Tennessee Trivia
Tennessee Sports Quiz
Test your knowledge of Tennessee athletes, teams, stadiums, racing, baseball, basketball, football, and record-setting moments from across the Volunteer State.
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| # | Question | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | What Knoxville boxer won the WBA heavyweight championship in 1979? | Big John Tate |
| 2 | What is the nickname of Middle Tennessee State University athletic teams? | Blue Raiders |
| 3 | What Tennessee racetrack is nicknamed the World's Fastest Half-Mile? | Bristol Motor Speedway |
| 4 | What Major League Baseball player was Todd Helton's high school and college teammate? | Bubba Trammell |
| 5 | What is the nickname of the Vanderbilt University football team? | Commodores |
| 6 | What three-time NASCAR Cup Series 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 is credited with the phrase, "It doesn't matter whether you won or lost, but how you played the game"? | Grantland Rice |
| 9 | What city was home to the West Tennessee Diamond Jaxx baseball team? | Jackson |
| 10 | What UT football player earned a Super Bowl ring one year after winning a national championship ring? | Al Wilson |
| 11 | What UT football player finished runner-up to Notre Dame's Paul Hornung for the 1956 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 Basketball Hall of Famer known as The Big O was born in Charlotte, Tennessee, in 1938? | Oscar Robertson |
| 15 | What former Tennessee Vol and New York Jets quarterback later became a Tennessee Titans radio commentator? | Pat Ryan |
| 16 | What UT football player finished runner-up to Michigan's Charles Woodson for the 1997 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 star was known as the Minister of Defense and became one of the league's all-time sack leaders? | 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 hailed from Columbia, Tennessee? | Sterling Marlin |
| 23 | What Johnson City-raised quarterback won the Heisman Trophy at Florida? | Steve Spurrier |
| 24 | What Double-A baseball team returned to Knoxville in 2025 after years as the Tennessee Smokies? | Knoxville Smokies |
| 25 | What name was the Tennessee Titans franchise formerly known by? | Houston Oilers |
| 26 | How many major-league professional sports teams currently play in Tennessee? | Four: Titans, Predators, Grizzlies, and Nashville SC |
| 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 three track and field gold medals at a single Olympic Games? | Wilma 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 player of the year went on to play for the WNBA's Washington Mystics? | Chamique Holdsclaw |
| 32 | Born in Henrietta, what Lady Vols basketball coach led Tennessee to eight NCAA national championships? | Pat Summitt |
| 33 | What former Lady Vols basketball player was the WNBA Rookie of the Year in 1999? | Chamique Holdsclaw |
| 34 | What former Lady Vols 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 11 pounds, 15 ounces, what Tennessee lake is famous for the world-record smallmouth bass caught in 1955? | Dale Hollow Lake |
| 37 | What team did Tennessee defeat to win the 1998 college football national championship? | Florida State |
| 38 | What is the nickname of the ETSU football team? | Buccaneers |
| 39 | What is the nickname of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga athletic teams? | 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 UT basketball players made up the Ernie and Bernie Show? | Bernard King and Ernie Grunfeld |
| 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 Heisman Trophy winner from Ohio State became the all-time leading rusher for the Tennessee Titans? | Eddie George |
| 47 | What UT graduate became the first play-by-play announcer for Tennessee Titans radio? | Mike Keith |
| 48 | What college in Jefferson City won four NAIA national football championships under coach Ken Sparks? | Carson-Newman |
| 49 | What New York Knicks guard/forward was a former UT Vol from 1989 to 1993? | Allan Houston |
| 50 | What former UT Vol became one of the NBA's best-known three-point shooters? | 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 Becksvoort |
| 54 | Which Tennessee lake was listed for a 55.8-pound black buffalo catch in 1984? | Cherokee Lake |
| 55 | Which reservoir was listed for a 55.8-pound blue catfish catch in 1996? | Wheeler Reservoir |
| 56 | Which Tennessee lake was listed for a 54.8-pound freshwater drum catch in 1972? | Nickajack Lake |
| 57 | Which Tennessee lake was listed for a 65-pound striped bass catch in 2000? | Cordell Hull Lake |
| 58 | Which Tennessee reservoir was listed for a 67-pound white amur catch in 1999? | Norris Reservoir |
Update notes: Current references checked include UT Athletics on Neyland Stadium, NASCAR on Bristol Motor Speedway, NCAA on Pat Summitt, and MiLB on the Knoxville Smokies rebrand.
