1 |
What Knoxville boxer won the
title of WBA Heavy Weight Champion of the World in 1979? |
Big John Tate |
2 |
What is the nickname of the
Middle TN State University (MTSU) football team? |
Blue Raiders |
3 |
What TN racetrack is
considered the "fastest half mile" in automobile racing? |
Bristol Motor Speedway |
4 |
What Major League baseball
player was Todd Helton's high school and college team mate? |
Bubba Trammell |
5 |
What is the nickname of the
Vanderbilt University football team? |
Commodores |
6 |
What three time NASCAR
Winston Cup champion was born in Franklin? |
Darrell Waltrip |
7 |
Who is the University of
Tennessee's football stadium named after? |
General Robert Neyland |
8 |
What Memphis born
sportswriter coined the phrase "it doesn't matter whether you
won or lost, but how you played the game? |
Grantland Rice |
9 |
What city is home to the
West TN Diamond Jaxx baseball team? |
Jackson |
10 |
What UT football player
earned a Super Bowl ring a year after winning a National
Championship ring? |
Al Wilson (UT in '98 Denver
in '99) |
11 |
What UT football player was
runner up to Notre Dame's Paul Hornung in 1956 for the Heisman
Trophy? |
Johnny Majors |
12 |
What is the nickname of
Chattanooga's minor league baseball team? |
Lookouts |
13 |
What TN city is the host of
the Liberty Bowl? |
Memphis |
14 |
What American Basketball
Hall of famer known as "The Big O" was born in
Charlotte, TN in 1938? |
Oscar Robertson |
15 |
What former TN Vol and New
York Jets quarterback is now the color commentator for the
Tennessee Titans? |
Pat Ryan |
16 |
What UT football player was
runner up to Michigan's Charles Woodson in 1997 for the Heisman
Trophy? |
Peyton Manning |
17 |
What Tennessee Vol was the
first player taken in the 1998 NFL draft? |
Peyton Manning |
18 |
What Tennessee State
University track and field athlete broke the world record in long
jump in 1960? |
Ralph Boston |
19 |
In 1987 what UT football
player became only the second in UT history to rush for more than
1,000 yards in a single season? |
Reggie Cobb |
20 |
What Chattanooga born NFL
player is known as having the most "sacks" in NFL
history? |
Reggie White |
21 |
What country music singer
had to end his potential baseball career with the New York Yankees
because of a sun stroke? |
Roy Acuff |
22 |
What back to back Daytona
500 winner hails from Columbia? |
Sterling Marlin |
23 |
Who is the only TN born
Heisman Trophy winner? |
Steve Spurrier |
24 |
What minor league baseball
team calls Sevierville their home? |
Tennessee Smokies |
25 |
What name was the Tennessee
Titans football team formally known as? |
The Houston Oilers |
26 |
How many professional sports
teams are there in Tennessee? |
Three: Titans, Predators,
Grizzlies |
27 |
What Colorado Rockies first
baseman was a two-sports star at the University of Tennessee? |
Todd Helton |
28 |
What athlete born in St.
Bethlehem was the first U.S. woman to win 3 track and field gold
medals at a single Olympics game? |
Wilma Goldean Rudolph |
29 |
Born in Jackson, this NFL
player was just head and shoulders above the rest. |
Ed "Too Tall"
Jones |
30 |
What NFL Hall of Fame wide
receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers was born in Alcoa? |
Lynn Swann |
31 |
What UT college player of
the year dribbled her way into the WNBA's Washington Mystics? |
Chamique Holdsclaw |
32 |
Born in Henrietta, this UT
ladies basketball coach led UT to 6 NCAA titles. |
Pat Summit |
33 |
What UT ladies basketball
player was the WNBA Rookie of the year in 1999? |
Chamique Holdsclaw |
34 |
What former lady Vol
basketball player and WNBA star was the first female college
player to win the Sullivan award? |
Chamique Holdsclaw |
35 |
What former UT basketball
player became a professional wrestler? |
Kevin Nash |
36 |
Weighing 11lb 15oz., what TN
lake holds the world's record for largest Smallmouth Bass? |
Dale Hollow Lake (1955) |
37 |
What team did the Tennessee
Vols football team defeat to win the 1998 National championship? |
Florida State |
38 |
What is the nickname of the
ETSU football team? |
Buccaneers |
39 |
What is the nickname of the
UT Chattanooga basketball team? |
The Mocs |
40 |
What hall of fame
sportscaster known for his loud sports coats, has a baseball
stadium named for him in Knoxville? |
Lindsey Nelson |
41 |
Where is college football's
Music City Bowl held? |
Nashville |
42 |
In 1986, an underdog UT
football team defeated Miami 35-7 in what bowl game? |
Sugar Bowl |
43 |
What were the UT basketball
players that made up the "Ernie and Bernie" show? |
Bernard King & Ernie
Grundfield |
44 |
What UT play-by-play
announcer ended his career by broadcasting a national championship
game? |
John Ward |
45 |
What Knoxvillian was
quarterback at Marshall University and a first round draft pick by
the New York Jets? |
Chad Pennington |
46 |
What Hiesman Trophy winner
from Ohio State became the all-time leading rusher for the
Tennessee Titans? |
Eddie George |
47 |
This UT graduate became the
first play-by-play announcer for the Tennessee Titans radio. |
Mike Keith |
48 |
What college in Jefferson
City won 4 NAIA National football championships under coach Ken
Sparks? |
Carson Newman |
49 |
What New York Nicks forward
was a former UT Vol from 1989-1993? |
Alan Houston |
50 |
What former UT Vol holds the
record for 3 point percentages in the NBA? |
Dale Ellis |
51 |
What is the name of
Nashville's minor league baseball team? |
Nashville Sounds |
52 |
Where did
Phillip Fulmer
play college football? |
University of Tennessee |
53 |
What former UT Vol broke the
NCAA record for consecutive extra points in 1994? |
John Becksvoert |
54 |
Weighing 55.8lbs, what TN
lake holds the world's record for largest Buffalo Black fish? |
Cherokee Lake (1984) |
55 |
Weighing 55.8lbs, what TN
lake holds the world's record for largest Blue Catfish? |
Wheelers Reservoir (1996) |
56 |
Weighing 54.8lbs, what TN
lake holds the world's record for largest Freshwater Drum? |
Nickajack Lake (1972) |
57 |
Weighing 65lbs, what TN lake
holds the world's record for largest Striped Bass? |
Cordell Hull (2000) |
58 |
Weighing 67lbs, what TN lake
holds the world's record for largest White Amur fish? |
Norris Reservoir (1999) |