 - 1. Which company is headquartered in Winston-Salem and known for producing Texas Pete?
A) Reynolds American
B) Blue Rhino
C) TW Garner Food Company
D) HanesBrands, Inc.
- 2. Which company is the nation's largest propane exchange company and headquartered in Winston-Salem?
A) Lowes Foods Stores
B) Reynolda Manufacturing Solutions
C) Quality Oil Company
D) Blue Rhino
- 3. Which organization is currently the largest employer in Winston-Salem?
A) Reynolds American
B) PepsiCo
C) Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
D) HanesBrands, Inc.
- 4. In what year did Dell close its manufacturing facility in Winston-Salem?
A) 2010
B) 2008
C) 2015
D) 2004
- 5. Which company opened a manufacturing facility in 2015 in the space formerly occupied by Dell?
A) HanesBrands, Inc.
B) Blue Rhino
C) PepsiCo
D) Herbalife
- 6. Where was the headquarters of the combined company moved after BB&T merged with SunTrust Banks in 2019?
A) Charlotte
B) Raleigh
C) Winston-Salem
D) Greensboro
- 7. Which historical industry is Winston-Salem traditionally associated with alongside tobacco?
A) Shipbuilding
B) Software
C) Automotive
D) Textile
- 8. What is the name of the innovation district created by a $713 million investment in downtown Winston-Salem?
A) Forsyth Tech District
B) The Hanes Innovation Hub
C) Downtown Tech Center
D) Wake Forest Innovation Quarter
- 9. Until what year was K&W Cafeterias headquartered in Winston-Salem?
A) 2010
B) 2019
C) 2022
D) 2008
- 10. Which company merged with Wachovia Corporation in September 2001?
A) Wells Fargo
B) SunTrust Banks
C) BB&T
D) First Union Corporation
- 11. Winston-Salem is shifting its focus toward which of the following fields?
A) Automotive manufacturing
B) Retail and clothing sales
C) Nanotech, high-tech, and biotech
D) Coal mining and oil refining
- 12. In which county was the Dell computer assembly plant located?
A) Mecklenburg County
B) Guilford County
C) Forsyth County
D) Wake County
- 13. Which company has its customer service center located in Winston-Salem?
A) Wells Fargo
B) Dell
C) Herbalife
D) PepsiCo
- 14. What is the total area of Winston-Salem according to the 2020 census?
A) 133.87 square miles
B) 132.68 square miles
C) 135.50 square miles
D) 125.00 square miles
- 15. What percentage of Winston-Salem's total area is water?
A) 2.00%
B) 0.89%
C) 0.50%
D) 1.19%
- 16. Which river basin contains Winston-Salem?
A) Neuse River Basin
B) Yadkin–Pee Dee River Basin
C) Cape Fear River Basin
D) Roanoke River Basin
- 17. Which of these creeks is a primary drainage for Winston-Salem?
A) Deep Creek
B) Rocky Creek
C) Salem Creek
D) Flat Creek
- 18. In which region of North Carolina is Winston-Salem located?
A) Blue Ridge Mountains
B) Tidewater
C) Northwest Piedmont
D) Coastal Plain
- 19. How far is Winston-Salem from the exact geographic center of North Carolina?
A) 25 miles
B) 16 miles
C) 69 miles
D) 65 miles
- 20. The Sauratown Mountains are located how far from Winston-Salem?
A) More than 50 miles
B) Less than 30 miles
C) 80 miles
D) Exactly 10 miles
- 21. The Sauratown Mountains are named after which group of people?
A) Tuscarora people
B) Catawba people
C) Saura people
D) Cherokee people
- 22. Which interstate is NOT mentioned as passing through Winston-Salem?
A) Interstate 74
B) Interstate 285
C) Interstate 40
D) Interstate 85
- 23. How far is Winston-Salem from High Point?
A) 16 miles
B) 65 miles
C) 69 miles
D) 25 miles
- 24. How far is Winston-Salem from Greensboro?
A) 30 miles
B) 69 miles
C) 16 miles
D) 25 miles
- 25. How far is Winston-Salem from Charlotte?
A) 69 miles
B) 16 miles
C) 100 miles
D) 25 miles
- 26. What is the total land area of Winston-Salem in square miles?
A) 133.87
B) 1.19
C) 140.00
D) 132.68
- 27. The Winston-Salem Metropolitan Area is adjacent to which geographic feature?
A) Atlantic Ocean
B) Great Dismal Swamp
C) Outer Banks
D) Appalachian Mountains
- 28. Which creek drains part of Winston-Salem?
A) Miller Creek
B) Peters Creek
C) Jones Creek
D) Smith Creek
- 29. What product is the C. Winkler Bakery noted for?
A) Pipe tobacco
B) Doughnuts
C) Cola
D) Moravian cookies
- 30. In what year was the C. Winkler Bakery commissioned?
A) 1929
B) 1807
C) 1799
D) 1901
- 31. Who founded the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in 1875?
A) Malcolm Purcell McLean
B) Pleasant Henderson Hanes
C) R. J. Reynolds
D) Christian Winkler
- 32. Which cigarette brand was introduced by R. J. Reynolds in 1913?
A) Prince Albert
B) Doral
C) Camel
D) Winston
- 33. What product did Hanes's Shamrock Hosiery Mills begin making in 1901?
A) Men's socks
B) Hosiery
C) Textiles
D) Men's underwear
- 34. What was the original name of the product produced by the Bennett Bottling Company in 1906?
A) Shamrock Cola
B) Bennett's Cola
C) Winston-Salem Cola
D) Carbonic Drink
- 35. In what year did Wachovia Bank and Trust form through a merger?
A) 2001
B) 1911
C) 1893
D) 1879
- 36. Which company purchased Wachovia in 2009?
A) Wells Fargo
B) First Union
C) American Airlines
D) USAir
- 37. What was the name of the store opened by Mrs. Henry Miller in 1928?
A) Trade Street Store
B) Miller's Variety Store
C) Miller's Clothing Store
D) Miller's Bakery
- 38. What famous hot sauce was introduced by T.W. Garner Foods in 1929?
A) Texas Pete
B) Camel Sauce
C) Winston Sauce
D) Salem Spice
- 39. Who formed the McLean Trucking Co. in 1934?
A) Malcolm Purcell McLean
B) Pleasant Henderson Hanes
C) Henry Miller
D) R. J. Reynolds
- 40. In what year did Krispy Kreme open its first shop?
A) 1928
B) 1948
C) 1929
D) 1937
- 41. Piedmont Airlines was based at which airport?
A) Smith Reynolds Airport
B) Hanes Field
C) Winston-Salem International
D) Trade Street Airport
- 42. Which airline purchased Piedmont Airlines in 1987?
A) Wachovia
B) USAir
C) American Airlines
D) Shell Oil
- 43. Who was the first person to mention Winston and Salem as one town during the 1876 centennial?
A) Simon Green Atkins
B) William F. Lamb
C) R. J. Reynolds
D) Robert Gray
- 44. In what year were the towns officially incorporated as Winston-Salem?
A) 1899
B) 1920
C) 1913
D) 1917
- 45. By the 1940s, what percentage of Winston-Salem workers were employed by Reynolds or the Hanes textile factories?
A) 40%
B) 60%
C) 75%
D) 50%
- 46. What was the population of Winston-Salem in 1920 when it was the largest city in North Carolina?
A) 48,395
B) 84,000
C) 60,000
D) 25,000
- 47. Who designed the Reynolds Building?
A) William F. Lamb
B) Simon Green Atkins
C) Robert Gray
D) R. J. Reynolds
- 48. The Reynolds Building served as a prototype for which famous skyscraper?
A) The Sears Tower
B) The Empire State Building
C) The Chrysler Building
D) The Flatiron Building
- 49. Who founded the Slater Industrial Academy in 1892?
A) R. J. Reynolds
B) William F. Lamb
C) Robert Gray
D) Simon Green Atkins
- 50. In what year did Wake Forest University move to Winston-Salem?
A) 1917
B) 1956
C) 2014
D) 1929
- 51. What chemical was stored at the Winston Weaver fertilizer plant that posed a major explosion risk in 2022?
A) Sulfuric acid
B) Nitroglycerin
C) Potassium chloride
D) Ammonium nitrate
- 52. Approximately how many residents were urged to evacuate during the 2022 fertilizer plant fire?
A) 10,000
B) 6,500
C) 1,000
D) 2,500
- 53. How many buildings did the Reynolds company own in Winston-Salem when R.J. Reynolds died in 1918?
A) 121
B) 21
C) 84
D) 180
- 54. How tall is the Reynolds Building?
A) 314 feet
B) 312 feet
C) 400 feet
D) 250 feet
- 55. In what year was the land north of Salem sold to Forsyth County?
A) 1851
B) 1900
C) 1849
D) 1868
- 56. What was the town renamed to in 1851?
A) Hanes
B) Forsyth
C) Winston
D) Salem
- 57. Who was Winston named after?
A) Pleasant Hanes
B) Joseph Winston
C) R.J. Reynolds
D) The Salem Congregation
- 58. Joseph Winston was a hero of which historical conflict?
A) Civil War
B) World War I
C) War of 1812
D) Revolutionary War
- 59. When did work begin to connect Winston to the North Carolina Railroad?
A) 1900
B) 1849
C) 1880
D) 1868
- 60. What was the original name of Hanes?
A) Salem Knitting Works
B) Winston Tobacco Co.
C) Shamrock Knitting Mills
D) Forsyth Mills
- 61. In what year was Hanes founded?
A) 1868
B) 1880
C) 1851
D) 1900
A) Joseph Winston
B) R.J. Reynolds
C) The Salem Congregation
D) Pleasant Hanes
- 63. What is the county seat of Forsyth County, North Carolina?
A) Winston-Salem
B) Bethabara
C) Charlotte
D) Bethania
- 64. What was the estimated population of the Winston-Salem Metropolitan Area in 2025?
A) 257,271
B) 100,000
C) 249,545
D) 712,206
- 65. Winston-Salem is the ____ most populous city in North Carolina.
A) Tenth
B) Fifth
C) First
D) Third
- 66. Who selected the settlement site in the three forks of Muddy Creek in 1753?
A) John Carteret
B) Count Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf
C) Bishop August Gottlieb Spangenberg
D) George Washington
- 67. What does the name 'Salem' mean in Hebrew?
A) Garden
B) Strength
C) Peace
D) Home
- 68. In what year was the first tree felled for the building of Salem?
A) 1753
B) 1759
C) 1856
D) 1766
- 69. Which tribe is mentioned as having inhabited the area before European settlement?
A) Apache
B) Seminole
C) Navajo
D) Cheraw
- 70. What is the name of the area named after Count Zinzendorf's ancestral estate?
A) Muddy Creek
B) Bethania
C) Wachovia
D) Salem
- 71. When was the town of Salem incorporated?
A) 1856
B) 1849
C) 1913
D) 1766
- 72. What was the population of the city of Winston-Salem in 2025?
A) 500,000
B) 249,545
C) 712,206
D) 257,271
- 73. How many constituent neighborhoods are in Winston-Salem?
A) 25
B) 50
C) 66
D) 84
- 74. Winston-Salem is the 84th-largest city in the United States based on what metric?
A) Area
B) Number of neighborhoods
C) Economy
D) Population
- 75. Winston-Salem is the fifth-largest city in North Carolina based on what metric?
A) Population
B) Area
C) Tax revenue
D) Number of businesses
- 76. What is the approximate workforce population of downtown Winston-Salem?
A) Over 13,000
B) Over 50,000
C) Over 27,000
D) Around 14,000
- 77. Which street is considered the 'main drag' of downtown Winston-Salem?
A) Hawthorne Road
B) Fourth Street
C) West First Street
D) Stratford Road
- 78. What road forms the eastern boundary of downtown?
A) U.S. Route 52
B) Salem Parkway
C) Northwest Boulevard
D) Miller Street
- 79. How many acres are covered by the West End Historic District?
A) 2,000
B) 229
C) 66
D) 54
- 80. What is the largest neighborhood in Winston-Salem?
A) West End
B) Ardmore
C) Buena Vista
D) Downtown
- 81. The Ardmore Historic District contains over how many buildings?
A) 229
B) 2,000
C) 500
D) 10,000
- 82. Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center is considered the __________ largest hospital in North Carolina.
A) Third-largest
B) Largest
C) Fifth-largest
D) Second-largest
- 83. What is the typical price range for homes in Buena Vista?
A) Over $5 million
B) $300,000 to $600,000
C) $100,000 to $300,000
D) $600,000 to several million
- 84. How long does it take to drive from Buena Vista to downtown?
A) About one hour
B) About five minutes
C) About ten minutes
D) About twenty minutes
- 85. Which of these stores is located in the Thruway Center?
A) Costco
B) Trader Joe's
C) Ethan Allen
D) Target
- 86. What is the average daily traffic count at the Hanes Mall Boulevard and Stratford Road intersection?
A) 27,000
B) 14,000
C) 54,000
D) 100,000
- 87. Which road runs north to south in North Winston?
A) 25th Street
B) University Parkway
C) Patterson Avenue
D) 13th Street
- 88. What road serves as the western boundary of North Winston?
A) University Parkway
B) 25th Street
C) Patterson Avenue
D) U.S. Route 52
- 89. Which of the following is a neighborhood within the university area?
A) North Winston
B) Alspaugh
C) Downtown
D) The Fairgrounds
- 90. What was the former name of the Carolina Classic Fair?
A) Piedmont Classic Fair
B) Winston-Salem Fair
C) Old North State Fair
D) Dixie Classic Fair
- 91. What is the Köppen climate classification subtype for Winston-Salem?
A) Bsk
B) Cfb
C) Cfa
D) Dfa
- 92. What is the general climate type of Winston-Salem?
A) Tropical savanna
B) Humid continental
C) Mediterranean
D) Humid subtropical
- 93. What was the population of Winston-Salem as of the 2020 census?
A) 235,400
B) 244,605
C) 250,120
D) 249,545
- 94. How much did Winston-Salem's population grow between 2010 and 2020?
A) 7.1%
B) 10.2%
C) 5.4%
D) 8.7%
- 95. According to the 2020 census, how many families resided in Winston-Salem?
A) 48,200
B) 53,708
C) 94,884
D) 60,150
- 96. What was the median age in Winston-Salem in 2017?
A) 38 years
B) 32 years
C) 35 years
D) 40 years
- 97. What was the largest racial group in Winston-Salem in 2017?
A) Black or African American
B) White
C) Hispanic or Latino
D) Asian American
- 98. What percentage of the population was Hispanic or Latino in 2017?
A) 14.8%
B) 5.7%
C) 18.5%
D) 10.2%
- 99. What is the largest religious denomination in Winston-Salem?
A) Methodists
B) Catholics
C) Baptists
D) Presbyterians
- 100. What is the second-largest religion in Winston-Salem after Christianity?
A) Judaism
B) Buddhism
C) Eastern religions
D) Islam
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