Connecticut on the Screen
Name That Tune
It's All Greek to Me
Animal Antics
New Year's Traditions
100

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?

100

This song starts with "we were both young when I first saw you."

What is Love Story by Taylor Swift?

100

The Olympics were held to honor him.

Who is Zeus?

100

This land animal is known for being the fastest, reaching speeds up to 70 mph.

What is a cheetah?

100

This city hosts the famous ball drop on New Year’s Eve.

What is New York City?

200

This 1996 comedy features Adam Sandler as a hockey player turned golf pro from Waterbury, Connecticut.

What is Happy Gilmore?

200

This 2017 Drake hit features the line, “Passionate from miles away / Passive with the things you say .”

What is Passionfruit?

200

The Greek god of the underworld.

Who is Hades?

200

The largest mammal on Earth, this gentle giant can weigh up to 200 tons.

What is a blue whale?

200

Many people set these goals on January 1st.

What are New Year's resolutions?

300

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?

300

This song has the lyrics "So get out get out get out of my head and fall into my arms instead."

What is One Thing by One Direction?

300

This Greek hero killed Hector outside the walls of Troy.

Who is Achilles?

300

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?

300

In Spain, people eat 12 of these at midnight.

What are grapes?
400

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?

400

In this Billboard hit from 2006 the lyrics say "You're taking one down, you sing a sad song just to turn it around"

What is "Bad Day" by Daniel Powter?

400

These winged creatures lured sailors to their doom with enchanting songs.

What are Sirens?

400

This large rodent, native to South America, is semi-aquatic and can stay submerged for up to five minutes.

What is a zebra?

400

Breaking this object is a New Year’s tradition in some cultures.

What is a plate?

500

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)?

500

This song begins with "Beauty queen of only eighteen
She had some trouble with herself." 

What is "She Will Be Loved" by Maroon 5?

500

This poet is credited with writing the Iliad and the Odyssey.

Who is Homer?

500

This large rodent, native to South America, is semi-aquatic and can stay submerged for up to five minutes.

What is a capybara?

500

People in this country wear white for luck on New Year’s.

What is Brazil?