History: General
NC History
NC Products/Exports
People of NC
Carolina Creatures
100
Most civilizations form along some kind of this---the human body can survive about 3 days without this.
What is water?
100
North Carolina’s coastline is famous for these seafaring criminals who hid out in places like Ocracoke, North Carolina.
What are pirates?
100
By the 1950s, About 60% of the furniture in America was made in and around this city.
What is High Point, North Carolina?
100
This is the route by which many people who escaped slavery took towards freedom in the North, often towards Canada. Many made stops in Guilford County.
What is the Underground Railroad?
100
Brevard County, North Carolina has a rare white type of this animal. This animal is legal as a pet (with licenses and protocols) in the green states on this map:
What are squirrels?
200
This nation had leaders like Joan of Arc, Napoleon, and its current leader Macron.
What is France?
200
Greensboro is named after this Revolutionary war hero.
Who is Nathanael Greene?
200
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Topic: Presidential
This President's wife was from the Guilford County Area. She helped save items from the White House when the British burnt parts of Washington D.C. (Full name of 1st Lady or of President are acceptable)
200
This famous basketball player went to high school in Wilmington, North Carolina and was a star shooting guard and small forward. He has won 6 NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls. Nike creates shoes with a “Jumpman” logo named after him.
Who is Michael Jordan?
200
At Duke University, anyone 10 years or older can go through a habitat of THESE animals. These creatures are famous for being from Madagascar and their relatives include lorises and bush babies.
What are lemurs?
300
As a young man, this famous American served in the French & Indian War and is often blamed for it even beginning!
Who is George Washington?
300
This battle, fought in Greensboro, was a loss for Americans but such a costly victory for the British, that some say it led to the end of the Revolutionary War and American victory.
What is the Battle of Guilford Courthouse?
300
North Carolina historically was home to many exports of tobacco, indigo, and cotton. Now its top 3 agricultural items are chicken, pork, and 65% of THIS colorful starch for the U.S.
What are sweet potatoes?
300
These peace-loving friends largely live in Pennsylvania and areas of North Carolina. They were abolitionists and helped many escape---go look at the hideaway wagon at the High Point Museum to learn more about these people and the people they helped escape slavery!
Who are the Quakers?
300
Pygmy hippos, an aquarium, a red panda, and more can be found at this location in the Triad.
What is the Greensboro Science Center?
400
Gandhi led a march to areas where this was harvested and Roman soldiers were paid with this.
What is salt?
400
THIS North Carolina school was the first public university in the US.
What is the University of North Carolina? (also accepting U.N.C.)
400
This queenly city has become the largest financial center outside New York City.
What is Charlotte, NC?
400
The famous lost colony of THIS has recently been solved (as some believe) as there is evidence the people went to Hatteras Island.
What is Roanoke?
400
North Carolina’s most visited museum is a free site that features “Dueling Dinosaurs,” hosts “BugFest” and houses a 54-foot-long skeleton of a whale named Trouble and other whale bones in its Coastal North Carolina Overlook.
What is the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences? (Also accept the Raleigh Science Museum or North Carolina Science Museum)
500
This African nation means “Ivory Coast” in English. This name alludes to the nation's time as a French colony.
What is C'ote D'Ivoire?
500
For a while the railroad track from this coastal city to Raleigh was the longest railroad track in the world. This city is also home to the North Carolina state Aquarium.
What is Wilmington, NC?
500
The college sit in movement began in this store in Greensboro, North Carolina.
What is Woolworth’s?
500
This local High Point man was a Quaker minister who supported people escaping slavery, trained other ministers, opened many schools, and helped Guilford County avoid bankruptcy. His name is on many schools and parks in our area.
Who is Allen Jay?
500
At the Greensboro Rainbow Magic THIS farm, you can pet these animals, and learn about sustainable farming. Like their other famous South American animal relations, these herbivores are in the camelid family, famously spit, are used for clothing.
What are alpacas?