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
These rugged cliffs, including spots like Devil’s Courthouse, offer ideal nesting ledges for which bird of prey famous for stooping dives over 200 mph?
Peregrine falcon