Iconic Places
This iconic structure was built during the 1982 World's Fair
What is the Sunsphere?
Nashville has served as this for the state of Tennessee for the past 175 years and features buildings where the governor and General Assembly work while in session
What is the capital?
Of the eleven states that seceded during the Civil War, this was the number that Tennessee was in that order
What is last (11th)?
This was the Tennessee city most influential in building the atomic bomb
What is Oak Ridge?
This was the town near Knoxville where 12 African-American students became the first to integrate a previously all-white high school
Where is Clinton?
A statue stands in Knoxville honoring this woman, who famously won 8 National Championships and over 1,000 wins
Who is Pat Summitt?
The Centennial Expo -- which featured a Parthenon, a giant see saw, lots of booths and exhibits -- celebrated this milestone for the state of Tennessee
What is the 100th birthday?
This was the Tennessee city that experienced a devastating yellow fever outbreak, causing 5,000 deaths and thousands more to flee the city
What is Memphis?
Of Woodland, Mississippian, Ice Age, and Archaic, this is the Native American time period that comes FIRST
What is Ice Age?
This famous country music group was among the first to be famous in Tennessee and featured a mom and her three daughters
Who is the Carter family?
This is the location where Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated and now serves as a national civil rights museum
What is the Lorraine Motel?
This is a country music concert and show in Nashville that features some of the best country music artists in the business; the best of the best can also be inducted into while they stand in the iconic circle
What is the Grand Ole Opry?
The State of Franklin would have been located in this part of the state (i.e. Southeast, Northwest, etc.)
What is Northeast Tennessee?
This is the person who owned Graceland, one of Tennessee's most popular tourist attractions
Who is Elvis Presley?
This was the natural break in the mountains that allowed many of Tennessee's first settlers to pass into the area
What is the Cumberland Gap?
These were built by TVA to stop issues of flooding and to also generate hydroelectric power
What are dams and reservoirs?
This was the name of Tennessee's first HBCU, which opened in Nashville in the years immediately after the Civil War
What is Fisk University?
This is the name of Tennessee's only natural lake, formed after a number of large earthquakes nearby in New Madrid
What is Reelfoot Lake?
Who was Alvin C York?
He introduced a new method for self-service grocery stores like the Piggly Wiggly
Who is Clarence Saunders?
This was founded by a UT professor to conduct research and observe how deceased bodies decay under various circumstances
What is the body farm?
Where is West Africa (i.e. Gambia and Senegal)?
This was the location where coal miners went on strike, leading the state to abolish the prison labor program and eventually build Brushy Mountain State Prison
Where is Coal Creek?
This was the element that was enriched to build the atomic bomb during the Manhattan Project
What is uranium?
This was an example of a popular game that was played during the Mississippian era by tribes like the Cherokee (Hint: Not stickball -- the other one)
What is chungke?