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| Purple Finch, adopted in 1957. |
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| White Birch, adopted in 1947. |
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| Ladybug, adopted in 1977. |
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| White Tailed Deer, adopted in 1983. |
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| Live Free or Die, adopted in 1945. |
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| Purple Lilac, adopted in 1919. |
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| Picture on the NH quarter |
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| How many miles of coastline is there in NH? |
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| True or False: New Hampshire was the 9th state to ratify the Constitution. |
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| What is NH's largest lake? |
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| What river separates Maine and NH? |
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| Spotted Newt, adopted in 1985. |
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| Syrup, apples, strawberries, blueberries, peaches. |
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| What food storage containers were invented in NH? |
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| Tupperware by Earl Tupper, from Berlin, NH, in 1938. |
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| Computer language invented in NH. |
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| BASIC (The Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) was invented by John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH in 1964. |
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| Who was the first American in space? |
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| Alan B. Shepard, of Derry, NH, rode the Mercury Spacecraft on May 5, 1961. |
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| When did the Old Man in the Mountain fall? |
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| Who inspired President Lincoln to establish Thanksgiving? |
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| Sarah Josepha Hale, of Newport, NH, in 1863. |
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| Where has the first NH Presidential primary ballot been cast since 1920? |
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| The Ballot Room at the Balsoms Hotel in Dixville Notch. |
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| Who manufactured the largest United States flag? |
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| The Amoskeag Mills of Manchester, NH. The flag was 95 feet long and 50 feet high. |
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| What was the largest textile mill in the world? |
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| The Amoskeag Mills in Manchester, NH. |
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| Where was the first women's strike held? |
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| In Cocheco Mills, Dover, NH. The women went on strike in 1828 to protest new mill regulations. It became known as the "Factory Girls" strike. |
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| Who said what eventually became the state motto? |
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| General John Stark, written on July 31, 1809: "Live Free or Die; Death is Not the Worst of Evils." |
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| What is on the NH State flag? |
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| The state seal, on a blue background. It was adopted in 1909, and changed in 1931 when the seal was changed. |
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| The Pink Lady Slipper, adopted in 1991. |
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| The Karner Blue, adopted in 1992. |
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| NH State Saltwater Game Fish |
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| The Striped Bass, adopted in 1994. |
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| The Brook Trout, also known as Salvelinus fontinalis. |
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| The Pumpkin, adopted in 2006. |
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Beryl.
Beryl are yellow-green and yellow and can be found in granite. |
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Smoky Quartz.
It can be found in granite and is also known as cairngorm. |
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| Old New Hampshire by Dr. John F. Holmes and Maurice Hoffmann in 1926 and adopted in 1949. |
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| Can you name all 10 NH counties? |
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| Belknap, Carroll, Cheshire, Coos, Grafton, Hillsborough, Merrimack, Rockingham, Strafford, and Sullivan. |
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