Bill O'Reilly: O'Reilly's History Quiz - Quiz Yourself on North Carolina History

1. North Carolina ratified the Constitution on November 2, 1789, and became which state?

Six

Eight

Thirteen

Ten

Twelve

2. North Carolina's English settlers have the distinction of having the first what in America?

Currency

Child

Bank

Horse Farm

Cotton Gin

3. North Carolina has one of the great American mysteries, a group of 150 colonists that disappeared completely leaving only one mark behind, which was what?

Croatoan

Help

God Save the Queen

Freedom

A Maltese Cross

4. A group of 40 rebels seized control of the local North Carolinian government in 1677 to protest against what?

Stamp Act

Boston Tea Party

Navigation Acts

Impressment

The Crown

5. The Wright Brothers flew their first airplane in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in what year?

1890

1895

1900

1903

1990

6. What primary crop in North Carolina grew into one of the biggest industries in the world?

Rice

Indigo

Cotton

Tar

Tobacco

7. Three presidents were born in North Carolina but all three were elected while living in what state?

Tennessee

Mississippi

Ohio

Pennsylvania

Georgia

8. What beverage was invented in New Bern, North Carolina?

Fanta

Coca Cola

Pepsi Cola

Stewart's

RC Cola

9. What is the North Carolinian nickname, which may or may not have to do with pine?

Tar Heel

Pine Tree

Pine Tar

Tar Foot

Pine Heel

10. North Carolina was the first place in the United States where what was discovered?

Silver

Copper

Gold

Diamonds

Rubies