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Topic 1 question for 5 points Who were the two Royal Governors who lived in Tryon Palace?

Answer William Tryon and Josiah Martin

Topic 1 question for 10 points Who was the Governor of North Carolina in 1764?

Answer William Tryon became the Governor then.

Topic 1 question for 15 points In what year was the Palace in New Bern finished?

Answer The Palace was finished in 1770.

Topic 1 question for 20 points In 1776 the United States Declared Independence from which country?

Answer Great Britain.

Topic 1 question for 25 points In what year did Tryon Palace burn down?

Answer 1798.

Topic 2 question for 5 points The Coat of Arms is a symbol for what?

Answer Family.

Topic 2 question for 10 points What are the days and operation at Tryon Palace?

Answer Monday-Saturday 9am-6pm Sunday-Closed.

Topic 2 question for 15 points What is the address of Tryon Palace?

Answer 520 South Front Street, New Bern,NC.

Topic 2 question for 20 points What year was the state capital moved to Raleigh?

Answer 1794.

Topic 2 question for 25 points What was Tryon Palace used for after the capital moved to Raleigh?

Answer Different purposes,including Masonic lodge,private school and boarding houses.

Topic 3 question for 5 points When was Governor Josiah Martin forced to leave the palace by patriots?

Answer May of 1775.

Topic 3 question for 10 points How long did Governor Tryon live in the palace?

Answer 13 months.

Topic 3 question for 15 points Where did the North Carolina General Assembly meet during the Revolutionary War?

Answer Tryon Palace.

Topic 3 question for 20 points All of the current buildings at Tryon Palace are reconstructed except which building?

Answer Horse stables.

Topic 3 question for 25 points When was the reconstructed Tryon Palace opened?

Answer April 1959.

Topic 4 question for 5 points Tryon Palace is located on which river?

Answer The Trent River.

Topic 4 question for 10 points Who lived at the palace with Governor Tryon?

Answer His wife Margaret Wake Tryon and their daughter Margaret.

Topic 4 question for 15 points How many state Governors used the palace after the Revolutionary War?

Answer 4.

Topic 4 question for 20 points Who were those four state Governors?

Answer Richard Caswell, Abner Nash, Alexander Martin, and Richard Dobbs Spaight.

Topic 4 question for 25 points On April 21,1791 a dinner and dance was held at the palace in honor of who?

Answer President George Washington.

Topic 5 question for 5 points In what year was the Tryon Palace Commission created.

Answer 1945.

Topic 5 question for 10 points How many people were appointed to serve on the Commission?

Answer 25.

Topic 5 question for 15 points What was the purpose of the Commission?

Answer Reconstruction of the original palace from it's original plans on it's original foundation.

Topic 5 question for 20 points Who established a trust fund to help pay for the restoration?

Answer Mrs.James Edwin Latham, a Greensboro resident and native of New Bern.

Topic 5 question for 25 points Do you think the restoration of Tryon Palace was a worthwhile project?

Answer your opinion.