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New Jersey State Symbols

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What does the Jersey Fresh brand promote?

  • Agricultural products grown in New Jersey
  • New Jersey election ballots
  • Software licenses
  • Only imported tropical fruit
Correct answer(s):
  • Agricultural products grown in New Jersey

Who designed New Jersey’s state seal in 1777?

  • Benjamin Franklin
  • Frederick Law Olmsted
  • Pierre Eugène du Simitière
  • Alexander Graham Bell
Correct answer(s):
  • Pierre Eugène du Simitière

In which year was New Jersey’s buff-colored state flag officially adopted?

  • 2001
  • 1896
  • 1865
  • 1776
Correct answer(s):
  • 1896

Which statement accurately describes ‘Liberty and Prosperity’ in New Jersey?

  • It appears on the seal but was not separately adopted as a legal motto
  • It is the state’s postal abbreviation
  • It appears only on its license plates
  • It is the name of a county
Correct answer(s):
  • It appears on the seal but was not separately adopted as a legal motto

What do the helmet and horse-head crest on New Jersey’s seal represent broadly?

  • A desert climate
  • An Atlantic shipping route
  • The state university
  • Independence and state identity
Correct answer(s):
  • Independence and state identity

What does the cornucopia held by Ceres symbolize?

  • Snowfall
  • Space exploration
  • Agricultural abundance
  • Military aviation
Correct answer(s):
  • Agricultural abundance

What is the liberty cap on New Jersey’s seal associated with?

  • Railroad engineering
  • Freedom
  • Ocean erosion
  • Agricultural fertilizer
Correct answer(s):
  • Freedom

How were New Jersey’s various state symbols established over time?

  • All were adopted on one day in 1776
  • They are identical to New York’s symbols
  • Each was selected by the U.S. president
  • Through separate civic and public processes
Correct answer(s):
  • Through separate civic and public processes