Tale Tales
This real person born in eastern TN had some really tall tales told about him. One tale had him killing a bear when he was only three years old. Name this hunter and politician who was killed at the Alamo.
Davy Crockett
This man's work is the epitome of Baroque music. Name this composer known for his Brandenburg Concertos and The Well Tempered Clavier.
Bach
This man was a veteran of Lord Dunsmore War, the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812. Who took office on June 4, 1792, as Kentucky's first governor, and served as governor again during the War of 1812?
Isaac Shelby
This dance is considered the forerunner of all swing dances. What dance is named for the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic?
Lindy hop
This author explores sibling rivalry in the Pain and the Great One, and the One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo. A second grader mixes up a horrible concoction in Freckle Juice, wile a girl masks her phobias in Otherwise Known as Shiela the Great. Who followed the Hatcher boys adventures in Superfudge and Tales of the 4th grade nothing.
Judy Blume
This tale tale character is said to hav ridden the biggest tornado you've ever seen. It is said that he used two rattlesnakes as a lasso and a little whip. Name this character who, it is said, fell out of a covered wagon unnoticed near a Texas river when he was just an infant.
Pecos Bill
This composer and lyricist of "I Dream of Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair" and "Camptown Races" once visited a cousin at Federal Hill. That visit to Bardstown inspired the Pennsylvania native to write our state song. Who wrote "My Old Kentucky Home"?
Stephen Foster
This is the westernmost geographic region of Kentucky. It is a small, eight-county region, that appears smaller than the Knobs, although it is not. What area in Kentucky is named for the seventh president?
Jackson Purchase
This Romantic composer was known for his ballets. Name the composer whose Swan Lake was first performed in Moscow.
Tchaikovsky
This author reimaged classic fairy tales in Mother Goose in Prose and Father Goose: His Book. He set many of his novels, including one featuring the Tin Woodman and the Cowardly Lion, in a fantasy land. Give the name of the author of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
L. Frank Baum
Legend has it his tall tale hero was a worker not eh Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. He died from a burst blood vessel while demonstrating the best method of carving out the Big Bend Tunnel. Identify this freed slave, who used two hammers to defeat a steam powered drill.
John Henry
After immigrating from Germany ti England, which man wrote Baroque works like Water Music and Royal Fireworks Music?
This artist began painting his most famous work while observing aves in western Kentucky. Who is known for his book of paintings titled Birds of America, and has a state park named after him near Henderson, KY?
Audubon
Examples of this purpose of dance include the dragon dance and the ghost dance. What name is given to the kind of dance that is performed as part of a formal ritual or celebration?
Ceremonial
Who wrote Jo's Boys, Little Men and the novel Little Women?
Luisa May Alcott
This tall tale figure lived on Pinnacle Mountain, and frequently rode a giant catfish down the Rio Grande river. On her wedding day, she bounced to the moon after being thrown from her fiancee's horse, Widow Maker. Name this companion and wife of Pecos Bill.
Slue-Foot Sue
Was composing by age 5. Wrote in all musical genres of his day.
The Marriage of Figaro.
Don Giovani
Mozart
This man told about his capture in a book, The Rise and fall of the Confederate Government. What Kentuckian was the president of the Confederate States?
Jefferson Davis
This term refers to dancing styles that originated outside of dance studios, most commonly in urban areas. They rely heavily on improvisation and freestyle movements. Breakdancing, swing and hip hop are all considered what kind of dance?
Street (dancing)
This novel is set on Canada's Prince Edward Island in th elate 1800's. In it, Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert adopt on orphaned girl whose big heart and bigger imagination endear her to the community. Name this novel about a precocious redhead, written by Lucy Maud Montgomery.
Anne of Green Gables
This tall tale man was an actual person who died in 1900 at age 37. He saved passengers' and his fireman's life, but died with one hand on the whistle and the other on the brake. Identify this railroad engineer
Casey Jones
Moonlight Sonata
Ode to Joy
Fifth Symphony
Beethoven
Kentucky has only one peak with an elevation of over 4,000 feet. What is the name of Ky's highest peak?
Black Mountain
This man's dancing ability was matched by his acting ability, as he starred in multiple musical films and Broadway productions. What dancer and choreographer often starred with Ginger Rogers?
Fred Astaire
This Caldecott winning book doesn't include biographies of the last two men to hold the title position in its first edition. It includes anecdotes, quotes, and comparisons of the forty-one politicians who have held out highest office. Give the title of this Judith St. George book, which was illustrated bu David Small.
So You Want to be President?