Deck 5: The Modern ERA - New Jersey

Question 1

Which of the following is not a part of the history of Atlantic City?

A) The first boardwalk was built in 1870
B) The first pier opened in 1882
C) Enrico Caruso and the Zeigfield Follies first performed there.
D) The original boardwalk is still standing
E) There was plenty of casinos-style gambling there before gambling was legalized

Answer 1

The original boardwalk is still standing

Question 2

During World War II, Atlantic City was converted to:

A) A prisoner of war camp
B) A combination training camp and R&R base for the military
C) Offices for the military command.
D) A testing research center for development of the Atomic Bomb.
E) Nothing - it was closed down.

Answer 2

A combination training camp and R&R base for the military

Question 3

The CRAC stands for:

A) Committee for rebuilding active casinos
B) Committee for returning active casinos
C) Committee to Rebuild Atlantic City
D) Committee to return Atlantic casinos
E) None of the above

Answer 3

Committee to Rebuild Atlantic City

Question 4

On November 2, 1976, New Jersey residents voted to permit gambling by what percentage?

A) 50.1 percent to 49.9 percent
B) 55 to 45 percent
C) 57 to 43 percent
D) 60 to 40 percent
E) They did not vote to permit gambling at that time.

Question 5

Which hotel bought the Chalfonte-Haddon Hall hotel several months before the referendum legalizing gambling in Atlantic City?

A) Resorts International
B) Golden Nugget / Grand Hilton
C) Claridge
D) Brighton / Sands
E) Playboy / Atlantis

Question 6

Which Atlantic City casino opened in August 1980, filed for re-organization in 1998, was purchased by Carl Icahn in 2000, who sold it to Pinnacle Entertainment in fall 2006?

A) Resorts International
B) Golden Nugget / Grand Hilton
C) Claridge
D) Brighton / Sands
E) Playboy / Atlantis

Question 7

Which Atlantic City casino was licensed to Steve Wynn in October 1981, became a favorite hangout for reputed organized crime figures, was sold to Bally in 1987, and was later sold to Colony Capital in 2005?

A) Resorts International
B) Golden Nugget / Grand Hilton
C) Claridge
D) Brighton / Sands
E) Playboy / Atlantis

Question 8

Which casino was originally conceived by William Whitner, was re-themed and re- named after the Elsinore Corporation purchased it; became the first casino to file for Chapter 11 in bankruptcy court; and was sold to Donald Trump but later demolished?

A) Resorts International
B) Golden Nugget / Grand Hilton
C) Claridge
D) Brighton / Sands
E) Playboy / Atlantis

Question 9

Which casino brought in Del Webb as a partner, which turned out to have mob ties; it slipped into bankruptcy in 1999, and was absorbed into Bally's Park Place complex.

A) Resorts International
B) Golden Nugget / Grand Hilton
C) Claridge
D) Brighton / Sands
E) Playboy / Atlantis

Question 10

In 1990, what changes did Governor James Florio make to The Casino Control Act?

A) It was now easier to introduce new table games
B) Approved simulcasting of horse racing into casinos
C) Permitted casinos to operate 24 hours a day
D) Eliminated a requirement that a casino be a "single room."
E) All of the above

Question 11

Atlantic City was founded in the late 1700's and quickly became a tourist destination for New Yorkers to escape the city heat in thesummer

Question 12

Under New Jersey's constitution, if a proposed amendment is defeated, the same question cannot be put before the voters for atleast three years.

Question 13

The largest contributors to the CRAC were Donald Trump andHarrah's casino.

Question 14

Caesars Palace's chairman and vice chairman Clifford and Stuart Perlman were forced to resign and sell their stake in the companybefore it was granted a license for New Jersey.

Question 15

The Borgata, run by Steve Wynn soon dominated the AtlanticCity market.

Question 16

Detail the decline of Atlantic City after World War II.

Question 17

Detail the history of Showboat casino in Atlantic City.