The Puritans & The Founding
Who led the Puritans to settle Newark in 1666?
Robert Treat
What famous inventor made the universal stock ticker while living in Newark?
Thomas Edison
What Newark-born superstar sang *I Will Always Love You*?
Whitney Houston
What major airport opened here in 1928 to serve the metro area?
Newark Liberty International Airport
What East Ward neighborhood is famous for its Portuguese and Brazilian culture?
The Ironbound
What river was Newark built along?
Passaic River
What Newark-founded insurance giant uses a rock as its logo?
Prudential Financial
What 7-foot-1 NBA legend was born in Newark in 1972?
Shaquille O'Neal
The Newark Subway was built inside the bed of what abandoned canal?
Morris Canal
What park has the largest collection of cherry blossom trees in the US?
Branch Brook Park
What Native American tribe sold the land for Newark to the settlers?
Hackensack (Lenni-Lenape)
What shiny material did Seth Boyden invent in Newark in 1819?
Patent leather
What legendary Newark jazz singer was nicknamed "The Divine One"?
Sarah Vaughan
What downtown Art Deco transit hub opened in 1935?
Newark Penn Station
What massive North Ward cathedral is the fifth-largest in North America?
Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart
What name did the settlers originally want for the town instead of Newark?
Milford
What first-ever industrial plastic was invented in a Newark factory by John Wesley Hyatt?
Celluloid
What Newark-born author wrote the Pulitzer-winning novel *American Pastoral*?
Philip Roth
Newark Airport built the nation's very first one of these structures in 1930 to direct flights.
Air traffic control tower
What downtown intersection was called the "Four Corners" and ranked as the busiest in the US in 1915?
Broad and Market Streets
What Ivy League university started out in Newark in 1746?
Princeton University
What luxury jewelry brand ran a massive factory in the North Ward until 1984?
Tiffany & Co.
Who became Newark's first African American mayor in 1970?
Kenneth Gibson
What massive steel skyway bridge opened in 1932 to connect Newark and Jersey City?
Pulaski Skyway
What sculptor made Newark's *Seated Lincoln* statue before carving Mount Rushmore?
Gutzon Borglum