North Carolina Quiz NETSTATE.COM (original) (raw)

| | 1) | What is the motto of North Carolina? | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | a. | To be, rather than to seem | | b. | Liberty and union, now and forever, one and inseparable | | c. | Virtue, liberty and independence | | | | | 2) | What is the name of the islands that lay off the coast of North Carolina? | | | a. | East Shore Islands | | b. | The Outer Banks | | c. | The Pawley Islands | | | | | 3) | In 1865, a bill was passed that gave us the North Carolina State flag. Who introduced that bill? | | | a. | Zebulon Baird Vance | | b. | Thomas Lanier Clingman | | c. | General Johnstone Jones | | | | | 4) | What is the capital city of North Carolina? | | | a. | Greensboro | | b. | Charlotte | | c. | Raleigh | | | | | 5) | What is the highest point in North Carolina? | | a. | Mount Washington (6,288 feet) | | b. | Mount Mitchell (6,684 feet) | | c. | Clingman's Dome (6,643 feet) | | | | | 6) | Which of these United States Presidents was born in Raleigh, North Carolina? | | a. | Andrew Johnson | | b. | William Henry Harrison | | c. | James Knox Polk | | | | | 7) | Which of these is a nickname for North Carolina? | | | a. | The Tarheel State | | b. | The Palmetto State | | c. | Old Dominion | | | | | 8) | Two figures are depicted on the Great Seal of North Carolina. Who are they? | | | a. | Virtus and Liberty | | b. | Plenty and Liberty | | c. | Virtus and Ceres | | | | | 9) | What is the official state mammal of North Carolina? | | | a. | Black Bear (Ursus americanus) | | b. | White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) | | c. | Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) | | | | | 10) | Who was riding in the the "Flyer" when it made the first successful heavier-than-air, machine-powerd flight at Kitty Hawk? | | | a. | Adam Macon | | b. | Wilber Wright | | c. | Orville Wright | | | | | If you would like to take this quiz again, click on your browser's page reload button while holding down your Shift key. | |