Q 01/05

New Haven sits on the northern shore of which body of water?

A) Long Island Sound

B) Narragansett Bay

C) Block Island Sound

D) Cape Cod Bay

Answer · why

A) Long Island Sound

The city is drained by three rivers, and its large, shallow harbor is an embayment of the Sound.

Q 02/05

New Haven's nickname, 'The Elm City', traces back to what civic innovation?

A) The first city arboretum in the US

B) The first public tree-planting program in the US

C) The first Arbor Day parade in the US

D) The first municipal tree nursery in the US

Answer · why

B) The first public tree-planting program in the US

Most of the original elms died of Dutch elm disease in the mid-20th century, and disease-resistant elms were replanted from the 1980s.

Q 03/05

New Haven's original 1638 street layout is known by what name?

A) The Puritan Grid

B) The Seven Hills Plan

C) The Nine Square Plan

D) The Elm Street Plan

Answer · why

C) The Nine Square Plan

The American Planning Association recognizes it as a National Planning Landmark, and the central open square became the New Haven Green.

Q 04/05

Roughly how large is the New Haven Green?

A) 4 acres

B) 40 acres

C) 96 acres

D) 16 acres

Answer · why

D) 16 acres

Legend says the Puritans sized it to hold the 144,000 people they believed would be spared at the Second Coming.

Q 05/05

Which Native American people lived around New Haven Harbor before the English arrived?

A) The Quinnipiac

B) The Pequot

C) The Mohegan

D) The Narragansett

Answer · why

A) The Quinnipiac

Under attack from neighboring Pequots, they sold their land to the settlers in exchange for a pledge of protection; the town was briefly called Quinni...