Famous People
Inventions
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American Flag
100

This famous inventor is commonly credited with inventing the lightbulb. He lived in NJ, has a nearby town named after him and a middle school in Westfield.

Who is Thomas Edison?

100

This sport, often referred to as "America's Pastime", played its first recorded game using modern rules in Hoboken, NJ in 1846.

What is baseball?

100

This city serves as the capital of New Jersey.

What is Trenton?

100

These three colors are represented on the American Flag.

What is red, white and blue?
200

This famous inventor had a home in Princeton, New Jersey and is most famous for this formula (along with his unique hair style): E= mC^2.

Who is Albert Einstein?

200

This first-aid product, invented in New Brunswick, NJ, is used by parents everywhere when their kids get hurt to cover up a scratch and help stop bleeding.

What is the Band-Aid?

200

With 18 of these along the coast, New Jersey has more than any other state in the country.

What are boardwalks?

200

The stars on the American Flag represent this.

What is the 50 states in the Union?

300

This famous author was born in Elizabeth, NJ and is best-known for works are such as: Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret., Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Deenie, and Blubber. 

Who is Judy Blume?

300

This famous board game involves building out a real-estate empire and uses the names of many streets in Atlantic City, NJ. 

What is Monopoly? 

300

Though technically under the jurisdiction of the state of New York, this famous landmark, gifted to the United States by the French, is physically located in the waters of New Jersey.

What is the Statue of Liberty?

300

The stripes on the American Flag represent this.

The 13 original colonies of the United States. 

400

This person was the second person to walk on the moon and was born in raised in New Jersey.

Who is Buzz Aldrin?

400

This boat designed to move stealthily under water was first launched in the Passaic River in Patterson, NJ.  

What is the submarine? 

400

This river separates New Jersey and Pennsylvania and was the site of a famous Revolutionary War battle where George Washington famously crossed the icy waters on Christmas.

What is the Delaware River?

400

The modern version of this patriotic verse was first written and widely adopted in 1892.

What is "The Pledge of Allegiance."

500

This famous NJ resident was the 28th President of the United States and also was the Governor of New Jersey. There is an elementary school named after him in Westfield.

Who is Woodrow Wilson?

500

This device used for capturing entertainment we now watch on TV screens and an in theatres was invented here.

What is a movie camera?

500

This famous hiking trail, totaling ~2,200 miles, intersects New Jersey at the Delaware Water Gap.

What is the Appalachian Trail?

500

The number of American Flags that have made it to the moon.

What is 5?