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Quiz about Little Known New Hampshire Facts

Little Known New Hampshire Facts Quiz

How much do you know about the most northern of the original thirteen colonies?

A multiple-choice quiz by addytude. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
addytude

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
56,548

Updated
Feb 23 23

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
13 / 25

Plays
1472

Last 3 plays: Guest 66 (13/25), madfilkentist (16/25), Guest 98 (17/25).

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Question 1 of 25

1. What is the largest city in New Hampshire? Hint

Concord

Petersboro

Keene

Manchester

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Question 2 of 25

2. Where is 'America's Stonehenge' located? Hint

Dover

Dixville Notch

Laconia

Salem

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Question 3 of 25

3. What year was Dartmouth College founded? Hint

1646

1869

1769

1746

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Question 4 of 25

4. Where was the first potato in the U.S. planted? Hint

Danville

Dover

Derry

Deering

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Question 5 of 25

5. How many counties are there in New Hampshire? Hint

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Question 6 of 25

6. Who named New Hampshire? Hint

John Mason

Ebenezer Hampshire

Ben Franklin

Daniel Webster

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Question 7 of 25

7. What is the state capital of New Hampshire? Hint

Keene

Manchester

Concord

Salem

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Question 8 of 25

8. What did Levi Hutchins of Concord invent in 1787? Hint

Cotton Gin

Steam Engine

Potato Peeler

Alarm Clock

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Question 9 of 25

9. Where is the second most extreme tidal flow in the world located? Hint

Wier

Hampton

Dover

Salisbury

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Question 10 of 25

10. What is the state flower? Hint

White Rose

White Lilac

Purple Lilac

Pink ladyslipper

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Question 11 of 25

11. What town is home to a ten foot wooden Trojan horse? Hint

Gofftown

Gossville

Gonic

Gorham

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Question 12 of 25

12. Where can you find the original x-ray of Muhammad Ali's broken jaw from his 1973 fight against Ken Norton? Hint

Epping

Dublin

Bethlehem

Hooksett

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Question 13 of 25

13. What town was author and journalist Sarah Josepha Hale from? Hint

Milan

Intervale

Acworth

Newport

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Question 14 of 25

14. What town in New Hampshire is the first to vote in every New Hampshire election? Hint

New Boston

Dixville Notch

Mirror Lake

Newton Junction

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Question 15 of 25

15. What was the name of the New Hampshire school teacher who died in the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 16 of 25

16. What town is the 'Oldest Summer Resort' in America? Hint

Union

Sunapee

Wonlancet

Wolfeboro

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Question 17 of 25

17. Where can you see a four legged chicken? Hint

Fisherville

Canaan

Dover

Alton

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Question 18 of 25

18. In the center of what town can you find a 'Redstone Intermediate Range Ballistic' missile? Hint

Tamworth

Kearsarge

Lempster

Warren

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Question 19 of 25

19. What is the geographic center of New Hampshire? Hint

Bethlehem

Berlin

Belknap

Brentwood

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Question 20 of 25

20. What U. S. president was born in Hillsboro? Hint

Dwight Eisenhower

Andrew Jackson

John Adams

Franklin Pierce

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Question 21 of 25

21. What year did New Hampshire adopt the first legal lottery in twentieth century America? Hint

1964

1963

1962

1901

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Question 22 of 25

22. What town was Luther C. Ladd born in? Hint

Alton

Acworth

Bristol

Albany

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Question 23 of 25

23. What town, settled in 1623 is the oldest permanent settlement in New Hampshire? Hint

Dublin

Dover

Deering

Danville

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Question 24 of 25

24. What number state was New Hampshire when ratifying the constitution? Hint

12th

3rd

9th

6th

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Question 25 of 25

25. In what town is the Belknap Mill located? Hint

Lochmere

Lake Port

Laconia

Lempster

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the largest city in New Hampshire?

Answer: Manchester

2. Where is 'America's Stonehenge' located?

Answer: Salem

One of the largest, and possibly the oldest Megalithic (stone constructed)sites in North America.

3. What year was Dartmouth College founded?

Answer: 1769

4. Where was the first potato in the U.S. planted?

Answer: Derry

It was planted in 1719 at the Londonderry Common Field.

5. How many counties are there in New Hampshire?

Answer: 10

Belknap, Carroll, Cheshire, Coos, Grafton, Hillsborough, Merrimack, Rockingham, Strafford, Sullivan.

6. Who named New Hampshire?

Answer: John Mason

Captain John Mason named New Hampshire after the English county of Hampshire where he spent time as a child.

7. What is the state capital of New Hampshire?

Answer: Concord

8. What did Levi Hutchins of Concord invent in 1787?

Answer: Alarm Clock

9. Where is the second most extreme tidal flow in the world located?

Answer: Dover

Located at Hilton State Park. The first most extreme tidal flow is located in the Bay of Fundy in Canada.

10. What is the state flower?

Answer: Purple Lilac

It was first imported from England and planted at Governor Benning Wentworth's home in 1750. The pink ladyslipper is the state wild flower.

11. What town is home to a ten foot wooden Trojan horse?

Answer: Gossville

Located on the northern side of route 4.

12. Where can you find the original x-ray of Muhammad Ali's broken jaw from his 1973 fight against Ken Norton?

Answer: Hooksett

It's located at a car dealership owned by Steve Singer.

13. What town was author and journalist Sarah Josepha Hale from?

Answer: Newport

She is the author of 'Mary Had a Little Lamb'.

14. What town in New Hampshire is the first to vote in every New Hampshire election?

Answer: Dixville Notch

15. What was the name of the New Hampshire school teacher who died in the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger?

Answer: Christa McAuliffe

The Christa McAuliffe Planetarium is a state of the art planetarium located in Concord dedicated to her memory.

16. What town is the 'Oldest Summer Resort' in America?

Answer: Wolfeboro

17. Where can you see a four legged chicken?

Answer: Dover

Said chicken is located at 'Woodman Institute' which features three museums.

18. In the center of what town can you find a 'Redstone Intermediate Range Ballistic' missile?

Answer: Warren

Warren is the only town or city in America to have one on display. There is no mercury capsule attached to this one.

19. What is the geographic center of New Hampshire?

Answer: Belknap

3 miles east of Ashland.

20. What U. S. president was born in Hillsboro?

Answer: Franklin Pierce

Born November 23, 1804.

21. What year did New Hampshire adopt the first legal lottery in twentieth century America?

Answer: 1963

22. What town was Luther C. Ladd born in?

Answer: Bristol

Luther C. Ladd was the first enlisted soldier to lose his life in the Civil War.

23. What town, settled in 1623 is the oldest permanent settlement in New Hampshire?

Answer: Dover

24. What number state was New Hampshire when ratifying the constitution?

Answer: 9th

New Hampshire ratified the constitution on June 21,1788. It was the decisive vote that put the constitution into effect.

25. In what town is the Belknap Mill located?

Answer: Laconia

Opened in 1823, it is the oldest unaltered brick knitting mill in America.

Source: Author addytude

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