What do you know about Connecticut? Where would you like to travel in Connecticut? Let’s talk about what Connecticut is all about and what is cool there.
…and the GUEST HOST for Connecticut? @JaneBurunina !!!
ALL Local Guides around the world are welcome to participate in the Connecticut #StateChallenge!! Everyone is invited to participate, whether they have visited the state themselves, or are daydreaming about what Connecticut has to offer. Details of the challenge are here. If you write an article, make sure to link to it in the comments of this post AND put #StateChallenge in the title!
- Submit your article by NOON Pacific Standard Time the day before the meet-up.
- 500 words or less is best
- Link your article in the comments so we can add it to the #StudyGuide
****************** ATTENTION - NEW RULES ******************
In an effort to make sure that all attendees have a chance to become the KING/QUEEN of the featured state, we have decided to give all former Kings and Queens a handicap of “-200” points for each time they have previously won 1st place.
- This should give those who haven’t won before a better chance
- Provide some additional challenge to those who have won before
Here are our previous winners and their current handicaps
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Who |
From Where |
Featured State |
Handicap |
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North Carolina |
-400 |
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Michigan |
-400 |
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United Kingdom |
-400 |
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Malaysia |
-200 |
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California |
Arizona - California - Georgia - New York |
-800 |
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Pakistan |
-400 |
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Argentina |
-200 |
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Canada |
-200 |
What do you think of these new rules? We’re very interested in your feedback.
THIS POST IS BOTH THE ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE STUDY GUIDE for the featured state CONNECTICUT!
- Articles will be added here as they are posted through Friday
THIS #StateChallenge MEET-UP is October 10th! RSVP TODAY!
HERE our current posted articles
- Connecticut (Fun) Facts Part 1 #StateChallenge @jayasimha78
- Connecticut (Fun) Facts Part 2 #StateChallenge @jayasimha78
- Why consider Connecticut to vacation or move to? #StateChallenge @Denise_Barlock
There are a lot of good questions hidden in these posts! Time to study up! …AND here are some (additional) fun facts about Connecticut to get you started:
- The State of Connecticut is named after the River Connecticut, the largest river in New England. The word ‘Connecticut’ is derived from ‘Quonehtacut’, a Mohegan Indian word for “long tidal river.”
- The first telephone book was published in New Haven on February 21, 1878. It consisted of a single piece of cardboard and included 50 names.
- Mary Dixon Kies of South Killingly was the first woman to receive a U.S. patent. She did so on May 5th, 1809, for a method of weaving straw with silk and thread to make hats.
- The Hartford Courant, based in Connecticut, is the oldest U.S. newspaper still being published. It started published as a weekly on October 29, 1764.
- The first automobile law was passed by the state of CT on May 21, 1901. The speed limit was set at 12 miles per hour in cities and 15 miles per hour on country roads.
- First Ph.D. Degree in the United States was awarded by the Yale University in 1861 to Eugene Schuyler, Arthur Williams Wright, and James Morris Whiton.
- In Connecticut, it’s illegal to keep town records where liquor is sold.
- In 1908, George Smith put candy on a stick and thus invented the lollipop. It is named after a famous racehorse at the time called Lolly Pop. He trademarked the term under the Bradley Smith Company of New Haven in 1931.
- In 1889, the first public payphone in the United States was installed by William Gray in Hartford.
- Connecticut is the only state with an official State Composer (Charles Edward Ives), State Hero (Nathan Hale), and State Heroine (Prudence Crandall).
(Source: https://state.1keydata.com/connecticut.php)
Looking for your #StateChallenge article for Connecticut and don’t see it? Link it in the comments below!
This post is part of the #StateChallenge organized by @Kwiksatik and @Denise_Barlock. If you want to find out more, check out this post. You can also find other submissions by searching the #StateChallenge hashtag
What is our #StateChallenge meet-up schedule for the next couple of months?
State |
Meet-up |
|---|---|
| Connecticut - Guest @JaneBurunina | 10/10/2020 |
| US Virgin Islands - Want to volunteer? | 10/17/2020 |
| Alaska | 10/24/2020 |
| Idaho | 10/31/2020 |
| Illinois - Guest host @Erna_LaBeau | 11/07/2020 |
| New Mexico | 11/14/2020 |
| Washington, DC - Guest host @SP31 | 11/21/2020 |
| Kansas - Guest host @TusharSuradkar | 12/05/2020 |
Want to be a #StateChallenge guest host? Or know someone who should be? Let us know!
