Road Work Ahead...
We don’t really know why they were cutting up the road outside this vegan restaurant on Main Street earlier this summer.
What is Love It Vegan?
This greek god was known for disguising himself as animals, most notably a swan, to have secret affairs.
Who is Zeus?
Cards Against Humanity, which was funded by a successful kickstarter in the tail end of 2010, is a riff on this common phrase.
What is Crimes Against Humanity?
This cute yellow electric rat is the enduring mascot of the franchise.
What is Pikachu?
This event which happened in Torrington can be blamed for the destruction of 668 dwellings, the severe damage of an additional 2460, and a death toll of 87.
What is the Flood of 1955?
This NFL team made 4 straight Super Bowls in the 1990s… and lost them all.
Who are the Buffalo Bills?
The parking lot of this health-focused organization was temporarily inaccessible due to work being done on Church Street. If you wanted to go swimming in their pool, you would have needed to park on Prospect Street.
What is the YMCA?
This greek god was known for having his belligerent followers tear people apart when they didn’t show him hospitality.
Who is Dionysus?
This game about employment, whose original version was published back in 1860 with the more recognizable version coming in 1960, was the first game published by famed board game company Milton Bradley.
What is The Game of Life?
This plucky black-haired Pokemon trainer, together with her trusty companion Piplup, travels alongside Brock, Ash, and her brother Max in some of the anime.
Who is Dawn?
Torrington CT was founded in 1732, which was the same year this future president of the United States was born.
Who is George Washington?
These two New York based teams are currently tied for the longest active playoff droughts in the 5 major North American sports.
Who are the New York Jets and the Buffalo Sabers.
This local flower shop provides beautiful bouquets for all occasions - if you can get there over all the raised structures on Migeon Avenue.
What is Lily & Vine Floral Design?
This greek hero once killed so many soldiers that he clogged a river with their corpses, got into an argument with the spirit of the river, and then fought the spirit.
Who is Achilles?
This game about a mystical kingdom ruled by a king or queen depending on the version, was designed back in 1948 by a schoolteacher who wanted to amuse the children she taught in the polio ward of a hospital.
Candy Land
This game features Professor Oak sending the player on a safari to capture images of Pokemon.
What is Pokemon Snap?
This Torrington attraction was opened in 1931, and has been the host to many great performers including the late George Carlin.
What is the Warner Theater?
This baseball controversy that occurred over 100 years ago is the reason “Shoeless” Joe Jackson will never be an MLB Hall of Famer.
What is the Chicago Black Sox scandal?
This classic Italian deli is right next to the Railroad Square improvement project on Water Street.
What is Alfredo’s Deli?
This greek, who was one of the few mortals welcome to dine with the gods, once played a prank on them by killing and roasting his son then serving the body to them as a meal.
Who is Tantalus?
This game centered around resource management was first published in Germany back in 1995.
What is Catan?
This Pokemon type was the most recent introduced, and the first type added to the games since generation 2.
What is Fairy?
This Torrington baseball park has been the home to teams like the Titans, Twisters, and the Braves.
What is Fuessenich Park?
This baseball team lost 18 straight playoff games before getting a win in the 2023 postseason.
Who are the Minnesota Twins?
Rest in peace to this breakfast and lunch spot, which closed in part due to roadwork on Migeon reducing traffic to the restaurant.
What was Cravings?
This sorceress is known for her relationship with Jason, which ends with her poisoning the woman Jason was going to marry and killing the two children she had with him.
Who is Madea?
This word game was created in 1931 in Poughkeepsie, New York, and was first distributed in 1948 from a converted schoolhouse in Newtown, Connecticut.
What is Scrabble?
This Pokemon, number 229 in the national dex, has the following Pokedex entry: “If you are burned by the flames it shoots from its mouth, the pain will never go away.”
What is Houndoom?
This museum of Torrington history is located just down the road.
What is the Hotchkiss-Fyler Museum?
This NBA player holds the record for the most minutes played without recording one of the 5 major stats (points, rebounds, assists, blocks, steals).
Who is Joel Anthony?