Famous People
What famous resident once said "I call upon all nations to do everything they can to stop these terrorist killers. Thank you. Now watch this drive."
Who is George Bush?
This river, which once served as a boundary between Native American tribes, now bisects the state and empties into Long Island Sound.
What is the Connecticut River?
This colliquial term is what residents of Connecticut call themselves
What is a Connecticute OR nutmegger?
It's the largest town in Fairfield County, land wise
What is Stamford?
This New Haven establishment, using cast-iron vertical broilers, claims to have invented the hamburger in 1900.
What is Louis’ Lunch?
This Newtown native authored the series "The Hunger Games"
Who is Suzanne Collins?
This peak reaching 2,316 feet is the tallest in the state in the northwest corner
What is Bear Mountain?
This official state song includes lyrics that reference "riding on a pony"
What is Yankee Doodle?
At the bottom of this lake is a town named Jerusalem
What is Candlewood Lake?
This town was the location of the first law school in the United States
What is Litchfield?
This actor from Sharon recently starred alongside Julianne Moore as a wealty entrepenur in this show Sirens
Who is Kevin Bacon?
This trails spans 51.6 miles mostly in Litchfield County
What is the Appalachian Trail?
This state flower and is native to low ridges in several parts of Connecticut
What is Mountain Laurel?
This Depression-era highway, known for its scenic design and Art Deco bridges, was one of the first limited-access roads in the U.S.
The Merritt Parkway
What is Lyme Disease?
This actress from New Canaan play Izzy Steven's on Grey's Anatomy
Who is Katherine Heigl?
This coastal estuary, vital to Connecticut’s maritime economy and ecology, is one of the largest in the U.S.
What is the Long Island Sound?
This animal was selected because of its specific contribution to the state's history and because of its present-day plight as an endangered species.
What is a Sperm Whale?
This city is nicknamed "Park City"
What is Bridgeport?
This Connecticut native wrote the first American dictionary
Daniel Webster
Convicted of murder in 2015, this former Patriots tight end was posthumously diagnosed with one of the most severe cases of CTE ever seen in someone his age.
Who is Aaron Hernandez?
The area measuring 2 miles by 60 miles along the Eastern Edge of Connecticut
The Oblong
This governer became the first woman in any state to be elected governor without being the wife or widow of a previous governor
Who is Ella T. Grasso
Located in the building known as One Stamford Forum, this company filed for bankruptcy in 2023
What is Purdue Pharma?
This Dutchman was the first European explorer in Connecticut
Adriaen Block