princeton University? Woodrow Wilson
60%
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