Q 01/05

The Queen City is named after the wife of which British king?

A) George III

B) William IV

C) George IV

D) George II

Answer · why

A) George III

The German-born princess married George III in 1761, seven years before the town was incorporated, and the county is named for her homeland.

Q 02/05

Charlotte's other historic nickname, the Hornet's Nest, comes from a remark by which British commander?

A) General Clinton

B) General Cornwallis

C) General Howe

D) General Burgoyne

Answer · why

B) General Cornwallis

He occupied the town during the Revolutionary War, was driven out, and wrote that it was 'a hornet's nest of rebellion'.

Q 03/05

In what year was the Town of Charlotte incorporated?

A) 1810

B) 1832

C) 1768

D) 1789

Answer · why

C) 1768

Thomas Polk, great-uncle of a future president, had built his house where two Native American trading paths crossed.

Q 04/05

Uptown's central intersection, known as The Square, is where Trade meets which other thoroughfare?

A) College

B) Church

C) Graham

D) Tryon

Answer · why

D) Tryon

Tryon follows the old Great Wagon Road and is named for a colonial royal governor; the crossing is formally Independence Square.

Q 05/05

On which date was the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence supposedly signed?

A) May 20, 1775

B) July 4, 1776

C) March 15, 1776

D) April 19, 1775

Answer · why

A) May 20, 1775

The text was not published until 1819 and historians still dispute whether it existed; May 20 is celebrated as Meck Dec Day.