Q 01/05

New Jersey takes its name from a place in which body of water?

A) The Irish Sea

B) The English Channel

C) The North Sea

D) The Bay of Biscay

Answer · why

B) The English Channel

The Duke of York granted the land to two loyal friends, Sir George Carteret and Lord Berkeley of Stratton, and Carteret had been governor of Jersey.

Q 02/05

What is New Jersey's state capital?

A) Newark

B) Trenton

C) Jersey City

D) Princeton

Answer · why

B) Trenton

The state is the only one where every county is classed as urban.

Q 03/05

New Jersey holds which population distinction among US states?

A) Least populated

B) Fastest growing

C) Oldest median age

D) Most densely populated

Answer · why

D) Most densely populated

Over 9.5 million people live in the fifth-smallest state by land area.

Q 04/05

New Jersey ratified the US Constitution on December 18, 1787, making it which state to do so?

A) Third

B) First

C) Fifth

D) Ninth

Answer · why

A) Third

It was also the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights, in November 1789.

Q 05/05

Which Indigenous people were dominant in the region when Europeans arrived in the 17th century?

A) The Iroquois

B) The Mohican

C) The Lenape

D) The Powhatan

Answer · why

C) The Lenape

Dutch and Swedish colonists founded the first European settlements before the British took over.