Answer: None- the stars don't represent individual states.
From Quiz: The Great State of Connecticut
Answer: John G. Rowland
From Quiz: Do You Know The Nutmeg State?
Answer: Nathan Hale
Nathan Hale was born in 1755. You can visit his homestead in Coventry. A captain in the Continental Armey, he went undercover as a Dutch schoolmaster to collect information. He was caught by the British and hanged on Sept. 22, 1776.
From Quiz: Connecticut Fun Facts
Answer: Groton
'The Nautilus' was launched in 1954.
From Quiz: Little Known Connecticut Facts
Answer: Praying Mantis
The praying mantis was adopted as the state insect in 1977.
From Quiz: Connecticut State
Answer: Mountain Laurel
The mountain laurel became the official state flower by an Act of Legislature in 1907.
From Quiz: Do You Know The Nutmeg State?
Answer: Nautilus
From Quiz: Connecticut Fun Facts
Answer: Old Lyme
Home of Elizabeth Tashjian, she started her musuem in 1973. Among its claims to fame is the world's largest nut. A 35 lb. Cocoa-de-mer.
From Quiz: Little Known Connecticut Facts
Answer: Sperm Whale
Sperm whales were hunted for their blubber, meat and ivory by sailors from New London and Mystic in the 1800s. Today they are an endangered species.
From Quiz: Connecticut State
Answer: Connecticuter
All other terms were found in print in history, but the 1993 "Webster's New International Dictionary" calls Connecticut state residents Connecticuters.
From Quiz: The Great State of Connecticut
Answer: The Dutch
Connecticut was first explored by the Dutch, who founded trading posts, the first permanent settlements were made by English Puritans from Massachusetts, starting in 1633.
From Quiz: Do You Know The Nutmeg State?
Answer: Eastern Oyster
The eastern oyster is common in Connecticut's coastal waters. It was voted as the state's shellfish in 1989.
From Quiz: Connecticut--The Constitution State
Answer: Eugene O'Neill
The house was named by Eugene's father James, an actor who was noted for playing the lead role in 'The Count of Monte Cristo'. This house was also the setting of Eugene's play 'Long Day's Journey into Night'.
From Quiz: Connecticut Fun Facts
Answer: Nathan Hale
Nathan Hale was a hero of the Revolutionary War. He said, 'I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.'
From Quiz: Connecticut State
Answer: Yale
Yale's mascot is the Bulldog, and its rival in academic prestige and athletics is the Harvard Crimson. Yale graduated the first black doctor in America, Edward Bouchet in 1876. George W. Bush, president of the United States from 2001-2009, also graduated from Yale.
From Quiz: The Great State of Connecticut
Answer: "Yankee Doodle"
"Yankee Doodle" was made the official state song in an Act of Legislature in 1978.
From Quiz: Do You Know The Nutmeg State?
Answer: Noah Webster
Noah was a busy man. He studied law at Yale University, and in 1783 published a spelling book that became one of the best-selling books of all time. He co-founded Amherst College and produced two pro-Federalist newspapers. He is best known, however, for his American Dictionary of the English Language, published in 1828. This volume alone was responsible for the dialect of English that is uniquely American.
From Quiz: Connecticut Fun Facts
Answer: 1908
George Smith was the proud owner of this machine, which he named after a famous racehorse.
From Quiz: Little Known Connecticut Facts
Answer: Mohegan
Quinnehtukqut is Mohegan for "Long River Place"
From Quiz: Do You Know The Nutmeg State?
Answer: Charles Ives
He studied at Yale and started out in the insurance business, turning to music late in life. The three pieces of 'Three Places in New England' are 'The St. Gaudens in Boston Common', 'The Housatonic at Stockbridge', and 'Putnam's Camp, Redding, CT'.
From Quiz: Connecticut Fun Facts
Answer: Beacon Falls
They were made by Thomas Sanford in 1834.
From Quiz: Little Known Connecticut Facts
Answer: Prudence Crandall
Prudence Crandall was socially ostracized after opening a private academy for young women of color.
From Quiz: Connecticut State
Answer: "The Constitution State"
"Land of Steady Habits," "Provisions State," and "The Nutmeg State" are all unofficial nicknames of Connecticut.
From Quiz: Do You Know The Nutmeg State?
Answer: Garnet
Garnet is a deep violet-red, very hard stone. It is prized as a beautiful gem for jewelry and has also been important in Connecticut industrially.
From Quiz: Connecticut--The Constitution State
Answer: It was the first academy for black women in New England
This National Historic Landmark is maintained by the Connecticut Historical Comission.
From Quiz: Connecticut Fun Facts
Answer: Mystic
B. F. Clyde's Cider Mill
From Quiz: Little Known Connecticut Facts
Answer: Robin
The robin became Connecticut's state bird in 1943.
From Quiz: Connecticut State
Answer: January 9, 1788
On January 9, 1788, Connecticut became the fifth state of the US.
From Quiz: Do You Know The Nutmeg State?
Answer: Hartford County
The geographic center is Hartford at East Berlin.
From Quiz: Connecticut--The Constitution State
Answer: Frisbee
Students amused themselves by flinging tin pie plates across New Haven Green. The pies were made by a Mrs. Frisbee, hence the toy's name.
From Quiz: Connecticut Fun Facts
Answer: New Britain
Avery's Beverages still uses real sugar, no corn syrup, almost 100 years after opening. They feature 24 flavors of soda.
From Quiz: Little Known Connecticut Facts
Answer: Yankee Doodle
Yankee Doodle reminds us of the important role Connecticut played during the Revolutionary War.
From Quiz: Connecticut State
Answer: Algonquin Indian
The Algonquin language was spoken by the Pequot and Mohegan tribes of CT. Both tribes are still registered in Connecticut.
From Quiz: The Great State of Connecticut
Answer: Hartford
Hartford is the sole capital city since 1875. Prior to 1875 New Haven and Hartford were both the capitals.
From Quiz: Do You Know The Nutmeg State?
Answer: Mount Frissell
At 2,380 feet, it is the southern slope of Mount Frissell, whose peak in in Massachusetts.
From Quiz: Connecticut--The Constitution State
Answer: Vitamin A
After he discovered it, he began to chemically produce it.
From Quiz: Connecticut Fun Facts
Answer: Yankee Doodle
From Quiz: Little Known Connecticut Facts
Answer: White Oak
Connecticut's original charter was hidden in a white oak to keep it from the king's men. The tree became known as the Charter Oak.
From Quiz: Connecticut State
Answer: Woodrow Wilson
Wilson attended Princeton.
From Quiz: Connecticut Fun Facts
Answer: Richard Smith
Richard Smith started this library in 1771 using community contributions to buy 200 books in London. One could borrow and return books on the third Monday of every third month.
From Quiz: Little Known Connecticut Facts
