| 1 |
What American Naval hero
from Knoxville is remembered for his famous rally cry "Damn
the torpedoes!"? |
Admiral David Farragut |
| 2 |
What Carthage native served
as U.S. Vice President from 1993-2001? |
Albert Gore Jr. |
| 3 |
What U.S. Vice President and
Tennesseeans graduated from Harvard University in 1969? |
Albert Gore Jr. |
| 4 |
What TN Senator served three
terms in the U.S. Senate from 1953-1979? |
Albert Gore Sr. |
| 5 |
What World War I hero was
born in Pall Mall in 1887? |
Alvin Cullum York (Sergeant
York) |
| 6 |
In 1796, who became the very
first Tennessee congressman? |
Andrew Jackson |
| 7 |
What Tennessee U.S. Senator
became the 7th U.S. President in 1828 and served for two terms in
office? |
Andrew Jackson |
| 8 |
What Greenville resident
became the 17th U.S. President after the assassination of Abraham
Lincoln in 1865? |
Andrew Johnson |
| 9 |
What secret weapon of mass
destruction was first assembled in Oak Ridge in 1945? |
Atomic bomb |
| 10 |
General Andrew Jackson of TN
was the leader of what victorious battle on January 8, 1815? |
Battle of New Orleans |
| 11 |
What Republican U.S. Senator
from TN graduated from Princeton and Harvard was a heart surgeon
for 17 years? |
Bill Frist |
| 12 |
During the American Civil
War, the battle of Missionary Ridge was conducted in what East, TN
city? |
Chattanooga |
| 13 |
What American Indian tribe
was denied of their appeals for government protection by President
Andrew Jackson? |
Cherokees |
| 14 |
What American Statesman born
in Overton (now Pickett) County won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1945? |
Cordell Hull |
| 15 |
Trailblazer Daniel Boone
cleared this passageway through the Cumberland Mountains. |
Cumberland Gap |
| 16 |
What Amer. Politician and
frontiersman from TN was killed at the Alamo? |
Davy Crockett |
| 17 |
What Nashville born
astronomer born in 1857 had a star named after him? |
Edward E. Barnard (Barnard's
Star) |
| 18 |
What U.S. senator and
reformer is known as the creator of the Tennessee Valley Authority
(TVA)? |
George W. Norris |
| 19 |
What Memphis, TN State
Representative graduated from John Gumpton College with a B.S. in
Mortuary Science? |
Harold E. Ford |
| 20 |
What female Tennessean
became the first woman U.S. Senator? |
Hattie Caraway |
| 21 |
What Spanish explorer
crossed the Mississippi and met with the Chickasaw Indian tribe
near Memphis in 1541? |
Hernando De Soto |
| 22 |
Who is Jasper Newton Daniel
better known as? |
Jack Daniel |
| 23 |
What Nashville lawyer and
state Governor became the 11th U.S. President (1845-1849)? |
James Knox Polk |
| 24 |
What TN, U.S. President
declared war on Mexico on May 11, 1846? |
James Knox Polk |
| 25 |
What American Statesman born
near Nashville, defeated James Polk to become speaker of the house
in 1834? |
John Bell |
| 26 |
What Native American chief
of the Cherokee Nation was born near Lookout Mt.. in 1790? |
John Ross
(Coowescoowe) |
| 27 |
Who was the first Governor
of Tennessee? |
John Sevier |
| 28 |
What Spanish explorer,
explored East TN in 1560 and built several cabins near Chattanooga
that he later abandoned? |
Juan Pardo |
| 29 |
In 1796, Congress made
Tennessee the 16th state of the Union, what city was first named
as the state capital? |
Knoxville |
| 30 |
What secret terrorist
organization was started in Pulaski in 1865? |
Ku Klux Klan |
| 31 |
What former University of TN
president served as Secretary of Education under President George
H. W. Bush? |
Lamar Alexander |
| 32 |
Where was the civil war
battle called "The Battle Above the Clouds" fought? |
Lookout
Mtn.Chattanooga, TN |
| 33 |
What American civil rights
leader and Nobel prize winner was assassinated on April 4, 1968 in
Memphis? |
Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 34 |
In the 1800's Tennesseeans
earned their nickname as the Volunteer State by volunteering for
what? |
Military duty |
| 35 |
What citrus soft drink that
was invented in Tennessee derived its name from moonshine? |
Mountain Dew |
| 36 |
Where was Tennessee's state
capital from 1819-1826? |
Murfreesboro |
| 37 |
What American Confederate
Calvary general born in Bedford Co. became the first leader of the
original Ku Klux Klan? |
Nathan Bedford Forrest |
| 38 |
What black American poet,
essayist and lecturer born in Knoxville founded Nikton Limited
publishing company? |
Nikki Giovanni |
| 39 |
What American Civil War
general founded Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate in 1895? |
Oliver Otis Howard |
| 40 |
After graduating from
Tennessee State University in 1976, this talk show host went on to
form HARPO productions. |
Oprah Winfrey |
| 41 |
What former TN governor was
sent to prison in 1979 for selling pardons? |
Ray Blanton |
| 42 |
What garment did Governor
Lamar Alexander associate with his campaign? |
Red and Black Plaid Shirts |
| 43 |
What military commander and
Tennessee governor resigned his position and went to live with the
Cherokee Indians? |
Sam Houston |
| 44 |
What Native American leader
and inventor of the Cherokee Alphabet was born in Taskigi around
1770? |
Sequoya |
| 45 |
Tennesseean and World War I
hero Alvin Cullum York was better known as? |
Sergeant York |
| 46 |
What endangered fish caused
a U.S. Supreme court to delay the construction of Tellico Dam in
the late 1970's? |
Snail Darter |
| 47 |
What federal corporation was
created in 1933 to develop the natural resources of the Tennessee
valley? |
Tennessee Valley Authority
(TVA) |
| 48 |
What was the name of the
secret government project in Oak Ridge that produced the Atomic
Bomb? |
The Manhattan Project |
| 49 |
What privately controlled
institute of higher learning in Nashville was founded in 1873 as
Central University? |
Vanderbilt University |
| 50 |
Who founded the city of
Knoxville? |
William Blount |
| 51 |
What Nashville born
adventurer was inaugurated as president of Nicaragua in 1856? |
William Walker |
| 52 |
In 1982 Knoxville was the
host for what major world event? |
World's Fair |
| 53 |
What Hollywood actress with
a 90210 address was born in Memphis, on April 12, 1971? |
Shannen Doherty |
| 54 |
What legendary railroad
engineer that live in Jackson was killed in a train crash on April
30, 1900? |
Casey Jones |
| 55 |
What had 11,127,786 visitors
in one year? |
1982 Worlds Fair Knoxville,
TN |
| 56 |
What Tennessee whiskey maker
was never married but never seen out of the company of women? |
Jack Daniels |
| 57 |
What was the name of the
Cherokee Indian village that the name Tennessee was derived from? |
Tanasi |
| 58 |
What was Tennessee's first
Television station? |
WMCT Memphis 1948 |
| 59 |
What Tennessee Senator was
US Senate Majority Leader from 1981-1984? |
Howard H. Baker Jr. |
| 60 |
The first settlement in
middle TN located in Castalian Springs is called what? |
Wynnwood |
| 61 |
In 1756 this was the 1st
Anglo-American settlement west of the Alleghenies and South of the
Pennsylvania. |
Fort Loudon near Knoxville |
| 62 |
Although Knoxville was
founded by William Blount, who was the city named after? |
General Henry Knox |
| 63 |
From Fort Donelson, during
the Civil War, who said "No terms except immediate and
unconditional surrender can be accepted" ? |
General Ulysses S. Grant |
| 64 |
In 1715 what disease greatly
devastated the Cherokee Indians, reducing their population to
about 11,000? |
Smallpox |
| 65 |
What Nashville mayor and
millionaire was elected as governor of Tennessee in 2002? |
Phil Bredeson |
| 66 |
In 1969, escaped convict
James Earl Ray plead guilty to killing Martin Luther King Jr. and
was sentenced to 99 years in what prison? |
Brushy Mountain State Prison |
| 67 |
In 1983 what two Knoxville
banking brothers were responsible for the fourth largest bank
failure in U.S. history |
Jake and
C.H. Butcher |
| 68 |
In 1994 what 73 year old
Chattanooga resident was convicted of the 1963 slaying of civil
rights leader Metgar Evars? |
Byron DeLa Beckwith |
| 69 |
Where was Coca Cola first
bottled? |
Chattanooga in 1899 |
| 70 |
Little Diamond, born in the
Knoxville Zoo was the first one of these to be born in the western
hemisphere. |
African Elephant |
| 71 |
What popular Tennessee
public service announcement first "littered" the
airwaves in 1976 and then again in 1998? |
"Tennessee Trash" |
| 72 |
On June 8, 1861, what did
the state of Tennessee join? |
The Confederacy |
| 73 |
Who was the first
Confederate commander in Tennessee? |
Gen. Leonidas Polk |
| 74 |
Who did Abraham Lincoln
appoint as military governor of Tennessee? |
Senator Andrew Johnson |
| 75 |
What Confederate general was
killed in 1862 during the battle of Shiloh? |
Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston |
| 76 |
What Tennessean U.S.
President was the first President to ever be impeached? |
Pres. Andrew Johnson |
| 77 |
In Sept. 1864, what
Confederate Calvary officer was killed in Greenville by Union
troops while he was performing a surprise raid? |
John Hunt Morgan |
| 78 |
What National hero Naval
officer that was born near Knoxville in 1801, entered the navy as
a midshipman at age 9? |
Admiral David Farrugut |
| 79 |
What was former Governor Ned
McWherter's trademark snack? |
Nilla Wafers |
| 80 |
With 23,000 casualties,
where in Tennessee was the "bloodiest battle" of the
Civil War fought? |
Stones River |
