Thursday, 2 December 2010

Reader Question

This question is courtesy Shiva Gopalan.

Below is an ordered but non exhaustive list of names:

John Fenwick, Walt Whitman, Woodrow Wilson, Joyce Kilmer, Thomas Edison, Grover Cleveland, Alexander Hamilton.

What is this list about?

5 comments:

Rahul said...

Rest areas on the turnpike named after famous New Jersians...

Nikhil said...

Something to do with Rutgers? Halls / roads named after these guys? Kilmer is huge in NJ, hence the guess.

Angelus said...

They all have something to do with Jersey.

Kilmer the warrior poet was a son of New Brunswick.

Edison - wizard of Menlo Park and Edison township.

Hamilton helped Washington cross Raritan at New Brunswick.

Do they all have roads named after them in New Brunswick/Rutgers?

PS said...

Honorary awardees of New Jersey state.

The Answer said...

The correct answer is the rest areas on the Turnpike. Here is the ordered and exhaustive list in the ascending order of exits:

Clara Barton
John Fenwick
Walt Whitman
J. Fenimore Cooper
Richard Stockton
Woodrow Wilson
Molly Pitcher
Joyce Kilmer
Thomas Edison
Grover Cleveland
Alexander Hamilton
Vince Lombardi