Statistics for Connecticut A-Z

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General Stats

This quiz has been taken 82 times
The average score is 16 of 26

Answer Stats

	Hint	Answer	% Correct
R	Connecticut's smaller neighbor to the east	Rhode Island	93%
Y	World-renowned New Haven university	Yale University	93%
H	Capital of Connecticut	Hartford	92%
G	Wealthy coastal town that shares its name with UK "Mean Time"	Greenwich	89%
V	Fellow New England state separated from New Hampshire by the Connecticut River	Vermont	89%
O	"Charter" tree that features on state quarter	Charter Oak	85%
N	Spice of Connecticut's unofficial state nickname fame	Nutmeg	84%
B	Most populous city in Connecticut and fifth in New England	Bridgeport	82%
E	First name of the cotton gin's inventor, from New Haven	Eli Whitney	71%
L	Body of water named after the landmass to the state's south	Long Island Sound	71%
W	American dictionary writer, born in West H and lived in New Haven	Noah Webster	71%
T	Author Samuel Clemens' pen name, lived in H	Mark Twain	68%
A	Native American language family from which the state's name derives	Algonquian	60%
D	"Hat City," the state's 7th largest and home to WCSU	Danbury	60%
P	"Religious" and "meditative" bug, the state insect	Praying mantis	60%
S	Abolitionist and writer of Uncle Tom's Cabin, born in Litchfield	Harriet Beecher Stowe	56%
Z	Beardsley place in B, started with "18 birds and... Barnum circus retirees"	Beardsley Zoo	55%
Q	Name of one Connecticut Native tribe; one name is shared with a river and university	Quinnipiac (or Quiripi)	55%
M	Family Guy and American Dad! creator, born in Kent	Seth MacFarlane	53%
J	First two initials of H-born investment banker and namesake banking firm	JP Morgan	52%
U	Home of the Mohegan tribe and the Mohegan Sun Arena and casino	Uncasville	47%
K	First name of H-born, four-time Oscar-winning actress in The Lion in Winter and On Golden Pond	Katharine Hepburn	45%
C	Author of the Hunger Games, from H	Suzanne Collins	44%
F	Brand name of Y students' pie-tin-throwing fame	Frisbee	30%
X	Sponsored name of the arena home to UConn's men's hockey team	XL Center	25%
I	Famous American composer, from D	Charles Ives	18%