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New Jersey - The Garden State.
New Jersey
New Jersey ratified the US constitution on the 18th of December 1787, becoming the third state of the USA.
The knobbed whelk (busycon caricatate) is the state shell of New Jersey. It is a species of predatory sea snail and can measure up to a foot (30 cm) long.
New Jersey's state motto is Liberty and Prosperity. It is not an official motto but is included on the 1776 coat of arms and so has become accepted as the unofficial motto.
Kingda Ka, situated within Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey is the world's tallest rollercoaster. It reaches a height of 456 feet or 139 metres.
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1 .
Home to headquarters of the Panasonic Corporation of North America and Prudential Financial, and also the Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium, what is the most populous city in New Jersey?
Newark
Jersey City
Patterson
Elizabeth
According to the census carried out in 2010, Newark had a population of 277,140. Jersey City, Patterson and Elizabeth were the second, third and fourth largest cities in the state with populations of 247,597 146,199 and 124,969 respectively
2 .
New Jersey's state flag displays the state coat of arms on a background of which specific shade of yellow?
Jasmine
Lion
Saffron
Buff
In 1779 it was decided by George Washington that regiments of the New Jersey Continental Line should wear coats of 'dark blue, faced with buff.' The same colour was chosen for the flag which was flown at the end of the war when the British surrendered to the combined French and American forces at Yorktown in 1781
3 .
The phonograph - the first device able to record sound - was invented at Menlo Park, New Jersey in 1877 by whom?
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
John Boyd Dunlop
Edison set up both his home and a research facility at Menlo Park. Whilst there he also invented the first commercially viable light bulb
4 .
The second person to walk on the Moon was born in Essex County, New Jersey on the 20th of January 1930. What was his name?
Neil Armstrong
Eugene Cernan
Buzz Aldrin
Harrison Schmitt
Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr. (nicknamed 'Buzz') accompanied Neil Armstrong on the first ever moonwalk on the 21st of July, 1969. Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt were the last two men to walk on the Moon (at time of writing). They did so on December the 14th 1972
5 .
These spires belong to the chapel at America's fourth oldest university. Formerly known as the College of New Jersey when it was founded in 1745, what is it known as today?
Rutgers University
Columbia University
Princeton University
Harvard University
Princeton's alumni include the former US Presidents James Madison and Woodrow Wilson, former Vice President Aaron Burr and First Lady Michelle Obama
6 .
What is the state tree of new Jersey?
Bur Oak
Northern Red Oak
Scarlet Oak
White Oak
Also known as champion oak, quercus borealis maxima or quercus rubra, the northern red oak grows in eastern and central parts of the USA and south eastern parts of Canada. It was adopted by New Jersey in 1950
7 .
Only one of the USA's presidents thus far have been born in New Jersey - the 22nd and 24th. What was his name?
Chester A Arthur
Benjamin Harrison
William McKinley
Grover Cleveland
Stephen Grover Cleveland was born in Caldwell, New Jersey in 1837. He is the only President in American history to be elected to office in two non-consecutive terms
8 .
Trenton, New Jersey's capital, was briefly also the capital of the USA. For how long did it fulfil the role?
Two days
Two weeks
Two months
Two years
Trenton was the capital of the USA in November and December 1784. It was a candidate for a permanent capital but a more southerly site was chosen in the end
9 .
Seen here in his role in the 1946 musical Till the Clouds Roll By, what was the name of the actor born in Hoboken, New Jersey on December the 12th 1915?
Frank Sinatra
Dean Martin
Humphrey Bogart
Bing Crosby
During his career Sinatra had roles in more than 50 films as well as directing and producing eight. In addition he recorded over 80 albums in an impressive musical career
10 .
At 1,803 feet (or 550 metres) this is the highest point in New Jersey. What is it called?
High Rise
High Peak
High Point
High Hill
On the summit of High Point there stands a 220 feet (67 metre) war memorial which was erected in 1930
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