Trivia Night: All About New Jersey

How tall is Nicole Polizzi, also known as Jersey Shore’s Snooki?

Taylor Provisions has been making Taylor Ham/pork roll in Trenton, NJ since the year 1900

Rutan Hill in Sussex County is home to a roughly 440 million year old dormant volcano.

In a 2019 film, this creepy and kooky family moves to New Jersey. What's the name of this famous TV family?

Frank Sinatra, a Hoboken native, had such a devoted female fanbase that they had a nickname. What were they called?

NJ native Bruce Springsteen had a song considered for state rock anthem by the legislature in 1980. Which song was it?

In 1916 the Jersey Shore was terrorized by shark attacks. What 1974 novel was inspired by this terrifying incident?

When Jamie Sigler read for Meadow Soprano on The Sopranos, she misunderstood the role. What kind of show did she expect?

In 1957, engineers Alfred Fielding and Marc Chavannes invented bubble wrap on Wagaraw Road in Hawthorne, New Jersey.

Elton John, Gladys Knight & Stevie Wonder made platinum hit That’s What Friends Are For with this East Orange native.

A new version of The West Side Story was released in 2021. What Passaic County city was used for some of the filming?

William Carlos Williams won the National Book Award for poetry but kept doing what job in his hometown of Rutherford?

The first virtually complete dinosaur skeleton discovered in North America was unearthed in 1858 in Haddonfield, NJ

This high-flying Glen Ridge native got his nickname because his sister couldn’t pronounce the word “brother” as a child.

Dana Elaine Owens, native of Newark, is an actress and part of rap royalty. Professionally she is widely known as:

The movie The Iceman was based on real-life hitman Richard Kuklinski. Where in NJ did he live at the time of his arrest?

What is the name of Buddy Valastro’s family bakery located in Hoboken, NJ and featured on the show The Cake Boss?

This Neptune, NJ native aimed to be a beautician before he began acting. Now he's on a comedy set in sunny Philadelphia.

He was cruising in Greased Lightning in the movie Grease, but as a teen he cruised the streets of Englewood. Who is he?

Judy Blume’s novel In the Unlikely Event was inspired by true events in Elizabeth NJ in the early 1950s. What happened?

Harlan Coben, a Newark native and resident of Ridgewood, sets many of his novels in New Jersey. Who's his main slueth?

Janet Evanovich’s Trenton-set Stephanie Plum novels are action packed capers, but also for this characteristic:

The Jonas Brothers are a famous band from NJ, but how many kids do their parents Denise & Paul Jonas have in total?

Breaking a basketball hoop or backboard became a technical foul due a Newark-born NBA legend. Who is he?

New Jersey has 10 congressional districts that send representatives to the House of Representatives in Washington, DC.