Q 01/05

Which body of water, the largest lagoon on the US East Coast, separates the southern Outer Banks from mainland North Carolina?

A) Long Island Sound

B) Chesapeake Bay

C) Delaware Bay

D) Pamlico Sound

Answer · why

D) Pamlico Sound

Pamlico Sound is the largest lagoon on the East Coast of the United States and lies between the southern Outer Banks and the mainland.

Q 02/05

Near which Outer Banks town did the Wright brothers achieve their first successful powered flight?

A) Nags Head

B) Kill Devil Hills

C) Southern Shores

D) Hatteras Village

Answer · why

B) Kill Devil Hills

Kill Devil Hills had no town in 1903 and was not chartered until half a century later, which is why the nearest village, four miles to the north, got ...

Q 03/05

Which Wright brother piloted the first powered flight in 1903, three days after losing a coin toss for the first attempt?

A) Wilbur Wright

B) Orville Wright

C) Lorin Wright

D) Reuchlin Wright

Answer · why

B) Orville Wright

Orville Wright flew first only because Wilbur, who won the coin toss on December 14, stalled on take-off and damaged the Flyer; once it was repaired, ...

Q 04/05

What kept Governor John White from returning to his Roanoke colonists until 1590?

A) The Spanish Armada

B) A London plague

C) A crew mutiny

D) A Bermuda shipwreck

Answer · why

A) The Spanish Armada

The Spanish Armada crisis made England hold its ships at home in 1588, so White, who had sailed for supplies in 1587, reached Roanoke three years late...

Q 05/05

Which northern Outer Banks town is famously home to a herd of wild Spanish Mustang descendants?

A) Corolla

B) Duck

C) Nags Head

D) Kitty Hawk

Answer · why

A) Corolla

Corolla's wild horses are thought to descend from Spanish stock; after cars began killing them in the 1980s, the herd was moved north of town behind s...