Little Known New Hampshire Facts

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1. What is the largest city in New Hampshire? Manchester Keene Concord Petersboro

2. Where is 'America's Stonehenge' located? Dover Dixville Notch Laconia Salem

3. What year was Dartmouth College founded? 1769 1746 1869 1646

4. Where was the first potato in the U.S. planted? Danville Dover Derry Deering

5. How many counties are there in New Hampshire? 15 10 20 25

6. Who named New Hampshire? Daniel Webster Ben Franklin John Mason Ebenezer Hampshire

7. What is the state capital of New Hampshire? Manchester Keene Salem Concord

8. What did Levi Hutchins of Concord invent in 1787? Cotton Gin Alarm Clock Potato Peeler Steam Engine

9. Where is the second most extreme tidal flow in the world located? Wier Hampton Dover Salisbury

10. What is the state flower? White Rose White Lilac Purple Lilac Pink ladyslipper

11. What town is home to a ten foot wooden Trojan horse? Gofftown Gossville Gonic Gorham

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

13. What town was author and journalist Sarah Josepha Hale from? Newport Acworth Milan Intervale

14. What town in New Hampshire is the first to vote in every New Hampshire election? New Boston Dixville Notch Mirror Lake Newton Junction

15. What was the name of the New Hampshire school teacher who died in the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger? Answer: (Two Words)

16. What town is the 'Oldest Summer Resort' in America? Sunapee Union Wolfeboro Wonlancet

17. Where can you see a four legged chicken? Canaan Fisherville Alton Dover

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

19. What is the geographic center of New Hampshire? Bethlehem Berlin Belknap Brentwood

20. What U. S. president was born in Hillsboro? Franklin Pierce John Adams Dwight Eisenhower Andrew Jackson

21. What year did New Hampshire adopt the first legal lottery in twentieth century America? 1901 1964 1963 1962

22. What town was Luther C. Ladd born in? Acworth Alton Albany Alexandria

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

24. What number state was New Hampshire when ratifying the constitution? 3rd 9th 6th 12th

25. In what town is the Belknap Mill located? Lake Port Laconia Lempster Lochmere