Hey Greenville. đź‘‹
Whether you have been with us for a while or you’re new to Greenville, if you read GVLtoday, you may know a thing or two about our city. Take this quiz to see just how well you do know our favorite city in SC. This 10-question quiz covers everything from the Liberty Bridge to Greenville’s oldest business.
Good luck, GVL.
Quiz
Answers
1.) When was Greenville County officially established?
1786
1792
1812
1823
2.) Which one of Greenville’s textile mills was once the largest textile mill under one roof in the world?
Woodside Mill
Monaghan Mill
Camperdown Mill
Poe Mill
3.) Which flower made its first American appearance right here in Greenville?
Magnolia
Poinsettia – Charleston native Joel Roberts Poinsett was the first U.S. Minister to Mexico + an amateur botanist who kept greenhouses on his Greenville plantation. When he found the poinsettia plant on a trip to Mexico in 1828, he sent cuttings home. Poinsett delivered his new plants to friends in Charleston and Philadelphia + everyone fell in love… and the rest is history.
Sunflower
Rose
4.) Which famous scientist had a son who lived in Greenville?
Albert Einstein – Einstein’s son Hans Albert Einstein + his wife lived on Randall Street in the North Main area of Greenville for five years in the late 1930s. The younger Einstein worked for the United States Department of Agriculture and Clemson University, and took his father Albert on tours of Furman when he visited from Princeton University. During his time here, Hans Einstein’s son passed away and was buried in Woodlawn Memorial Park.
Stephen Hawking
Marie Curie
Thomas Edison
5.) Fluor Field is a miniature replica of which Major League Baseball stadium?
Yankee Stadium
Oriole Park at Camden Yards
Petco Park
Fenway Park – The Greenville Drive is a Red Sox affiliate, and our home stadium mirrors the 117-year-old Boston field, with a manual scoreboard + 30-foot high “Green Monster” wall in left field.
6.) What is Greenville’s oldest business?
Hale’s Jewelers – Hale’s has been open since 1856.
Smith & James
Duke Sandwich Company
Mackey Funerals and Cremations
7.) What popular condiment was first created and produced here in Greenville?
Heinz ketchup
Duke’s Mayo – Duke’s mayonnaise was created by Eugenia Duke. You can still appreciate her legacy anytime you slap some Duke’s on a sandwich, head over to Duke’s Sandwich Company for lunch, or take a stroll across the Eugenia Duke Bridge.
Tabasco hot sauce
French’s mustard
8.) Greenville wasn’t named Greenville until 1831. Before that, it was called
Woodland
Pleasantburg
Laurens
Clinton
9.) During which war did Greenville serve as a training camp for National Guard soldiers?
Civil War
WWI – Units from S.C., N.C., and TN arrived to train at Camp Sevier starting in July 1917, receiving training in artillery, gas defense, and machine gun use. Soldiers from Camp Sevier later helped break the Germans’ Hindenburg Line. When the facility closed in spring 1919 following the war’s November 1918 end, ~100,000 men had been trained at Camp Sevier.
WWII
10.) Greenville’s iconic Liberty Bridge was completed in...
2000
2002
2004
2006
