Dartmouth Happenings
The year that Dartmouth was established as an institution of higher education
What is 1769?
An American children's author, political cartoonist, illustrator, poet, animator, screenwriter, and filmmaker.
Who is Theodor Suess Geisel, Dr. Suess?
Revolutionary War General John Stark wrote these words
What is "Live Free, or Die"?
Memorial Field
What is the name of the Dartmouth football stadium?
Dartmouth's Rank for undergraduate teaching for the last four consecutive years by U.S. News & World Reports.
What is number 1?
A Dartmouth dropout, he received 2 honorary degrees from Dartmouth— in 1933 & 1955
Who is Robert Frost?
This film was filmed on Squam Lake in Holderness, New Hampshire
The meaning of Dartmouth motto, “Vox clamantis in destero”.
What is "a voice crying in the wilderness"?
The name of Dartmouth's first building constructed in 1784 and consumed by fire in 1904.
What is Dartmouth Hall?
From Derry, New Hampshire, he was first American to travel into space in 1961, received Master of Arts honorary degree from Dartmouth in 1962, and walked on the Moon in 1971.
Who is Alan Shepard?
American President born in Hillsboro, New Hampshire
Who was Franklin Pierce?
John Adams was the first president to graduate from this Ivy League School, as did his son, John Quincy Adams.
What is Harvard?
Dartmouth is the birthplace of this programming language.
What is BASIC?
Dartmouth President that said, "The world's troubles are your troubles..." in his 1946 convocation address.
Who was President John Sloan Dickey?
New Hampshire was originally named _____________ by Captain John Smith.
What was North Virginia?
The only Ivy League founded after the Revolutionary War and has been coeducational from it's founding.
What is Cornell University?
Dartmouth's first President
Who is Eleazar Wheelock?
American comedian actress and writer. Played Kelly Kapoor in "The Office" and graduated Dartmouth with a BA in 2001.
Who is Mindy Kaling?
The Blue Ghost of Wolfeboro
What is the U.S. Mail Boat for Lake Winnipesaukee?
The mascots of Columbia, Princeton, and Brown are contained in this quote.
What is Lions, tigers and bears, oh my!?