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Mostly Suffield Trivia

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  1. There are two things which are known as the “Notch” in this part of Connecticut. The Southwick Notch refers to geography and is the square notch which dips down to North Granby in the otherwise straight northern border between Connecticut and Massachusetts. The other “Suffield Notch” refers to…
    a. Furniture
    b. A tobacco tool
    c. A tree
  2. When Suffield was first settled, was it a “nucleated village”, which means individuals settled on small house lots in a compact village?
    Yes or no.
  3. In the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries, what was the criteria for the location of homes? Select all answers that apply.
    a. Being close to the road
    b. Being close to a water
    c. Adequate drainage
  4. The Pocumtuck Native Americans had a village in West Suffield called Mayawaug. What was their form of government?
    a. Clan mothers
    b. Tribal councils
    c. Sachems
  5. By 1691, how did Suffield people get to Enfield?
    a. By ferry
    b. Over a bridge
    c. They didn’t go to Enfield.
  6. The Ferry Tavern and Riverman’s Hotel was built by Comfort Smith in 1775. According to Robert Alcorn in his Biography of a Town, it served Revolutionary soldiers. Where was it located?
    a. Down by the Connecticut River, near the location of the Thompsonville Bridge.
    b. On East Street, across from Bridge Street.
  7. By 1900, how many round trips by train were between Hartford and Suffield?
    a. Ten
    b. Five
    c. Two
  8. How many current personnel in the Suffield Police Department have served
    or are serving in one of the branches of the military?
    a. Ten
    b. Five
    c. Seven
  9. The Police Department has 30 employees. How many live in Suffield?
    a. Twenty
    b. Fifteen
    c. Eleven
  10. When was the Suffield Police Department formed?
    a. 1932
    b. 1942
    c. 1922

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