Bainbridge House
Beatty House
Nassau Hall
Cannon Green
McLean House
Battle Monument
Morven
Palmer Square
Einstein
Schools
100

Name the person that built Bainbridge House.

Job Stockton

100

Nassau Hall was the first building built for which university?

Princeton

100

What war does the battle monument commemorate?

The Revolutionary War

100

Who was the person that came up with the idea for Palmer Square?

Bonus:  Where did he attend school?

Edgar Palmer, Princeton University

100

Where was Einstein born?

Germany

200

What is a "tanner"?

A person that makes leather from animal skins.

200

What are the tiger statues on wither side of the front door made of?

Bronze

200

What year was the battle monument dedicated?

1922

200

What are "blueprints?

Planning documents for buildings

200

True or False?  Einstein was a professor at Princeton University.

False, he worked at the Institute for Advanced Study.

300

Bainbridge House is an example of what type of architecture?

Georgian

300

What was the orginal name of Princeton University?

The College of New Jersey

300

What does the woman in the battle monument represent?

Freedom or liberty

300

Palmer Square was modeled after which other famous gathering place in NYC?

Rockafeller Center

300

True or False: Einstein's house is now a museum?

False, Einstein did not want his Princeton home to become a museum.  The house is a private residence.

400

Jacob Hyer, the original owner of this home, did what for a living?

He owned the Hudibras Tavern so he was a "tavern-keeper".

400

Who lived in Nassau Hall at the time of the Battle of Princeton?

Hessian soldiers, from Germany and were professional soldiers that fought for the British.

400

Name the signer of the DOI that lived at Morven.

Bonus:  What is the name of his wife?

Richard Stockton 111

Annis B. Stockton

400

Why did Palmer want to create this "square"?

He wanted a place for others to live, work, shop, gather and dine.

400

True or False:  Princeton's public schools used to be "segregated".

True, now they are "integrated".

500

Name one of the features of "Georgian" architecture that can be found in both Bainbridge House and Beatty House.

One of the following: symmetry, pediment, lintel, Dutch door

500

The Stamp Act Trees in front of McLean house are which type of tree?

Bonus:  If the trees were planted in 1766, how old are they now?

They are sycamore trees and are 254 years old.

500

Name another signer of the DOI from Princeton

John Witherspoon

500

Who lived in the original homes that were moved or torn down to make room for Palmer Square?

poor workers, immigrants, and African Americans

500

What is the equation for Einstein's theory of relativity?

E = mc2