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History of Connecticut

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