Landmarks and Places
This city is North Carolina's capital, home to the State Capitol and legislature.
What is Raleigh?
North Carolina is famous for this style of slow-cooked meat.
What is barbecue (BBQ)?
This basketball legend played college ball at UNC Chapel Hill before his NBA career.
Who is Michael Jordan?
In 1903, these two brothers made the first powered airplane flight at Kitty Hawk.
Who are the Wright Brothers?
This flowering tree, with white spring blossoms, is the official state flower.
What is the dogwood?
This chain of barrier islands stretches along North Carolina's Atlantic coast.
What are the Outer Banks?
North Carolina grows more of this vegetable than any other state, and it's the official state vegetable.
What is the sweet potato?
This Charlotte-born evangelist became known as "America's Pastor" after preaching to millions worldwide.
Who is Billy Graham?
This entire colony of English settlers mysteriously vanished in the late 1580s.
What is the Lost Colony (Roanoke Colony)?
North Carolina's nickname, given for early settlers who "stuck it out," is "The ___ State."
What is the Tar Heel State?
This historic mansion in Asheville was built by George Vanderbilt.
What is the Biltmore Estate?
This fried chicken and biscuit chain got its start in Charlotte, North Carolina.
What is Bojangles?
This NASCAR legend from Kannapolis, NC was known as "The Intimidator."
Who is Dale Earnhardt?
North Carolina was this numbered state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
What is the 12th state?
This gemstone is North Carolina's official state gem.
What is the emerald?
This lighthouse, known for its black-and-white spiral stripes, is one of North Carolina's most recognizable landmarks.
What is the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse?
This soft drink was invented by a New Bern, NC pharmacist in 1898.
What is Pepsi-Cola?
Born in Mount Airy, NC, this actor's hometown inspired the fictional town of Mayberry.
Who is Andy Griffith?
This famous pirate, born Edward Teach, met his end off the North Carolina coast in 1718.
Who is Blackbeard?
This bird, known for its bright color, is North Carolina's state bird.
What is the Northern Cardinal?
Opened in 1969, this 55-acre public garden in Durham features a stunning Blomquist Garden of Native Plants and a historic 1930s Berry tribute, offering smooth, shaded brick paths
What is the Sarah P. Duke Gardens?
This doughnut company, was founded in Winston-Salem in 1937.
What is Krispy Kreme?
Born in Wilmington in 1920, this pioneering newsman anchored top-rated evening news programs for NBC and ABC, famous for his dry wit and signing off with "Good night, Chet."
Who is David Brinkley?
This North Carolina university became the nation's first public university to open its doors.
What is the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill?
North Carolina's state motto, written in Latin, translates to "to be, rather than to ___."
What is "seem" (Esse quam videri)?