Mo-Town Ball Knowledge
What large landmark building can you often find NCSSM-Morganton students behind watching the sunrise/sunset?
The Barn
This paved pathway through the Durham campus has served for decades as a major student hangout spot.
Hill Street
NCSSM stands for what?
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
What is North Carolinas nickname?
The Tarheel State
What continent has no countries?
Antartica
Where do Morganton students often go for their fresh groceries?
Where is the morgue rumoured to be?
Greynolds Breezeway
Before it became a school, the Durham campus was the site of this hospital.
Watts Hospital
This soft drink was invented in New Bern, North Carolina, in 1898.
Pepsi Cola
This North Carolina-born company started as a single doughnut shop in Winston Salem in 1937.
Krispy Kreme
What campus wide (club) event consistently has the highest attendance at NCSSM Morganton.
Diwali
What iconic meal is served every Wednesday in the PFM?
Fried Chicken Wednesdays
NCSSM's very first class had 150 juniors, because the campus was being converted from a hospital, these students initially had to walk to a nearby elementary school for this daily necessity.
Meals
Where did the Wright Brothers make their first powered flight
Kitty Hawk
A banana is botanically classified as this type of fruit.
Berry
How much does a load of laundry cost?
$3.00
Recite the iconic chant of the NCSSM swim team when cheering for their teammates
3.14159, secant tangent cosine sine, physics bio polymer chem, give them hell, go ssm!
In 2023 NCSSM broke 43 years of tradition when this annual school event washed somewhere other than the Durham campus for the first time.
Convocation
This North Carolina-born musician, often called the “High Priestess of Soul,” was born Eunice Waymon in Tryon, North Carolina.
Nina Simone
In 1919 this American city was hit by a massive wave of molasses that killed 21 people and injured more than 100.
Boston
Why was the construction of Joiner Hall originally postponed.
Endangered Species of Owl
Which female residents hall has the coldest water fountain on campus?
Third Beall
In 2011 NCSSM students, faculty, and supporters set a Guinness World Record by collecting this much of one particular item in 24hrs.
559,885 pounds of food
This North Carolina county is home to Mount Mitchell, the highest point east of the Mississippi River
Yancey County
The world's shortest war lasted less than an hour. It was fought in 1896 between Britain and this African sultanate.
Zanzibar