
So you think you know the Outer Banks? Let’s find out! Here’s our test of your knowledge of the sandbar by the sea.
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No further explanation is needed.\n”},{“_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_questions”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_picture”:””,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_content”:”From Ocracoke Island to Corolla, how many lighthouses are there and what are their names?”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers”:[{“_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_answers”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_picture”:””,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_answer”:”4 – Currituck Beach, Bodie Island, Cape Hatteras, Ocracoke”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_right”:true},{“_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_answers”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_picture”:””,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_answer”:”3 – Currituck Beach, Cape Hatteras Ocracoke”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_right”:false},{“_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_answers”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_picture”:””,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_answer”:”5 – Currituck Beach, Bodie Island, Cape Hatteras, Ocracoke, Cape Lookout”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_right”:false},{“_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_answers”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_picture”:””,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_answer”:”5 – Currituck Beach, Bodie Island, Cape Hatteras, Ocracoke, Shell Castle Island”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_right”:false}],”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_addpage”:true,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_explanation_status”:false,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_explanation”:””},{“_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_questions”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_picture”:””,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_content”:”What was one of the predecessors to the US Coast Guard called?”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers”:[{“_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_answers”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_picture”:””,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_answer”:”The Lighthouse Board”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_right”:false},{“_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_answers”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_picture”:””,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_answer”:”United States Coast Watch”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_right”:false},{“_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_answers”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_picture”:””,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_answer”:”United States Lifesaving Service”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_right”:true},{“_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_answers”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_picture”:””,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_answer”:”The Brotherhood of Shoreline Rescue”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_right”:false}],”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_addpage”:true,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_explanation_status”:true,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_explanation”:”
Established in 1871, the USLSS was an attempt by the federal government to create a more professional service to aid distressed and shipwrecked mariners. It wasn\u2019t until 1878 when Sumner Kimball becomes the first and only General Superintendent\u00a0of the service that things change. Kimball rejected political patronage as a job requirement and insisted that his personnel be well-trained and drill constantly. In 1915 the USLSS was merged with the Revenue Service to form the US Coast Guard.\n”},{“_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_questions”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_picture”:””,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_content”:”Who is Old Buck?”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers”:[{“_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_answers”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_picture”:””,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_answer”:”A legendary hunter whose spirit answers the call of hunters on Currituck Sound.”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_right”:false},{“_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_answers”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_picture”:””,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_answer”:”The spirit of a giant bull that appears at the Rodanthe Old Christmas every year.”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_right”:true},{“_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_answers”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_picture”:””,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_answer”:”Buck Tillett – a legendary story teller of tales of the Outer Banks.”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_right”:false},{“_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_answers”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_picture”:””,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_answer”:”Buck Thorton, who with his brother, Tim, built Timbuck II Shopping Center in Corolla.”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_right”:false}],”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_addpage”:true,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_explanation_status”:true,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_explanation”:”
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- Rodanthe celebrates Old Christmas on January 6 every year. There\u2019s a lot of history behind the date and celebration\u2014history that places Rodanthe as an established village in colonial times. Old Buck is an important part of the celebration.\n\n”},{“_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_questions”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_picture”:””,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_content”:”What are the five sounds of the Outer Banks?”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers”:[{“_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_answers”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_picture”:””,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_answer”:”Pamlico, Roanoke, Croatan, Albemarle, Currituck”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_right”:true},{“_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_answers”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_picture”:””,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_answer”:”Core, Roanoke, Currituck, Pamlico, Albemarle”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_right”:false},{“_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_answers”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_picture”:””,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_answer”:”Bogue, Core, Pamlico, Roanoke, Croatan”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_right”:false},{“_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_answers”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_picture”:””,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_answer”:”Currituck, Albemarle, Back, Roanoke, Pamlico”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_right”:false}],”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_addpage”:true,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_explanation_status”:false,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_explanation”:””},{“_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_questions”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_picture”:””,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_content”:”What is the longest bridge on the Outer Banks?”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers”:[{“_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_answers”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_picture”:””,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_answer”:”Wright Brothers Memorial”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_right”:false},{“_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_answers”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_picture”:””,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_answer”:”Virginia Dare”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_right”:true},{“_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_answers”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_picture”:””,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_answer”:”Marc C. Basnight”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_right”:false},{“_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_answers”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_picture”:””,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_answer”:”William B. Umstead Bridge”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_right”:false}],”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_addpage”:true,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_explanation_status”:true,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_explanation”:”
Virginia Dare is 27,559\u2032\/ 5.2 miles making it the longest bridge in North Carolina.\n”},{“_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_questions”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_picture”:””,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_content”:”What is the Unpainted Aristocracy?”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers”:[{“_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_answers”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_picture”:””,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_answer”:”The first homes built along the beach in Kitty Hawk. Unfortunately many of them have been lost to the sea.”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_right”:false},{“_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_answers”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_picture”:””,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_answer”:”Another name for the Southern Shores flat tops. References the middle class owners of the homes. According to rumor the editor of the newspaper who coined the phrase felt unwashed aristocracy was too demeaning.”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_right”:false},{“_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_answers”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_picture”:””,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_answer”:”The first summer visitors to the Outer Banks were the elite of Southern society. The phrase was a term of endearment.”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_right”:false},{“_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_answers”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_picture”:””,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_answer”:”Houses along the beach in Nags Head built in the late 19th to early 20th century. Noted for their simple wooden design.”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_right”:true}],”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_addpage”:true,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_explanation_status”:true,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_explanation”:”
Noted for their simple wooden design. The phrase was coined in the 1920s by Jonathon Daniels, editor of the\u00a0Raleigh News and Observer, to describe both the people and homes of Nags Head. Many of the homes were built by legendary Elizabeth City builder, SJ Twine.\n”},{“_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_questions”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_picture”:””,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_content”:”Who wrote Graveyard of the Atlantic?”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers”:[{“_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_answers”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_picture”:””,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_answer”:”Frank Stick”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_right”:false},{“_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_answers”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_picture”:””,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_answer”:”Suzanne Tate”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_right”:false},{“_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_answers”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_picture”:””,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_answer”:”Nicholas Sparks”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_right”:false},{“_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_answers”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_picture”:””,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_answer”:”David Stick”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_right”:true}],”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_addpage”:true,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_explanation_status”:true,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_explanation”:”
David Stick, son of Frank Stick. David wrote extensively on the history of the Outer Banks. His personal history library formed the core of the Outer Banks History Center original collection. With his father, created Southern Shores.\n”},{“_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_questions”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_picture”:””,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_content”:”In what year did Oregon Inlet form?”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers”:[{“_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_answers”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_picture”:””,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_answer”:”1846″,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_right”:true},{“_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_answers”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_picture”:””,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_answer”:”1903″,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_right”:false},{“_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_answers”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_picture”:””,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_answer”:”1820″,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_right”:false},{“_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_answers”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_picture”:””,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_answer”:”This is a trick question. Oregon Inlet has been a part of the Outer Banks since before the first European explorers arrived.”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_right”:false}],”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_addpage”:true,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_explanation_status”:true,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_explanation”:”
September 8, 1846. Created by the same tropical system that also created Hatteras Inlet.\n”},{“_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_questions”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_picture”:””,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_content”:”How many boardwalks does the Outer Banks have and where are they located?”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers”:[{“_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_answers”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_picture”:””,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_answer”:”0″,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_right”:false},{“_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_answers”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_picture”:””,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_answer”:”1 – Duck”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_right”:false},{“_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_answers”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_picture”:””,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_answer”:”3 – Duck, Corolla, Nags Head”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_right”:false},{“_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_answers”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_picture”:””,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_answer”:”2 – Duck, Manteo”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_right”:true}],”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_addpage”:true,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_explanation_status”:true,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_explanation”:”
Both Boardwalks are wonderful. The Duck Boardwalk has the more spectacular sunsets and a few more restaurants with outdoor seating, but both offer a great excuse to just walk along and enjoy life.\n”},{“_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_questions”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_picture”:””,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_content”:”Who is Dexter Stetson?”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers”:[{“_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_answers”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_picture”:””,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_answer”:”Hatteras native who was the father of John B. Stetson, the founder of Stetson Hats.”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_right”:false},{“_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_answers”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_picture”:””,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_answer”:”Engineer who oversaw the construction of the sand dunes that line the Outer Banks coast for the WPA.”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_right”:false},{“_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_answers”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_picture”:””,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_answer”:”Building supervisor who oversaw the construction of the Cape Hatteras, Bodie Island and Currituck Beach Lighthouses.”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_right”:true},{“_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_answers”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_picture”:””,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_answer”:”Legendary police chief of Dare County whose rough and tumble form of law enforcement kept order during the 1940s and 50s.”,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_answers_right”:false}],”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_addpage”:false,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_explanation_status”:true,”wpvqgr_quiz_questions_explanation”:”
A Massachusetts shipbuilder, but all accounts Dexter Stetson was a talented builder. He was the one who came up with the idea of using pine trees for a base to build the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, something that was discovered when the lighthouse was moved. Evidently, his workers liked working with him. He used most of the same crew for the Bodie Island Lighthouse and Currituck Beach Lighthouse.\n”}],”appreciations”:[{“content”:”It\u2019s time for a visit to see what it\u2019s all about. It\u2019s doubtful if you\u2019ve ever been here. Honestly? Even randomly guessing you should have gotten at least two right. There\u2019s a good possibility that some of the knowledge gleaned from the Net flux show Outer Banks has created confusion.”,”redirect”:””,”picture”:””,”score”:”1″,”_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_appreciation”},{“content”:”Time for a return visit. Your knowledge is spotty and needs work.”,”redirect”:””,”picture”:””,”score”:”3″,”_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_appreciation”},{“content”:”You’re making progress. Don\u2019t give up. A couple of weekend visits and a week or two of vacation and you\u2019ll undoubted move to the next level.”,”redirect”:””,”picture”:””,”score”:”5″,”_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_appreciation”},{“content”:”Obviously a regular visitor to the Outer Banks. Observant and knowledgeable.”,”redirect”:””,”picture”:””,”score”:”7″,”_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_appreciation”},{“content”:”Wow! Impressive. Multiple trips. Almost a resident if not a resident. Thank you.”,”redirect”:””,”picture”:””,”score”:”9″,”_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_appreciation”},{“content”:”Even we had to do research on some of this. How did you do so well? Are you a college professor or something?”,”redirect”:””,”picture”:””,”score”:”11″,”_type”:”wpvqgr_quiz_appreciation”}]},”nounce”:”bc4e5c310c”,”page”:1,”quiz_url”:”https:\/\/blog.carolinadesigns.com\/quizes\/the-outer-banks-quiz\/”,”next_page_url”:”\/quizes\/the-outer-banks-quiz\/?page=2″,”fbshare_page_url”:”https:\/\/blog.carolinadesigns.com\/quizes\/the-outer-banks-quiz\/?wpvqgrogtags=1″,”results_only”:”false”,”results_url”:””}};