New London Trivia

What is the nickname of the United States Coast Guard Academy’s athletic teams located in New London?

• Eagles

• Bears

• Cadets

• Mariners

In what year did New London High School’s football team first play a Thanksgiving Day game?

• 1945

• 1955

• 1965

• 1975

New London High School’s boys basketball all-time leading scorer, with over 1,700 points, is:

• John Delagrange

• Tyson Wheeler

• Kareem Brown

• Art Quimby

Which longtime rivalry game did New London win 35–13, marking the oldest high school football rivalry in the nation?

• vs Fitch

• vs NFA (Norwich Free Academy)

• vs Montville

• vs Crosby

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Which minor league baseball team from New London won the Eastern Association/Eastern League championship in 1914 and 1916?

• New London Raiders

• New London Mariners

• New London Planters

• New London Whalers

New London is located along which body of water?

• Long Island Sound

• Hudson River

• Chesapeake Bay

• Narragansett Bay

Which famous American author and playwright was born in New London in 1888?

• F. Scott Fitzgerald

• Eugene O’Neill

• Tennessee Williams

• Arthur Miller

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What major U.S. military academy is located in New London?

• U.S. Naval Academy

• U.S. Coast Guard Academy

• U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

• U.S. Military Academy

New London was historically one of the world’s busiest ports for which industry?

• Whaling

• Tobacco trade

• Shipbuilding

• Fishing

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Which Ivy League school briefly moved to New London during the Revolutionary War?

• Yale University

• Harvard University

• Princeton University

• Brown University

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