Random NC Trivia for Twelve

Who is this famous North Carolinian?

Which of these labels was NOT applied to early North Carolina?

Which lighthouse is NOT in North Carolina?

What county is more than 2/3 water?

With which one of these large cities is Charlotte on the same latitude?

Where was the capital of North Carolina before it was moved to Raleigh?

What annual event happens each fall in Banner Elk, NC?

What Spanish explorer trekked across North Carolina in 1540 in his futile search for El Dorado?

Of North Carolina's 100 counties, how many are named for women?

Which is NOT a community in North Carolina?

What large mansion is located in North Carolina?

What ballad from an 1868 murder case in Wilkes Co. earned "The Kingston Trio" a grammy?

The term used when 4 black students sat down at Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro in 1960

Before erosion, these mtns. in Montgomery, Randolph & Stanly Co. were higher than the Rockies.

This declared all royal authority to be suspended in North Carolina.

What year did North Carolina join the United States?

How many master bedrooms does the Biltmore Estate have?

What was the site of the bloodiest battle ever fought on NC soil?

Which North Carolina county was NOT named for a president?

Which NC prison camp was the Confederacy's 2nd largest during the Civil War?

Which NC native is known as "The King" of racing?

Which North Carolina city is known as the "City of Medicine"?

When did Raleigh become the North Carolina capital? 

The Moravians, German Protestants who founded Salem, came to NC from what other colony?

When it was built in Asheville in 1913, it was called "the finest resort hotel in the world." 

Which of these nicknames has not been widely attached to NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt, Sr.?

In 1948, North Carolina suffered the nation's worst epidemic of what disease?

What is North Carolina's largest city?

What disease killed 1/2 of the Cherokee?

Don Knotts won 5 Emmys as Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show. How many did Griffith win?

Harry Gant of Taylorsville--the oldest driver to win a Winston Cup stock car race at what age?

What was North Carolina's first incorporated town in 1705?

How many presidents were born in North Carolina?

What 1987 movie set at a Catskill Mtn. resort was filmed at the Lake Lure Inn in Rutherford Co?

Which of director Steven Spielberg's movies was filmed in North Carolina?

This 1976 Olympic gold medalist in boxing is a native of Wilmington.

Who is the famous preacher from North Carolina that is known worldwide?

What TV show introduced the character of Andy Taylor, sheriff of Mayberry, NC?

Before the Revolutionary War, what was North Carolina's majority religious denomination?

Before the Civil War, there were 300 southerners who owned 300+ slaves. How many were from NC?

North Carolina has no remaining covered bridges.

In 1999, the Charlotte Hornets gave a tryout to what rap star?

Andrew Wyeth inspired what Lexington native to fulfill a long-time desire to be an artist?

Carowinds, the Carolinas' first major theme park, opened on the SC border in what year?

Hugh Ashcroft of Charlotte, a bomber pilot during WWII, inspired what enduring expression?

What Civil War general was fatally shot by troops from the 18th NC Regiment?

Jon Reed's son found a 17-pound object on his land. What was it?

Which famous actress attended East Carolina University?

What is North Carolina's state historical boat?

What was Trinity College later named?