Q 01/05

What is the official state motto of New Hampshire?

A) Live Free or Die

B) Liberty and Union

C) Freedom and Unity

D) Hope Springs Eternal

Answer · why

A) Live Free or Die

The phrase comes from a toast a Revolutionary War general sent to a Battle of Bennington reunion in 1809; it did not become the official motto until 1...

Q 02/05

Which city is the capital of New Hampshire?

A) Nashua

B) Portsmouth

C) Concord

D) Manchester

Answer · why

C) Concord

The State House there was completed in 1819 and is the oldest U.S. state capitol in which the legislature still meets in its original chambers.

Q 03/05

What is the most populous city in New Hampshire?

A) Manchester

B) Portsmouth

C) Rochester

D) Concord

Answer · why

A) Manchester

With about 115,000 residents at the 2020 census it dwarfs every other city in the state, and its old textile mills now house tech firms.

Q 04/05

New Hampshire's ratifying vote put the U.S. Constitution into effect. It was which state to ratify?

A) 9th

B) 10th

C) 11th

D) 12th

Answer · why

A) 9th

Article VII required nine states, so New Hampshire's vote on June 21, 1788 was the one that made the Constitution operative.

Q 05/05

New Hampshire has the shortest ocean coastline of any U.S. state. Roughly how long is it?

A) 18 miles

B) 40 miles

C) 65 miles

D) 90 miles

Answer · why

A) 18 miles

Even so, it packs in the port of Portsmouth, a string of beach resorts and the state's share of the Isles of Shoals.