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1. Charlotte is located in which North Carolina county?
2. WBTV, the state's oldest television station, signed on in Charlotte in what year?
3. Which of the following people has NOT served as mayor of Charlotte?
4. What is the nickname of UNC-Charlotte's athletic teams?
5. What number has been given to Charlotte's long-awaited Outer Belt?
6. In which of the following motion pictures does Charlotte NOT appear?
7. Which long-time CBS News personality could claim Charlotte as his hometown?
8. In April 2001, which two major financial institutions announced a stunning merger of equals?
9. In what year did the Charlotte Hornets first begin play in the NBA?
10. The Hornets were not originally known as the Hornets. What was their original nickname?
11. Which major thoroughfare, long a source of irritation for Charlotte motorists, is being converted into a freeway?
12. Independence Square, the heart of Charlotte's downtown business district, lies at the intersection of what two streets?
13. Which former mayor of Charlotte tried unsuccessfully to unseat Jesse Helms from the US Senate?
14. Which company is the title sponsor of Charlotte's downtown NFL stadium?
15. Charlotte is the only major city in the United States served by two nuclear power plants. What are the names of those two plants?
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