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100
What state is exactly east of Tennessee?
North Carolina
100
What is the state bird?
The mockingbird
100
True or false was Tennessee the last state to seperate from the union.
True
100
The area now known as Tennessee was first inhabited by who nearly 12,000 ago?
The Paleo-Indians
100
What famous Tennessean began newspaper career as printer's assistant on the Knoxville Chronicle, bought Chattanooga Times at age 19 and transformed it into one of the South's leading newspapers?
Adolph Ochs
200
What state is south the middle part of tennessee?
Alabama
200
What is the state flower?
iris
200
What Tennessee battle took place near a river?
The Battle of Stones River or Second Battle of Murfreesboro
200
Who where the first recorded European explorers that set foot in what is now called Tennessee?
The spainsh led by Hernando de soto in 1540
200
What famous Tennessean was known as one the greatest hero of World War 1 and was awarded the Medal of Honor for leading an attack on a German machine-gun nest, killing 32 German soldiers and capturing 132 others as well as knocking out 35 German machine guns, completely overtaking a German controlled hill?
Alvin C. York
300
What state is south of the west part of tennessee?
Mississippi
300
What is the state tree?
tulip poplar
300
The Tullahoma Campaign is also called what?
Middle Tennessee Campaign
300
What Native American tribe moved south from the area now called Virginia to what is now Tennessee?
The Cherokee
300
What famous tennessean was Nicknamed "Old Hickory" due to his rough and tough behaviour?
Andrew Jackson
400
What state is south of the east part of Tennessee?
Georgia
400
What is the state animal?
raccon
400
What day and year was the The Battle of Franklin fought on?
November 30, 1864
400
In the 1760s who explored much of East and Middle Tennessee, and the first permanent European settlers?
the long hunters from Virginia
400
What famous Tennessean was the Tennessee State Representative and Senator and served in the Democratic senate from 1953-1971?
Albert Gore Sr.
500
What state is directly north of Tennessee?
Kentucky
500
What is the state horse?
Tennessee walking horse
500
The battle of shiloh was also called what?
Battle of Pittsburg Landing
500
What mound-building Native American culture had flourished in what is now the Midwestern, Eastern, and Southeastern including some states such as Tennessee Virgina and North Carolina United States from approximately 800 to 1500?
the Mississippian culture
500
What Famous Tennessean was the US Senator 1985-1993, Was 45th Vice President of United States in the Bill Clinton administration 1993-2001?
Albert Gore Jr.
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