Super Quiz: Hartford

1. What is a "hart"?

2. Which of its nicknames contains the word "capital"?

3. Name any two of the three cities in Connecticut that are larger in population.

4. Which famous author lived there from 1874-91?

5. Which famous female author spent the last 23 years of her life in Hartford?

6. Hartford was home for which NHL team from 1979-97?

7. Who wrote, "Of all the beautiful towns it has been my fortune to see this is the chief"?

8. What is the claim to fame of the Hartford Courant newspaper?

9. Which river forms the boundary between Hartford and East Hartford?

ANSWERS:

1. Male deer

2. "The Insurance Capital of the World"

3. Bridgeport, New Haven, Stamford

4. Mark Twain

5. Harriet Beecher Stowe

6. Hartford Whalers

7. Mark Twain

8. Oldest continuously published U.S. newspaper

9. Connecticut River

ActiveStyle on 09/22/2014