Western North Carolina Trivia
From rugged mountain peaks to quirky local legends, prove you're as sharp as a Blue Ridge breeze in Western North Carolina trivia.
EXAMPLE QUESTIONS
The Blue Ridge Mountains near Asheville, home to Mount Mitchell, are a subrange of what mountain chain stretching from Georgia to Canada?
Appalachian Mountains
On May 20, 1861, North Carolina officially seceded from which political entity?
The Union
Before becoming a renowned singer and activist, Nina Simone studied classical piano on a one-year scholarship at which prestigious New York music school?
Juilliard
Which root vegetable, championed by a fourth-grade class, was named North Carolina’s official state vegetable in 1995?
Sweet potato
Looking Glass Falls, the 60-foot waterfall visible from US 276 in Western North Carolina, is located within which national forest?
Pisgah National Forest