Colleges
America's 250 Birthday
Natural Phenomenas
The Granite State
Marine Life
200

The first college established in the United States in 1636. 

Harvard University

200

This explorer named this country, America. 

Amerigo Vespucci

200

An optical illusion created by sunlight refracting and reflecting through water droplets.

Rainbow

200

One of the largest, and possibly the oldest Megalithic (stone constructed)sites in North America is located in this NH city. 

Salem

200

This many bones are fused together to make a turtle shell. 

Over 50

400

The Latin term alma mater, which many alumni refer to when singing about their college, literally translate to this. 

Nuturing Mother

400

Francis Scott Key wrote what would be adopted as our National Anthem during the War of 1812 when he watched the attack on Baltimore from this fort. 

Fort McHenry

400

A sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm, caused by the rapid movement of air and ice particles in clouds.

Lightning

400

A stunning 56 mile stretch of Route 112 through the White Mountains National Forest is widely celebrated as one of the best fall foliage drives in the United States. 






Kancamagus Highway

400

Narwhals are known as the unicorn of the sea. Their tusk is made from this material. 

An overgrown canine

600

This traditional Ivy League school was famously satirized with the fictional college featured in the classic 1978 comedy film Animal House, many take this fact for "granite."

Dartmouth College

600

Americans, after World War II, started living outside the cities in their own homes. To move created a new place to live that was between urban life and rural life. 

Suburbs

600

Shimmering, colorful light shows near the polar regions caused by charged solar particles colliding with Earth's magnetic field.

Auroras

600

The Puritan, a restaurant in NH, is owned and operated by which representatives in the US House of Representatives.

Chris Pappas

600

Cephalofoil is the formal term for the distinctly shaped noggins of what 360-degree seeing shark group. 

Hammerhead
800

To earn the title of Rhodes Scholar, an American citizen must be chosen to attend this prestigious university in England. 

Oxford

800

The Constitution is a living document because it can be amended this number of times actually. 

27

800

Located off the southwestern coast of the island of Mauritius, this phenomenon is a mesmerizing optical illusion. Powerful ocean currents sweep the white sand and silt off the coastal plateau and down into the deep oceanic abyss, creating the illusion of a massive, rushing waterfall beneath the sea.

Underground waterfall

800

This song was a parody that came out in 2010, talks about everything cool with New Hampshire. 

Granite State of Mind

800

A "smack" is the collective term for a large group of what stinging, tentacled sea creatures.

Jellyfish
1000

In the land of dogwood trees, you can attend this state university to learn how to defend yourself against the dark arts - Harry Potter or Star Wars style. 

University of Virginia

1000

This was invented in New Hampshire and has revolutionized the fashion industry. 

Zipper

1000

The production and emission of light by living organisms, most commonly seen in marine environments and certain species of fungi or insects

Bioluminescence

1000

This Keene NH man is enshrined in the National Cathedral in Washington DC for his contributions and ultimate sacrfice given during the Civil Rights Movmement. 

Jonathan Daniels

1000

In 1989, a ship hit a reef in the Prince William Sound and spilled more than 10 million gallons of crude oil over more than 1,000 miles of coastline. This is the name of famous, ill-fated two-word ship. 

Exxon Valdez

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