Question
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Answer
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After which English king is North Carolina named?
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King Charles I
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What English colony was established in 1585 but vanished shortly thereafter?
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Roanoke
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Who established that colony?
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Sir Walter Raleigh
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Who was the first English person to be born in America in 1587, in that colony?
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Virginia Dare
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Near what town did the Wright brothers make the first successful airplane flight?
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Kitty Hawk
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What was the main cash crop of North Carolina during its colonial era?
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Tobacco
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What doughnut company was founded by Vernon Rudolph in 1937?
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Krispy Kreme
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What title in the White House was Dolley Madison the first wife of a president to be referred to as?
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First Lady
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In what city did the Battle of Guilford Court House take place in 1781?
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Greensboro
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What North Carolina university was the alma mater of Richard Nixon?
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Duke University
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What national park between North Carolina and Tennessee has been the most-visited park in the U.S. since 1944?
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Great Smoky Mountains
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What pirate's "Queen Anne's Revenge" ran aground on the North Carolinian coast in 1718?
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Blackbeard
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What soda brand was first introduced as "Brad's Drink"in New Bern, North Carolina?
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Pepsi
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What did North Carolina provide at least 125,000 of to the Confederacy during the Civil War — far more than any other state?
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Soldiers
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The Hall of Fame of what sport was opened in Charlotte in 2010?
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NASCAR
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Who became North Carolina's first female senator, and also ran for President in 2000?
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Elizabeth Dole
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What famous Charlotte-based bank was formed with mergence of two banks in 1998?
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Bank Of America
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Name the three U.S. Presidents who were born in North Carolina
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Fought 13 duels
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Andrew Jackson
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First to be impeached
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Andrew Johnson
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Led the U.S. into the Mexican–American War
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James K. Polk
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