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On Tryon Palace

Topic two

Topic three

Topic four

Topic five

Topic 1 question for 5 points

Who were the two Royal Governors who lived in Tryon Palace?

AnswerWilliam 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 1question for 20 points

In 1776 the United States Declared Independence from which country?

AnswerGreat Britain.

Topic 1question 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 2question 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?

AnswerDifferent purposes,including Masonic

lodge,private school and boarding houses.

Topic 3question for 5 points

When was Governor Josiah Martin forced to leave the palace by patriots?

AnswerMay of 1775.

Topic 3question for 10 points

How long did Governor Tryon live in the palace?

Answer13 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 4question 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.