Question - Webmaster Tom is sitting in a boat off the Marathon Key in FL, near the famous Seven Mile Bridge.
Can you correctly identify the lighthouse that is behind him in the picture below?
Answer - Sombrero Reef Light, Marathon Key, FL
Nicki from PA
Fred from NY
Howard from NJ
Question - Approximately how deep is the water surrounding the Ambrose Light Tower?
Answer - About 70 feet deep
Howard from NJ
Fred from NY
Nicki from PA
Question - What can one find in the oil house at the Cape May Lighthouse?
Answer - Orientation Center and Gift Shop
Howard, Lucinda, & Arianna from NJ
Fred from NY
Nicki from PA
Question - What group has offices on the second floor of the Absecon Lighthouse's Keepers Quarters?
Answer - Inlet Public Private Association
Howard from NJ
Nicki from PA
Kari from PA
Question - Name the type of gardens surrounding the Hereford Inlet Lighthouse (example below).
Answer - English Style Cottage Gardens
Nicki from PA
Donna from PA
Lucinda from NJ
Name which lighthouse this view was taken from.
Answer - Tinicum Rear Range Lighthouse
Howard from NJ
Nicki from PA
Donna from NJ
Question - Romer Shoal Lighthouse is named after the shoal on which it sits. What was the shoal named after?
Sent in by Fred from NY
Answer - William J. Romer (a ship)
Nicki from PA
Donna from PA
Arianna from NJ
Two miles south of the Statue of Liberty is Robbins Reef Lighthouse. What is the nickname of this light and for whom was it nicknamed?
Sent in by Fred from NY
Answer - Nickname is Katie's Light named in honor of Kate Walker.
Nicki from PA
Arianna from NJ (Only 7 Years old! Lucinda and Howard's granddaughter.)
Donna from PA
Which is the first lighthouse seen when approaching the NJ/NY harbor?
Sent in by Fred from NY
Answer - Ambrose Light
Howard & Lucinda from NJ
Nicki from PA
Stephen from NY (Only 8 years old!!)
Answer two of the three following questions:
- The order of this Fresnel Lens?
- The original location of this lens?
- The present location of this lens?
Answers - Third Order; Brandywine Shoal Light; Tuckerton Seaport Museum/Lighthouse Replica
Donna from PA
Nicki from PA
Lucinda from NJ
What lighthouse was this picture taken from?
Answer - Sandy Hook Lighthouse
Fred from NY
Joe from NJ
Nicki from PA
Name two (2) lighthouses chosen by the U.S. Lighthouse Service in 1921 to host an expermential radio beacon station?
Answer - Sea Girt Lighthouse and Ambrose Lightstation
Sent in by Donna from PA
Nicki from PA
Howard from NJ
Robert from WV
Which lighthouse, built in 1886, has greeted numerous amounts of people and ships over all these years and still does today although it does not do it in the capacity of a lighthouse?
Answer - The Statue of Liberty
Sent in by Fred from NY
Nicki from PA
Donna from PA
Howard from NJ
Question - What year and individual incorporated the United States Lighthouse Services into the United States Coast Guard?
Answer - 1939 by Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Sent in by Fred from NY
Nicki from PA
Donna from PA
Howard from NJ
Question - In the mid-1800s, how was the first Barnegat Lighthouse destroyed?
Answer - Erosion
Fred from NY
Nicki from PA
Howard from NJ
Donna from PA
Question - What 42 foot tall iron tower is actually constructed from five seperate sections?
Answer - Great Beds Lighthouse
Sent in by Jen from PA
Donna from PA
Nicki from PA
Kari from PA
Question - When were the black and white spirals painted on the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, North Carolina?
Answer - 1873
Howard from NJ
Fred from NY
Donna from PA
Question - Where was Finn's Point Rear Range Lighthouse originally fabricated before being transported by train and mule cart to where it would be constructed?
Answer - Buffalo, New York
Sent by Jen from PA
Donna from PA
Nicki from PA
Howard from NJ
Question - When the First Order Fresnel lens that was shipped to this lighthouse did not fit the lantern room, the lens was placed inside the Twin Lights of Navesink. Which lighthouse did the lens NOT fit inside?
Sent by Fred from NY
Answer - Sandy Hook Lighthouse
Nicki from PA
Donna from PA
Stephen from NY
Question - Name the lighthouse in which the first radio fog beacon was installed in?
Answer - Sea Girt Lighthouse
Fred from NY
Nicki from PA
Howard from NJ
Question - What is the significance of the shapes used on the Twin Towers at Navesink?
Answer - The towers resemble King and Queen Chess Pieces
Nicki from PA
Donna from PA
Fred from NY
Question - Name the tallest lighthouse in New Jersey.
Answer - Barnegat Lighthouse
Sent in by Kari from PA
Donna from PA
Nicki from PA
Donna from NJ
Question - Name the last lightkeeper at the Cape May Lighthouse before its automation.
Answer - Harry of Belle Palmer
Nicki from PA
Lucinda & Howard from NJ
Donna from PA
Question - Name two (2) of the three (3) New Jersey Lighthouses that have had Lightships associated with them.
Sent in by Fred from NY
Answer - Sandy Hook, Barnegat, & Ambrose Lighthouses
Nicki from PA
Lucinda from NJ
Donna from PA
At the Sandy Hook Lighthouse, there are water spouts (drains) installed
around the outside of the lantern room. What are the spouts designed as?
Sent in by Fred from NY
Answer - Eagles/Gargoyles
Howard & Lucinda from NJ
Walt from NJ
Name the three "sister lights" constructed by General George Meade.
Sent in by Jen from PA
Nicki from PA
Howard & Lucinda from NJ
Kari from PA
Question - What lighthouse in NJ resembles one in California?
Sent in by Kari from PA
Answer - East Point and Hereford Inlet
Bonus Question - Can you name that California lighthouse?
Bonus Answer - Old Point Loma and Point Fermin
Nicki from PA
Jen from PA
Lucinda & Howard from NJ - Got Bonus
What lighthouse in NJ is the last remaining wooden Rear Range lighthouse?
Sent in by Nicki from PA
Answer - Chapel Hill Rear Range Lighthouse
Howard from NJ
Kari from PA
Ray from NJ
Question - What NJ Lighthouse still retains its original first order Fresnel lens? - Sent in by Jen from PA
Answer - Absecon Lighthouse
Nicki from PA
Howard from NJ
Fred from NY
Question - What is the "group" name of lighthouses that "work" in conjunction with
each other to mark channels? - Sent in by Fred from NY
Answer - Range Lights
Jen from PA
Howard from NJ
Greg from NJ
Question - What Delaware Bay Lighthouse was the last to host a keeper?
Answer - Brandywine Shoal Light
Nicki from PA - The only one who could get it!
Question - What name was the U.S. Lighthouse Service changed to and is still in
existance today?
Answer - United States Coast Guard (USCG)
Fred from NY
Jen from PA
Nicki from PA
Question - Explain why the second Cape May lighthouse was abandoned.
Answer - Due to shotty construction, the 1847 lighthouse was abandoned in 1859.
Nicki from PA
Fred from NY
Jen from PA
Question - Explain how the original Cape May lighthouse was "lost" (destroyed).
Answer - The 1823 lighthouse was lost due to erosion.
Jen from PA
Ronn from NJ
Fred from NY
Question - What lighthouse's iron superstructure was part of the lighthouse exhibit at
the 1876 International Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia before being
placed in its permanent position?
Answer - Ship John Shoal
Jen from PA - The only person who could get it!
Question - Name the NJ lighthouse that was used during World War II for target practice?
Answer - Cross Ledge Lighthouse - DE Bay
Fred from NY - The only person who could get it!
Question - Which was the first major seacoast light to use electricity?
Answer - The Twin Lights of Navesink
Fred from NY
Nicki from PA
Jen from PA
Question - During what war in American history did Americans try to destory the Sandy
Hook Ligthouse?
Answer - Revolutionary War
Fred & Stephen (Fred's 7 year old son!) from NY
Nicki from PA
Tony from NY
Question -What NJ lighthouse uses Gingerbread style trim??
Answer - Hereford Inlet Light
Nicki from PA
Andrew from NJ
Fred from NY
Question - Before the Absecon Lighthouse was refurbished and painted its original colors
of orange-cream and black, what were the colors on the bands of the tower?
Answer - Red and White
Andrew from NJ
Fred from NY
Nicki from PA
Question - What New Jersey Lighthouse was hit by a ship in 1997 and replaced in 1999?
Answer - Ambrose Light Tower
Andrew from NJ
Fred from NY
Richard from NJ
Question - What NJ lighthouse was swept away by the ocean in 1921 on
an island that was also lost to erosion?
Answer - Tucker's Island Lighthouse
Ryan from PA
Kimberly from NJ
Andrew from NJ
Question - What southern NJ Light lost its roof to fire in 1979?
Answer - East Point Lighthouse
Ronn from NJ
Jim from MI
Fred from NY
