The Garden State
Our National Parks
Best Picture By The Years
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100

The famous duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton took place in this town.

What is Weehawken?

100

This famous park, containing Old Faithful, was the first national park in the United States.

What is Yellowstone?

100

The year Maggie was born (1985), this quasi-fictionalized musical biopic won Best Picture.

What is Amadeus?

100

In 1987, Joe Biden did this for the first time.

What is run for president?

100

Julia Garner's first role was in Martha Marcy May Marlene, but she has become most notable for this crime drama.

What is Ozark?

200
The real name of this strip club in Lodi is called "The Satin Dolls." On The Sopranos, they gave it this moniker instead.

What is the Bada Bing?

200

Ribbon Falls in Yosemite is nine times taller than this famous set of waterfalls.

What are Niagara Falls?

200

The year Traci was born (1973), this mob classic won Best Picture.

What is The Godfather?

200

Joe Biden has two dogs. Name 'em!

Who are Champ and Major?

200

HBO's Watchmen was based on the graphic novel by this curmudgeonly Brit.

Who is Alan Moore?

300

This mega pop star lived with his wife (but not his brothers) in our very own Denville. 

Who is Kevin Jonas?

300

There's no reason to be "afraid" of this Arizona state park.

What is the Petrified Forest?

300
The year Steve was born (1966) this musical classic was the Best Picture favorite.

What is The Sound of Music? 

300

Biden's longtime favorite transportation service was originally founded in 1971.

What is Amtrak?

300

This 2004 novel by Jeff Lindsay was quickly turned into a hit TV show for Showtime.

What is Dexter? ("Darkly Dreaming Dexter")

400

Jason Alexander, Connie Francis, Ed Koch, and Eva Marie Saint all hailed from this major New Jersey city. 

What is Newark?
400
Quirky natural structures called "hoodoos" can be found in this national park.

What is Bryce Canyon?

400

The year Eric was born (1984), this Shirley MacLaine family drama won Best Picture.

What is Terms of Endearment?

400

Biden's alma mater, University of Delaware, was the first university to offer this program in 1923.

What is study abroad?

400

Twin Peaks takes place in Washington, but the creators were originally planning to set it in this cold, rural state.

What is North Dakota?

500

The Harriet Tubman Museum opened September of this year in the seaside town where Tubman lived in the 1850s.

What is Cape May? 

500

The Canyonlands were one shooting site of this famous 1991 female empowerment film.

What is Thelma & Louise?

500

The year Carole was born (1946), this Billy Wilder-directed noir won best picture at the Oscars.

What is The Lost Weekend?

500

Biden still has this type of car he got from his father in 1967.

What is a Corvette Stingray?

500

Before James Gandolfini's death, he was set to star in this HBO drama, ultimately to be replaced by John Turturro.

What is The Night Of?

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