1. The Rowan County Board of Elections considers 17,465 voters as having an “inactive” status, meaning they haven’t voted in several years. What percentage of the county’s total registered voters are “inactive?”
A. Nearly 13 percent
B. Nearly 19 percent
C. Nearly 23 percent
D. Nearly 35 percent

2. What Rowan County company was host for an extensive disaster drill this past Wednesday?
A. Freightliner
B. Martin-Marietta Aggregates
C. Akzo Nobel
D. Norandal USA

3. The N.C. Transportation Museum recently received $150,000 in state funds for electrical work and new lighting. Not counting free events, the transportation museum in Spencer sold approximately how many tickets last year?
A. 77,000
B. 102,000
C. 157,000
D. 233,000

4. This political season’s first forum to hear from candidates for the Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education was held by what organization?
A. The Rowan County Tea Party
B. The Salisbury-Rowan NAACP
C. The Rowan County Chamber of Commerce
D. The Granite Quarry Civitan Club

5. About two dozen fathers showed up at Isenberg Elementary School this past Tuesday to show solidarity with their children by taking a walk around the school grounds. What was the name given to this exercise?
A. The Father Knows Best Parade
B. The Pops Parade
C. The Daddy Has Long Legs March
D. The Million Father March

6. The family of the late Rev. Roy L. Fisher, an Army chaplain during World War II, donated their father’s Bible to the U.S. Army Chaplain Center and School Museum at Fort Jackson, S.C. What was significant about this Bible?
A. It was signed by Gen. George Patton
B. It was signed by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
C. It was signed by Adolf Hitler
D. It was signed by Nazi defendants of the Nuremberg War Crime Trials

7. The Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals recently ruled in favor of the Rowan County Board of Commissioners in a case focused on what issue?
A. Prayer
B. Public bathrooms
C. Animal euthanasia
D. Alcohol sales on county-owned property

8. The Rowan County Animal Shelter has banned the head of what nonprofit organization from being on the premises?
A. The Rowan County Humane Society
B. Faithful Friends
C. Precious Furbaby Rescue
D. Rainbow Bridge Partners

9. Carson and Cox Mill high schools had a big South Piedmont Conference showdown in what sport this past week?
A. Golf
B. Cross Country
C. Tennis
D. Volleyball

10. The downtown pianos, part of the “Come Tickle Our Ivories” program, will be taken away for the season Sept. 30. Plans already are in the works for new pianos to be painted and placed in the downtown in 2017. What company or community organization has sponsored the pianos?
A. Salisbury Symphony
B. Piedmont Players Theatre
C. Salisbury School of Music
D. Kluttz Piano

 

 

Answers below:

1. B.

2. C.