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CALLING ALL BRAINIACS! It’s time to put your brainy-brain to the test with this edition of POP QUIZ PDX—our local, sassy-ass trivia quiz. And this week we’ll see how much YOU know about local spinning ...

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Most people have heard of the Blue Ridge Parkway, but fewer know about the Waterfall Byway along US Highway 64 near Brevard, ...