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State Quiz - Tennessee

Can you guess these facts about the U.S. state of Tennessee?
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First submittedAugust 1, 2014
Times taken33,984
Average score60.0%
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Capital and largest city
Nashville
Nickname of the above
Music City
Former largest city
Memphis
Street in the above called the
"birthplace of blues"
Beale Street
River on Tennessee's western border
Mississippi
Three letter federal agency that
electrified rural areas in the 1930s
TVA
Teacher who was tried for teaching
evolution in the "Monkey Trial" of 1925
John Scopes
City that makes Jack Daniel's whiskey
Lynchburg
President whose Tennessee estate
is called "The Hermitage"
Andrew Jackson
"Grand Ole" country music radio show
Grand Ole Opry
Dolly Parton's theme park
Dollywood
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Elvis's mansion
Graceland
State nickname
The Volunteer
State
"King of the Wild Frontier"
Davy Crockett
Senator from Tennessee who
almost became President in 2000
Al Gore
City established in 1942 as a secret
nuclear research site
Oak Ridge
Last name of Billy Ray and Miley
Cyrus
1982 World's Fair host city
Knoxville
Most-visited National Park
in the United States
Great Smoky
Mountains
There's an old song about a
"choo-choo" from this city
Chattanooga
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29 Comments
david2013
+3
Level 87
Sep 21, 2014
Good quiz! I kept reading "River on Tennessee's western border" as eastern. Couldn't figure out why Cumberland wasn't correct.
xXSeanCuber22Xx
+3
Level 61
Nov 21, 2017
You should change Oak Ridge and add something more known like the Sunsphere in Knoxville I'm just giving a suggestion, since I was born there. =)
Quizmaster
+11
Level ∞
Sep 2, 2020
Do you mean the wig sphere?
jmellor13
+4
Level 68
Jan 31, 2021
I came here to make the wig sphere comment.
pamu
+4
Level 48
Sep 21, 2014
Didn't Great SmokEy Mountains? Come on!
tylerdavid
+3
Level 76
Sep 21, 2014
Not sure what your saying. If you Google, it's spelled smoky.
ing
+13
Level 73
Sep 5, 2020
It's spelled "you're".
Quizmaster
+9
Level ∞
Sep 21, 2014
We will accept a couple misspellings for that one now.
Freestatebear
+5
Level 88
Sep 29, 2015
Smokey Bear, the mascot owned by the US Forest Service and the Ad Council, is properly spelled "Smokey" (with an E). Smoky, meaning filled with, or smelling of, smoke - is spelled without an E.
jayhawk
+4
Level 28
Nov 5, 2014
I should get all these. I was raised in Tennessee.
calvord
+6
Level 61
Jun 25, 2017
The Rural Electrification Administration (REA), which was part of the Department of Agriculture, wster actually the only "federal" agency whose employees worked to provide electric power across US rural areas. REA, now RUS, provided public electric cooperatives with low-interest loans to these coops so most everyone could have electricity.

This was all part of FDR'S New Deal, which provided jobs and helped bring the US out of the Great Depression.

ander217
+1
Level 73
Feb 21, 2025
I tried REA and wondered why it wasn’t accepted. While the TVA managed dams that brought electricity to the Tennessee River Valley, REA also brought electricity to homes in rural TN along with the rest of the nation.
TheHawkinator
+10
Level 45
Feb 16, 2018
'World's Fair'? I think you mean 'Wod Fir'.
PantsLobbyist
+3
Level 99
Nov 27, 2018
Looking through the comments for this. Not disappointed.
IsleAuHaulte
+3
Level 92
Jul 31, 2018
Poor Chattanooga...
JackintheBox
+2
Level 82
Jan 18, 2021
Why? Chattanooga Choo Choo is one of my favourite 40s songs!
martay
+3
Level 69
Feb 1, 2021
Have you only heard 40 songs in total? Just kidding... they were clearly very talented, and if I could tell a joke half as well as they could play you'd probably be laughing right now.
Dewot423
+4
Level 66
Jan 31, 2021
I didn't see "choo choo" in quotations and spent a full minute wondering why it wasn't accepting the correct answer for the clue about "Last Train to Clarksville".
JWatson24
+2
Level 71
Jan 31, 2021
These states quizzes are getting a bit tougher... but still easier than country quizzes so far.
camus
+2
Level 80
Jan 31, 2021
I hope the days will come when I revisit the states quizzes and my scores go up from my measly 1/5. If the question was asking for Monkey Trial I would have got it.
ziggyzaggy04
+1
Level 70
May 25, 2022
Al Gore didn't become president in 2000, but he ran for president in 2000!
Nestormakhno
+6
Level 79
Jul 20, 2022
it says almost became president
sambadojazz
+2
Level 55
Mar 24, 2023
Someone already pointed this out, but TVA is not a federal agency. It doesn't even have a dot gov address. It is a public corporation with a dot com internet address. The agency you are referring to is the Rural Electrification Administration (REA). You should fix the quiz.
Jacktheguy
+1
Level 93
Jan 27, 2026
I thought the TVA was the organization from Loki.
orange3472
+2
Level 72
May 29, 2024
GO VOLS!!!
ilovetoquizzz
+4
Level 43
Jun 3, 2024
Two comments believe that the REA would be a better answer but a simple google search provides the right answer.

"President Roosevelt signed the Tennessee Valley Authority Act on May 18, 1933, creating the TVA as a federal corporation. The new agency was asked to tackle important problems facing the valley, such as flooding, providing electricity to homes and businesses, and replanting forests." ... "Today, TVA is the largest public power company in the United States. As a federal public power corporation, the TVA serves about 80,000 square miles in the southeastern United States. " - Source: national archives.gov

ander217
+1
Level 73
Feb 21, 2025
REA was also part of a federal agency which brought power to rural TN so shouldn’t it also be accepted?
SantiHM23
+2
Level 62
Dec 4, 2025
Got the world fair one thanks to the Simpsons :D
Mapsarefun
+1
Level 34
Jan 27, 2026
yes tennessee! I've been waiting for this
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