Tennessee Trivia (Shelbyville, Dandridge, Crab Orchard: casino, farmers, trees)

[alleycat]

Originally Posted by JMT

Me too!

OK, what are Tennessee's two official state insects?

I'm taking this one because I can't answer Eat's question offhand.

Firefly and ladybug.

What is the state animal? (And thankfully it's not the possum.)

[JMT]

Originally Posted by alleycat

My point was that "metro" (metropolis) can just mean "major city" (Webster's II). If I compare Nashville to Memphis, I believe Memphis is still the larger city (according to the last populations figures I saw); so I still think either answer would be correct, at least for a trivia type game.

Except the question was what is the state's largest "metro area" and not simply "metro."

Originally Posted by alleycat

I'm taking this one because I can't answer Eat's question offhand.

Firefly and ladybug.

What is the state animal? (And thankfully it's not the possum.)

The raccoon! Which I guess means it's illegal now to make authentic coon-skin caps which some early famous Tennesseans used to wear.

I discovered first-hand that the ladybug is an official state insect. When my house 5 years ago was inundated with Japanese beetles, I thought they were ladybugs and called an exterminator. He politely told me that if I had ladybugs there was nothing I could do because as the state insect, it's illegal to kill them. You have no idea how relieved I was to find out they really weren't ladybugs.

NEXT QUESTION:

In what Tennessee cities were the following famous people born:

Kathy Bates
Mack Brown (head football god at U of Texas)
Shannen Doherty
Aretha Franklin
Morgan Freeman
George Hamilton
Jack Hanna
Cordell Hull (Father of the United Nations)
Wink Martindale (cheesy game show host)
Chris Parnell (from SNL)
Wilma Rudolph
Cybill Shepherd
Lynn Swann (football hero of my youth)
Quentin Tarantino
Justin Timberlake
Reggie White (another football hero of my youth)

[arblair79]

Originally Posted by Eat

Here's one. Tennessee has how many official US Ports Of Entry?

There are 5 US Ports on Entry in TN
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Memphis
Nashville
Tri-Cities (Blountville)

Memphis is the only sevice port (A Service Port is a CBP location that has a full range of cargo processing functions, including inspections, entry, collections, and verification )

All other are points of entry (A Port of Entry is any designated place at which a CBP officer is authorized to accept entries of merchandise to collect duties, and to enforce the various provisions of the customs and navigation laws)

Originally Posted by JMT

NEXT QUESTION:

In what Tennessee cities were the following famous people born:

Kathy Bates - Memphis, TN
Mack Brown (head football god at U of Texas) - Cookeville, TN
Shannen Doherty - Memphis, TN
Aretha Franklin - Memphis, TN
Morgan Freeman - Memphis, TN
George Hamilton - Memphis, TN
Jack Hanna - Knoxville, TN
Cordell Hull (Father of the United Nations) - Olympus which is now part of Pickett Co. formerly of Overton Co.
Wink Martindale (cheesy game show host) - Jackson, TN
Chris Parnell (from SNL) - Memphis TN
Wilma Rudolph - St. Bethlehem/ Clarksville, Tennessee
Cybill Shepherd - Memphis, TN
Lynn Swann (football hero of my youth) - Alcoa, TN
Quentin Tarantino - Knoxville, TN
Justin Timberlake - Memphis, TN
Reggie White (another football hero of my youth) - Chattanooga, TN



NEXT QUESTION
Who was the first US President to be impeached?
By how many votes was he acquitted?

[alleycat]

Andrew Johnson. Missed by one vote as I recall.

Who was the first Republican governor of the state since Reconstruction?

(At least I think he was the first.)

[Tinman313]

Originally Posted by alleycat

Andrew Johnson. Missed by one vote as I recall.

Who was the first Republican governor of the state since Reconstruction?

(At least I think he was the first.)

Ron Ramsey.....

What is the state tree...... ?

[alleycat]

Originally Posted by Tinman313

Ron Ramsey.....

What is the state tree...... ?

He's lieutenant governor (which means he's also Speaker of the Senate).

[gemkeeper]

Originally Posted by Tinman313

Ron Ramsey.....

What is the state tree...... ?

The state tree is the Tulip Poplar.

What is the state game bird?

[goodbyehollywood]

Wait... isn't the state animal the cow?

And I believe the bird is the bobwhite?

What actor took his/her name after his/her hometown?

[Beretta]

Originally Posted by goodbyehollywood

Wait... isn't the state animal the cow?

And I believe the bird is the bobwhite?

What actor took his/her name after his/her hometown?

too easy GBH! Johnny Knoxville! (Philip John Clapp)

[Eat]

Originally Posted by arblair79

There are 5 US Ports on Entry in TN
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Memphis
Nashville
Tri-Cities (Blountville)

Memphis is the only sevice port (A Service Port is a CBP location that has a full range of cargo processing functions, including inspections, entry, collections, and verification )

All other are points of entry (A Port of Entry is any designated place at which a CBP officer is authorized to accept entries of merchandise to collect duties, and to enforce the various provisions of the customs and navigation laws)

Very good.