Q 01/05

Charlottesville is named after which British queen?

A) Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

B) Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach

C) Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen

D) Anne of Great Britain

Answer · why

A) Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

The town was established by an act of the Albemarle County assembly in 1762, when Charlotte was the new bride of George III.

Q 02/05

Which two US presidents lived in Charlottesville?

A) Thomas Jefferson and James Madison

B) Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe

C) James Madison and John Tyler

D) George Washington and James Monroe

Answer · why

B) Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe

Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe were neighbors on purpose: Jefferson urged his friend to buy the farm beside Monticello in 1793. James Madison's Mon...

Q 03/05

Charlottesville honors Queen Charlotte, the wife of which British king?

A) George II

B) George III

C) William IV

D) Charles II

Answer · why

B) George III

George III had married Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz in 1761, and the new Albemarle County seat, established the following year, was named for the...

Q 04/05

What is Charlottesville's common nickname?

A) C'ville

B) Charville

C) The 'Ville

D) Chucktown

Answer · why

A) C'ville

C'ville is how locals shorten Charlottesville, and the city's alternative weekly took the nickname for its own title, which it styles C-VILLE Weekly.

Q 05/05

What is Charlottesville's Downtown Mall?

A) An indoor shopping center

B) A car-free Main Street

C) A riverside park

D) A covered farmers market

Answer · why

B) A car-free Main Street

A car-free Main Street, not a shopping center: the city closed East Main Street to traffic to revive its fading downtown, and the brick-paved mall ope...