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1. Nickname for the stormy waters off the Outer Banks of NC that has claimed many a captain's vessel?
Hell's Backyard
Atlantis
Graveyard of the Atlantic

2. NC has two National Seashores one is Cape Hatteras and the other is __?
Cape May
Cape Lookout
Cape Cod

3. NC is the nation's leading producer of __?
pecans
tobacco
potatoes

4. Between 1825 and 1849 NC led the nation in the production of __?
cotton
sugar cane
gold

5. NC's Wright Brothers National Memorial commemorates the 1st flight of a powered aircraft which went airborne in __?
1885
1903
1929

6. NC's oldest and largest National Forest?
Shenandoah
Pisgah
Shawnee

7. Now a National Historic Site this is the location of America's 1st English colony in 1585?
Castillo de San Marcos
Fort Macon
Fort Raleigh

8. Built to guard the city of Beaufort in 1748?
Fort Macon
Fort Raleigh
Fort Jefferson

9. This beverage was invented in NC?
DrPepper
CocaCola
Pepsi-Cola

10. NC's Pisgah National Forest contains the highest mountain E. of the Mississippi River which is __ at 6,684 feet?
Mt Mitchell
Mt Mansfield
Mt Washington

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For additional information on attractions and outdoor recreational adventures in North Carolina, contact the North Carolina Department of Tourism at  www.enr.state.nc.us/attractions/

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