The Great Outdoors
The ___________________ is a 12.5-mile hiking and biking recreational corridor between Bristol and Mendota VA.
Mendota Trail
________________ is one of the largest music festivals in the Southeast. It is held the second weekend of September each year in downtown Bristol.
Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion
The _________________ offers a wide variety of sweets, including acai bowls, smoothies, coffee blends, and pastries. They have physical locations in Bristol, Johnson City and Abingdon. Additionally, in the summer and fall months you can find one of their trucks at Dollywood or Splash country.
Blended Pedler
What is the current slogan on the sign?
"A good place to live"
Located in Bristol, Tennessee, originally established in 1965 ________________ is a community theatre with a focus on reaching children performers and audiences.
Theatre Bristol
_____________________ is a 400-acre park in Virginia with 3 softball fields, 5 soccer fields, 100 picnic sites, 6 picnic shelters, 75 campsites, a pavilion and pool.
Sugar Hollow Park
The ___________________ is a Smithsonian-affiliated Museum that explores how evolving sound technology shaped the success of the 1927 Bristol Sessions and highlights how this rich musical heritage still thrives in the Appalachian region and beyond.
Birthplace of Country Music Museum
___________________ is located in the heart of Downtown Bristol. This shop specializes in freshly made ice cream and fudge.
Southern Churn
Who maintains the sign today?
A) Bristol TN
B) Bristol VA
C) Bristol TN & Bristol VA
D) The companies that donated the sign
C) Bristol TN & Bristol VA
In 2023 ________________ was ranked a Best College of America by Money Magazine and was ranked 21st in the nation among institutions supporting mid- to low-income students and their families by The New York Times Magazine.
King University
_____________________ is the third largest municipal park in Tennessee. The park features over 150 acres of developed recreational area, a 54-acre lake, and almost 2000 acres of undeveloped forested knobs.
Steele Creek Park
The National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) is one of the largest established men’s soccer leagues in the United States with over 90 teams competing across the country. "To unite our region through soccer" is the mission of what Bristol based NPSL team?
Bristol Rhythm
___________________ is the newest restaurant owned by Chef T who appeared on the popular reality cooking shows Hell’s Kitchen (FOX) and Big Restaurant Bet (Food Network).
Union 41
The Bristol Gas and Electric Company donated the sign to the cities and erected it in 1910. It was initially located on the corner of Third and State Street (on top of the Bristol Supply & Equipment Company building), which is to the right of the sign’s current position. Why did they move it?
A) People had a harder time taking pictures with it in its original location.
B) Someone complained
C) People could not see it as well from the road.
D) The sign was too heavy and caused structural issues to the building it sat on.
D) The sign was too heavy and caused structural issues to the building it sat on.
______________is a full-service flexible film and paper packaging manufacturer and converter specializing in sustainable packaging for the food, beverage, nutraceutical, construction, textile and health care markets.
The Robinette Company
____________________ is a Tennessee Valley Authority reservoir covering 7,580 acres. It is considered one of the top two lakes in Tennessee and among the best in the Southeast for smallmouth bass fishing and is also well known as a fly fisherman’s paradise.
South Holston Lake & River
__________________ is the second most visited attraction in all of Tennessee.
Bristol Motor Speedway
Headquartered in Bristol, VA since 1909 ___________________ produces a variety of candies such as old-fashioned peppermint sticks, mints, peanut butter stick candy, horehound candy, fruit-flavored lollipops, and nutraceutical offerings like sore throat products, vitamin supplements, energy boosters, and more in the form of lozenges and lollipops.
Helms Candy Company
What was the original slogan on the sign?
A) "Push! That’s Bristol"
B) "A Good Place to Live"
C) "Bristol, The Best Place to Live"
D) "It's Bristol Baby"
A) "Push! That’s Bristol"
______________ is recognized as the world's leading and largest pultruder of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) products.
Strongwell
South Holston Dam is the third largest earthen dam in the world. What are its dimensions?
A) 726.4 feet high and 1,244 feet in length
B) 94 feet high and 482 feet in length
C) 175 feet high and 6,760 feet in length
D) 285 feet high and 1,600 feet in length
D) 285 feet high and 1,600 feet in length
What year did congress designated Bristol the official "Birthplace of Country Music?"
A) 1927
B) 1930
C) 1964
D) 1998
D) 1998
____________________ has been located in downtown Bristol since 1942 and is famously known as the last place Hank Williams, Sr. was seen alive.
Burger Bar
Approximately, how many bulbs are on the sign?
A) 2000
B) 1,330
C) 500
D) 360
B) 1,330
______________ is the only authorized U.S. manufacturer of Amoxicillin and Amoxicillin Clavulanate, commonly known as Amoxil® and Augmentin®.
USAntibiotics