Counties
Names/Mottos
Events
History
Noteworthy
People
Attractions
Final
100

Hillsborough is in this county.

What is Orange?

100

Mayberry

What is Mount Airy?

100

This happens twice annually in High Point.

What is the High Point Furniture Market?

100

This town was home to the first cotton mill in the South.

What is Burlington?
100

Krispy Kreme, Hanes, Texas Pete, and Goody's headache powder got started here.

Where is Winston-Salem?

100

Mayberry (based on Mount Airy, NC) is a fictional setting in his television show.

Who is Andy Griffith?

100

The Mile High Swinging Bridge spans between its peaks.

What is Grandfather Mountain?

100

High Point is located in these four counties.

What are Davidson, Forsythe, Randolph, and Guilford?

200

Burlington is located in this county.

What is Alamance?

200

The Cowboy Capital

What is Love Valley?

200

Brevard celebrates this anomaly with with a festival every year.

What is the white squirrel?

200

This town briefly served as the capital of NC during the American Revolution.

What is Hillsborough?

200

In 1970, the "South's Woodstock" happened here.

What is Love Valley?

200

Singer/songwriter James Taylor grew up here.

What is Chapel Hill?

200

NC's first theme park.

What is Tweetsie Railroad?

300

Brevard is located in this "spooky" county.

What is Transylvania?

300

The Land of Waterfalls

What is Brevard?

300

Blue grass musicians and dancers gather here each June.

Where is Mount Airy?

300

This battle near Greensboro was a turning point in the Revolutionary War.

What is the Battle of Guilford Courthouse?

300

The Cone brothers are known for manufacturing this fabric.

What is denim?

300

The Biltmore Estate in Asheville was his summer home.

Who was George Vanderbilt?

300

You would go here to see the "Dash" play baseball.

Where is Winston-Salem?

400

Greensboro is located in this county.

What is Guilford?

400

Paris of the Piedmont

What is Carrboro?

400

A BBQ cook-off, antique car show, arts and crafts, live music, and a 5K run are featured at this festival.

What is Hillsborough Hog Day?

400

North Carolina's oldest tourist attraction, opening in 1933.

What is Blowing Rock?

400

Invented by Sequoyah, it is used to write the Cherokee language.

What is the Cherokee syllabary?

400

She was enslaved for a time by the Burwell family in Hillsborough but went on to become Mary Todd Lincoln's dressmaker.

Who is Elizabeth Keckley?

400

The world's largest chest of drawers is located here.

Where is High Point?

500

Boone is located in this county.

What is Watauga?

500

This city was actually named after a tavern.

What is Hickory?

500

The West End Poetry Festival happens here every October.

Where is Carrboro?

500

UNC-Chapel Hill, the first public state university to admit and graduate students opened in this year.

What is 1795?

500

It's known as the most complicated concrete bridge ever constructed.

What is the Linn Cove Viaduct?

500

Short story writer and Greensboro native O. Henry's real name.

What is William Henry Porter?

500

The motto is "If you can't find it here, you don't need it!"

What is the Mast General Store?

600

Asheville is located in this county.

What is Buncombe?

600

Chapel Hill's nickname, "The Southern Part of Heaven" came from a memoir by this author and illustrator.

Who was William Meade Prince?

600

This town celebrates its century-old Dentzel Carousel with a festival each year.

What is Burlington?

600

It lasted almost 6 months (February 1–July 25, 1960).

What was the lunch counter sit in at Woolworth's in Greensboro?

600

Before becoming a restaurant, the Boone's Daniel Boone Inn served as these two things. 

What is a hospital and rooming house?

600

Joe Ponder's claim to fame

Who has the world's strongest teeth?

600

The only waterfalls in NC that you can drive your car under.

What is Bridal Veil Falls?