St Peter the Apostle Parish
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100

Excluding summertime, St Peter’s has this many total masses per week

What is 16?

100

In 1869 the first college football game was won by Rutgers against this other NJ institution

What is Princeton University?

100

This inventor is considered the “Wizard of Menlo Park

Who is Thomas Edison?

100

I am the patron saint of fathers

Who is St Joseph?

100

Which K-pop girl group sang the song ‘NOBODY”

Who are the Wonder Girls?

200

In 2018 a photographer captured this phenomenon from a far, affecting one of the churches four spires

What is a lightning strike?

200

With Harvard as number one, Rutgers stands at this rank among oldest US college institutions

What is Eighth?

200

Our state's official bird

What is the (Eastern) Goldfinch?

200

I was burned to death at the stake in Europe

Who is St Joan of Arc?

200

(Finish the lyric)

The snow glows white on the mountain tonight, not a footprints to be seen ...

... The kingdom of isolation and it looks like I'm the Queen

300

Before its current location, the Catholic Center resided on this New Brunswick street

What is Mine Street?

300

A special type of this fruit was developed at Rutgers in 1934 and was one of the most consumed of its kind for much of the twentieth century

What is a tomato?

300

From Sussex down to Cape May, New Jersey has this many counties

What is 21?

300

This early saint  translated the bible from the original Greek and Hebrew into Latin

Who is St Jerome?

300

During their 8 years as a band, the Beatles had this many number 1 hits.

What is 20?

400

The initial construction of St. Peter the Apostle Church was completed in this year, still nearly a century after Rutgers’ founding

What is 1856?

400

Before the Scarlet Knight, Rutgers’ mascot was the Chanticleer, or this fighting animal, taken from the medieval fable “Reynard the Fox”

What is a rooster? (chicken is acceptable)

400

With an alliterated name, he was the only US President from NJ

Who is Woodrow Wilson?

400

Besides St Francis of Assisi, this saint is the Patron saint of Italy

Who is St Catherine of Siena?

400

This Spanish song was number 1 for the longest time?

What is Despacito?

500

Originally forged in West Troy, NY, the nine bells in St Peter’s Bell Tower were first chimed in 1870 on this national holiday

What is the Fourth of July?

500

New Brunswick was chosen over this other medically-notable NJ city by the founders of Queen’s College, later named Rutgers University, for its location

What is Hackensack?

500

Although not the busiest, this highway has a longer stretch of road than any other within NJ

What is US Route 9?

500

Siblings Lucia, St. Jacinta, and this saint were shepherd children in Fatima when Our Lady appeared to them in 1917

Who is St. Francisco Marto? (St Francis or St Francisco acceptable)

500

(Guess the year) 


“There’s a fire starting in my heart, reaching a fever pitch and its bringing me out the dark”

What is 2010?