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QUIZ #1

1. What is the oldest house still standing in Charlotte-Mecklenburg?
2. What landscape architect designed the original portion of Myers Park?
3. For whom is Davidson College named?
4. Who was the publisher of the Charlotte Messenger?
5. Who was the president of Charlotte College?
6. Why is Biddle Hall called Biddle Hall?
7. How did the Town of Matthews get its name?
8. How did Derita get its name?
9. Who built the Atherton Cotton Mill and founded the modern Charlotte Observer?
10. What was Charlotte's first streetcar suburb?

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QUIZ #2

1. For whom was Charlotte named?

2. In what year did the first railroad come to Charlotte?

3. Who was the most important person associated with Charlotte's horse-drawn streetcars?

4. Who turned the Independence Building into rubble?

5. On what plantation are the Loch Norman Highland Games held each year?

6. What did the letters P&N stand for?

7. What Bank is about to destroy the old Federal Reserve Bank Building?

8. What Bank is saving the old First A.R.P. Church Building?

9. What institution now occupies the Campus of Elizabeth College?

10. For whom is Charlotte/Douglas International Airport named?

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QUIZ #3

1. In what town did the Historic Landmarks Commission find Streetcar 85?

2. Who was the landscape architect who designed Eastover?

3. What early twentieth century farm house is the Historic Landmarks Commission now restoring?

4. Who was the owner of the Atherton Cotton Mill?

5. Who was the Superintendent of the North Carolina Military Institute?

6. What newspaper did W. C. Smith publish?

7. For whom is Ovens Auditorium named?

8. Name three buildings that were once Rosenwald Schools.

9. What famous Methodist bishop lived on The Plaza?

10. Who was the architect of the Charlotte Country Club?

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