History of New Jersey

Try to answer these questions about the history of the state of New Jersey.

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Question	Answer
Who shot Alexander Hamilton in Weehawken in 1804?	Aaron Burr
What inventor's laboratory was located in Menlo Park?	Thomas Edison
What zeppelin famously burst into flames while trying to dock in 1937?	The Hindenburg
What river did George Washington cross to launch a surprise attack in Trenton in 1776?	Delaware
What U.S. President also served as President of Princeton University?	Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey is named after the island of Jersey. In what body of water would you find that island?	English Channel
What invention did Samuel Morse demonstrate for the first time in Morristown in 1838?	Telegraph
What coastal city was known as "The World's Playground" in the 1920s? (It is the subject of the HBO show "Boardwalk Empire")	Atlantic City
What real estate board game, released in 1935, is based on the streets of that city?	Monopoly
What blue-eyed crooner was born in Hoboken in 1915?	Frank Sinatra
What suspension bridge, connecting New Jersey and New York, was the longest in the world from 1931-1937?	George Washington Bridge
What governor's 2016 Presidential aspirations were torpedoed by the "Bridgegate" scandal?	Chris Christie
What Jewish scientist fled his native Germany to study at Princeton?	Albert Einstein
What aviator's son was kidnapped from his home in Hopewell, New Jersey in 1932?	Charles Lindbergh
What "superstorm" devastated New Jersey's beaches in 2012?	Sandy
What city had race riots that resulted in 26 deaths in 1967?	Newark
What boxer defeated Michael Spinks in just 91 seconds in a 1988 bout in New Jersey?	Mike Tyson
What deadly bacteria was contained in four letters thought to be mailed from New Jersey in 2001?	Anthrax