1. What candidate on the ballot in Rowan County received the most votes in last Tuesday’s election?
A. GOP presidential nominee Donald J. Trump
B. Rowan County Commissioner Mike Caskey
C. Rowan County Soil and Water Supervisor Bruce Miller
D. District Court Judge Marshall Bickett

2. Which of these candidates for the Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education was not elected Tuesday?
A. Chuck Hughes
B. Alisha Byrd
C. Josh Wagner
D. Susan Cox

3. What was the voter turnout in Rowan County for the Nov. 8 election?
A. 57.8 percent
B. 67.2 percent
C. 70 percent
D. 74.4 percent

4. Katie Howard of East Rowan High School has been chosen as one of 125 students in the nation to perform for the U.S. Army All-American Marching Band, which will play during the halftime show of the U.S. Army All-American Bowl in January. What instrument does Howard play?
A. Trumpet
B. Clarinet
C. Flute
D. French horn

5. County Manager Aaron Church has received a five-year contract extension from the Rowan County Board of Commissioners. The contract includes a salary increase to what amount per year?
A. $88,000
B. $95,500
C. $111,700
D. $139,500

6. Consumer advocate and environmental activist Erin Brockovich spoke this past week at Catawba College. What movie actor was head of the production company that made the 2000 movie “Erin Brockovich”?
A. Julia Roberts
B. George Clooney
C. Clint Eastwood
D. Danny DeVito

7. To receive an identification card that provides discounts at 60 local businesses, military veterans are being asked to do what?
A. Show their DD-214 form, the document showing when a service member retires, separates or is discharged from a branch of the military, at the Rowan Board of Elections office and have it registered
B. Show their DD-214 form at the Rowan Register of Deeds office and have it registered
C. Show their DD-214 form at the Social Security Administration office and have it registered
D. Show their DD-214 form at Rufty-Holmes Senior Center and have it registered

8. Back in World War II, while fighting in the Pacific, Jack Kepley lost some letters and photos from home, but they later turned up where?
A. In the glove compartment of Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s Jeep
B. Back in Salisbury, after someone else had found them and mailed them to the United States
C. On the body of a Japanese soldier
D. In the lost-and-found department of the troop transport ship that took Kepley back to the States

9. A German theater company plans to bring the play “In God’s Own Country” to Salisbury in October 2017. It is the story of Henry Muhlenberg and his effort to do what?
A. Cross the Atlantic Ocean in an airplane before Charles Lindbergh could accomplish the feat
B. Establish the Lutheran Church in America
C. Sabotage the German U-boat that eventually sunk the Lusitania
D. Prevent the Hindenburg airship disaster

10. Salisbury’s Historic Preservation Commission has approved an expansion of something that already is in place at 329 S. Main St. What will be getting bigger?
A. A graffiti park
B. A food truck corral
C. A tire center
D. A Bible bookstore

 

Answers below:

 

1. C.

2. A.

3. B.

4. A.

5. D.

6. D.

7. B.

8. C.

9. B.

10. A.