Flora and Fauna
This giant salamander is native to much of Appalachia and is the largest amphibian in North America.
What is the Hellbender?
This West Virginia town has a 24-hour online “Mothcam.”
What is Point Pleasant?
This popular beverage with an Appalachian moniker was originally created to be a mixer with Whiskey.
What is Mountain Dew?
The Thundering Herd
What is Marshall University?
The number of states in the ARC Region.
What is 13?
The name of this flowering evergreen shrub, common to much of Appalachia, is taken from the Greek words for “Rose” and “Tree.”
What is the rhododendron?
This North Carolina city is home to America’s largest private home.
What is Asheville?
This vitamin-fortified soft drink, manufactured in the Tennessee-Virginia Tri-Cities, was once touted as an energy booster and a hangover cure.
What is Dr. Enuf?
The Railsplitters
What is Lincoln Memorial University?
The number of counties in the ARC region.
What is 423?
This large predator is believed to be extinct but controversial sightings of the species continue throughout the Region.
What is the Eastern Mountain Lion?
According to a famous country song, you'll never leave this eastern Kentucky town alive.
What is Harlan?
This caffeinated ginger and citrus beverage, popular in the counties surrounding its bottling plant in Winchester, Kentucky, now boasts cherry and diet varieties.
What is Ale 8?
The Bonnies
What is St. Bonaventure University?
This is the only state located entirely in the ARC Region.
What is West Virginia?
This dinosaur, discovered in 1982, was one of the most complete fossils ever discovered in Appalachian Alabama.
What is the Appalachiaosaurus ?
This Tennessee River community's music studios gained fame recording acts that included Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, The Rolling Stones, and Paul Simon.
What is Muscle Shoals, Alabama?
The Kentucky Headhunters may have enjoyed this orange-based soft drink with a slaw burger and fries at Dumas Walker’s, but it is produced in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
What is Ski?
The Keydets
What is the Virginia Military Institute?
This legendary comic’s first job after college was working with the Appalachian Regional Commission.
Who is Lewis Black?
The custard-like product of this tree, which is found in Central and Southern Appalachia, is the largest indigenous fruit found in North America.
What is the Paw Paw?
While this model New Deal community was built in Tennessee, it was named for a Nebraska Senator.
What is Norris?
Created in 1916, this Birmingham-based soft drink is said to be “older than dirt but a whole lot sweeter.”
What is Grapico?
The Vikings
What is Berry College?
ARC’s offices are located in this vibrant Washington DC neighborhood.
What is DuPont Circle?