New Jersey
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Sports
100
The official nickname for New Jersey:
The garden state
100
Written by Orwell, this book describes a futuristic world in which a manipulative government has complete control over every aspect of people's lives.
1984
100
"By any means necessary."
Malcolm X (will also accept Jean Paul Sartre)
100
Cheerios has given away 1.5 billion wildflower seeds as part of a campaign to increase the global ___________(insect) population. Hint: Think Honey Nut Cheerios
Bee
100
Name the player
Dan Marino
200
New Jersey's official state fruit:
Blueberries
200
Written by Mark Twain, it is the first American novel to be written in vernacular, and was intended as a social criticism of racism in the antebellum South. Its protagonist is an adopted child trying to escape the restrictions of "civilized" life, who runs away with an escaped slave.
Huckleberry Finn
200
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
Albert Einstein
200
In the NCAA tournament, eighth-seeded ____________ beat last year’s reigning champ Villanova in a surprising win.
Wisconsin Badgers
200
A new NHL team expected to debut during the 2017-18 season. The team's name is the Golden Knights. What city will they play for?
Las Vegas
300
New Jersey's official state flower:
Violet
300
A book about a girl who almost died because of pursuing education for women in a Taliban-controlled area.
I am Malala
300
"I don't like losers."
Donald Trump
300
Last week, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the 3rd time since 2006. What is the name of the current Fed Chairperson?
Janet Yellen
300
With 11 national titles,___________(college) has the record for the most NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championships
UCLA
400
New Jersey's official state dance:
Square Dance
400
The author who wrote a series of children's books about discrimination, hate-groups, and genocide using the fictional setting of a wizarding world juxtaposed with modern England.
J.K. Rowling
400
"Our new Constitution is now established, everything seems to promise it will be durable; but, in this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes."
Benjamin Franklin
400
______________, one of the great pioneers of rock and roll, died at age 90, just months before his first album in 40 years is scheduled for release.
Chuck Berry
400
In what country was Tom Brady's missing Super Bowl jersey found?
Mexico
500
The official New Jersey state bug:
Honeybee
500
The author who wrote Das Kapital ("Capital"), a three-volume book that explains how capitalist systems exploit workers to the point of systemic instability, and proposes socialism (with an end goal of communism) as a solution for the plight of exploited workers.
Karl Marx (will also accept "Marx and Engels")
500
"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace."
Jimi Hendrix
500
A senior U.N. official, Rima Khalaf, resigned after she refused the secretary-general’s request to remove a report that accused __________(country) of being an “apartheid regime.”
Israel
500
Who is believed to have fixed the 1919 World Series by paying the Chicago White Sox to deliberately lose to the Cincinnati Reds?
Arnold Rothstein