Greater Winston Salem
This minor league baseball team plays at Truist Stadium in downtown Winston-Salem and shares its name with a popular dash of speed.
Winston-Salem Dash
This singer’s song “Made You Look” became a viral TikTok dance trend in 2022, with millions recreating the choreography.
Meghan Trainor
This U.S. state is home to the Grand Canyon.
Arizona
IRS
Internal Revenue Service
This company, founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne in 1976, is known for the iPhone and Mac computers.
Apple
This NASCAR powerhouse team, founded by Rick Hendrick, is headquartered in Winston-Salem before moving its racing operations to nearby Charlotte.
Hendrick Motorsports
This Netflix series saw a massive spike in streams after Kate Bush’s 1985 song “Running Up That Hill” went viral on TikTok in 2022.
Stranger Things
This European country's capital city is divided by the Danube River and was once two separate cities: Buda and Pest.
Hungary
Free Application for Federal Student Aid
Founded by Mark Zuckerberg in 2004, this social media giant owns Instagram and WhatsApp.
Meta
This 40-story art deco skyscraper in Winston-Salem, completed in 1929, is often said to have inspired the design of the Empire State Building.
Reynolds Building
In 2020, this Fleetwood Mac member joined TikTok after a viral cranberry juice skateboarding video used his band’s song “Dreams.”
Stevie Nicks
This African country has the most pyramids in the world — more than Egypt.
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
This Chinese tech giant, founded by Jack Ma in 1999, is known for e-commerce, cloud computing, and its annual Singles’ Day shopping event.
Alibaba
Founded in 1766, this Protestant denomination established the original settlement of Salem, which later merged with Winston in 1913 to form Winston-Salem.
The phrase “It’s corn!” went viral after this interview series featuring kids sharing wholesome opinions exploded on TikTok in 2022.
Recess Therapy
This mountain, located in Tanzania, is the highest peak in Africa.
Mount Kilimanjaro
FERPA
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
Originally a gaming company, this South Korean tech giant became a global leader in semiconductors, displays, and smartphones.
Samsung
This annual professional golf tournament, founded in 1938 and now part of the PGA Tour Champions, is played at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro but was long associated with Winston-Salem business leaders.
In 2023, TikTok users began romanticizing girl dinners — minimal, snack-based meals — largely inspired by a viral video from this cookbook author and content creator.
Olivia Maher
This landlocked country is completely surrounded by South Africa.
Lesotho
JWST (Wow those are some pretty stars!)
James Webb Space Telescope
Founded in 1998, this American tech company’s original mission was to “organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful,” and it now owns YouTube and Waymo.