| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| What U.S. President was born in New Haven in 1946? | George W. Bush | 100%
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| What lexicographer's work evolved into America's best-selling dictionary? | Noah Webster | 100%
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| What influential anti-slavery novel was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe? | Uncle Tom's Cabin | 100%
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| What university gave out the first PhD degrees in the U.S. in 1861? | Yale | 100%
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| What was the nom de plume of Samuel Langhorne Clemens? | Mark Twain | 86%
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| What Connecticut-born general defected to the British while in New York in 1780? | Benedict Arnold | 71%
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| Storrs Agricultural College was a predecessor of what university? | Connecticut | 71%
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| What was hidden inside an oak tree on Wyllys Hill in 1687? | Connecticut's Royal {Charter} | 71%
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| What large maritime museum was founded in 1929? | {Mystic} Seaport | 71%
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| Who was executed by the British at 21 years old after attempting to gather army documents in New York City? | Nathan Hale | 71%
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| Who was a Republican politician in Bridgeport that created a popular circus? | P.T. Barnum | 71%
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| What type of gun did Samuel Colt patent in 1835? | Revolver | 71%
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| What Connecticut senator almost became Vice President in 2000? | Joe Lieberman | 57%
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| What elementary school was the site of a mass shooting on December 14th, 2012, which resulted in 26 deaths? | Sandy Hook | 57%
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| For what "crime" was Alse Young executed in 1647? | Witchcraft | 43%
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| What landmass was sealer John Davis the first person to set foot on (allegedly)? | Antarctica | 29%
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| The Hartford Whalers were a professional ice hockey team from 1979–1997, when they relocated to the U.S. Southeast and became what team? | Carolina Hurricanes | 29%
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| What was Waterbury known for producing historically? | Brass products | 14%
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| What fort was the site of Connecticut's deadliest Revolutionary War battle? | Fort {Griswold} | 14%
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| The Connecticut Western Reserve was located on land that is now in what state? | Ohio | 14%
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