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100
One of the oldest surviving colonial homes in Virginia Beach and a National Historic Landmark, likely built in 1719.
What is the Adam Thoroughgood House?
100
Virginia Beach is known for its seafood and vibrant restaurant culture, particularly these seafoods and seafood restaurants.
What is She-crab soup, soft shell crab, blue claw crab, Lynnhaven oysters; Tautog's, Hot Tuna, Steinhilber's and the Lynnhaven Fish House?
100
In 1953, K.R. Perry opened a Ben Franklin variety store in downtown Norfolk, which he later named K&K 5&10. In 1970 Macon Brock, Doug Perry and K.R. Perry started K&K Toys in Norfolk and later Only $1.00 stores in Georgia, Tennessee and Virginia. These stores served as the foundation for what would become the _____ _____ in 1994.
What is Dollar Tree?
100
This American singer, songwriter and composer, sometimes referred to as the "First Lady of Song" and "Queen of Jazz" was born in Newport News.
a.) Diana Ross
b.) Ella Fitzgerald
c.) Etta James
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
100
The local hockey team in Norfolk that plays at the Scope.
What is the Admirals?
200
While this is the fourth oldest lighthouse in the country, it was the first lighthouse authorized by the U.S. government, dating back to 1792.
What is the Cape Henry Lighthouse?
200
Suffolk is known for these particular foods.
What is pigs, poultry and peanuts.
Suffolk is known as the "Peanut Capitol of the World" and is known as home to Planter's Peanuts which is located here because the soil is ideal for growing peanuts.
200
Founded by Pat Robertson, this was the first Christian television network in the United States when it went on the air in 1961. The main headquarters are in Virginia Beach on the border of Chesapeake.
What is the CBN (Christian Broadcasting Network)?
The 700 club is the most popular show on CBN.
200
This professional basketball player was born in Hampton, Va. and was nicknamed "the Answer."
a.) Shaquille O'Neal
b.) Michael Jordan
c.) Allen Iverson
Who is Allen Iverson?
200
The local baseball team that plays at Harbor Park in Norfolk.
What is the Tides?
300
This downtown Norfolk museum and research center is dedicated the preserving and presenting the story of the life of an Army General. This Memorial also pays tribute to the millions of men and women who served in WWI, WWII, and the Korean War.
What is the MacArthur Memorial?
300
Norfolk is known for these particular foods.
What is Cromer crab, Brancaster mussels and waffle cones.
Over the past 100 years, Doumar's has become a historic Hampton Roads landmark, known for its friendly staff, delicious food and inventing the first waffle cone, which was handmade by Abe Doumar in 1904 at the World's Fair in St. Louis.
300
In 1904 an immigrant from Syria brought his family to the U.S. to begin the family business that he envisioned. He built the four-iron waffle machines that we still use today. In 1905 he opened the first of what would become a chain of ice cream stands stretching from Coney Island to Jacksonville Florida. In 1934 this restaurant was reopened at its current location on Monticello Avenue.
What is Doumar's Cones and Barbecue?
300
This American professional boxer competed from 1984 to 2001 is from Norfolk, Virginia.
a.) Sweet Pea Whitaker
b.) Joe Lewis
c.) Mike Tyson
Who is Sweet Pea Whitaker?
300
True or False: Hampton Roads has a professional soccer team.
What is true?
Hampton Roads has multiple professional and semi-professional soccer teams, including:
Virginia Beach City FC
Virginia Beach United
Virginia Beach Mariners which folded in 2007 due to lack of ownership
400
A battle was fought in this area of Chesapeake on December 9, 1775, early in the American Revolutionary War, that crosses the Atlantic Intercoastal Waterway.
What is Great Bridge?
400
Smithfield is known for this particular food that is a staple for traditional holiday meals throughout our region.
What is ham?
In 1936, Joseph W. Luter and his son founded The Smithfield Packing Company, named after the small town that is just a ferry ride away from Jamestown.
400
A medical school in Norfolk that was founded through grassroots efforts in Hampton Roads.
What is EVMS (Eastern Virginia Medical School)?
400
This American clairvoyant who claimed to diagnose diseases and recommend treatments for ailments while asleep, was born in Kentucky in 1877 and died Virginia Beach in 1945. He is known as the founder of Association for Research and Enlightenment.
a.) Elwood Babbit
b.) William Breeze
c.) Edgar Caycee
Who is Edgar Caycee?
400
True or False: Hampton Roads has never had a minor league football team.
What is false?
The Norfolk Neptunes were a minor league football team that played at Foreman field from 1965 to 1971.
500
This church is located in the restored area of Colonial Williamsburg. It was established in 1674 by the consolidation of two previous parishes in the Virginia Colony, and remains an active Episcopal parish. The building, constructed 1711–15, was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1970 as a well-preserved early example of colonial religious architecture.
What is Bruton Parish Church?
500
Virginia Beach is known for this sweet treat that originated in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
What is salt water taffy?
Virginia Beach is home to Forbes Candies, a well-known maker of salt water taffy. The name is said to have come from a candy store owner who humorously called his taffy by that name after a storm flooded his store and soaked his taffy.
500
This suburban shopping center located in Norfolk at the intersection of Virginia Beach Blvd & Military Hwy. It opened in 1959 and was one of the first large suburban shopping centers in the United States. The acronym refers to the original investment group that was composed of retired and active duty military personnel.
What is JANAF (Joint Army Navy Air Force)?
500
This American musician composed and produced the popular song "Happy" and is a Virginia Beach native. He has a festival that takes place annually at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront called Something in the Water.
a.) Justin Bieber
b.) Pharrell Williams
c.) Michael Jackson
Who is Pharrell Williams?
500
The largest fish caught in Hampton Roads was a bluefin tuna caught in February 2020 in Virginia Beach.
How much did the fish weigh?
a.) 400 lb
b.) 700 lb
c.) 1000 lb
What is b.) 708 lb?