New Jersey Trivia

This is it gang? The last state. Hey everyone, I'm your host. Brian Rollins and this is episode. 212 of the dorky geeky nerdy trivia podcast. Our final regular episode of Season 4 is New Jersey, trivia. After this, all 50 states have been covered. If you're looking for another state, check out, Dorky geeky nerdy.com, they're all there now. Oh, and for those of you still paying attention, I'll reveal the secret behind the order of these episodes this season after the show. So stick around, let's get started with the dorky round. Number one, born in Newark what singer starred in The Bodyguard, Waiting to Exhale and the preacher's wife. Whitney Houston. Number 2, born in New Jersey. What NBA star played for six different teams and starred in a number of movies, including the title character in the comic book adaptation of Steel. Shaquille O'Neal. Number 3, born in Glen Ridge who recently got married at the age of 93 and was the second man to walk on the moon. Buzz Aldrin. Number four, born in Hoboken in 1915. What singer had the nicknames chairman of the board and old blue eyes. Frank Sinatra. Number 5, born in Jersey City, what television personality served, five months in federal prison for insider trading in 2004. Martha Stewart. Number 6 by population. What is the largest city in New Jersey? Newark. Number 7. What state borders. New Jersey to the north. New York. Number 8, who holds the distinction of being the only person to hold two non-consecutive terms as president of the United States. Grover Cleveland, he was the 22nd and 24th president. Number 9, Kevin Smith made his directorial debut with what black and white comedy set in New Jersey. Clerks. Number 10, born in Passaic New Jersey. When actor starred in Clueless Ghostbusters, afterlife and Ant-Man. Paul Rudd. The geeky round number one, born to a prominent family in New Jersey. What vice president killed. Alexander Hamilton in a duel in 1804. Aaron Burr. Number two. What are the two tunnels that connect New Jersey to New York City? The Holland Tunnel and the Lincoln Tunnel. Number three. What river divides, New York and New Jersey on its eastern side. The Hudson River. Number four. What actress from Summit? New Jersey has been nominated for 21 Academy Awards as of 2023. Meryl. Streep. She's 13 times. Number 5, what is the official nickname of New Jersey? The Garden State. Number 6. What state has a water border with New Jersey to the South Delaware. Number 7, who played the misanthropic dispatcher? Louis De Palma in the TV series Taxi Danny DeVito. Number 8, born in New Brunswick. What actor has starred in Romancing, the Stone Basic Instinct and the American president. Michael Douglas. Number 9, what is the capital of New Jersey? Trenton. Number 10, hailing from Neptune City. What actor won his first Academy Award starring in One Flew, Over the Cuckoo's Nest Jack Nicholson. The nerdy round number one, what famous painting is replicated on the back of the 1999 quarter. Honoring New Jersey, Washington Crossing the Delaware. Number two, what singer and songwriter is usually backed up by the E Street Band. Bruce Springsteen. Number three, what river acts as the Western border of New Jersey with Pennsylvania. The Delaware River. Number four what 1998 movie set in Ridgefield? Start Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore with a cameo by Billy Idol. The Wedding Singer. Number 5 in what 1954 film does Marlon Brando deliver his famous? I could have been a contender line. On the waterfront. Number 6. What university was founded in 1746 as the College of New Jersey? Princeton University. Number 7, who was known as The Wizard of Menlo Park. Thomas Edison. It was in Menlo Park that he created the first commercially viable, incandescent light bulb. Number 8. What best-selling author from New Jersey, published? His first story. The hero in 1971 in Galaxy magazine. George r.r., Martin, he's done a few things since then. Number 9, what 1989 movie has Morgan Freeman? Playing the principal of a crime-ridden high school in Paterson? New Jersey. Lean On Me. Number 10, the board game Monopoly was originally based on the streets of what New Jersey City. Atlantic City. And that's it for New Jersey. Trivia, need some bonus facts. It's the third state, having ratified the Constitution on December 18th, 1787 in population. It ranks 11th, but 47th in size. As I mentioned last week, it's the most densely populated state in the u.s. I've never been, but my need for history will probably drag me there someday, I teased it earlier but your own and answer the how I ordered these episodes. A few people have reached out with their guesses and I think every one of them was correct. They're in alphabetical order of their Capital Cities, that's why the state's capital was included, as a question in every episode. It wasn't rocket science but I wanted to use something other than the general alphabetical order. ER, or their entry into the u.s., this felt random ish. I also almost screwed up, when my spreadsheet, alphabetize st. Paul, by St, and not essay due to the abbreviation, you live, and you learn. Next week will be the season 4 finale. It'll be a mash-up of all the states into one big episode. I'll see you back here next Wednesday for that and some news about what to expect in season 5. This has been episode 212 of the dorky geeky. Nerdy trivia podcast. The theme music is from Jason Shaw at audio knoteks.com. This podcast was written produced and hosted by me Brian groans. You could find me at the voices in my head.com. Thanks for listening. When a u.s. Expedition is attacked three survivors, a professor, her student and a soldier are saved by a mysterious vessel. The nominative, the enigmatic Captain Nick do elects to keep the captives award, requiring each of their skills for his daring. 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