Silly Stuff You Need to Know
Instead of Panama, US wanted Canal put here
What is Nicaragua
One single chipmunk can gather this many acorns in a day
What is 160
The first mode of transportation to NH's white mountains from the inner-cities
What is the Concord Coach
Thanksgiving, white weddings and Mary Had a Little Lamb all have this person to thank
Who is Sarah Josepha Hale
New England's first chairlift in 1937 was in this NH town
What is Rowe Mountain in Gilford, NH
Pie a la mode means
What is fashionable pie
Largest truffle found and weighed in at almost 3 lbs was from this country
What is Croatia in 1999
NH Person first responsible for toasting "Live Free or Die"
Who is General John Stark
America's favorite "vegetable" in all its fat-saturated variants was planted in the common field of Derry that had another name in 1719 known as
What is Nutfield
One of America's most accomplished sculptor's of the 19th century resided in Cornish NH
Who is Augustus Saint-Gaudens
A 1986 novel starring Tom Hanks
What is Forrest Gump written by Winston Groom
Cashmere sweaters' wool is made from this animal
What is goat (not sheep)
Remember to "burp" inventor born in Berlin, NH
Who is Earl Tupper
Jennifer Lee, a graduate of University of NH, wrote and directed this motion picture in 2013
What is Frozen
Richard and Maurice McDonald from Manchester, NH are known for this
Who are founders of McDonald's Restaurants
Most successful coin-operated arcade video game
What is Pac-Man (Guinness World Records)
In sports, what balls have been made of wood, feathers, and hair
What is golf balls
This invention by Concord native Levi Hutchins in 1787 helped many people keep their jobs
What is the alarm clock
This writer was born in Exeter, NH and is partly responsible for Tom Hanks success
Who is Dan Brown
Established in 1717, our state was the first in the country to have this and then about a hundred years later Dublin, NH created the second one supported by voluntary contributions with Peterborough following a decade later funded by public taxes
What is libraries
A dance done by over 2500 people on a bridge over NY's Hudson River in 2012
What is the Hokey Pokey
Humpback whales consume how many pounds of food per day
What is 4500 - 5500 lbs
This poet summered in NH every year and was given the "lc" treatment on book covers and in press stories as a kind of trademark
Who is ee cummings
In 1917, Ossipee's Virgil D. White received a patent for an attachment converting a Model T into this
What is a "snowmobile", White also copyrighted the name
This happened on September 14, 1964 at the Rockingham Park Race Track in Salem, NH
What is the first legal modern lottery