Cheers To Our Beverages
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- 1.Born in 1931, NASCAR legend Junior Johnson of Wilkes County honed his driving skills hauling what type of beverage on back roads?
- A.
Moonshine
- B.
Buttermilk
- C.
Persimmon beer
- 2.North Carolina’s first beer brewery, founded in 1774 by unmarried Moravian men in what was then Salem, went by what name?
- A.
Moravian Mash Haus
- B.
Bachelors' Brew House
- C.
Single Brothers' Brewery
- 3.The land where Sidney Weller established our state’s first commercial winery in 1835 is now occupied by what state park in Halifax County?
- A.
Morrow Mountain State Park
- B.
Medoc Mountain State Park
- C.
Crowders Mountain State Park
- 4.Marvin Sutton, one of our state’s most famous moonshiners, went by what nickname?
- A.
Cracker Jack
- B.
Popcorn
- C.
Peanut
- 5.Before there was iced tea, Native Americans and early settlers drank a type of tea made from the leaves of what shrub found on our coast?
- A.
Yaupon
- B.
Live oak
- C.
Juniper
- 6.North Carolina’s official state fruit is what variety of grape whose “Mother Vine” is more than 400 years old and grows on Roanoke Island?
- A.
Concord
- B.
Scuppernong
- C.
Merlot
- 7.Who was the first U.S. president to try Cheerwine when he visited Salisbury for the 200th anniversary of Rowan County in 1953?
- A.
Harry Truman
- B.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
- C.
Dwight Eisenhower
- 8.Pepsi-Cola was invented by New Bern pharmacist Caleb Bradham in 1893. What name did this popular soft drink first go by?
- A.
Brad's Drink
- B.
Caleb's Cola
- C.
New Bern Fizz
- 9.Founded in 1871, Midas Spring Water claims to be the oldest manufacturer in Mecklenburg County. Midas is on Beatties Ford Road near what town?
- A.
Matthews
- B.
Pineville
- C.
Huntersville
- 10.Our official state beverage is milk. About how many gallons did N.C. cows produce in 2012?
- A.
50 million
- B.
75 million
- C.
112 million
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