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- 1. _______had its beginnings in 1937 when a man named Vernon Rudolph open a small donut shop in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- 5. highest point in NC
- 7. What is the state gem?
- 9. Previously known as the Wachovia Championship, the Wells Fargo Championship is an annual competition in Charlotte in what sport?
- 12. This city is a major port and is also where many movies and the television show 'Dawson's Creek' is filmed?
- 13. NC nickname
- 14. 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?
- 15. state bird
- 19. ______,was home to the first colony of English settlers in the New World
- 22. Baseball legend ________ hit his first professional homerun on March 7, 1914 in Fayetteville, North Carolina
- 24. Inspired by the actual HBCU North Carolina A&T, the fictitious institution Atlanta A&T University was the central setting for what 2002 film starring Nick Cannon portraying an aspiring college marching band percussionist?
- 25. He has over 140 million subscribers on YouTube, giving him the most subscribed to channel by an individual creator on the site. By what name does Greenville-raised internet personality (and philanthropist) Jimmy Donaldson go by online?
- 26. Although it has a North Carolina address, a major NC attraction that opened in 1973 at a cost of $70 million is actually along the North Carolina-South Carolina state line, with a portion of the attraction in Fort Mill, SC. What is this attraction?
- 29. What city has a record of being the 'Furniture Capital'?
- 30. Charlotte is located in which North Carolina county?
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- 2. Winston-Salem, North Carolina is home to the last standing clam-shaped building once used as a gas station by what petroleum giant?
- 3. What popular North Carolina-based television show centers on the conflict between seasonal "Kooks" and local "Pogues?"
- 4. Largest city
- 6. North Carolina A&T State University’s official school colors are gold and what primary color?
- 8. What city has the North Carolina Zoo?
- 10. North Carolina is one of the largest producers of ______ in the country.
- 11. What is North Carolina's state beverage?
- 16. North Carolina is a major producer of both sweet potatoes and ____________
- 17. Seats in the U.S. House of Representatives
- 18. State Capital
- 20. state flower
- 21. Governor
- 23. What notorious pirate "lost his head" when he was defeated by the British Navy off the coast of Ocracoke, North Carolina in 1718?
- 27. Raleigh, North Carolina, officially calls itself "The City of" what trees, supposedly named so by the city's founders?
- 28. The North Carolina State Fair, one of the state's biggest and most popular events, is held in Raleigh each year. During which month is the fair typically held?
