Answer: Asbury Park
The Asbury Park club was the home to some of the Jersey Shore's most legendary rock stars. Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, and Southside Johnny have all been regulars at the club through out the years.
From Quiz: The New Jersey Shore
Answer: Route 30
The sixty miles covered by Route 30 was originally a foot path by the Leni-Lenape Indians. It was also a stagecoach route to Atlantic City from Philadelphia. Rumor has it that the Jersey Devil lives some where close to Route 30 as well.
From Quiz: All Around the Garden State
Answer: Salem
Salem County in the southwestern corner of the state has only about 65,000 citizens! Cape May, Warren, and Sussex Counties have all surpassed the 100,000 citizen mark.
From Quiz: New Jersey Cities/Counties
Answer: In Hudson County
North Bergen is located in Hudson County, south of Fairview (which is in Bergen County), but north of Union City and West New York. Jersey City was once called Bergen, thus North Bergen is north of Jersey City.
From Quiz: NJ Place names
Answer: Union City
There are more Cubans in Union City (in 1 sq. mile), than Havana, Cuba.
From Quiz: More Fun NJ Facts!
Answer: Dutch Colonial
Like New York City and the Hudson Valley, Bergen County was settled by Dutch farmers. Dutch Colonial homes were built to face a lane that turned off the main road. Stone houses with overhanging hipped roofs and the end turned to the road are still found today in Bergen County.
From Quiz: Bergen County, New Jersey
Answer: Newark
Newark has even more car theft then NYC & LA put together!
From Quiz: Fun NJ Facts!
Answer: Cape May
There are 20 buildings to visit and they have two railroads to boot!
From Quiz: New Jersey Shore
Answer: High Point
There is a famous obelisk at the top of High Point.
From Quiz: New Jersey: The Garden State
Answer: Trains
The station was originally built for the Ocean City Railroad and was taken over by the Atlantic City Railroad. The station was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. It is currently used as a bus station for New Jersey transit.
Comedian Thomas "Cozy" Morley (1926-2013) made this song his signature song for his shows. He owned a Club Avalon in North Wildwood, NJ (one of the communities mentioned in the song) and today a life-sized statue of him sits in front of the night club.
From Quiz: On the Way to Cape May
Answer: Atlantic City
Atlantic City's famous Steel Pier was built in 1898 and was home to amusement rides and even a theater. The famous Diving Horse leaped off a forty foot tower along with a rider into the Atlantic at the end of the pier. The pier was purchased by Donald Trump in 1993 and was fixed up to attract a more family-oriented crowd back to Atlantic City.
From Quiz: The New Jersey Shore
Answer: Lakehurst
The Hindenburg burst into flames while attempting to moor at the Naval Air Station in Lakehurst on May 6, 1937. Thirty-six people were killed in the flames.
From Quiz: All Around the Garden State
Answer: Bridgeton
While Vineland, home to many immigrants, is the biggest city in the county in both population and size, Bridgeton is the county seat. Millville is also one of the biggest towns in souther New Jersey. Mays Landing is the county seat of Atlantic County, not Cumberland.
From Quiz: New Jersey Cities/Counties
Answer: about 9,000
Even though NJ is losing farm acreage the number of farms is growing!
From Quiz: New Jersey Farmland
Answer: Ocean City
It keeps the antiquated "blue laws" in place in order to appeal to the family-vacationer. Most folks just bring in their own booze.
From Quiz: NJ - Down The Shore
Answer: Wildwood
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From Quiz: Everything Jersey
Answer: Paramus
Paramus has 7 major shopping malls in a 25 sq. mile radius.
From Quiz: More Fun NJ Facts!
Answer: Washington's Retreat
In 1776, Cornwallis led his British troops into New Jersey and took Fort Lee. Knowing the Colonial Army could no longer control traffic on the Hudson River, Washingnton chose to take his troops inland to regroup in Central Jersey. This retreat eventually led to victory over the British.
From Quiz: Bergen County, New Jersey
Answer: cranberries
Massachusetts and Wisconsin are 1st and 2nd!
From Quiz: New Jersey Shore
Answer: It lies at the southern end of the state
Cape May County is the southernmost of New Jersey's 21 counties. Cape May is the southernmost point of New Jersey. Most of mainland Cape May County is part of four townships--from north to south, Upper, Dennis, Middle, and Lower. With a 2010 population of slightly under 100,000, Cape May is the next to least populous county in the state, although in the summer months, Cape May's population can swell to nearly ten times as much. From Cape May there is a daily ferry that one can take to Lewes, Delaware.
Cozy Morley's stage act relied on jokes that might not be considered politically correct today. He also played a number of musical instruments including the ukulele and the guitar.
From Quiz: On the Way to Cape May
Answer: Alfred Driscoll
The Driscoll Bridge was opened by the Garden State Parkway in 1954 and spans from Woodbridge in the north to Sayerville in the south. Governor Driscoll was a driving force in the creation of both the Garden State Parkway and the New Jersey Turnpike.
From Quiz: The New Jersey Shore
Answer: Barnegat Light
The very posh Barnegat Light makes up the northern tip of the island. The traffic jams getting off the island and back to the Parkway on a sunny Sunday afternoon are legendary.
From Quiz: All Around the Garden State
Answer: Edison & Woodbridge
Edison and Woodbridge both have over 90,000 citizens! New Brunswick is the county seat, with about 50,000 people, and Perth Amboy is a smaller, very urbanized city, where Middlesex County has its only connection to New York City, Staten Island, at the Outerbridge crossing.
From Quiz: New Jersey Cities/Counties
Answer: Cranberries
Wisconsin produced the most cranberries (2002)
From Quiz: New Jersey Farmland
Answer: Somers Point
Perhaps one of its most celebrated residents in recent memory has been former Philadelphia Flyers hockey star, Rick Tocchet. It would be a great place to own a liquor store, with all the people about to enter "dry" Ocean City.
From Quiz: NJ - Down The Shore
Answer: Eggplant
From Quiz: Everything Jersey
Answer: To keep the wooded view from the medieval museum undisturbed.
Rockefeller wanted to assure that visitors would always be able to enjoy the quiet of the beautiful Cloisters both inside and out. With the Hudson River waterfront quickly developing, he bought a portion of the Palisades and donated it to the state as parkland.
From Quiz: Bergen County, New Jersey
Answer: Cape May
Cape May is known for its beautiful Victorian homes.
From Quiz: Fun NJ Facts!
Answer: Rudolph Valentino
The Garden Pier is now the site of the Atlantic City Art Center, located on the Boardwalk and Arkansas Ave.
From Quiz: New Jersey Shore
Answer: Horse
The horse is featured on New Jersey's state seal.
From Quiz: New Jersey: The Garden State
Answer: The Coast Guard
The facility is the only enlisted training center for the Coast Guard in the United States. Enlisted members of the coast guard undergo eight weeks of training here before being assigned somewhere else. The Coast Guard's presence in Cape May goes back to the 1920s when several Coast Guard cutters involved in enforcing Prohibition were stationed here.
Cozy Morley was also friends with singer Al Alberts and sometimes booked him as an act in his night club.
From Quiz: On the Way to Cape May
Answer: Monmouth Park
Monmouth Park is known as a family friendly race track. Nestled just a few miles from the Atlantic in a park-like setting, the track draws large crowds during summer weekend afternoons.
From Quiz: The New Jersey Shore
Answer: Greenwood Lake
Greenwood Lake was first damned up in 1837 to increase the size of the lake. Several steamboats started to operate on the lake in 1876, including one called the Montclair that could hold as many as 400 tourists. The boats would pick up passengers at the end of their train rides from the more urban areas.
From Quiz: All Around the Garden State
Answer: Bergen, Essex, and Middlesex
Bergen, Essex, and Middlesex counties all have a population over 750,000! Camden has one of the largest populations of southern counties and Hudson is the most densely populated county in the state, containing tightly-packed towns such as Jersey City, Bayonne, Guttenburg, Weehawken, Secaucus, West New York, and Union City.
From Quiz: New Jersey Cities/Counties
Answer: Cumberland
Seabrook Farms was one of the oldest and largest farm companies in America!
From Quiz: New Jersey Farmland
Answer: A haunted house tourist attraction
In Brigantine near Atlantic City. In 1975 they converted the old Sea Horse Pier at 14th Street North into a VERY scary attraction. You might remember they used Bach's very recognizable Toccata and Fugue in D minor in TV their commercials.
From Quiz: NJ - Down The Shore
Answer: Brook Trout
The brook trout is considered a prize by fishing enthusiasts, and was adopted as the state fish in 1991.
From Quiz: The Garden State--New Jersey
Answer: blueberry
Also the world leader in cranberry production.
From Quiz: More Fun NJ Facts!
Answer: Fort Lee
Movie makers soon left Fort Lee for California when they realized the milder weather would permit them to produce films all year 'round.
From Quiz: Bergen County, New Jersey
