Q 01/05

Where in Newark does America's largest collection of cherry blossom trees bloom each April?

A) Weequahic Park

B) Newark Riverfront Park

C) Branch Brook Park

D) Military Park

Answer · why

C) Branch Brook Park

Branch Brook Park owes its blossoms to a 1927 gift from Caroline Bamberger Fuld, sister of a Newark department store founder. The trees now number mor...

Q 02/05

Which inventor built a laboratory complex in West Orange in 1887 that turned out the motion picture camera?

A) Thomas Edison

B) Nikola Tesla

C) George Eastman

D) Alexander Graham Bell

Answer · why

A) Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison ran the West Orange laboratories for more than 40 years, and they also produced improved phonographs and the nickel-iron storage battery...

Q 03/05

Holsten's ice cream parlor in Bloomfield was the filming location for the final scene of which HBO drama?

A) The Wire

B) Boardwalk Empire

C) Six Feet Under

D) The Sopranos

Answer · why

D) The Sopranos

The Sopranos filmed the scene there in March 2007, after Bloomfield's council voted to deny a filming permit that it had no power to refuse.

Q 04/05

Which sport was invented in 1968 by students at Columbia High School in Maplewood?

A) Pickleball

B) Ultimate Frisbee

C) Underwater hockey

D) Disc golf

Answer · why

B) Ultimate Frisbee

Ultimate Frisbee has a plaque marking its birthplace in the school's student parking lot. The game is now called simply Ultimate.

Q 05/05

Which pop star, born in Newark in 1963, attended an East Orange school now named for the singer?

A) Mariah Carey

B) Vanessa Williams

C) Whitney Houston

D) Janet Jackson

Answer · why

C) Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston lived on Newark's Wainwright Street before the family moved to East Orange, where the Franklin School was renamed for its former pupil...