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The Museum celebrated the 50th anniversary of what movie starring Marlon Brando, which won 8 Academy Awards and was shot in Hoboken in 36 days?

On the Waterfront

On the Hudson

On Hoboken

Onward & Upward

How did Hoboken get its name?

The Dutch saw Castle Point and called it “Hoebuck” or “high bluff”

The Lenni Lenapi Indians who camped here called this place “Hopoghan Hachingh,” which means “Land of Tobacco Rock” because they used the green-colored serpentine rock to carve their pipe

Colonel John Stevens just liked the name Hoboken

All of the above

The Museum offers tours of what places in town?

Hoboken Fire Department Museum

Sybil’s Cave on Sinatra Drive

Hoboken Fire Department Museum and Sybil’s Cave

Only the Hoboken Historical Museum, one of the oldest buildings on the waterfront, in the former Bethlehem Steel shipyard at 1301 Hudson Street

Museum and baseball fans alike can participate in a reenactment of the famous 1846 baseball match that honors which of the following?

Elysian Fields where the match took place

The Knickerbocker Nine who scored one exciting run against the New York Club

1st organized game of baseball in the U.S.

All of the above

What’s the name of the 1st organized social club in America that included George Washington, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr among its members?

Hoboken Turtle Club

Hoboken Gentleman’s Club

Hoboken Fryer’s Club

None of the above

You can pick up a Frank Sinatra Walking Tour map at the Museum and visit which of the following?

A Hollywood Boulevard style star that commemorates Frank’s birthplace at 415 Monroe

Union Club at 600 Hudson where Sinatra performed in 1935 for $40 a week

Leo’s Grandezvous at 200 Grand, which features a jukebox filled with Sinatra hits

All of the above, plus 20 more stops

The Cake Boss, who started working with his father at age 10, has made Carlos Bakery in Hoboken a real family business by employing which of the following family members?

His mom

Four sisters

Three brother-in-laws

All of the above

There is none, it’s just fun to see people’s secret gardens

New Jersey is the Garden State

Colonel John Stevens not only supported a farm on his estate, but also introduced both the camellia and the chrysanthemum to America

None of the above

What movies were shot in the Lackawanna Train station?

The Age of Innocence

Funny Girl

Julia & Julia

All of the above

In the 1800s, how many New Yorkers would come to Hoboken on a weekend for a Sunday picnic, arriving by sailboat, rowboat and ferry?

5,000

10,000

20,000

30,000

Before it was called the PATH, it was the Tubes. What president in 1908 signaled the Jersey City powerhouse to turn on the power for the first train?

The President of Jersey City Power

The President of the Stevens Institute for Technology

The President of the United States

None of the above

The Museum has put on which of the following events?

Masked Ball and Tours through Time

Hoboken Pet Parade

Hoboken Heirloom Tomato Festival and Hoboken Garlic Festival

All of the above

Keuffel & Esser manufactured precision instruments in Hoboken for the architectural, engineering and drafting professions. Their products were used in the planning of which bridge?

London Bridge

Brooklyn Bridge

Verrazano Narrow Bridge

None of the above

Which of the following women have called Hoboken home?

Dorothea Lange, famous for her photos documenting the plight of families during the Great Depression of the 1930s

Hetty Green, one of the wealthiest women of her day who loaned the City of New York $1.1 million to help the city during the Panic of 1907

Maria Pepe, the first girl to ever be allowed on a little league team in the U.S. and who helped change the laws to ensure that generations of girls could follow in her footsteps

All of the above

What is the historical significance of the Hoboken Baby Parade?

There is none, it’s just fun for people to dress up their baby and walk in a parade

We want to celebrate all the newbie Hobokenites

In the 1900s, Baby Parades were created so doctors could see how healthy immigrant babies were and easily educate new mothers about proper nutrition and vaccinations

None of the above

In 1986

In 1996

In 2006

In 2001, when the Museum moved into its current location at 1301 Hudson Street

Stevens Institute of Technology alumni include which of the following people?

Alexander Calder, creator of the mobile

Alfred W. Fielding, co-inventor of Bubble Wrap

Charles Stewart Mott, co-founder of General Motors Corporation

All of the above

Hoboken is credited with developing at least 100 firsts in America. Which of the following is not one of them?

Ice cream cone

Zipper

Band-Aid

Touch-tone phone

Besides Frank Sinatra, Hoboken was also home to which of the following musical legends?

“Blind Tom” Wiggins, a piano prodigy and former slave

Stephen Foster, who composed “Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair”

James Rado and Gerome Ragni, the team behind the musical “Hair”

All of the above

Colonel John Stevens was ahead of his time, drawing up plans for many inventions. He even created the first patent law in the U.S. Which was not his invention?

Steamboat

Ironclad ship

Coal locomotive

Trans Hudson tunnel

Developing an exhibit at the Museum goes beyond the physical exhibition in the Museum’s space and may include which of the following:

Having the Museum’s Educational Director develop a series of exhibition-related classes catered to Hoboken children of varying age groups

Publishing a book that commemorates and expands upon the exhibit

Creating a guest lecture series related to the exhibit

All of the above

Louis LaRusso II was a playwright who wrote about life as he knew it Hoboken. Which actor did not perform in one of his plays?

Danny Aiello

Diane Baker

John Travolta

Helen Mirren

For twenty years (1961-1981), the Club Zanzibar was an African American nightclub in Hoboken known for its distinguished roster of performers including which of the following:

Wilson Pickett (“Mustang Sally”)

The Manhattan Transfer (“Route 66”)

Kool and the Gang (“Jungle Boogie”)

All of the above

In the Museum’s Oral Chapbook “Recollections of Evelyn Smith,” she recalls her father, who was with the AFL-CIO, coming into contact with all but which one of the following political figures?

Harry Truman

Bobby Kennedy

Eleanor Roosevelt

John Kennedy

What will you experience when you visit the Museum’s current exhibit that celebrates the “Sweet History of Hoboken:”

Taste Tootsie Rolls and learn about how they were manufactured here in Hoboken along with Hostess Twinkies, Wonder Bread, Log Cabin syrup and Baker’s Coconut

Watch a fascinating documentary about Schnackenberg’s Luncheonette, known for their molded chocolate bunnies on motorcycles, while sitting in their booth

Learn some of the chocolate culinary secrets behind the success of Giorgio Pasticceria Italiana at 1112 Washington Street

All of the above and much more

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