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North Carolina Trivia Quiz
What I like most about living in NC is the great variety of things to do. From Chapel Hill it is an easy weekend get away to either the coast or mountains. When my husband and I go to the mountains we especially like Banner Elk because of the high elevation and great restaurants. We stay at Blueberry Inn and Banner Elk Winery when we go by ourselves but when it's the whole family we like the Burnsville area neat Mt. Mitchell. The children really like to tube in the Toe River. Last month we rented 3 houses close together, 2 on the river and one across the street, high on a hill with a great view. My husband took some photos and even though we were with 7 nieces and nephews he just got photos of scenery and the dog (his favorite family member) swimming.
I'm writing this from the coast right now. We came to make sure our cottage on Harkers Island was secure since tropical storm Hannah was scheduled to come through with two possible hurricanes right behind it. Hannah was no problem for us, just some wind. Harkers Island is on Core Sound near Cape Lookout. It's really just a fishing village. You have to like to cook to come here because there aren't many places to eat out.
A fun thing to do is to take the ferry (it's just a small boat, passengers only) to Cape Lookout. On the way to the cape the boat captain will point out the wild ponies grazing on marsh grass. Once there,young children love playing in the water and sand on the sound side but a short walk across the dunes is the ocean and a beautiful beach.
North Carolina is a state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N).
Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km).
Pop. (2000) 8,049,313, a 21.4% increase since the 1990 census.
Capital, Raleigh.
Largest city, Charlotte.
Motto, Esse Quam Videri [To Be Rather than to Seem].
State bird, cardinal.
State flower, dogwood.
State tree, pine. 
North Carolina, in the warm temperate zone, has a generally mild climate, with abundant and well distributed rainfall. The state's congenial climate, its many miles of beaches, and its beautiful mountains attract large numbers of visitors and vacationers each year. Chief among the tourist attractions are the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, the Cape Lookout National Seashore, the Blue Ridge Parkway, and the Great Smoky Mts. National Park. Wildlife abounds in national forests (the state has four) and in the Dismal Swamp. Places of historic interest include Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, on Roanoke Island; the Wright Brothers National Memorial, at Kitty Hawk; Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site, at Flatrock; and Guilford Courthouse and Moores Creek national military parks.
 North Carolina leads the nation in the production of tobacco and is a major producer of textiles and furniture. It grows 40% of all U.S. tobacco, but the continuing trend is toward diversification. Broilers, hogs, turkeys, greenhouse products, sweet potatoes, corn, soybeans, peanuts, and eggs are important. Plentiful forests supply the thriving furniture and lumber industries. The state has long been a major textile manufacturer, producing cotton, synthetic, and silk goods as well as various kinds of knit items. Other leading manufactures are electrical machinery, computers, and chemicals; the Research Triangle complex near Chapel Hill has spurred high-tech manufacturing, as well as bringing federal jobs into the state. The state also has mineral resources: It leads the nation in the production of feldspar, mica, and lithium materials and produces substantial quantities of olivine, crushed granite, talc, clays, and phosphate rock. There are valuable coastal fisheries, with shrimp, menhaden, and crabs the principal catches. Charlotte developed in the 1980s into a major U.S. banking center, and related businesses have flourished in the area.
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