1. A “Time to Talk” forum was held this past week for Salisbury City Council candidates. What were the main topics of the forum?
A. Historic preservation and community appearance
B. Taxes and Fibrant
C. Crime and racial injustice
D. Planning and goals for the future

2. Dozens of headstones were damaged at St. Enoch Lutheran Church in Enochville, and the congregation decided its best response would be a two-pronged approach. What will be St. Enoch’s answer?
A. Forgiveness and surveillance cameras
B. Forgiveness and a paid security guard at night
C. Forgiveness and a church yard sale to help defray some of damage costs
D. Forgiveness and a dog patrol inside the cemetery

3. Who has made an offer to Rowan County to buy the former Department of Social Services building at 1236 W. Innes St.?
A. An insurance company
B. The farm bureau
C. A church
D. A bank

4. Kangaroo Express stores throughout the Southeast, including those in Rowan County, will be rebranded to what name?
A. Sheetz
B. Pilot
C. Seven-Eleven
D. Circle K

5. A pair of Salisbury High students, senior Sam McNeely and freshman Harrison Parrott, gave a presentation to the Rowan County Board of Commissioners and asked commissioners to make a commitment to address what?
A. The lack of bicycle lanes on roads in the county
B. Poverty
C. The need for more driver’s education vehicles
D. Allowing people to smoke in county parks

6. The Stoudemire Furniture Co., an institution in Spencer, has closed its doors for good. The furniture store actually started in Salisbury in what year?
A. 1883
B. 1899
C. 1913
D. 1927

7. Rowan County commissioners seem interested in establishing a county water district, laying water lines and buying treated water from Salisbury-Rowan Utilities to help position the county for economic development. Where are the tracts of land commissioners would like to serve first?
A. Between China Grove and Landis near Interstate 85
B. Between China Grove and Rockwell off N.C. 152
C. Between Rockwell and Gold Hill off U.S. 52
D. Off I-85 near Spencer and East Spencer

8. North Hills Christian School has adopted a new mathematics program based on a methodology of teaching from what country?
A. India
B. Singapore
C. Norway
D. Switzerland

9. A historic military vehicle convoy passed through Rowan County last Monday as part of its 29-day, 3,300-mile trip from Washington, D.C., to San Diego, Calif. The convoy is retracing the 1920 route of a military convoy over what highway from 95 years ago?
A. The Lincoln Highway
B. The Washington Highway
C. Route 66
D. The Bankhead Highway

10. Vinson Smith, a 238-pound strength and conditioning coach at Mallard Creek High and a 2006 graduate of A.L. Brown High in Kannapolis,weighed more than 500 pounds at one time in his life. He once impressed his friends by eating what?
A. Two whole turkeys at Thanksgiving
B. 100 chicken wings at one sitting
C. Three 16-inch pizzas for lunch
D. Four Subway foot-longs sandwiches in 30 minutes

 

Answers below:

 

1. C.

2. A.

3. C.

4. D.

5. B.

6. A.

7. D.

8. B.

9. D.

10. B.