TN State Symbols
A small furry mammal often called a trash panda.
What is a Racoon?
This park located in Jackson Co. boasts a 75-foot tall waterfall and plunge pool.
What is Cummins Falls State Park?
This peaceful creature usually reaches a length of fewer than six inches and has a shell of black or brown with spots of yellow, orange, and red. This reptile unlike other turtles can actually retreat fully into its shell.
What is an eastern box turtle?
This tree often referred to as the tree of heaven from its native area in China, is actually a "tree from hell" for park rangers due to its ability to grow swiftly and choke out native trees
What is Ailanthus?
This song shines a light on revenge after abuse, an by the end two ladies hatch a plan to get rid of earl.
What is goodbye earl?
Its known for three, easy-riding gaits: the flat-foot walk, the running walk, and the canter, are all natural, inherited characteristics, making this breed one of the smoothest riding horses in the world.
What is a Tennessee walking horse?
This group of conservation workers were key in the development of many Tennessee State parks.
What is the CCC or Civilian Conservation Corps
They are around four-tenths of an inch long, brightly colored, and round, with most having black spots on each wing.
What are Ladybugs?
Four types of carp(fish) that invaded Tennessee waterways after they escaped agricultural ponds in the 1970s
What is Asian Carp?
A line dance anthem about a watermelon festival in Georgia
What is Watermelon Crawl?
This tree can reach over 80 foot tall, and was extensively used by the pioneers of the state to construct houses, barns, and other necessary farm buildings.
What is a Tulip Poplar?
This state park honors the longest serving secretary of state and houses the Nobel Peace Prize.
What is Cordell Hull Birthplace State Park?
The most biodiverse river in North America
What is the Duck river?
Its named for the number of bans around its body this mammal has come all the way from Texas to invade Tennessee.
What is a Nine Banded Armadillo?
Is an American country music duo, both of whom are vocalists and songwriters. One of their top hits was a cover of a B.W. Stevenson song.
Who are Brooks and Dunn?
These gems come in all colors and they are "natural" -- just the way the mussel made them
What are Tennessee River Pearls?
To preserve and protect, in perpetuity, unique examples of natural, cultural, and scenic areas and provide a variety of safe, quality, outdoor experiences through a well-planned and professionally managed system of state parks.
What is the mission of Tennessee State Parks?
All venomous snakes in Tennessee have two movable fangs, and a heat-sensitive pit organ between each eye and nostril.
What are pit vipers?
It is native to Asia, this invasive, aphid-like insect attacks North American hemlocks.
What is a Hemlock Woolly Adelgid?
Turn up on any night of the week in any bar along Nashville’s Broadway and someone will be singing this 90s classic about showing up to an ex's wedding, embarrassing yourself, and then heading back to the bar
What is friends in low places?
This semiprecious gemstone is found in only a few areas of the state. It was designated as a state rock in 1969 and re designated as the state mineral in 2009.
What is an Agate?
This state park honors the Civilian Conservation Corps in the name of the park.
What is Pickett CCC Memorial State Park?
In this man made lake 6/10 of the largest smallmouth bass ever were caught.
What is Dale Hollow lake?
This invasive plant is loved for its beautiful perfect symmetry and shape, but break in half due to rain, snow, or even a mild breeze.
What is a Bradford Pear?
This female country music star quit performing to start acting and even had a hit sitcom in the early 2000s.
Who is Reba McEntire?