Winter Nature Facts
Holiday Songs
New Jersey Things
2020 Highlights
Water Questions!
200
This owl of the far north was recently spotted at Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in Ocean County.
What is a snowy owl?
200
"A one horse open sleigh"
What is Jingle Bells?
200
The state fish of New Jersey.
What is the brook trout?
200
This dramatically-named insect made its debut appearance in North America this year with its discovery on the west coast!
What are murder hornets?
200
When water flows across the earth's surface and drains into rivers, lakes, and streams.
What is runoff?
300
Usually, this New Jersey State Park is the site of an annual December reenactment of George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River during the Revolutionary War.
What is Washington Crossing State Park?
300
This is given on the 12th day of Christmas in The Twelve Days of Christmas song.
What are twelve drummers drumming?
300
New Jersey's state tree.
What is the red oak?
300
This was the week in March when most DEP employees started working from home (first, second, third, fourth, etc.)
What is the third week of March?
300
New Jersey's only native trout.
What is brook trout?
400
This seasonally important plant is native to New Jersey, has leathery leaves and white berries, grows in the treetops, and is semi-parasitic, stealing water and minerals from host trees like black gum and red maple.
What is mistletoe?
400
In "Jingle Bell Rock" everyone is dancing and prancing. Where do they do it?
What is Jingle Bell Square?
400
This is the state dinosaur of New Jersey.
What is the hadrosaur?
400
This titan of industry famously named their child "X Æ A-12."
Who is Elon Musk?
400
Known as "forever chemicals," the DEP adopted new drinking water standards for this class of substances in 2020.
What are perfluorinated compounds?
600
This semiaquatic mammal can be found in New Jersey year-round, but is most likely to be encountered in coastal counties between November and April.
What is a harbor seal?
600
This Bing Crosby song is the best-selling single of all time.
What is White Christmas?
600
New Jersey's state bird.
What is the eastern goldfinch?
600
This big cat-themed Netflix show, whose chaotic energy felt weirdly appropriate for the year 2020, was released on Netflix at the start of the pandemic.
What is Tiger King?
600
What is a mayfly
800
While not a common choice for a Christmas tree, this pine species is the dominant tree in the New Jersey Pinelands.
What is pitch pine?
800
Elvis Presley sang about having this color of Christmas.
What is Blue Christmas?
800
This is the New Jersey state reptile.
What is the bog turtle?
800
These two celebrities sang at the Super Bowl this year, back when spectator sports still happened!
Who is Jennifer Lopez and Shakira?
800
This kind of cloud is fluffy, cotton-like, with flat bottoms.
What are cumulus clouds?
1600
What is a coyote?
1600
This week, this song jumped to the number one position on the Billboard's Hot 100 chart, marking its fourth week atop the chart since it was first written in 1994.
What is Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You?"
1600
This is New Jersey's state shell.
What is the conch?
1600
This much-hyped streaming service, which specialized in short bits of entertainment for people on the go, shut down six months after launching.
What is Quibi?
1600
The DEP updated 600 miles of river to this stringent level of protection in 2020.
What is Category One?