North Carolina New Year
10 Questions
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- 1.For more than 200 years, men in the Cherryville area have gathered each New Year’s Eve to fire muskets, chant, and visit neighbors. Cherryville is located in what county?
- A.
Mecklenburg
- B.
Cleveland
- C.
Gaston
- 2.First Night Charlotte is the name of the Queen City’s annual New Year’s Eve event. In addition to music and food, Charlotte celebrates by raising what lighted symbol at midnight?
- A.
Crescent moon
- B.
Star
- C.
Crown
- 3.Perhaps the most unusual, and controversial, New Year’s Eve “drop” has taken place in Brasstown in Clay County. As midnight strikes, what marsupial is traditionally lowered to the ground?
- A.
Skunk
- B.
Raccoon
- C.
Opossum
- 4.Located on the Neuse River, the town of Oriental celebrates New Year’s Eve with a tradition in which locals bang pots and make noise in an attempt to drive away what mythical creature?
- A.
Dragon
- B.
Unicorn
- C.
Griffin
- 5.Historic Rural Hill Farm near Huntersville holds an annual New Year’s celebration that includes recreating the ancient practice of first-footing. Settlers brought this tradition to North Carolina from what country?
- A.
Germany
- B.
France
- C.
Scotland
- 6.Raleigh’s New Year’s celebration includes processions, fireworks, music, and the dropping of what tree nut that nods to the city’s nickname?
- A.
Acorn
- B.
Walnut
- C.
Pecan
- 7.One of North Carolina’s newest New Year’s traditions takes place in Cumberland County, where the locals drop a 30-pound wooden flea in what town?
- A.
Lumberton
- B.
Spivey’s Corner
- C.
Eastover
- 8.The Island of Lights New Year’s Eve celebration in New Hanover County drops a lighted beach ball at midnight. The annual event takes place in what town south of Carolina Beach?
- A.
Calabash
- B.
Kure Beach
- C.
Southport
- 9.Fayetteville welcomes the New Year by dropping what well-known bloom that is North Carolina’s official state flower?
- A.
Rhododendron
- B.
Camellia
- C.
Dogwood Dogwood
- 10.Crystal Coast residents gather in Morehead City to drop what box-like implement used to catch crabs?
- A.
Crab pot
- B.
Crab hook
- C.
Sand trap
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