1. For the second time in two years on the same road, a tanker overturned and spilled ethanol, forcing a highway closure and hazardous materials response. On what road did both of these accidents occur?
A. Bringle Ferry Road
B. Sowers Ferry Road
C. Stokes Ferry Road
D. Long Ferry Road

2. Sheila Shepherd, Jackie Huffman and Heather Hall had to move out of their homes after the 2015 tanker accident. By July 2016, they abandoned their properties for good and bought a home together elsewhere. What was one of the main reasons the women left the house and mobile home they had lived in before?
A. They feared their shared well was contaminated.
B. The tanker damaged their homes when it went off the road, and the estimates for repairs were too costly
C. Their insurance companies would not reimburse them for the months they could not be in their homes
D. The acreage around the accident site is still highly flammable

3. Former Rowan County Commissioner Steve Blount, who serves as a magistrate, also has taken on a part-time job as a municipal planning and zoning administrator. For what municipality is he working?
A. Kannapolis
B. Mooresville
C. Albemarle
D. Granite Quarry

4. Todd DeSorbo, a multiple state championship swimmer at Salisbury High, an all-conference swimmer at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and most recently the associate head coach of swimming at N.C. State, has been named the head men’s and women’s swimming and diving coach for what other Atlantic Coast Conference school?
A. Clemson
B. Boston College
C. Virginia
D. Wake Forest

5. Rowan County commissioners have approved a development at the West End Plaza that will create a business incubator, a museum about entrepreneurship, a co-working space, a place for companies to develop prototypes, a cafe, and a digital media lab for Catawba College students. What’s the proposed name for this project?
A. The Rowan County Creation Station
B. The Rowan County IDEA Center
C. The Rowan County Digital Depot
D. The Rowan County Launch Pad

6. George Clifton Knox recently died at the age of 94. Which of these statements is true about Knox.
A. He was the first African-American principal of an integrated school in Rowan County
B. He was the first African-American elected to the Rowan County Board of Commissioners
C. He was a member of the Rowan County Sports Hall of Fame
D. All of the above

7. East Spencer officials learned this past week the town’s Fire Department is facing a critical shortage in what?
A. Air packs
B. Firetrucks — the town is down to one working firetruck
C. Working fire hydrants
D. Firefighters — the town has only 10 volunteers on its roster

8. The U.S. Motto Action Committee has asked the town of Granite Quarry to display what words on the exterior of Town Hall or in a prominent place in the boardroom?
A. E Pluribus Unum
B. Land of the Free, Home of the Brave
C. One Nation, Under God
D. In God We Trust

9. Gerri Butler will be celebrating her 100th birthday this coming Wednesday. Though she has lived in Rowan County for almost six decades, Butler grew up and lived her early adult life in what western state?
A. Utah
B. Idaho
C. Wyoming
D. Montana

10. Boral Bricks, which has a plant in East Spencer, has a new name after it combined with Forterra Brick. What is the name of the new company?
A. Process Brick
B. Borterra Brick
C. Meridian Brick
D. Guaranty Brick

 

Answers below:

 

1. A.
2. A.
3. D.
4. C.
5. B.
6. D.
7. B.
8. D.
9. D.
10. C.