Q 01/05

What name is given to the Sunday shopping bans that every New Jersey county except Bergen has voted out?

A) Dry laws

B) Blue laws

C) Comstock laws

D) Sumptuary laws

Answer · why

B) Blue laws

Blue laws still close Bergen County's clothing, furniture and electronics stores on Sundays, though food and gasoline can be sold. Repeated attempts b...

Q 02/05

Which vanished Teamsters boss was long rumored to lie buried beneath an end zone at Giants Stadium in the Meadowlands?

A) Jimmy Hoffa

B) Dave Beck

C) Tony Provenzano

D) Frank Fitzsimmons

Answer · why

A) Jimmy Hoffa

Jimmy Hoffa disappeared in 1975, just as the stadium was going up, which fed the legend. Sportscaster Marv Albert once joked that a team was kicking t...

Q 03/05

Which Bergen County borough, mostly covered by an airport, counted just 61 residents in the 2020 census?

A) Moonachie

B) Rockleigh

C) Teterboro

D) Carlstadt

Answer · why

C) Teterboro

Teterboro takes its name from Walter Teter, a New York banker who bought the land in 1917 to build a racetrack. Neighboring towns have tried several t...

Q 04/05

Satin Dolls, the go-go bar filmed as the Bada Bing in The Sopranos, stands in which Bergen County borough?

A) Dumont

B) Ramsey

C) Oakland

D) Lodi

Answer · why

D) Lodi

Lodi owes its name to the Italian city of Lodi in Lombardy. Satin Dolls served as the filming location for the fictional club where the HBO drama's mo...

Q 05/05

Which Hudson River crossing, the busiest in the world for motor vehicles, links Bergen County with Upper Manhattan?

A) George Washington Bridge

B) Tappan Zee Bridge

C) Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge

D) Bayonne Bridge

Answer · why

A) George Washington Bridge

The George Washington Bridge is the only suspension bridge in the world with 14 lanes of traffic. It opened in 1931, eight months ahead of schedule.