Locals Only
Memphis Businesses
Famous Memphians
Memphis Landmarks
Mystery Box
100
In Memphis, you can drive EAST and WEST on this peculiarly named street.
What is North Parkway?
100
Businessman Kemmons Wilson founded this famous hotel chain in his hometown of Memphis in 1952.
What is the Holiday Inn?
100
Known as the Queen of Soul, this songstress was born in Memphis but made a name for herself after relocating to Detroit as a child.
Who is Aretha Franklin?
100
Duck will never be found on the restaurant menu of this famous Memphis hotel.
What is the Peabody Hotel?
100
Built in 1991 and originally conceived as an indoor sports venue, this Memphis building sticks out like an ancient sore thumb.
What is the Memphis Pyramid (Bass Pro Shops megastore)?
200
Formerly its own city, this large neighborhood was annexed by the city of Memphis in 1970 and is home to Memphis’s first enclosed mall.
What is Whitehaven?
200
Now headquartered in Memphis, this then-fledgling package delivery company started with only 14 planes and 186 packages in 1973.
What is Federal Express (FedEx)
200
Best known for playing the roles of Brenda Walsh in "Beverly Hills, 90210" and Prue Halliwell in "Charmed” this Memphian is also a published author and producer.
Who is Shannen Doherty?
200
Founded in 1962, by entertainer Danny Thomas, this institution is one of the world's premier centers for research and treatment of catastrophic diseases in children.
What is St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital?
200
Known by its scientific name "cornus", this woody plant is the official tree of the city of Memphis.
What is the dogwood tree?
300
Known by locals as the "Old Bridge" this structure has been in operation since 1949 taking Interstate 55 travelers across the Mississippi River between West Memphis, Arkansas, and Memphis, Tennessee.
What is the Memphis-Arkansas Bridge?
300
This 117-year-old paper and packaging company has over 55,000 employees and is headquartered in Memphis.
What is International Paper.
300
One generation knew this celebrity as the singer who performed the music to the 1971 movie "Shaft", while another knew this celebrity as the voice of Jerome "Chef" McElroy on the television show "South Park".
Who is Isaac Hayes?
300
The Memphis Zoo was founded in 1905 in this Memphis park when a tiger was donated by Barnum & Bailey.
What is Overton Park?
300
A former student at Central High School, George Kelly Barnes was the nation's first "Public Enemy Number One" but was better known by this name.
Who is Machine Gun Kelly?
400
The far right lane on this Memphis street is notoriously too small for modern city buses, floods as soon as it starts raining, and is known to be filled with treacherous potholes year-round.
What is Poplar Avenue?
400
Headquartered in Memphis since 1953, this discount merchandiser focuses on general goods as well as pharmacy offerings.
What is Fred's
400
Best known for her role as Annie Wilkes in "Misery" (1990), which won her the Academy Award for Best Actress. This star’s resume also includes several blockbuster films such as "Fried Green Tomatoes," "Dolores Claiborne" and "Titanic."
Who is Kathy Bates?
400
Operated as a penal farm from 1929 until 1964, this natural Memphis treasure dwarfs New York’s Central Park by well over 3,500 acres.
What is Shelby Farms?
400
Known as the "Hollywood of the South," Memphis has served as the site of several major film productions including this 2000 epic survival film starring Tom Hanks.
What is Cast Away?
500
Opened in 1916, this beautiful institution can be found in Midtown and is the oldest and largest of its kind in the state of Tennessee.
What is the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art?
500
Barbecue pizza was invented in Memphis by Horest Coletta at this family-owned restaurant located at 1063 South Parkway East.
What is Coletta's (Italian Restaurant).
500
This African-American entrepreneur, businessman, and landowner began his prominent rise during the American Civil War and eventually became the first African-American "millionaire" in the American South.
Who is Robert Church?
500
This local park bears the name of a great citizen who saved 32 people from drowning in the Mississippi River when the steamship Norman sank despite his inability to swim.
What is Tom Lee Park? 
500
Chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream is the flavor of this infamous edible treat at Memphis' Muddy's Bake Shop.
What is the Prozac Cupcake?
