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1. In 1960 Nassau Hall was designated as one of the first National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey. On the campus of what university, formerly named the College of New Jersey, was Nassau Hall built in 1754?
2. A popular state park within New Jersey honors those who served in a battle of the American Revolutionary War on June 28, 1778. What was this battle, whose armies were led by George Washington and Sir Henry Clinton and at which Molly Pitcher famously took over a cannon post from her fallen husband?
3. Our next New Jersey site is located in the city of Camden and it was the final home of an influential writer. Whose home was dedicated as a National Historic Landmark in 1962, 70 years after his death and 107 years after his famous "Leaves of Grass" was first published?
4. Built in 1764, the oldest working lighthouse in the United States is a National Historic Landmark in New Jersey. Sharing its name with a city in Connecticut that was the site of a tragic shooting in 2012, what is this lighthouse that aided mariners entering New York Harbor?
5. The next New Jersey landmark was the former home of a President of the United States who served non-consecutive terms. Located in the city of Princeton and also called the Westland Mansion, who lived in this home from his retirement in 1897 until his death in 1908?
6. The first National Historic Landmark in Bergen County, New Jersey was formerly owned by the Prevost family who housed George Washington during the American Revolutionary War. What is this house that would be remodelled in the Gothic Revival style in 1847?
7. A National Historic Landmark in Morristown, New Jersey is the site where Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail first demonstrated the electric telegraph in 1838. What is this ironworks village that shares its name with a ship that transported the Pilgrims?
8. Located at the southern tip of New Jersey and claiming to be the oldest seaside resort in the United States, what city's historic district was dedicated a National Historic Landmark in 1976?
9. Within New Jersey one can find Boardwalk Hall which is the home to the Miss America Pageant as well as one of the largest pipe organs in the world. Opened in 1929 as a Convention Hall, in what city is Boardwalk Hall?
10. Our final National Historic Landmark of New Jersey is a rather odd structure in Margate City. Considered one of the first examples of zoomorphic architecture, what statue stands 65 feet tall, 60 feet in length and 18 feet in width?
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