Tree and Animal Identification
This common tree has leaves shaped like a hand and turns bright red in the fall
What is the Maple Tree
This six-pointed star is a prominent symbol of Judaism.
What is the Star of David
This knot is commonly used to tie a rope to a climber’s harness.
What is the figure 8 knot
This North Carolina-born U.S. president served from 1829 to 1837
Who is Andrew Jackson?
This term refers to the act of illegally starting before the gun in a sprint
What is a false start?
This black-and-white bird is known for mimicking sounds and storing shiny objects
What is the Magpie
This apostle denied Jesus three times before the rooster crowed
Who is Peter
This rare move requires toeing in on vertical rock and pulling with the foot to gain upward motion
What is a heel hook?
This important 1781 Revolutionary War battle in North Carolina weakened British forces
What is the Battle of Guilford Courthouse?
This nation hosted the first modern Olympic Games in 1896.
What is Greece?
This elusive wild cat native to North America has ear tufts and large paws adapted for snow.
What is the Canada Lynx
This Norse figure is destined to bring about Ragnarok and is the trickster god of mischief
Who is Loki
This term refers to the transition from climbing on steep terrain back to vertical or slabby sections, often requiring technical precision.
What is a mantle?
This North Carolina town became a hub of the civil rights movement after a 1960 sit-in at a Woolworth’s lunch counter
What is Greensboro?
This term describes a golf score three under par on a single hole.
What is an albatross?
This tree, native to the Mediterranean, has silver-green leaves and produces a fruit used for oil
What is the olive tree?
This philosophical movement values reason, individual rights, and secular ethics, and gained influence during the 18th-century Enlightenment
What is humanism?
This Yosemite route, established in 1975 by Warren Harding, was the first to ascend El Capitan in its entirety.
What is The Nose?
This famous North Carolina revolutionary and signer of the Declaration of Independence is buried in Halifax County
Who is William Hooper?
This sport combines fencing, swimming, horseback riding, shooting, and running
What is modern pentathlon?
This deep-sea fish uses bioluminescence to lure prey and has a long, dangling light organ
What is the anglerfish?
This thought experiment involves choosing whether to divert a train to save five people at the cost of one life.
What is the trolley problem?
This speed record-holding duo famously climbed The Nose on El Capitan in under 2 hours in 2018
Who are Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell?
This 1865 battle, one of the last major engagements of the Civil War, took place near Fayetteville
What is the Battle of Bentonville?
This is the only athlete to play in both a Super Bowl and a World Series.
Who is Deion Sanders?