Think You Know Cary Answers

1. The fastest growing segment of Cary's population between 1990 and 2000 was:
D Elderly 85+

2. Which of the following is against the law in Cary?
B Outdoor burning

3. Cary’s first mall was:
B South Hills

4. Which intersection in Cary had the first stoplight?
C Academy Street at Chatham Street

5. The Town of Cary was established in
C 1871

6. Which of the following is the correct explanation for why Cary is a “town” and not a “city”?
C Changing the designation from “town” to “city” requires an act of the General Assembly to change a town’s charter

7. Cary is roughly the same size as:
A Disneyworld

8. When and where was Cary’s first known time capsule buried?
C 1976 at the US Post Office on Academy Street

9. Which of the following parks is Cary's oldest?
B Lexie Lane Park (1972)

10. Which of the following serves as the background for other elements in the Town of Cary’s official seal?
C Dogwood Flower

11. Cary's unofficial nickname once was:
C Gourd Capital of the World

12. Where was Cary's first and only outdoor drive-in movie theater located?
B Where McSwains Mobile Home Park is located today

13. Where was Cary Town Hall originally located?
D North of West Chatham Street, east of Jones Street near the Fidelity Bank location

14. Who was Cary’s longest serving Mayor?
A A.F. Page at 13 years

15. How many different women have served on the Cary Town Council in the last 133 years?
B 5: Melba Sparrow, Regina McLaurin, Marla Dorrel, Jennifer Robinson, Julie Robison

16. Which historic building still standing in Cary was the home to a 19th century editor of The Atlantic Monthly and ambassador to Great Britain?
A Page-Walker Arts & History Center

17. Where was the first Cary Fire Department located?
A Downtown just south of the current location of the Ashworth Drug Store

18. What is Cary’s busiest intersection?
A Cary Parkway and Kildaire Farm Road with 54,400 vehicles per day

19. What is Cary’s busiest street?
B Walnut Street north of Meeting Street, averaging over 40,000 vehicles per day

20. Where will you find Cary’s highest natural elevation?
B In front of the old Cary Elementary School at the end of South Academy Street

21. North Carolina’s first public high school still stands in Cary, now as:
B Old Cary Elementary School

22. Before you is beautiful golf course, behind you is a nationally recognized greenway, to your left is a popular park named after a former Cary Mayor, and to your right is a nature preserve with rare trees found in this area. Where are you?
At the Kildaire Farm road entrance to the Swift Creek Greenway

23. Before you is a beautiful lawn, to your left is a clump of tall pines, to your right is a body of waster, and above you are hundreds of twinkling “stars”. Where in Cary are you?
Onstage at the Amphitheatre at Regency Park

24. Before you is a body of water, to your right is an open field, and to your left is a boathouse. Where in Cary are you?
Bond Park boardwalk

25. To your right are art and M&M’s, to your left is a grand piano, and in front of you is piles of fresh vegetables. Where in Cary are you?
Inside the cafeteria at SAS

26. Down to your left is a man reading a newspaper, down to your right is a fountain, ahead of you is a shrub-lined parking lot, and above you is an arbor. Where in Cary are you?
Going down the escalator at Waverly

27. You are walking in woods that feature small cliffs reminiscent of the mountains. Some of the trees you see are evergreen species that are not typically found in the piedmont of North Carolina. Where in Cary are you?
Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve

28. What significant Cary African-American educational advocate and landowner has a street named for him?
C Clyde Evans, Evans Road

29. Which of the following is NOT true about oldest privately owned home still occupied in Cary?
D It is located on Chatham Street. It’s actually at 9391 Chapel Hill Road.