Dartmouth Basics
This is the town in New Hampshire where Dartmouth College is located.
What is Hanover?
This is the official nickname for all of Dartmouth's varsity athletic teams.
What is the Big Green?
This sport's championship trophy is the Stanley Cup.
What is hockey (NHL)?
Every fall, Dartmouth students build this massive structure on the Green during Homecoming weekend.
What is the bonfire?
This beloved children's author and creator of "The Cat in the Hat" graduated from Dartmouth in 1925.
Who is Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel)?
Dartmouth was founded in this year, making it the ninth-oldest college in the United States.
What is 1769?
Dartmouth competes in this historic athletic conference alongside Harvard, Yale, and Princeton.
What is the Ivy League?
This golfer holds the record for most career major championships with 18.
Who is Jack Nicklaus?
This winter festival, dating back to 1911, features ice sculptures and celebrates Dartmouth's cold-weather traditions.
What is Winter Carnival?
This actor, best known for playing Jim Hopper in Netflix's "Stranger Things," graduated from Dartmouth in 1997.
Who is David Harbour?
This is the official color of Dartmouth College, often described as a shade of forest.
What is (Dartmouth) Green?
Dartmouth's hockey teams play their home games at this arena on campus.
What is Thompson Arena?
This country has won the most FIFA Men's World Cup titles, with five championships.
What is Brazil?
At Homecoming, freshmen traditionally run laps around this lit-up centerpiece on the Green.
What is the bonfire?
This Dartmouth alum and former cast member of "Saturday Night Live" is famous for her "Debbie Downer" character.
Who is Rachel Dratch?
Eleazar Wheelock founded Dartmouth with a charter from this British monarch.
Who is King George III?
This Dartmouth football stadium, built in 1923, is one of the oldest in the Ivy League.
What is Memorial Field?
This city hosts the Masters golf tournament every April.
What is Augusta (Georgia)?
This pond on Dartmouth's campus is a popular spot for ice skating in winter.
What is Occom Pond?
This Dartmouth grad and two-time Olympian won gold with Team Canada in women's hockey at the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
Who is Laura Stacey?
This Daniel Webster quote from the 1819 Supreme Court case defending Dartmouth ends with "and yet, there are those who love it."
What is "It is, Sir, as I have said, a small college"?
This beloved unofficial Dartmouth mascot, introduced by students in 2003, is an anthropomorphic beer keg who shows up at sporting events.
Who is Keggy the Keg?
This tennis player holds the record for most Grand Slam singles titles in the Open Era among men.
Who is Novak Djokovic?
This is the longtime nickname for Dartmouth's iconic library, named for a former college president.
What is Baker (Baker-Berry Library)?
This Dartmouth alum and former U.S. Treasury Secretary, who served under President George W. Bush, was previously CEO of Goldman Sachs.
Who is Hank (Henry) Paulson?