Quiz

Test your knowledge of North Carolina history and culture with this quiz devised by the Editor of The Encyclopedia of North Carolina, William S. Powell.


1. The origins of auto racing can be traced to:
A. European immigrants bringing sports cars to rural North Carolina
B. teens' desire to have the fastest car in the neighborhood
C. ambulance drivers needing to get patients to the hospital quickly
D. moonshiners' attempts to outrun the authorities

2. Which school won the first ACC men's basketball title on 6 March 1954?
A. UNC-Chapel Hill
B. Duke University
C. North Carolina State University
D. Wake Forest University

3. What was the largest Civil War land engagement in North Carolina?
A. The Battle of Guilford Courthouse
B. The Battle of Bentonville
C. The Battle of Asheville
D. The Battle of Swan's Quarter

4. Bethabara refers to:
A. the first bank founded in North Carolina
B. the first Moravian settlement in North Carolina
C. a weaving process
D. the name of Andrew Johnson's oldest daughter

5. The Biltmore House has about how many visitors each year?
A. 100,000
B. 450,000
C. 750,000
D. 1 million

6. Four British navy personnel killed during World War II by German U-boats are buried in the British Cemetery on which North Carolina island?
A. Ocracoke Island
B. Brunswick Island
C. Bald Head Island
D. Oak Island

7. Which North Carolina newspaper has the largest circulation?
A. The Raleigh News & Observer
B. The Charlotte Observer
C. The Greensboro News & Record
D. The Durham Herald-Sun

8. Circuit riders" were eighteenth-century:
A. jockeys
B. electricians
C. door-to-door salespersons
D. traveling preachers

9. Cokesbury School was the first:
A. North Carolina school to be sponsored by Coca-Cola
B. school for the blind in North Carolina
C. school to educate women in North Carolina
D. Methodist-sponsored school in North Carolina

10. How many community colleges are there in North Carolina?
A. 100
B. 25
C. 58
D. 74

11. Individuals who eat soil as part of their everyday diet are referred to as:
A. dirt eaters
B. clay eaters
C. sandlappers
D. all of the above

12. A 1962 article in National Geographic Magazine gave North Carolina which of the following nicknames:
A. Dixie Dynamo
B. Southern Surprise
C. Dixie Dissenter
D. Southern Part of Heaven

13. The Durant Bible is considered to be the oldest book in North Carolina. When was it printed?
A. 1632
B. 1478
C. 1599
D. 1728

14. The famous oil painting depicting Christ wearing a crown of thorns, Ecce Homo, currently hangs in a church in which North Carolina city?
A. Raleigh
B. Wilmington
C. Greensboro
D. Charlotte

15. How many animal species currently considered endangered live in North Carolina?
A. 750
B. 98
C. 423
D. 194

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