| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| With over 1 million people | Mecklenburg/Wake | 100%
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| That is 4 or less letters long | Ashe/Clay/Dare/Hoke/Hyde/Lee/Nash/Pitt/Polk/Wake | 80%
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| That has one of North Carolina's major capes | Brunswick/Carteret/Dare | 80%
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| That touches Onslow Bay | Brunswick/Carteret/New Hanover/Onslow/Pender | 80%
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| With a city of over 100k residents | Cabarrus/Durham/Forsyth/Guilford/Mecklenburg/New Hanover/Wake | 80%
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| With territory on the Outer Banks | Carteret/Currituck/Dare/Hyde | 80%
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| With an International Airport | Guilford/Mecklenburg/New Hanover/Wake | 80%
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| With no incorporated areas | Camden/Currituck/Hyde | 60%
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| That borders South Carolina, with a segment of the border NOT being strait | Henderson/Mecklenburg/Polk/Transylvania | 60%
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| Landlocked with only 1 incorporated area | Alexander/Alleghany/Clay/Durham/Gates/Hoke/Lincoln/Person/Swain/Yancey | 40%
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| That borders Georgia | Cherokee/Clay/Macon | 40%
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| That contains part of the Eastern Cherokee IR | Cherokee/Graham/Haywood/Jackson/Swain | 40%
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| Along I-95 | Cumberland/Halifax/Harnett/Johnston/Nash/Northampton/Robeson/Wilson | 40%
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| That has territory in Uwharrie National Forest | Davidson/Montgomery/Randolph | 40%
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| With less than 10k people | Graham/Hyde/Jones/Tyrrell | 40%
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