Q 01/05

North Carolina's planned capital, established in 1792, borrowed its street grid from the 1682 plan of which city?

A) Philadelphia

B) Washington

C) Savannah

D) Boston

Answer · why

A) Philadelphia

Philadelphia: William Christmas laid out Raleigh in 1792 on a grid copied from William Penn's 1682 plan for Philadelphia, with a central square for th...

Q 02/05

In which North Carolina city did the 1960 Woolworth's lunch-counter sit-ins begin?

A) Greensboro

B) Durham

C) Raleigh

D) Charlotte

Answer · why

A) Greensboro

Greensboro: on 1 February 1960 four students from North Carolina A&T sat down at the whites-only Woolworth's lunch counter, sparking sit-ins across th...

Q 03/05

North Carolina became which numbered state when it ratified the US Constitution on 21 November 1789?

A) 13th

B) 9th

C) 12th

D) 10th

Answer · why

C) 12th

North Carolina was the 12th state, ratifying on 21 November 1789 after first rejecting the Constitution in 1788 for lacking a bill of rights.

Q 04/05

The nickname 'Tar Heel' comes from North Carolina's historic prominence as a producer of what?

A) Road asphalt and gravel

B) Ship's rope and canvas

C) Coal and coke for iron

D) Pine tar and turpentine

Answer · why

D) Pine tar and turpentine

Pine tar and turpentine: colonial North Carolina led the naval-stores trade from its longleaf pines, and Confederate soldiers later wore the 'Tar Heel...

Q 05/05

The name Carolina honours which English king?

A) Charles I

B) Charles II

C) George III

D) James I

Answer · why

A) Charles I

Charles I: the 1629 Heath patent called the land Carolana for Charles I, and in 1663 his son Charles II kept the name when granting it to eight Lords ...