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| What is the name of the football stadium on the campus of the University of Tennessee? |
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| Neyland Stadium (pronounced KNEE-LUND) |
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| The "playground" for the Cumberland Homesteads is today known as what? |
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| Cumberland Mountain State Park |
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| Tennessee's western most point can be found in which county? |
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| Harrison served as the county seat of what county during the Civil War? |
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| In what Tennessee county does Nestle have a bottled water plant? |
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| What Tennessee town is named after the Aluminum Company of America? |
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| Which of Tennessee's major cities lies in the Central Basin? |
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| What Hamilton County company makes Little Debbie Snack Cakes? |
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| What city is known as "the Athens of the South?" |
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| What is Tennessee's oldest town? |
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| Jonesborough or Jonesboro (Established 1778) |
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| What city is known throughout America as the gateway to the Great Smoky Mountain National Park? |
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| For whom is Knoxville named? |
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| Henry Knox (first Secretary of War and Revolutionary War Hero) |
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| What county of Tennessee went bankrupt and ceased to exist in 1919? |
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| In what Tennessee Grand Division is Madison County? |
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What milk processor in Athens, Tennessee has had their ice cream ranked "one of the best in the world"
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| At what point does the Appalachian Trail reach its highest point in altitude in the United States? |
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| Clingman's Dome (6643 ft above sea level) |
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| Name the Tennessee candy company which was the first to produce gummie bears. |
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| Brock Candy Company of Chattanooga |
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| Which Tennessee town became the first city in America to have elevated sidewalks? |
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| Name the only county in Tennessee named for a woman? |
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| Grainger County (East Tennessee) |
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| What Tennessee County is known as the "Nursery Capitol of the South?" |
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| In what town is Tennessee Tech University located? |
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| In what Tennessee town can you visit the James K. Polk home? |
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| What Tennessee county has the distinction of being the only one to be permanently dissolved? |
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| James County (located in what is now Hamilton County, abolished in 1919) |
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| Tennessee is the home to world's largest underground lake. Name it. |
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| The Lost Sea in Monroe County |
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| What is the name of the rural English colony located in the Upper Cumberlands? |
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| What city in Tennessee is known as "Atomic City?" |
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| Which was the only Tennessee president to outlive his wife? |
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| Near what small town in northeast Tennessee have paleontologists recently discovered fossils they believe to be at least four million years old? |
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| What is the highest elevation in West Tennessee? |
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| Pilot's Point in Benton County |
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| The limestone used in the current columns of the Tennessee State Capitol came from what state? |
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| Name the rustic valley located in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park? |
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| The Obion is a tributary of what river? |
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| Tennessee's first sunrise takes place in which county? |
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| Johnson County (Tennessee's eastern most county) |
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Although considered to be in West Tennessee, which county has the majority of it's land area east of the
Tennessee river? |
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| How many states can alledgedy be viewed from the summit of Lookout Mountain? |
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| What Tennessee topograhical feature is known as the "Grand Canyon of the South"? |
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| In what town is Middle Tennessee State University located? |
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| What businessman financed the construction of the tunnel at the Narrows of the Harpeth? |
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| What Tennessee county produced most of the marble used in the U.S. Capitol building? |
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| What is the best known river in Tennessee for white water rafting? |
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| If you leave Chattanooga, Tennessee and travel due south, what state will be the first one you enter? |
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| Henry not Andrew was the person for which Tennessee's seventh largest city was really named. Name the city. |
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| If you leave Memphis, and travel due south, what state will be the first one you enter? |
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| Name the riverboat which exploded near Memphis in 1865 killing over 1,000 former Union prisoners of war who were on their way home? |
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| Sultana (pronounced SULL-TAN-UH) |
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| What Tennessee Dam was demolished by TVA in 1968? |
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| Hales Bar Dam near Chattanooga (replaced by NickaJack Dam 6 miles upstream) |
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| What was the Cherokee tribe's last center of government before being forcibly removed from Tennessee in 1838? |
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| The city of Columbia lies in which Grand Division of Tennessee? |
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| How many Tennessee counties were named for Presidents? |
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| 7 (Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, Madison, Monroe, Van Buren, Polk, ) |
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| What is the smallest county seat in Tennessee? |
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| Altamont (County Seat of Grundy County) |
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| What company founded WSM radio? |
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| The National Life & Accident Insurance Co. |
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| Which of Tennessee rivers drains 41,000 square miles including portions of 60 Tennessee counties? |
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| What Tennessee town is known for its teapot collection? |
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| Marble City used to be the nickname of what Tennessee city? |
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| What river flows through the Sycamore Shoals? |
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| What county is named for Reelfoot Lake? |
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| In what town would you find "Graceland?" |
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| Many of Tennessee's counties were named for war heros. Which specific war has the most counties named for its heroes? |
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| Revolutionary War, 30 counties named for solders or officers who fought in that war |
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| Which Tennessee County has the lowest population density (people per square mile)? |
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| Wayne County (22.9 people per square mile) |
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| What is the only county in Tennessee which lies in three different physiographic regions? |
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| Putnam County (Cumberland Plateau, Highland Rim, and the Central Basin) |
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| What Tennessee county contains the communities known as Defeated and Difficult? |
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| Which county in Tennessee sports the oldest courthouse still in use? |
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| Dickson County (located in Charlotte built in 1832) |
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| The largest zinc mine in Tennessee is located in what county? |
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| What is Tennessee's largest National Park? |
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| The Great Smokies National Park |
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| Which former Tennessee U.S. Senator was presented the Presidental Medal of Freedom from President Reagan? |
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| What is the name of the river which "crosses" Interstate 40 five times between Cookeville and Carthage? |
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| What interstate connects Memphis, Nashville and Knoxville? |
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| If you leave Reelfoot Lake, and travel due west, what state will be the first one you enter? |
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| The French Broad River and the Holston River converge to form what river? |
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| Which Tennessee town shares its Main Street with Virginia? |
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| What two things did Sarah Childress Polk prohibit from occuring in the White House while she was First Lady? |
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| The state of Oklahoma was almost named for what famous Tennessean? |
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| Sequoyah (SUH-QWA-YA like the tree) |
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| How long is Tennessee's section of the Appalachian Trail? |
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| What is the name of the valley which runs between the Cumberland Plateau and Waldens Ridge? |
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| The Harpeth is a tributary of what river? |
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| Which of the Tennessee presidents was the only U.S. President to completely pay off the national debt? |
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| In what city was the Holiday Inn founded? |
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| What Hall of Fame is located in Nashville? |
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| The Country Music Hall of Fame |
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| The presidental yacht used for most of the 20th century was named after what famous Tennesseean? |
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| Sequoyah (SUH-QWA-YA like the tree) [USS Seqouia] |
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| Name a Tennessee community west of the Mississippi River. |
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| Reverie, Tennessee (considered to be part of Tipton County) |
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| What was the last county to be established in Tennessee? |
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| The city of Crossville is located in what physical region of Tennessee? |
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| The city of Jackson, as well as Jackson County, were named for whom? |
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| What is the smallest county in area, in Tennessee? |
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| Trousdale County (116 square miles) |
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| What Tennessee County is known as the "Tomato Capitol of the South?" |
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| What is the highest waterfall east of the Rocky Mountains? |
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| Fall Creek Falls (256 feet) |
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| At what Tennessee Historic Park does the "Eternal Flame of the Cherokee" burn? |
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| Red Clay State Historic Park |
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| What was the name of the famous commune in Dickson County? |
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| In what county is the geographic center of Tennessee? |
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| What foreign country is geographically closer to Bristol, Tennessee than Bristol is to the city of Memphis? |
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| Where is the highest point in Tennessee? |
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| Clingman's Dome (6643 ft above sea level) |
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| What Tennessee county is the only one named for a river? |
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| Name the three Tennessee Counties which have American Indian names. |
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| Obion, Sequatchie, and Unicoi Counties |
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| What river merges with the Cumberland in Celina? |
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| At which Tennessee president's funeral was the president's pet parrot removed due to the bird's swearing? |
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| What company developed the Moon Pie? |
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| The Chattanooga Bakery Company |
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| What street in Memphis considered the home of the blues? |
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| What street in Memphis considered the home of the blues? |
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| What Tennessee town is known as "Pencil City?" |
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| If you leave Nashville, and travel due south, what state will be the first one you enter? |
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| In what county will you find Ozone Falls? |
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| Bluff City is the nickname of what Tennessee city? |
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| The mining of what element caused sulfuric acid to make its way into the ground around Ducktown, Tennessee killing the vegetation for miles ? |
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| Who did Lafayette (LA-FEE-ET) come to Tennessee to visit in 1825? |
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| The Big Sandy is a tributary of what river? |
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| What three states meet a short walk from the Cumberland Gap? |
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| Tennessee, Virginia and Kentucky |
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| What Tennessee county contains the only freshwater pearl farm in North America? |
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| Which Tennessee county has the largest population density (people per square mile)? |
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| Shelby County (1095 people per square mile) |
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| What is the largest county in land area, in Tennessee? |
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| Shelby County (786 square miles) |
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| What Tennessee city is the home of UTC? |
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| Chattanooga (University of Tennessee at Chattanooga) |
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| What do the 31 fountains at the Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park represent? |
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| Tennessee's 31 river systems |
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| The highest point in Tennessee can be found in what Tennessee county? |
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| In what county can you actually stand on the real "Rocky Top?' |
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| Blount County (It's on the Appalachian Trail) |
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| How did Signal Point, near Chattanooga, receive its name? |
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| Cherokee Indians used this scenic location to send smoke signals which could be seen for miles |
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| Who is the chairman of the Tennessee Regulatory Authority? |
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| Who became the first woman to serve as Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court? |
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| What is the largest Tennessee city on the Cumberland Plateau? |
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Which Tennessee County was named in honor of Marquis de Lafayette (pronounced MAR KEE -- DE --
LA-FEE-ET) the french nobleman who fought for the colonies during the American Revolution? |
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| Fayette County (pronounced FAY-ET) |
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| What mountain in Tennessee is the tallest mountain from base to summit east of the Rocky Mountains? |
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| Mount LeConte (pronounced LUH CONT) |
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| What famous person graduated from Humes High School in Memphis in 1953? |
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| What is the smallest county in the state according to population? |
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| Pickett County (4,945) [Also only county to have less than 5,000 people] |
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| Who was the first African American to serve as Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court? |
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| Aldolpho Birch (pronounced AL DOLL FO) |
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| What Tennessee county contains the communities known as Tie Wop and Lick Skillet? |
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| What Nashville landmark is a a full sized replica of a greek temple built in ancient Greece? |
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| The Parthenon (pronounced PARTH UH NON) |
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| What West Tennessee county consists mainly of communities that sided with the North in the Civil War? |
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| The largest clay mine in Tennessee is located in what county? |
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| Which one of the Tennessee Presidents does not have a Tennessee County named for him? |
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| Andrew Johnson (Johnson County was named for Thomas Johnson in 1836 prior to Andrew Johnson becoming well known in Tennessee) |
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| The Krystal burgers were first sold in what Tennessee city? |
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| What Tennessee town is known as the "Mule Capitol of the World?" |
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| The lowest point in Tennessee can be found near what major Tennessee city? |
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| Memphis (178 feet above sea level, where the Mississippi River crosses into Mississippi) |
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| What well known political figure derives income from the Pasminco zinc mine? |
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| Pinson Mounds State Archaeological Park is located in what Tennessee County? |
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