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The answers to the Dumont Trivia Quiz that was published in the September 2007 edition of the Dumont Dispatch are available here at Dumont Online. However, you must first register as a member of our little virtual community in order to be able to see that content! Registration is easy, and takes only a few moments. If you are already a member of DOL, please log in. Once you are logged in to our site, you can then go visit the Dumont Dispatch online version here and you will see the article that contains the quiz answers. Here is the quiz as it was published in the Dispatch:
1) Which of the following symbols is NOT on the Dumont Borough Seal? a) A beehive b) An eagle c) A locomotive d) A pyramid with an eye at the top 2) Who was elected the first Mayor of the incorporated Borough of Schraalenburgh in 1894? a) Joseph "Lamplighter Joe" Compitiello b) Dumont Clarke c) Richard D. Van Buskirk d) Newton A. Fuller 3) When the U.S. entered World War I, a military base was built along the eastern part of town, from Knickerbocker Road to present-day Pershing Street. What was the name of that facility? a) Fort Dumont b) Fort Schraalenburgh c) Camp Merritt d) Camp Pershing 4) Who is pictured in the photo to the right? a) Mayor Newton A. Fuller b) Mayor Dumont Clarke c) Mayor Richard D. Van Buskirk d) Joseph "Lamplighter Joe" Compitiello
5) What did Police Chief Grimes and his men discover at the A. E. Clarke house off Madison Avenue? a) Artifacts of a Lenni-Lenape settlement dating back hundreds of years b) A still being operated by bootleggers c) A house of ill repute that had just opened for business d) The oldest then-living Dumont resident, who was 110 years old
6) In what year was the original St. Mary's R.C. Church built? a) 1896 b) 1906 c) 1914 d) 1923
7) Who was the first Chief of Police in Dumont? a) Herbert H. Allmers b) William T. Grimes c) Walter A. Kipp d) Joseph "Lamplighter Joe" Compitiello
8) The Joost Zabriskie Homestead was settled in 1712. Where is the existing structure located? a) Colonial Court b) Morton Avenue c) Washington Avenue d) West Quackenbush Avenue 9) In the late 1800s, the David Kipp Homestead at Washington and Columbia Avenues was reported to be: a) A stop along the Underground Railroad b) Slowly sinking into the ground due to an underground cavern c) The oldest structure in Schraalenburgh d) Haunted by ghosts
10) Land developers in the late 1800s wanted to change the name of Schraalenburgh. Which was one of the names suggested? a) Bergen Fields b) Compitiello Park c) Kensington d) Zabriskie Park |