| Hint | Answer | % Correct | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H | Capital of Connecticut | Hartford | 93%
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| R | Connecticut's smaller neighbor to the east | Rhode Island | 92%
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| Y | World-renowned New Haven university | Yale University | 91%
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| G | Wealthy coastal town that shares its name with UK "Mean Time" | Greenwich | 87%
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| V | Fellow New England state separated from New Hampshire by the Connecticut River | Vermont | 86%
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| O | "Charter" tree that features on state quarter | Charter Oak | 86%
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| N | Spice of Connecticut's unofficial state nickname fame | Nutmeg | 85%
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| B | Most populous city in Connecticut and fifth in New England | Bridgeport | 84%
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| L | Body of water named after the landmass to the state's south | Long Island Sound | 74%
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| E | First name of the cotton gin's inventor, from New Haven | Eli Whitney | 72%
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| W | American dictionary writer, born in West H and lived in New Haven | Noah Webster | 70%
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| T | Author Samuel Clemens' pen name, lived in H | Mark Twain | 66%
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| D | "Hat City," the state's 7th largest and home to WCSU | Danbury | 62%
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| P | "Religious" and "meditative" bug, the state insect | Praying mantis | 62%
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| A | Native American language family from which the state's name derives | Algonquian | 61%
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| J | First two initials of H-born investment banker and namesake banking firm | JP Morgan | 56%
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| S | Abolitionist and writer of Uncle Tom's Cabin, born in Litchfield | Harriet Beecher Stowe | 55%
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| Q | Name of one Connecticut Native tribe; one name is shared with a river and university | Quinnipiac (or Quiripi) | 54%
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| Z | Beardsley place in B, started with "18 birds and... Barnum circus retirees" | Beardsley Zoo | 53%
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| M | Family Guy and American Dad! creator, born in Kent | Seth MacFarlane | 52%
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| K | First name of H-born, four-time Oscar-winning actress in The Lion in Winter and On Golden Pond | Katharine Hepburn | 45%
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| C | Author of the Hunger Games, from H | Suzanne Collins | 43%
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| U | Home of the Mohegan tribe and the Mohegan Sun Arena and casino | Uncasville | 41%
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| F | Brand name of Y students' pie-tin-throwing fame | Frisbee | 30%
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| X | Sponsored name of the arena home to UConn's men's hockey team | XL Center | 22%
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| I | Famous American composer, from D | Charles Ives | 15%
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