Connecticut is the southernmost state in the New England region of the United States. As of the 2010 registration, it has the most elevated per-capita income, the second-most significant level of human improvement behind Massachusetts, and the highest median middle-income family income in the United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its capital is Hartford, and its most crowded city is Bridgeport. Historically, the state is important for New England as well as the tri-state region with New York and New Jersey, which together make up metropolitan New York City. The state is named for the Connecticut River, which roughly bisects the state. “Connecticut” is derived from different anglicized spellings of “Quononoquett” (Conanicut), a Mohegan-Pequot word for “long flowing waterway”.
Here we have gathered some informative Connecticut trivia questions for you to enjoy and get some information.
14 Originally, half of Connecticut was part of what Dutch colony?
Answer: New Netherland
15 Which country established the first major settlements in Connecticut in the 1630s?
Answer: England
16 Who led a band of followers and founded what would become the Connecticut Colony?
Answer: Thomas Hooker
17 According to the 2010 Census, Connecticut has the highest per-capita what in the United States.
Answer: Income
18 What borders Connecticut on the south?
Answer: Long Island Sound
19 What borders Connecticut on the east?
Answer: Rhode Island
20 What borders Connecticut on the west?
Answer: New York
21 In 1974 what woman was elected as the governor of Connecticut.?
Answer: Ella Grasso
22 What is the state capital and third largest city in Connecticut?
Answer: Hartford
23 How many incorporated towns are there in Connecticut?
Answer: 169
24 What river flows into Long Island Sound after cutting through the center of the state?
Answer: The Connecticut River
25 How many tornados does Connecticut average per annum?
Answer: One
26 What was the coldest temperature ever recorded in Connecticut which occurred in Falls Village on February 16, 1943 and Coventry on January 22, 1946?
54 In New London, you can visit Monte Cristo Cottage, the boyhood home of what famous dramatist?
Answer: Eugene O’Neill
55 Which Connecticut county was NOT established in 1666?
Answer: Windham
56 Who is the state hero of Connecticut?
Answer: Nathan Hale
57 What Ivy League College is in Connecticut?
Answer: Yale
58 What is the official state song?
Answer: “Yankee Doodle”
59 What famous American lexicographer and author of ‘The Blue-Backed Speller’ and ‘The American Dictionary’ was born in Hartford in 1758?
Answer: Noah Webster
60 Connecticut was first at many things. When was the first lollipop machine used?
Answer: 1908
61 Which star on the US flag represents CT?
Answer: None- the stars don’t represent individual states
62 Which historical figure was NOT born in Connecticut?
Answer: Eli Whitney
63 What language is the word Connecticut from?
Answer: Mohegan
64 This American composer was born in Danbury in 1874. He is best known for his music, which serenades New England, such as ‘Concord Sonata’ and ‘Three Places in New England’. What was his name?
Answer: Charles Ives
65 In what town were the first friction matches made?
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