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100

The official nickname of the state of New Jersey 

What is the garden state? 

100

The hosts of E.B.’s favorite true crime podcast 

Who are Britt Praywatt and Ashley Flowers? 

100

Panel 1

Calvin and Hobbes 

Artist: Bill Watterson

100

Name at least 2 people who are popularly considered members of the “27 Club.” 

Robert Johnson, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Brian Jones, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse

100

This country singer was known as Little Miss Dynamite. 

Who is Brenda Lee? 

200

The name of the famous arcade in Asbury Park that went out of business in 1988 

What is Palace Amusements? 

200

The childhood abduction alert system named for a child abducted in Texas in 1996. 

What is an Amber alert? 

200

Panel 2 

Mutts

Artist: Patrick McDonnell

200

What Hitchcock did to achieve the Vermont scenery he wanted for his 1955 movie The Trouble With Harry. 

What is gluing the fallen leaves back on the trees? 

200

Which of these rockabilly stars did NOT die an untimely death before the age of 30? 

a. Eddie Cochran    b. Buddy Holly 

c. Wanda Jackson   c. The Big Bopper

c. Wanda Jackson

300

This famous cryptid was supposedly first spotted in NJ’s Pine Barrens. 

What is the New Jersey Devil? 

300

The name of Ashley Flowers’ dog whom she named her podcasting company after. 

What is Chuck? 

300

Panel 3 

Krazy Kat 

Artist: George Herriman 


300

Who was the tallest man who ever lived? 

a. Robert Wadlow      b. John Rogan 

c. Édouard Beaupré   d. Ho Van Trung 

a. Robert Wadlow

300

This blues artist almost burned down his British hotel room after attempting to cook a rabbit in a coffee percolator. 

Who is Sonny Boy Williamson II? 

400

Which on of these U.S. presidents was born in the state of New Jersey? 

a. Woodrow Wilson     b. Warren G. Harding

c. Zachary Taylor      d. Grover Cleveland

d. Grover Cleveland

400

DNA was first used as evidence that secured a conviction in which year?

a. 1983               b. 1987

c. 1990                d. 1994 

b. 1987

400

Panel 4 

Nancy 

Artist: Ernie Bushmiller 

400

Dolly Parton’s age when she recorded her first single

What is thirteen?  

400
Which group did E.B. see for her first concert? (Hint: it was in Ocean Grove, NJ). 

Who is Peter, Paul and Mary? 

500
This rocker and NJ legend is also the host of one E.B.’s all-time favorite radio shows. (Hint: He is also famous for his role on The Sopranos). 

Who is Little Steven / Stevie Van Zandt? 

500

How was the Golden State killer finally identified 44 years after his crime spree started? 

a. deathbed confession b. social media post 

c. genetic genealogy  d. spouse’s evidence 

c. genetic genealogy 

500

Panel 5 

Zitz 

Creators: Jerry Scott & Jim Borgman 

500

This artist was famous for painting and frequenting the Moulin Rouge during Paris’s Belle Époque. 

Who is Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec? 

500

This is the state where Americana musician Sierra Ferrell is from. 

Where is West Virginia? 

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