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New Hampshire is a state steeped in history and natural beauty, known for its picturesque mountains and lakes, as well as its strong sense of independence embodied in the state motto "Live Free or Die." Whether you are a resident of the state, a frequent visitor, or simply a trivia enthusiast, this article will test your knowledge of all things New Hampshire.
From its role in the nation's founding to its notable residents, we've compiled a list of trivia questions that will challenge and inform. So, brush up on your New Hampshire knowledge and see how well you fare against these tricky questions. Let's see how much you really know about this northeastern gem!
1. A 2002 episode of what television show centered on an election in "Hartsfield's Landing," a small New Hampshire town whose vote has been a bellwether for presidential elections for generations?
Answer: The West Wing
2. What popular gym club, founded in 1992 in New Hampshire, features a logo of a gear with a hand offering a thumbs up? You may be able to get a workout that is out of this world.
Answer: Planet Fitness
3. Although it has had the first-in-the-nation primary since 1920, New Hampshire voters were first allowed to vote directly for Presidential candidates (rather than convention delegates) in 1952. Who was the winner of the Republican primary in New Hampshire that year?
Answer: Dwight D. Eisenhower
4. The Mt. Washington Hotel in what New Hampshire village is best known for being the location of the 1944 United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference that led to the establishment of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund?
Answer: Bretton Woods
5. 48 out of 50 U.S. states elect governors to serve four-year terms, but both the Granite and the Green Mountain State instead elect their respective governor to a two-year term. What two states are they?
Answer: New Hampshire and Vermont
6. What classic 1938 play, set in the fictional town of Grover's Corners, New Hampshire, features the Gibbs family as well as a prominent role for the "Stage Manager?"
Answer: Our Town
7. Harvard has more than enough bookshelves to stretch from its campus to what most populous city in New Hampshire?
Answer: Manchester
8. Maine is the only U.S. state that borders just one other state, which is what?
Answer: New Hampshire
9. What New England state was the first in the U.S. to have a commissioner of insurance, with the first commissioner appointed in 1851? Other states had already passed laws regulating insurance companies.
Answer: New Hampshire
10. What state is home to Crotched Mountain, site of the world's first wind farm in 1980? Another mountain in this state is known for having the world's highest recorded wind speeds.
Answer: New Hampshire
11. Tiny Dixville Notch is known for being the first town in the United States to announce the winner of U.S. presidential elections. In what state is Dixville Notch located?
Answer: New Hampshire
12. The World Bank and the IMF can both trace their creation back to the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference, held at a hotel in what New Hampshire town's Mount Washington Hotel? The town's name is often used as a shorthand for the conference today.
Answer: Bretton Woods
13. Master of Business Administration was first given by Harvard Business School in 1908, but the first advanced business degree in the U.S. was the Master of Science in Commerce awarded by what fellow Ivy League school eight years earlier in Hanover, New Hampshire?
Answer: Dartmouth College
14. What fictional president from television was a two-term governor of New Hampshire, like his real-life ancestor and a signer of the Declaration?
Answer: Jed Bartlet
15. The Bretton Woods Conference, formally known as the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference, was the gathering of hundreds of delegates from 44 Allied nations at the end of World War II to regulate international finances and development. In what U.S. state was the Bretton Woods Conference hosted?
Answer: New Hampshire
16. The Champlin Forest was expanded after its purchase of 122 acres of woods and wetlands. In what New Hampshire city is Champlin Forest located?
Answer: Rochester
17. What tiny hamlet in New Hampshire is famous for being the first district to report its presidential vote every four years?
Answer: Dixville Notch
18. Known for pioneering the U.S. Navy’s take on the teardrop hull, what fishy research submarine launched in 1953 and is today a publicly viewable museum in Portsmouth, New Hampshire?
Answer: USS Albacore
19. What is the official state dog of New Hampshire? The name also refers to a variety of salmon.
Answer: Chinook
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