Raleigh landmarks as emojis

Can you match these emoji combinations to Raleigh landmarks + businesses?

July 16, 2024 • 
Allie Remhof
The Hot Weiners sign at The Roast Grill.

OK, here’s a quick hint for one emoji combination.

Photo by RALtoday

Today is World Emoji Day — if you peek at the calendar emoji, it says July 17. We’re celebrating with this short quiz of different local spots in emoji form. Can you guess them all?

Disclaimer: Sometimes emojis won’t show up if your software isn’t up to date. You may need to update your computer to view these.

Take the quiz — don’t worry, you have an answer bank to choose from. Head back to this article to see the answer key once you’re finished.

  1. 🦖🌎🔭.
  2. 🖤🤍☕️
  3. ☠️💵
  4. 🏆🍻🍕
  5. 🌳🌻🐕
  6. 🎠🛝🌳
  7. 🏟️🏒🎤
  8. 🗼🐺❤️
  9. 🧑‍🌾🌾🍅
  10. 🎡🎟️
  11. 🔥🌭
  12. 🛖🎨🖼️
  13. 🏛️📜
  14. 🥩🎄🌾
  15. 🎱🍽️🧀

Answer key:

  1. NC Museum of Natural Science
  2. Black & White Coffee
  3. Death & Taxes
  4. Trophy Brewing
  5. Dorothea Dix Park
  6. Pullen Park
  7. PNC Arena
  8. Memorial Belltower
  9. State Farmers Market
  10. NC State Fairgrounds
  11. Roast Grill
  12. NC Museum of Art
  13. NC State Capitol
  14. Angus Barn
  15. Poole’s Diner
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