Fayetteville, NC: Test Your Trivia

1. What was the main European ancestry that settled in present day Cumberland County?

1. Scottish Highlanders
2. French Canadians
3. English Puritans fleeing a tyrannical king

2. What is the name of the simple schoolhouse, formed in 1867 for freed slaves, that would eventually become Fayetteville State University?

1. Orange Street School
2. Underground Railroad Tech
3. Howard School

3. Which of the following buildings did Gen. Sherman's Union troops destroy duirng the Civil War?

1. Market House
2. Fayetteville Arsenal
3. Hay Street United Methodist Church

4. What's now the Cameo Art House Theatre at 225 Hay St. was built in 1914 under what name?

1. New Dixie
2. Silent Picture House
3. Fayetteville Theatre

5. When and why was Fort Bragg established?

1. Camp Bragg was a Confederate military reservation and prisoner of war camp in 1862.
2. Camp Bragg began in 1918 to house troops and train them to use artillery guns.
3. Camp Bragg started in 1942 as the US geared up to fight in World War II.

ANSWERS: 1 (1); 2 (3); 3 (2); 4 (1); 5 (2)

Survey posted in The Fayetteville Observer - January 28, 2009