4-H Section
8th Grade Division
Q. For it to be true Service Learning, what must a group of 4-H'ers do after a service project?
A. Reflect on the project
Q. The Southern Region 4-H Teen Leadership Conference is better known by what acronym?
A. S-R-T-L-C
Q. Who serves as the current State 4-H Director in Tennessee?
A. Dr. Richard Clark
Q. State 4-H Round-Up is held at two different locations in Tennessee. Name these locations.
A. UT Knoxville and UT Martin
Q. What state is the host of the National Forestry Judging Contest?
A. West Virginia
Q. Which war helped to initiate the 4-H club program?
A. World War I
Q. Where did southern Middle Tennessee counties attend 4-H camp before moving to Crossville in 1960?
A. Camp Woodlee (near McMinnville)
Q. What is the reference date used in 4-H for grade?
A. Jan. 1st of current year
Q. The walls of the National 4-H Center are adorned with what art form?
A. National 4-H Photo Search Winners
Q. The Tennessee 4-H Horse Shows are divided into three age classifications. What are they?
A. Junior (grades 4th-5th),
Junior High (grades 6th-8th), Senior (grades 9th-12th)
Q. What did Tennessee 4-H do to celebrate Homecoming '86?
A. Compiled a History on Tennessee 4-H - "4-H a Tennessee Tradition"
Q. Former 4-H members, who are students at Tennessee Tech, MTSU and the University of Tennessee, can
still take part in 4-H activities through what organization?
A. Collegiate 4-H
Q. At the 1970 Tennessee 4-H Congress each county delegation brought something from their county. What
was it?
A. A soil sample (the samples were sent to help nourish the Tennessee State tree planted at the National 4-H
Center)
Q. What is the award given the 4-H family who has shown "exceptional participation in all phases of 4-H
club work?"
A. The Hale Master 4-H Family
Q. What former 4-H Congress Governor played basketball for the Big Orange?
A. Todd Austin, Macon County
Q. 4-H is required to be mentioned in a speech in which age levels?
A. Only Senior High
Q. How were Tennessee 4-H’ers honored for their contribution to the World War II war effort?
A. They got to name a ship (S.S. Charles A.Keffer)
Q. What Tennessee symbol was placed at the National 4-H Center in Washington by Tennessee 4-H'ers in
1970?
A. A tulip poplar tree was planted
Q. What National 4-H event was almost cancelled due to a terrorist act?
A. The 1995 National 4-H and FFA Land Judging Contest due to the Oklahoma City Bombing
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Q. How much money does farming generate annually in Tennessee?
A. About 2 billion dollars
Q. What country music singer owns Twin Pines ranch near Lebanon, Tennessee?
A. Charlie Daniels
Q. What agricultural program was created in 1986 by special appropriation of the State Legislature to help
farmers with financial planning?
A. The MANAGE Program
Q. Who is the current chancellor of the UT Institute of Agriculture?
A. Larry Arrington
Q. What introduced weed is known as the vine that ate the south?
A. Kudzu (pronounced CUD ZOO)
Q. What is the natural process by which pond or lake water circulates?
A. Turnover
Q. What Tennessee county is the largest agricultural production county in terms of total acres farmed?
A. Lincoln County 284,000 acres (according to 2002 Ag Census)
Q. What are the most efficient farm animals in terms of pounds of gain to pounds of feed?
A. Chickens or Poultry
Q. What country music star owns Starstruck Farms in Wilson County?
A. Reba McEntire
Q. Which soil characteristic is the most important to know when putting in a septic system?
A. The percolation rate or "Perc Rate" (how fast liquid can travel or perc through the soil)
Q. What native Tennessee plant is harvested for the medicinal value of it's roots?
A. Ginseng (pronounced GIN-SANG)
Q. What is the agriculture term for a round bale of hay in a big plastic bag?
A. Haylage (Pronounced HAY LIJ)
Q. What kind of college was formed to study Agriculture, and was funded by the sale of western lands given
each state by the federal government?
A. Land-Grant University
Q. What farm animal is most susceptible to grass tetany?
A. Cattle
Q. Interspersion (pronounced EN-TER-SPUR-ZHUN) is necessary for many small animals such as quail and
rabbit. What is interspersion?
A. Mixing of food and cover
Q. What percentage of Potassium is contained in a 100 pound bag of 6-12-12 fertilizer?
A. 12 percent
Q. What major cattle disease was declared eradicated from Tennessee as of March 1997?
A. Brucellosis
Q. Who is the President of the Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation?
A. Jeff Aiken
Q. What is the principle ingredient in the insecticide DiPell or BT?
A. Bacteria (an organic pesticide)
Q. What would you call a fruit tree with several different varieties grafted to the same tree?
A. Cocktail
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Q. What natural process causes the "Smoke" in the Smoky Mountains?
A. Transpiration (pronouned TRANS-PER-RAY-SHUN)
Q. What is meant by a milk deficit state?
A. Consume more milk than it produces
Q. This is the measure of density of a forest stand.
A. Basal Area Factor (pronounced BASE-UL)
Q. One square foot of lumber one inch thick is the definition of what measurement?
A. Board Foot
Q. What percentage pf Phosphorous is contained in a 50 pound bag of 6-12-12 fertilizer?
A. 12 percent
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Q. What are the building blocks of protein?
A. Amino Acids
Q. How much money does the average teenager spend a year?
A. $3000
Q. What is defined as the number of days the manufacturers feel their product will maintain its highest
quality?
A. Shelf-life
Q. What crime have you committed when you write or publish something false about someone else?
A. Libel (pronounced LIE-BULL)
Q. Why should a person warm up their muscles with stretching exercises?
A. Cold muscles are more prone to injuries
Q. How are ingredients on a food label listed by nutritional importance?
A. From most to least
Q. Dietary guidelines recommend that persons obtain at least what percent of their daily calories from
carbohydrates?
A. 50
Q. At what wind speed does a tropical storm become a hurricane?
A. Above 74 mph
Q. On average, youth, ages 8 - 17, make how many shopping trips per month?
A. 12
Q. If a person renting a house is forced to break a 12 month lease after 9 months because of a family
A.
emergency, the tenant is legally obligated to pay the landlord what?
3 months additional rent
Q. What percentage of Americans do not participate in a regular physical activity program?
A. 60
Q. How many teaspoons of sugar does a typical 12 ounce can of carbonated soft drink contain?
A. 10
Q. What is made by putting many motifs together?
A. Pattern
Q. What is defined as: "the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of one pound of water one
degree Fahrenheit?"
A. A BTU (or British Thermal Unit)
Q. What is another name for delayed spending?
A. Saving
Q. Concerning interior design, what is the meaning of the word emphasis?
A. Center of interest
Q. What is the first thing you should do upon arriving on the scene of an accident?
A. Secure the scene or make sure the danger is removed or corrected
Q. What is the term for introducing an undesirable element?
A. Contamination
Q. What are colors called that are opposite each other on the color wheel?
A. Complementary or Contrasting
Q. What type drug speeds up the central nervous system?
A. Stimulant
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Q. What is the name for vitamin B1?
A. Thiamin (pronounced THY UH MUN)
Q. What are proteins in food which aid in the maturing of food?
A. Enzymes
Q. What does the term motif mean?
A. A single design unit which can be repeated
Q. Name a fabric that is known to have excellent stretch.
A. Rubber or Spandex
Q. What is the material called that gives fabric body and shaping?
A. Interfacing
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Q. What is the Tennessee state slogan?
A. Tennessee--America at Its Best
Q. What Tennessee-born journalist became the first African American with a syndicated column?
A. Carl Rowan
Q. What was the first black newspaper in Knoxville?
A. The Knoxville Examiner
Q. Who was James K. Polk's "First Lady?"
A. Sarah Childress (Polk)
Q. In Harrogate, Tennessee there is a university named for which president?
A. Abraham Lincoln
Q. What town is the home of the Miss Tennessee Pageant?
A. Jackson
Q. Where do the Boys and Girls State High School Basketball Tournaments take place in Tennessee?
A. MTSU's Murphy Center in Murfreesboro
Q. Silver Dollar City in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee changed its name to what after being purchased by a
prominent country music singer?
A. Dollywood
Q. Tennessee's Centennial celebration was held in what year?
A. 1897 (It was one year late)
Q. Which Tennessee President graduated from the University of North Carolina at the top of his class?
A. James K. Polk
Q. By what name was the current Governor's Mansion orginally known by?
A. "Far Hills"
Q. Who is the only University of Tennessee President to also represent Tennessee in the U.S. Senate?
A. Lamar Alexander
Q. What was the newspaper printed to serve the Cherokee people?
A. The Cherokee Pheonix
Q. What happened to the University of Tennessee at Nashville?
A. It is now part of Tennessee State University
Q. Who was the first African-American student to graduate from a formerly all-white public high school in
Tennessee?
A. Bobby Cain, Jr. (Clinton High School in 1957)
Q. Name the two places in Tennessee that have an active Amtrak station.
A. Memphis and Newbern
Q. Prior to TVA, what was the largest producer of electricity in Tennessee?
A. The Tennessee Electric Power Co. (or TEPCO)
Q. From the 1920's until the 1960's, what grocery store chain dominated the Nashville market?
A. H.G. Hill
Q. What former University of Tennessee quarterback was the number one overall selection in the 1998 NFL
Draft?
A. Peyton Manning
Q. Which Tennessean failed to carry Tennessee when he was elected President of the United States?
A. James K. Polk
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Q. What was a hobby of Andrew Jackson's that would be considered illegal today?
A. Cockfighting (although we will also accept the answers "betting on horse races" and "dueling")
Q. What were "normal" schools?
A. Schools founded to train teachers
Q. What was the docking area near the Shiloh Battlefield known as?
A. Pittsburg Landing
Q. What is the name of the arena in which the University of Memphis plays basketball?
A. The FedEx Forum
Q. What Federal Law made Tennessee State University a land grant university?
A. The Morrill Act of 1890
Q. Who is considered to be the "Father of Southern Football?"
A. Coach Robert R. Neyland of the University of Tennessee (pronounced KNEE-LUND)
Q. Robert Neyland (KNEE-LUND), the most successful coach in Tennessee Football history, was nicknamed
what?
A. The "General" (he was a retired U.S. Army General)
Q. What Tennessee US Highway runs from Memphis to Chattanooga?
A. US Highway 64
Q. At what Tennessee high school will you find a museum devoted to the battleship USS Tennessee?
A. Scott County High School
Q. What was the original governmental name for Oak Ridge?
A. The Clinton Engineering Works
Q. What Wayne County-born author won the Pulitzer Prize for the novel The Store in 1933?
A. T. S. Stribling
Q. Name a famous Civil Rights leader who trained at the Highlander Folk School.
A. Rosa Parks or Martin Luther King, Jr.
Q. What was engraved on the inside of Sam Houston's ring?
A. Honor
Q. Who was the first Tennesseean to receive a telephone call in 1877?
A. Sarah Childress Polk the widow of James K. Polk
Q. In terms of acreage, what is Tennessee's largest state forest?
A. Natchez Trace State Forest (35,904 acres)
Q. What was the main crop grown at The Hermitage during Andrew Jackson's time?
A. Cotton
Q. What national restaurant chain originated in Lebanon, Tennessee and has it's corporate office there?
A. The Cracker Barrel
Q. How many Tennessee governors served in the Confederate army during the Civil War?
A. Five (Isham Harris, John Calvin Brown, Albert Marks, William Bate, and Peter Turney)
Q. What milestone did Tennessee reach in 1850?
A. A population of over 1,000,000
Q. What Tennessee city hosts the West Tennessee Fair?
A. Jackson
Q. What is the nickname of the East Tennessee State University sports teams?
A. The Buccaneers
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Q. Rockefeller Plaza in New York City is constructed from what native Tennessee material?
A. Crab Orchard Stone
Q. What Tennessee State Historic Park is at the boundary between Montgomery and Robertson County?
A. Port Royal
Q. Of the American first ladies to come from Tennessee, which was the best educated?
A. Sarah Childress (Polk) (who was college educated)
Q. Who was the first Governor to be elected to two consecutive 4 year terms?
A. Lamar Alexander
Q. What state university in Tennessee changed its name in 1994?
A. University of Memphis from Memphis State University
Q. What controversial Tennesseean was nicknamed the "Grey-Eyed Man of Destiny?"
A. William Walker
Q. What is the nickname of the Tennessee Tech University sports teams?
A. Golden Eagles
Q. Where is the Tennessee Aviation Hall of Fame located?
A. Gatlinburg - Pigeon Forge Airport
Q. There is a cancer center named for Tennessean Stanley Scott at what university?
A. Louisiana State University
Q. What Tennessee State symbol is in evidence at Thomas Jefferson’s home at Monticello?
A. Two huge Tulip Poplars grow on each side of the home.
Q. What Nashville Home is known as the "Queen of Tennessee Plantations?"
A. Belle Meade Plantation
Q. What major land area did the Tennessee General Assembly purchase from private companies in 1925?
A. The Great Smoky Mountains
Q. Which university in Tennessee has participated in a men’s basketball final four?
A. University of Memphis (at the time Memphis State University)
Q. What is the nickname of the University of Tennessee Marching Band?
A. The “Pride of the Southland” Marching Band
Q. Where is the Sam Davis Home located?
A. Symrna (Sam Davis is known as the "Boy Hero of the Confederacy")
Q. What city hosts the Tennessee Valley Fair?
A. Knoxville
Q. Who is the current coach of the Nashville Predators hockey team?
A. Peter Laviolette (pronounced Lav-E-O- Let)
Q. What was the first of the "normal" schools to enroll students?
A. Middle Tennessee Normal School
Q. What was the name of the Tennessean who signed all legal tender for the US government in 1913?
A. James Napier
Q. The National Storytelling Festival is held each year in what Tennessee town?
A. Jonesborough
Q. What famous Tennessee whiskey distillery is located in Moore County, a place where its whiskey cannot
legally be sold?
A. The Jack Daniel's Distillery
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Q. The mission of these places is to preserve unquie examples of natural, cultural and scenic areas of
Tennessee?
A. Tennessee State Parks
Q. What was the name used to describe the men who left Tennessee to fight at the Battle of Kings Mountain?
A. The Overmountain Men
Q. For what Confederate General’s Calvary Unit did Middle Tennessee State University name it's sports
teams?
A. Nathan Bedford Forrest
(Forrest’s Unit was called the Raiders)
Q. What is the nickname of the U.T. Chattanooga sports teams?
A. Moccasins or "Mocs"
Q. For what reason did Tennessee Governor Don Sunquist make the comment: "It stinks?"
A. Peyton Manning's not receiving the Heisman Trophy
Q. U. T. was officially named the University of Tennessee in 1879. What was its' name immediately prior to
this change?
A. East Tennessee University
Q. What Tennessee university holds the NCAA record for the worst defeat in college football history?
A. Cumberland University (Lebanon) 222-0 by Georgia Tech
Q. Name the wealthy Nashville woman who was Vice President of the National American Women's Suffrage
Association in 1920.
A. Anne Dallas Dudley
Q. What was the name of the Nashville factory that made warplanes during World War II?
A. AVCO, or Vultee (both accepted)
Q. In what Tennessee town would you attend the "Dogwood Arts Festival?"
A. Knoxville
Q. In what Tennessee Town can you find the Ft. Pillow National Historic Site?
A. Henning
Q. Who is the author of the official Tennessee State Poem "Oh Tennessee, My Tennessee"?
A. William Lawerence
Q. What Nashville university is located on the grounds of the former home of Adelicia Acklen?
A. Belmont
Q. This part of the UT System does not have any undergradute students but houses the UT School of
Medicine and Denistry?
A. The University of Tennessee at Memphis
Q. What is the nickname of the Austin Peay State University sports teams?
A. The Governors
Q. What Tennessean said, "If I had a thousand lives, I would lose them all here before I would betray my
friend."
A. Sam Davis
Q. What was the first television station to go on the air in Tennessee?
A. Channel 5 in Nashville (WLAC..later WTVF)
Q. Who was the long time political "boss" of Memphis?
A. Edward "Boss" Crump
Q. Where is Sarah Childress Polk wife of James K. Polk buried?
A. The Tennessee Capitol grounds (with her husband)
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Q. What Tennesseean was Chief of Staff for Ronald Reagan?
A. Howard Baker, Jr.
Q. What future Tennessee governor was the editor of the student newspaper at Vanderbilt in the early 1960's?
A. Lamar Alexander
Q. In what city is JFG Coffee manufactured?
A. Knoxville
Q. On what side did the majority of the Cherokee Indians fight in the Civil War?
A. For the Confederacy (or the South)
Q. What article of clothing was former UT President Andy Holt known for?
A. Coonskin Cap
Q. In what year was the Krystal restaurant chain founded?
A. 1932
Q. Tusculum College, Tennesse's oldest college, is how much older than the University of Tennessee?
A. One Day! (Tusculum founded on Sept. 9, 1794 and the University of Tennessee on Sept. 10, 1794)
Q. What is the smallest incorporated city in Tennessee?
A. Silerton (population 60)
Q. What was the first newspaper in America devoted to the abolition of slaves?
A. Manumission Intelligencer
Q. What high school was literally blown up by those opposed to desegregation in Tennessee?
A. Clinton High School (In Anderson County)
Q. Who do the history books say was the largest Tennessean to have ever lived?
A. Mills Darden
Q. What is the oldest college in Tennessee?
A. Tusculum College, Greenville; founded September 9, 1794 (prior to Blount College, later UT, founded in
that same year)
Q. By what name were the NFL's Tennessee Titans known before moving to Nashville?
A. The Houston Oilers
Q. Who was Clingman's Dome named for?
A. General Thomas Clingman (Confederate General who later explored the Smokies)
Q. Who was the first native born Tennessean to be elected governor of the state?
A. James Chamberlin Jones
Q. Who is the only former governor to serve as President of the University of Tennessee?
A. Lamar Alexander
Q. Where is the National Poke Sallet Festival held each May?
A. Jackson County or Gainsboro
Q. Which school in the University of Tennessee is located in West Tennessee?
A. The University of Tennessee at Martin
Q. What was the Memphis Belle?
A. A B-17 Bomber (the first to complete its tour of duty in World War II; later became a movie)
Q. What Tennessee university is located near Sewanee, Tennessee?
A. The University of the South
Q. In what Tennessee town was a circus elephant once executed?
A. Erwin
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Q. What state university in Tennessee dropped its football program in 2003 but is scheduled to start it back
in 2015?
A. East Tennessee State University
Q. What U.S. President visited the Tennessee Centennial celebration?
A. President William McKinley
Q. What Tennessee entertainer was born in Nutbush, Tennessee?
A. Tina Turner
Q. What university in Tennessee was originally known as Dixie College?
A. Tennessee Tech University
Q. What National Championship takes place each year at Standing Stone State Park?
A. Marbles (Rolley Hole)
Q. What Obion county town is known for its albino squirrels?
A. Kenton
Q. What is the nickname of the Vanderbilt University sports teams?
A. The Commodores
Q. Where can you see the play "Tennessee USA?"
A. Only at the Cumberland County Playhouse
Q. Tennessee's first college football game was played on what National holiday?
A. Thanksgiving Day, 1890 in Nashville.
Q. Which two of the Tennessee U.S. Presidents did not have a middle name?
A. Andrew Jackson and Andrew Johnson
Q. Which state university traces its origins to Blount College founded in 1794?
A. The University of Tennessee
Q. Who was the oldest governor ever to serve in Tennessee?
A. Alfred Taylor (73 when inaugurated)
Q. What city hosts the Tennessee State Fair?
A. Nashville
Q. What Tennessean is credited with the saying: “It doesn’t matter if you win or lose, but how you played the
game?”
A. Grantland Rice
Q. What Tennessee Native American was also known as George Gist?
A. Sequoyah
Q. Name the Tennessee woman who sculpted the statues of Andrew Jackson and John Sevier which stand in
the U.S. Capitol Building.
A. Belle Kinney
Q. What group of writers associated with Vanderbilt University wrote the 1930 book I'll Take My Stand?
A. The Fugitives
Q. Who served as Tennessee’s first two United States Senators?
A. William Blount and William Cocke
Q. Who published the first newspaper in America devoted to the abolition of slaves?
A. Elihu Embree (pronounced UH LIE WHO - M BREE)
Q. The largest and bloodiest battlle fought in Tennessee occurred near Shiloh Church in West Tennessee.
What does the word "Shiloh" mean in Hebrew?
A. Place of Peace
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Q. Where was William Lawrence when he wrote the Tennessee state poem?
A. In a North Vietnamese prisoner of war camp
Q. What was Sequoyah's occupation?
A. Blacksmith
Q. Who was the first governor to serve a four year term in Tennessee?
A. Frank Clement when elected in 1954
Q. Who in 1966 became the first African American woman eleceted to the Tennessee State Legislature?
A. Dorothy Lavina Brown
Q. What is the largest stadium in Tennessee?
A. Bristol Motor Speedway (seats 170,000)
Q. Name the two Tennessee Supreme Court Justices who have also served on the Supreme Court of the
United States.
A. John Catron and Horace Lurton
Q. The Aquarium of the Smokies is located in what Tennessee town?
A. Gatlinburg
Q. What West Tennessee county seat is named for the intersection of two railroads?
A. Union City
Q. Where do the TSSAA State football Championships take place?
A. Cookeville on campus of Tennessee Tech University
Q. What town in Hawkins County was the scene of several battles and skirmishes during the Civil War?
A. Bulls Gap
Q. What college football team defeated 5 top ranked football teams in a span of six days in 1899?
A. The University of the South (Also accept Sewanee)
Q. What is Tennessee's largest State Park?
A. Natchez Trace State Park (48,000 acres)
Q. What university contains the only Naval ROTC unit in Tennessee?
A. Vanderbilt
Q. The Tennessee Aquarium is located in what city?
A. Chattanooga
Q. Who coaches the Tennessee Titans?
A. Mike Mularkey (Interim)
Q. When Nashville was first settled it was part of what county?
A. Washington County
Q. Who was the first black Tennesseean to run for governor?
A. William Francis Yardley (1876)
Q. What is the name of the facility in Nashville that hosts award winning Broadway plays?
A. The Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC)
Q. Name the motion picture filmed in Charleston, Tennessee which depicted the struggle between
landowners and the TVA?
A. Wild River
Q. What is the oldest current newspaper in Tennessee?
A. The Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle founded 1808
Q. What does TSSAA stand for?
A. The Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association
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Q. Who in 1964 became the first African American to be elected to the Tennessee State Legislature in the
20th Century?
A. A.W. Willis Jr.
Q. Who was the founder of the National Baptist Publishing Board?
A. Richard Boyd
Q. What is the nickname of the Tennessee State University sports teams?
A. The Tigers
Q. Where is the University of Tennessee Space Institute located?
A. Tullahoma
Q. What was Tennessee's first Clear Channel AM radio station?
A. WSM in Nashville (650AM)
Q. In what Tennessee town will you find a museum for former Governor Gordon Browning?
A. Huntington
Q. What University of Tennessee sports team has won eight National Championships?
A. The Lady Vols Basketball team
Q. What was the name of Judge John and Mary Overton's now famous Nashville home?
A. Travellers Rest
Q. What U.S. President's grandfather migrated through the Cumberland Gap?
A. Abraham Lincoln
Q. What county boasts the Dunlap Coke Ovens Park?
A. Sequatchie County
Q. Who was the first African American to practice law in Knoxville?
A. Willaim Frances Yardley
Q. In what town is Austin Peay State University located?
A. Clarksville
Q. What famous pop star attended Millington Central High School?
A. Justin Timberlake
Q. What do John Ross, James Robertson, James White and Andrew Jackson all have in common?
A. They each served as a principal founder one of the four largests cities in Tennessee.
Q. What East Tennessee county seat was saved from flooding by Eleanor Roosevelt?
A. Dandridge
Q. What pro sports francise at one timed owned the park that is now known as Dollywood?
A. The Cleveland Browns (Art Modell was the owner; the park was known then as Rebel Railroad)
Q. What university in Tennessee was originally known as Grant University?
A. UT Chattanooga
Q. What is the nickname of the University of Tennessee at Martin's sports teams?
A. The "Skyhawks"
Q. How many Tennesseans won the Congressional Medal of Honor in World War II?
A. 7
Q. What is the nickname of the University of Tennessee campus?
A. The "Hill"
Q. What is the name of the basketball arena on the campus of the University of Tennessee?
A. Thompson Boling Arena
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Q. What famous actress graduated from Harpeth Hall School in Nashville in the mid 1990's?
A. Reese Witherspoon
Q. At what Civil War battle were soldiers under Nathan Bedford Forrest accused of massacring black
soldiers who tried to surrender?
A. Fort Pillow
Q. What was the name of the Nashville bond house whose demise signaled the arrival of the Great
Depression in the South?
A. Caldwell & Co.
Q. How many state parks are named for former governors of Tenneseee?
A. 1 (Henry Horton)
Q. What was the nickname of the bizarre kickoff return that helped the Tennessee Titans advance to Super
Bowl 34?
A. The "Music City Miracle"
Q. What Tennessee company employs the most people?
A. Federal Express (located in Memphis)
Q. Name the State Wild Edible Plant of Tennessee?
A. Poke Sallet
Q. Who was the governor who sent National Guardsmen into Clinton to restore order a few weeks after the
integration of a high school there in 1955?
A. Frank Clement
Q. What U.S. Army division is housed at Ft. Campbell?
A. The 101st Airborne Division
Q. Where is the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration held each September?
A. Shelbyville
Q. What Knoxville-born author won the Pulitzer Prize for the novel A Death in the Family?
A. James Agee
Q. What is known as the”Mother Church of Country Music?"
A. The Ryman Auditorium
Q. In what northeast Tennessee town will you find a museum of artifacts salvaged before the town was
flooded by TVA?
A. Butler
Q. What is the nickname of the University of Tennessee sports teams?
A. The Volunteers or Vols
Q. What Tennessean was the democratic nominee for the U.S. President in 2000?
A. Albert Gore, Jr.
Q. In what city did the 1982 World's Fair take place?
A. Knoxville
Q. In what Tennessee town does John Grisham's novel The Firm take place?
A. Memphis
Q. For whom is the Interstate system in Tennessee named?
A. Al Gore, Sr. (note: the SENIOR is vital to the answer)
Q. Who was the only Tennessee Governor to be elected but never take office?
A. Robert Looney Caruthers (elected during the Civil War; did not take office because Andrew Johnson had
been appointed military governor of the state by President Lincoln)
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Q. What was the name of the record company which produced Elvis’ first record?
A. Sun Records in Memphis
Q. What house is located at 4580 Rachel’s Lane?
A. The Hermitage in Nashville
Q. Seven Tennessee counties border two states. Name four of them.
A. Shelby, Dyer, Lake, Johnson, Polk, Marion, Claiborne and Wayne Counties
Q. Name the Tennesseean who was one of the wealthiest women to live in the country prior to the Civil War.
A. Adelicia Acklen (Pronounced ADD-UH-LAY-SHA AACK-LUN)
Q. What Tennessean and Life Photographer became one of the most influential photographers of the 20th
Century?
A. Ed Clark
Q. What famous Tennessee home was known by local Indians as "The house with a thousand eyes?"
A. Blount Mansion (due to the large number of glass windows)
Q. The Mississippi River Museum is located on what island near Memphis?
A. Mud Island
Q. What Tennessee town was completely relocated by the TVA to make way for Watauga Lake?
A. Butler
Q. What Tennessee county can claim to be the birthplace of Davy Crockett?
A. Greene County (in 1786)
Q. How many state forests does Tennessee have?
A. 15
Q. What is the nickname of the Middle Tennessee State University sports teams?
A. The Blue Raiders
Q. What two football teams play home games at LP Field?
A. The Tennessee Titans and the Tennessee State Tigers
Q. What was the architectural centerpiece of the 1982 World's Fair?
A. The Sunsphere
Q. What two Tennessee schools played in the state's first college football game?
A. Vanderbilt and Peabody (November 27, 1890)
Q. What American President met with Elvis Presley at the White House?
A. Richard Nixon
Q. What American president is credited with saying that Maxwell House Coffee is "good to the last drop"
even though he may have never said it?
A. President Theodore Roosevelt
Q. Tennessee's Centennial celebration was held in what city?
A. Nashville
Q. What famous opera star grew up in Campbell County?
A. Grace Moore
Q. At what Tennessee middle school will you find a museum devoted to the Jewish Holocaust?
A. Whitwell Middle School
Q. In what town is East Tennessee State University located?
A. Johnson City
Q. What was the first county created in West Tennessee?
A. Hardin County created on November 13, 1819
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Q. Which school in the University of Tennessee is located in East Tennessee?
A. The University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Q. In what city was the first college football game played in the state of Tennessee?
A. Nashville
Q. Who is the current President of the University of Tennessee?
A. Joe DiPietro
Q. What Federal Law made The University of Tennessee a land grant university?
A. The Morrill Act of 1862
Q. What two Tennesseans won a plurality of the vote in the presidential election but lost the electoral college?
A. Andrew Jackson (1824 and Al Gore Jr. (2000)
Q. What was the slogan for the 1982 World's Fair held in Knoxville?
A. "You've got to be there"
Q. Which school in the University of Tennessee is located in Southeast Tennessee?
A. The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Q. What is the name of Tennessee's National Hockey League team?
A. The Nashville Predators
Q. Mike McCully of Livingston became the first Tennessean to do what?
A. Go into Space
Q. Who was the first Tennessee governor to be born in the 20th century?
A. Frank Clement
Q. The great-grandaughter of John Ross was the first Native American woman to do what?
A. design rockets and missiles (Mary G Ross)
Q. What Tennessean wrote under the name "Charles Egbert Craddock?"
A. Mary Murfree
Q. Who is the only person to serve two separate times as President of the University of Tennessee?
A. Dr. Joe Johnson
Q. What is the name of the Tennessee Titans mascot?
A. “T-Rac”
Q. What Tennessean served as the US Secretary of Education under President George HW Bush?
A. Lamar Alexander
Q. Where was the Grand Ole Opry performed from 1943 until 1974?
A. The Ryman Auditorium
Q. What is the Woodland-era gathering place located in Coffee County known as?
A. Old Stone Fort
Q. What organization did Ida Wells co-found?
A. The National Association of Colored Women
Q. What small county in Middle Tennessee has produced three governors?
A. Marshall County
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