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  1. 1. North Carolina's Research Triangle Park is made up of three major universities in the Raleigh area - North Carolina State University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and what third university?
  2. 6. On its Eastern side, Tennessee shares a border with what U.S. state that's unofficially nicknamed "The Tar Heel State"?
  3. 11. Though its name might fool you into thinking it's made elsewhere, what brand of hot sauce, the third best-selling in the United States, has been manufactured in Winston-Salem since 1929?
  4. 12. Contributing to its nickname of the "Smithsonian of the South", the Marbles Kids Museum, the Pope House Museum, and the North Carolina Museum of History are all located in which city?
  5. 14. North Carolina’s General Assembly of 1987 officially adopted what drink as its state beverage and is also the traditional celebratory beverage of Indianapolis 500 winners?
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  1. 2. What North Carolina-based video game company created the 2018 breakout hit "Fortnite"?
  2. 3. North Carolina leads the nation in the production of what tuber, the state vegetable, which is used in pies and Thanksgiving casseroles?
  3. 4. What carnivorous plant, first formally discovered in 1759, is only native to the wetlands of North and South Carolina?
  4. 5. You'll be busy finding the answer to this one...What is the state insect of North Carolina?
  5. 7. Later adapted into a 2004 film starring Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams, what Nicholas Sparks novel tells the love story of a soldier who returns to North Carolina after fighting in World War II?
  6. 8. What popular North Carolina-based television show centers on the conflict between seasonal "Kooks" and local "Pogues?"
  7. 9. The Charlotte Convention Center in North Carolina is home to the hall of fame of what stock car racing association?
  8. 10. Barefoot workers who distilled turpentine from pine tree sap and got sticky stuff on the soles of their feet is the source of what nickname for North Carolinians?
  9. 13. "Scuppernongs," the state fruit of North Carolina are a large, greenish or bronze version of what fruit?