Connecticut on the Screen
This TV Show aired from 2000-2007 and featured a single mom raising her teenage daughter in the fictional small town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut.
What is Gilmore Girls?
The Olympics were held to honor him.
Who is Zeus?
This land animal is known for being the fastest, reaching speeds up to 70 mph.
What is a cheetah?
This 1996 comedy features Adam Sandler as a hockey player turned golf pro from Waterbury, Connecticut.
What is Happy Gilmore?
This 2017 Drake hit features the line, “Passionate from miles away / Passive with the things you say .”
What is Passionfruit?
The Greek god of the underworld.
Who is Hades?
The largest mammal on Earth, this gentle giant can weigh up to 200 tons.
What is a blue whale?
In this 1988 Tim Burton film, a recently deceased couple haunts their old home in the fictional town of Winter River, Connecticut.
What is Beetlejuice?
This Greek hero killed Hector outside the walls of Troy.
Who is Achilles?
This tiny bird is the only one capable of hovering in place by flapping its wings up to 80 times per second.
What is a hummingbird?
This 2009 supernatural film follows a family that moves into a new home for medical treatment, only to discover it’s haunted by dark supernatural forces connected to its sinister past.
What is The Haunting in Connecticut?
These winged creatures lured sailors to their doom with enchanting songs.
What are Sirens?
This large rodent, native to South America, is semi-aquatic and can stay submerged for up to five minutes.
What is a zebra?
This 2021 supernatural film following Ed and Lorraine Warren was based on a real-life 1981 Connecticut murder where the accused claimed demonic possession as his defense.
What is The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (or The Conjuring 3)?
This poet is credited with writing the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Who is Homer?
This large rodent, native to South America, is semi-aquatic and can stay submerged for up to five minutes.
What is a capybara?