Historic Homes
Musicians
Natural Wonders
Words on the Streets
Nashville Sports
100
The home of President Andrew Jackson named for its remote and secluded setting, although it's not so remote anymore.
What is The Hermitage?
100
She wasn't born in Nashville, but she started her music career here at age 14 and went on to become one of the most successful and wealthy musicians of all time; popular singles include "Our Song," "You Belong With Me," and "Shake It Off."
Who is Taylor Swift?
100
The state bird of Tennessee, known for its long tail and its ability to mimic the songs and calls of other birds.
What is a mockingbird?
100
It's Nashville's "main drag," home to all of the most famous touristy honky-tonks; contrary to its name, it's actually fairly narrow.
What is Broadway?
100
This football team, once known as the Oilers and now named for a race of mythical Greek giants, has never had most winning record, but is currently getting smoked with a 1-9 record in the 2025 season.
What are the Tennessee Titans?
200
Once the home of Nashville's grocery magnate Cheek family, now a museum and botanical garden; one of the few Nashville historic homes that was never a slave labor camp.
What is Cheekwood?
200
This Australian country star moved to Nashville in '92; he recently divorced Nicole Kidman.
Who is Keith Urban?
200
This waterway, named for a county in England, starts in Kentucky and feeds in to the Ohio River; it is one of the main reasons why Nashville exists where it does.
What is the Cumberland River?
200
This thoroughfare is aptly named for the historic Downtown Presbyterian house of worship and is home to many notable buildings, including the Main library!
What is Church Street?
200
This hockey team is named for the saber-toothed cat fossils unearthed in downtown Nashville during excavation for the First American National Bank building.
What are the Nashville Predators?
300
Once home of the Harding family and and an important thoroughbred horse stud farm, it is now a winery and historic site; its name means "beautiful meadow" in poorly-understood French.
What is Belle Meade?
300
This leading figure of Outlaw Country is known for his iconic red bandana, long twin braids, and love of recreational hemp products.
Who is Willie Nelson?
300
This urban park hugs the Cumberland River and features preserved forest and wetland as well as a playground, ballfields, and walking trails.
What is Shelby Bottoms?
300
Named for the wife of Nashville co-founder James Robertson, this continuous thoroughfare comprises a road, an avenue, and a pike.
What is Charlotte Rd./Ave./Pk.?
300
One of the newer Nashville sports clubs, this team plays in GEODIS Park near the Fairgrounds
What is Nashville SC?
400
Yet another slaveholder mansion; after it was sold, it was a girls' academy, and then the first home of a Nashville university that still shares its name.
What is the Belmont Mansion?
400
This singer, known for his hit "Achy Breaky Heart," is probably more notable now as Miley's dad.
Who is Billy Ray Cyrus?
400
This Nashville area body of water exists due to a dam that shares its name; it serves as a freshwater and flood control reservoir, generates hydroelectric power, and provides outdoor recreation to thousands of Tennesseans.
What is Percy Priest Lake?
400
This short road just south of Broadway features the Country Music Hall of Fame; it was named for French-Canadian fur trapper and "First Citizen" of Nashville Jaques-Timotheé Boucher, Sieur de Montbrun.
What is Demonbreun Street?
400
This musically-named team is the minor league affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers for some reason.
What are the Nashville Sounds?
500
The aging maiden sisters who owned this house willed it to the Nashville Children's Museum after their deaths, stipulating that it be used as a "nature study center;" in a way, it is, because the Nashville Zoo was built around it.
What is the Croft House/Grassmere Manor?
500
Born Jason Bradley DeFord, this country hip-hop artist spent several years in prison as a young man; he shares his stage name with one of the first jazz artists.
Who is Jelly Roll?
500
This armored nocturnal mammal curls itself into a ball to defend from predators; there are many of them in Middle Tennessee, but they are so elusive that you'll likely only ever see one as roadkill.
What is an armadillo?
500
This street, named for an early US president, connects Nashville's three HBCUs, and was once considered Nashville's "Black Wall Street."
What is Jefferson Street?
500
This race is named for the first American-bred horse to win the English Derby; it's run at the Percy Warner Park equestrian grounds.
What is the Iroquois Steeplechase?
