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What is the State flag of Connecticut?

100

From the Native American word, "quinatucquet", roughly meaning "beside the long tidal river."

What is "Connecticut"?

100
This building is located at 80 High School Lane.

What is Darien High School?

100

Out of Darien, New Haven, or Hartford, it is the State Capital of Connecticut.

What is Hartford?

100

It is the abbreviation for Connecticut.

What is CT?

200

Out of "the Constitution state", "the empire state" or "the watery state", it is Connecticut's nickname.

What is the Constitution State?

200

This state borders Connecticut to the north. You will find Cape Cod and Boston there.

What is Massachusetts?

200

The number of elementary schools in Darien.

What is 5?

200

Out of Bridgeport, Stamford, or Darien, it is the city with the most residents.

What is Bridgeport?

200

Not wanting to waste excess beef, this well known food was invented at Louis' Lunch in New Haven, Connecticut in 1895.

What is a hamburger?

300

Out of the bald eagle, the turkey or the robin, it is the state bird of Connecticut.

What is the American Robin?

300

This state some call "the big apple" borders Connecticut to the west.

What is New York?

300

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What is the zip code for Darien, CT.

300

8 of these make up the State of Connecticut.

What are counties?

300

Beginning in 1764, The Hartford Current is the United States’ oldest of these that is still being published today.

What is a newspaper?

400

Out of the rose, the mountain laurel, or the bushes, it is the state flower of Connecticut.

What is the mountain laurel?

400

This river, the largest in New England, cuts through the state of Connecticut.

What is the Connecticut River?

400

It's the street where most of the stores are in downtown Darien.

What is (Boston) Post Road?

400

Only Rhode Island and Delaware are "this size" when compared to Connecticut.

What are "smaller than"?

400

Out of the Martime Aquarium, Coney Island, or Mystic Maritime Museum, this is the largest museum about sailing and the sea in the USA.

What is the Mystic Maritime Museum?

500

Out of the chicken, the puppy, and the sperm whale, it is the state animal of Connecticut.

What is a sperm whale?

500

It is the ocean on the coast of Connecticut.

What is the Atlantic ocean.

500

Out of Westchester, Fairfield, or Hartford, it's the county that Darien is located in.

What is Fairfield County?

500

"Mt. Frissell" is Connecticut's highest _______.

What is a mountain?

500

Out of the stinkbug, the the praying mantis, or the cricket, it is the State insect of Connecticut.

What is the Praying Mantis?