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New Hampshire - The Granite State.
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New Hampshire was admitted to the Union on the 21st of June 1788, making it the ninth state of the USA.
Sarah Josepha Hale, the author of the nursery rhyme Mary had a Little Lamb, was born in Newport, New Hampshire, in 1788. Other notable New Hampshirites include the novelist, Dan Brown and the founder of the Christian Science movement, Mary Baker Eddy.
The state motto of New Hampshire is Live Free or Die. It is said to be taken from a toast by Revolutionary General John Stark, who said Live free or die: Death is not the worst of evils. The motto was also popular during the French Revolution.
Manchester, named after the city in Lancashire, England, is New Hampshires largest city. In 2010 it had a population of 109,565.
New Hampshire is the 46th largest of the 50 states of the USA. It covers an area of 9,351 square miles or 24,217 square km - that's just slightly larger than Wales.
Purple lilac, or syringa vulgaris, is New Hampshire's state flower. It was adopted in 1919.
New Hampshire has the 42nd highest population of the 50 US states. In 2014 it had an estimated 1,326,813 inhabitants.
New Hampshire's state fruit is the pumpkin. The state holds an annual festival - 'Pumpkin Fest'.
The Old Man of the Mountain was a rock formation on Cannon Mountain, New Hampshire which was the shape of a man's face in profile. It was adopted as a symbol of the state but sadly collapsed in 2003.
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Sarah Josepha Hale, the author of the nursery rhyme Mary had a Little Lamb, was born in Newport, New Hampshire, in 1788. Other notable New Hampshirites include the novelist, Dan Brown and the founder of the Christian Science movement, Mary Baker Eddy.
The state motto of New Hampshire is Live Free or Die. It is said to be taken from a toast by Revolutionary General John Stark, who said Live free or die: Death is not the worst of evils. The motto was also popular during the French Revolution.
Manchester, named after the city in Lancashire, England, is New Hampshires largest city. In 2010 it had a population of 109,565.
New Hampshire is the 46th largest of the 50 states of the USA. It covers an area of 9,351 square miles or 24,217 square km - that's just slightly larger than Wales.
Purple lilac, or syringa vulgaris, is New Hampshire's state flower. It was adopted in 1919.
New Hampshire has the 42nd highest population of the 50 US states. In 2014 it had an estimated 1,326,813 inhabitants.
New Hampshire's state fruit is the pumpkin. The state holds an annual festival - 'Pumpkin Fest'.
The Old Man of the Mountain was a rock formation on Cannon Mountain, New Hampshire which was the shape of a man's face in profile. It was adopted as a symbol of the state but sadly collapsed in 2003.
Why not take this fun quiz and see how much you know about New Hampshire - The Granite State, The Mother of Rivers and The White Mountain State?
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1 .
This is the New Hampshire State House, located in which city, the state's capital?
Lancaster
Harrier
Sopwith
Concord
Founded as Rumford in 1734, the city was renamed Concord in 1765 and was chosen as New Hampshire's capital in 1808
2 .
New Hampshire has been the birthplace of just one President of the United States of America - the 14th who was in office from 1853-1857. What was his name?
Millard Fillmore
Franklin Pierce
James Buchanan
Andrew Johnson
Before he became President, Pierce served as a brigadier general during the Mexican–American War following the USA's annexation of Texas
3 .
Adopted in 1985, what is the state amphibian of New Hampshire?
Red-spotted newt
Broken-striped newt
Orange salamander
Ladybird salamander
Also known as the eastern newt, or Notophthalmus viridescens, the red-spotted newt is found all over eastern North America
4 .
New Hampshire's flag shows the state seal on a blue background. When was the current flag adopted?
1781
1831
1881
1931
New Hampshire had no state flag until 1909 when one very similar to the current one was adopted. In 1931 the design of the seal was altered and the words Seal of the state of New Hampshire replace the Latin Sigillum Republica Neo Hantoniensis
5 .
What is the name of New Hampshire's highest mountain, which is also the highest peak in the North-eastern United States?
Mount Washington
Mount Adams
Mount Jefferson
Mount Madison
Mount Washington, which stands 6,288 feet (1,917 metres) above sea level, was named in 1784 in honour of the USA's first president. Before then it had several names amongst Native Americans such as summit of the highest mountain, the place of the Great Spirit, the place of the Concealed One and white rocks
6 .
The Great Seal of New Hampshire shows which historical ship?
The USS Raleigh, which saw action in the American Revolution
The Santa María, the ship in which Columbus journeyed to America
The Mayflower, which transported English Pilgrims to the New World
The Golden Hind, in which Sir Francis Drake circumnavigated of the globe
The USS Raleigh was commissioned by the US congress in 1775 and was built at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The British captured the USS Raleigh and so she fought on both sides during the rebellion
7 .
What is the state bird o New Hampshire, adopted in 1957?
Pink wren
Purple finch
Painted robin
Red lark
The purple finch (Haemorhous purpureus) can be found in Canada, the north-eastern United States and parts of the. Pacific coast. Its numbers are in decline because of competition with the house finch and the house sparrow
8 .
This man, born in Derry, New Hampshire, in 1923, became the second man and the first American in space. What was his name?
Buzz Aldrin
Alan Bean
Neil Armstrong
Alan Shepard
Shepard went on to command the Apollo 14 mission, during which he became the fifth person to walk on the Moon. Whilst there he played golf! He died in 1998 at the age of 74
9 .
In the early years of the 20th Century, Hampton Bridge in new Hampshire was the longest bridge in the United States. What name was it commonly known by?
The Eighth Wonder of the World
The Wooden Wonder
The Pine Pier
The Mile-Long Wooden Bridge
The "Mile-Long Wooden Bridge" was opened in May, 1901 and was actually only 4,740 feet (0.89 miles) long. It was replaced by the current steel and concrete bridge in 1949
10 .
This is a view from Cannon Mountain in New Hampshire. Cannon Mountain Ski Area is the home of North America's first what?
North America's first passenger cable cars
North America's first Olympic ski jump
North America's first sauna
North America's first thermal spa
The cable cars (known in America as an aerial tramway) carried their first passengers the 2.1-miles (3.4 km) to the mountain's summit in 1938
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