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