welcome to jeopardy on tryon palace. topic two topic three
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welcome to jeopardy
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.