Dames Quiz Page - Iconic Norwich

This retirement home was named in my honor. What is its name?

The Eliza Huntington Memorial Home

The Jedediah & Eliza Huntington Retirement Home

The Eliza Wait Home for Women

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Where did I attend school?

Broad Street School

Canterbury Female Boarding School

University of Rhode Island

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The school was operated by Prudence Crandall

Who used Breed's Hall as a gathering point at the beginning of the Civil War?

The Soldiers' Aid Society

Captain Frank Chester

Prudence Crandall

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Who wrote this song?

Lydia Huntley Sigourney

Paula Abdul

Frances Manwaring Caulkins

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To which church did Sarah Knight donate this silver communion cup in 1722?

Second Congregational Church of Norwich

1st Methodist Church

Church of Christ

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The name of today's First Congregational Church was the Church of Christ in 1722

My name is Edith. Who was my husband?

Joseph A. Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Teddy Roosevelt

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Edith married the 26th President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt on December 2, 1886

Where did I serve during World War I?

France

Belgium

Germany

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She and the American Women's Hospitals Service established the first hospital in France, July 1918

Where is the desk that I wrote most of my books located?

Norwich Town Hall

Leffingwell House Museum

Norwich School for Young Ladies in Norwichtown

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Harriet Peck Williams endowed and dedicated this school for girls in memory of which of her sons?

Thomas Peck Williams

William Williams Jr.

Thomas Wheeler Williams

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In 1835 I established the first school for girls in Beirut and spoke four languages. Who am I?

Sarah Knight Kemble

Sara Evans

Sarah Lanman Huntington Smith

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Sarah Lanman Huntington Smith

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