Tennessee Quiz (Memphis, Knoxville, Murfreesboro: how much, house, movies)

[LauraC]

Okay, let's see how much you know about Tennessee and Tennessee people without looking them up. Answer whatever you know. Guess if you want.

1. Which river is longer, the Tennessee River or the Cumberland River?

2. Where is the Rumble Room?

3. Which two of TV's Designing Women actresses are Tennessee natives?

4. Knoxville, Murfreesboro and Nashville have all served as state capital. What's the fourth one?

5. What was the last official act of former Greeneville tailor, President Andrew Johnson?

6. The oldest survivor of the civil war died at age 113. Where?

7. Behind the White House, what's the second most visited house in the US?

8. Where was every NY Yankee uniform worn by Mickey Mantle made?

9. Who was the first European explorer to enter Tennessee (1540)?

10. What was the first home of Al and Tipper Gore after they were married?

11. Approximately how many votes did Abe Lincoln get from the 145,000 Tennesseans who voted in 1860?

12. Before five-ton Mary the circus elephant was hanged in Erwin (1916) for crushing her handler in Kingsport, how did they try to kill her?

13. You probably know the highest elevation in Tennessee is Clingman's Dome. Where's the lowest?

14. In what towns were the lowest and highest Tennessee temperatures recorded?

15. Who is Jim Key?

16. The mockingbird was voted Tennessee's state bird. Which bird came in a close second?

17. I'll give you 3 movies, you give me the actor's name. Which ones grew up in Tennessee but weren't born in Tennessee?

a. The Lords of Discipline, An Officer and A Gentleman, Firestarter

b. Reservoir Dogs, From Dusk Till Dawn, Little Nicky

c. Cape Fear, No Way Out, Die Hard 2

d. Batman Begins, Deep Impact, Glory

e. Frankie and Johnny, Kid Galahad, Follow That Dream

f. The Color Purple, Beloved, Native Son

g. The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing, Doc Hollywood, The Godfather Pt III

h. The Heartbreak Kid, Taxi Driver, Daisy Miller

i. The Fountainhead, The Subject Was Roses, The Day The Earth Stood Still

j. Primary Colors, Titanic, Used People

k. Apt Pupil, Sleepers, The Job

[TN Tin Man]

Batman Begins, Deep Impact, Glory
Morgan Freeman Memphis

[Creekcat]

#9 Hernando DeSoto
#14 Jackson?
#1 The Tennessee

[alleycat]

Romper Room was a television show years ago where Miss Nancy would hold her magic mirror and . . .

Oh, wait. You said Rumble Room. Never mind. ;-)

Actually, the Rumble Room is one of the rooms in Rumbling Fall Cave. A few months ago I posted a link to some photos of the cave when someone was asking about caves. And will again:

Rumble Room 2

[strumpeace]

I know a few answers off the top of my head...

3. Which two of TV's Designing Women actresses are Tennessee natives?
Dixie Carter is one. She's very nice. I've met her. She still owns her family home in Huntingdon.

4. Knoxville, Murfreesboro and Nashville have all served as state capital. What's the fourth one?
IIRC, Franklin.

7. Behind the White House, what's the second most visited house in the US?
Graceland.

j. Primary Colors, Titanic, Used People
Kathy Bates, who, iirc, is a graduate of White Station High School in Memphis.

[hiknapster]

7. Graceland

The Lords of Discipline, An Officer and A Gentleman, Firestarter = David Keith, born in Knoxville!

The Color Purple, Beloved, Native Son = Oprah, born in Mississippi

These are the only ones that I know.

[Deborah53]

# 6 Dandridge, it seems I remeber reading a brochure we picked up there about him, but maybe wrong.

#15 Jim Key a horse who supposedly could count and knew letters of the alphabet?

[JMT]

Originally Posted by strumpeace

4. Knoxville, Murfreesboro and Nashville have all served as state capital. What's the fourth one?
IIRC, Franklin.

When was Franklin the state capital?

On September 21, 1807, Kingston was Tennessee's state capital for one day.

[strumpeace]

Originally Posted by JMT

When was Franklin the state capital?

On September 21, 1807, Kingston was Tennessee's state capital for one day.

I think that I had the whole State of Franklin thing in my head when I was trying to answer those. And that's a totally different thing that doesn't have anything to do with the City of Franklin. Thus, you, sir, are correct. Kingston.

[LauraC]

Okay, let's see how much you know about Tennessee and Tennessee people without looking them up. Answer whatever you know. Guess if you want.

The answers. You all did a lot better than I did.

1. Which river is longer, the Tennessee River or the Cumberland River?

Cumberland.

2. Where is the Rumble Room?

I guessed it was at Elvis' place but no, the Rumble Room is in Rumbling Falls Cave at Fall Creek Falls State Park's Dry Fork Creek.

3. Which two of TV's Designing Women actresses are Tennessee natives?

Dixie Carter (McLemoresville) and Annie Potts (Nashville)

4. Knoxville, Murfreesboro and Nashville have all served as state capital. What's the fourth one?

Kingston

5. What was the last official act of former Greeneville tailor, President Andrew Johnson?

He pardoned all southerners who fought in the Civil War.

6. The oldest survivor of the civil war died at age 113. Where?

Kingsport.


7. Behind the White House, what's the second most visited house in the US?

Graceland

8. Where was every NY Yankee uniform worn by Mickey Mantle made?

Cookeville - Wilson Sporting Goods

9. Who was the first European explorer to enter Tennessee (1540)?

Hernando DeSoto

10. What was the first home of Al and Tipper Gore after they were married?

A trailer in a trailer park in Daleville, Alabama.

11. Approximately how many votes did Abe Lincoln get from the 145,000 Tennesseans who voted in 1860?

He got zero.


12. Before five-ton Mary the circus elephant was hanged in Erwin (1916) for crushing her handler in Kingsport, how did they try to kill her?

They tried to electrocute her but it didn't work.


13. You probably know the highest elevation in Tennessee is Clingman's Dome. Where's the lowest?

It's in the Mississippi River in Shelby County.

14. In what towns were the lowest and highest Tennessee temperatures recorded?

32 below zero in Mountain City. 113 above zero in Perryville.

15. Who is Jim Key?

He was the smartest horse in the world during the 1890s and he was from Shelbyville. He could count, recognize letters of the alphabet, write his name with chalk and add and subtract numbers up to 25. There is a book about this horse called "Beautiful Jim Key" and I hope to read it soon.

16. The mockingbird was voted Tennessee's state bird. Which bird came in a close second?

Robin.

17. I'll give you 3 movies, you give me the actor's name. Which ones grew up in Tennessee but weren't born in Tennessee?

a. The Lords of Discipline, An Officer and A Gentleman, Firestarter

David Keith (Knoxville)

b. Reservoir Dogs, From Dusk Till Dawn, Little Nicky

Quentin Tarantino (Knoxville)

c. Cape Fear, No Way Out, Die Hard 2

Fred Thompson (Lawrenceburg)

d. Batman Begins, Deep Impact, Glory

Morgan Freeman (Memphis)

e. Frankie and Johnny, Kid Galahad, Follow That Dream

Elvis (Memphis)

f. The Color Purple, Beloved, Native Son

Oprah Winfrey (Nashville)

g. The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing, Doc Hollywood, The Godfather Pt III

George Hamilton (Memphis)

h. The Heartbreak Kid, Taxi Driver, Daisy Miller

Cybill Shepherd (Memphis)

i. The Fountainhead, The Subject Was Roses, The Day The Earth Stood Still

Patricia Neal (Knoxville)

j. Primary Colors, Titanic, Used People

Kathy Bates (Memphis)

k. Apt Pupil, Sleepers, The Job

Brad Renfro (Knoxville)

Fred Thompson was not born in Tennessee and neither was Elvis, Oprah or Patricia Neal.