Tennessee Trivia
Tennessee Entertainment Quiz
Test your knowledge of Tennessee entertainers, actors, musicians, films, radio, television, country music, and famous stages.
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| # | Question | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | What Grammy-winning rhythm-and-blues singer was born in Memphis in 1942? | Aretha Franklin |
| 2 | What blues guitarist and singer was known as the Blues Boy from Beale Street? | B.B. King |
| 3 | Born on July 25, 1982, what Knoxville-born actor starred in The Client? | Brad Renfro |
| 4 | What Tennessee sheriff did actor Joe Don Baker portray in the 1972 film Walking Tall? | Buford T. Pusser |
| 5 | What world-famous guitarist, known for his fingerpicking style, was born in Luttrell in 1924? | Chet Atkins |
| 6 | What Memphis-born actress starred on TV's Moonlighting? | Cybill Shepherd |
| 7 | What Knoxville-born actor won a Golden Globe for his performance in the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman? | David Keith |
| 8 | What singer and TV star born in Winchester won eight Emmy Awards between 1954 and 1976? | Dinah Shore |
| 9 | What Sevier County native sang her way into the Country Music Hall of Fame? | Dolly Parton |
| 10 | What is the name of the theme park in Sevierville that is named after country singer Dolly Parton? | Dollywood |
| 11 | Knoxville native David Keith starred with Drew Barrymore in the 1984 movie adaptation of what Stephen King novel? | Firestarter |
| 12 | What Tennessee U.S. Senator played a major supporting role in the 1990 film The Hunt for Red October? | Fred Thompson |
| 13 | Broadcasting live from Nashville, what is the longest-running radio program in U.S. history? | Grand Ole Opry |
| 14 | What famous country music singer was born in Knoxville in 1968 and was raised in Luttrell, TN? | Kenny Chesney |
| 15 | What country music entertainer earned his B.S. in Marketing at East TN State University (ETSU)? | Kenny Chesney |
| 16 | What 1975 Oscar-nominated film dealt with the lives of struggling songwriters and singers? | Nashville |
| 17 | What is actor Johnny Knoxville's real name? | Philip John Clapp |
| 18 | What Knoxville native won an Oscar for Best Actress for the 1963 film Hud? | Patricia Neal |
| 19 | What Oscar-winning screenwriter and filmmaker was born on March 27, 1963, in Knoxville? | Quentin Tarantino |
| 20 | What country music singer born in Maynardville in 1903 ran for Tennessee governor twice with two different parties? | Roy Acuff |
| 21 | Raised in Chattanooga, what actor was nominated for an Oscar for playing a Bible-quoting hit man? | Samuel L. Jackson |
| 22 | What rhythm-and-blues artist born in Nutbush, Tennessee, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991? | Tina Turner |
| 23 | Anna Mae Bullock, the Private Dancer singer born in Nutbush, Tennessee, is better known by what name? | Tina Turner |
| 24 | What was the name of the theme park in Hendersonville that was operated by country crooner Conway Twitty? | Twitty City |
| 25 | What is the flagship radio station for the Grand Ole Opry? | WSM in Nashville |
| 26 | What singer known as the Old Pea Picker was born in Bristol on February 12, 1919? | Tennessee Ernie Ford |
| 27 | What Memphis-born actor played a convict in The Shawshank Redemption? | Morgan Freeman |
| 28 | What Memphis-born actor portrayed Count Vladimir Dracula in the 1979 film Love at First Bite? | George Hamilton |
| 29 | What wrestling personality known as The King was born in Memphis on November 29, 1949? | Jerry Lawler |
| 30 | What Memphis-born actress starred in Misery and Fried Green Tomatoes? | Kathy Bates |
| 31 | What Knoxville-born actor appeared on Northern Exposure in the 1990s? | John Cullum |
| 32 | What Knoxville entertainer and animal expert began by raising bluegill fish in the family bathtub? | Jack Hanna |
| 33 | What Knoxville born nurse "survived" her way to being a millionaire in 2001? | Tina Wesson |
| 34 | What country crooner is better known as The Tennessee Plowboy? | Eddy Arnold |
| 35 | What two Nashville-born brothers and Southern rockers rose to fame in the 1970s? | The Allman Brothers |
| 36 | What McEwen born personality hosted the 1983 hit TV program "Nashville Now"? | Ralph Emery |
| 37 | What Overton Co. resident was known as one of the "Foggy Mountain Boys"? | Lester Flatt |
| 38 | What Tiptonville born singer didn't want you to step on his blue suede shoes? | Carl Perkins |
| 39 | What Nashville born singer was the third of his kind? | Hank Williams III |
| 40 | This Lafayette born singer was married to Kris Kristofferson. | Rita Coolidge |
| 41 | What McLemoresville born actress was known as a real designing woman? | Dixie Carter |
| 42 | Greeneville was the birthplace of what Empty Nest television star? | Park Overall |
| 43 | What tag-wearing comedian was born in Centerville on October 25, 1912? | Minnie Pearl |
| 44 | Born in Nashville, this lovely actress just may have been "Saved By the Bell" | Lark Voorhies |
| 45 | What "King of Rock-n-Roll" owned a mansion in Memphis called Graceland? | Elvis Presley |
| 46 | What is Tennessee's official state theatre? | Tennessee Theatre, Knoxville |
| 47 | Where was the 1982 cult horror film classic "Evil Dead" filmed? | Morristown, TN |
| 48 | What hit television series based on novels by author Katherine Marshall was filmed in Townsend, TN? | Christy |
| 49 | What 1984 motion picture filmed in Rogersville on the Holston River, starred Mel Gibson and Sissy Spacek? | The River |
| 50 | What film based on the life of Rock-n-Roller Jerry Lee Lewis and starring Dennis Quaid was filmed in Nashville? | Great Balls of Fire |
| 51 | What 1960 motion picture dealing with a woman's struggle with TVA and starring Montgomery Clift was filmed in Tennessee? | Wild River |
| 52 | What 1993 Nashville filmed movie was the last performance of actor River Phoenix | The Thing Called Love |
| 53 | What acoustic music genre is strongly associated with the Bristol sessions and early Appalachian music? | Bluegrass |
| 54 | What city is the "birthplace of country music"? | Bristol |
| 55 | This Memphis recording studio owned by Sam Phillips was where Elvis Presley recorded his first songs. | Sun Records |
| 56 | What Sevier County-born entertainer became one of country music's biggest stars? | Dolly Parton |
| 57 | Who sang the line, 'Thumbed my way from L.A. back to Knoxville'? | Ronnie Milsap (Smoky Mountain Rain) |
| 58 | Who sang the 1980's hit country song "Tennessee River"? | Alabama |
| 59 | What 1988 song by Steve Earle told about a moonshining family in East Tennessee? | Copperhead Road |
| 60 | What group sang the 1992 top 40 pop song Tennessee? | Arrested Development |
| 61 | Mt. Juliet, TN is the home of what famous rocking country fiddler? | Charlie Daniels |
| 62 | What 6-foot-5 Hee Haw regular, along with his wife, was murdered in 1973 by burglars in their Nashville home? | Dave Akeman (Stringbean) |
| 63 | What adventure parody starring Knoxville's David Keith played off Indiana Jones-style movies? | Tennessee Buck |
| 64 | What Bulls Gap native portrayed a doctor with a nurse named "Goodbody" on Hee Haw? | Archie Campbell |
