August 1, 2026

UCLA in Los Angeles gives out a scholarship named after Sidney Lanier, an 1800s poet and flute player from Georgia. There's also a small residential street named after him in a wealthy town on the Long Island Sound shore. Which town is it?

A Port Jefferson, New York
B Greenwich, Connecticut
C Providence, Rhode Island
D Newark, New Jersey

Sidney Lanier was born in Macon, Georgia in 1842 and became famous both as a flute player and for poems like 'The Marshes of Glynn'. In Georgia, there's a whole lake and a county named after him. In Los Angeles, UCLA gives out a scholarship in his name, and in Greenwich, Connecticut, there's a small residential lane that honours him.

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