Authors and Quotes
Characters
Birds
Trees
Fish
Flowers
100
What author penned the lines, “The river was cut by the world’s great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs. I am haunted by waters”?
Norman Maclean
100
What character is described here?
"My brother was only five feet ten, but he had fished so many years his body had become partly shaped by his casting. He was thirty-two now, at the height of his power, and he could put all his body and soul into a four-and-a-half ounce magic totem pole."
Paul Maclean
100
This songbird is known for its vibrant red color. 
Cardinal
100
This tree is the TN state tree. 
The Tulip Tree or Yellow Poplar.
100
This type of fish is known for its prominent barbels that resemble whiskers. 
Catfish
100
This is the TN state flower. 
Iris
200
Which Mary Oliver poem, including a season in its title, asks the question, "What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
"The Summer Day"
200
Which character speaks these lines?
"I'd want her where she'd be part of something pure and good and unchanging, the closest thing to Eden we've got left. You tell me where there's a more serene place and beautiful place on this planet. You tell me a more holy place because I don't know one."
Luke Miller
200
You can often find this bird on campus down by the river. 
Great Blue Heron
200
This tree's fan shaped leaves turn bright yellow in the fall. 
The Ginkgo Tree
200
This carnivorous freshwater fish is known for its gaping jaws. 
Largemouth Bass
200
Identify this spring flower. 
Daffodil
300
Which Kentucky author wrote this line?
"When despair for the world grows in me- / and I wake in the night at the least sound /in fear of what my life and my children’s lives might be, / I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds."
Wendell Berry
300
What character is described here?
"He'd pulled up a chair beside Momma's bed those last days. He'd sit there for six hours without once getting up but never hold her hand or kiss her forehead. 'He carries what he feels for people deep inside. Even as a kid he was that way.' "
Mr. Glen (Maggie's dad)
300
This large owl is identified by its long, earlike tufts.
Great Horned Owl
300
This is the flower of which tree?
Dogwood
300
This trout is known for its colorful streak on its sides. 
Rainbow Trout
300
This wildflower with three leaves is one of the earliest to arrive in the spring. 
Trillium
400
What piece of legislation is quoted here:
"It is hereby declared to be the policy of the United States that certain selected rivers of the Nation which, with their immediate environments, possess outstandingly remarkable scenic, recreational, geologic, fish and wildlife, historic, cultural, or other similar values, shall be preserved in free-flowing condition, and that they and their immediate environments shall be protected for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations."
The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
400
Which character speaks these lines?
"I used to be arrogant enough to think I could save the world, but I know better now. The best you can do is find a single good cause, no matter how small, and put all your energy into that."
Allen Hemphill
400
You will find this bird of prey on the TN river and nesting atop the lights at the baseball field.
Osprey
400
The leaf of this shade tree is on the Canadian flag.
Maple
400
This native trout has distinctive yellow and blue rimmed red spots and orange fins.
Brook Trout
400
This native shrub blooms on rocky slopes and mountainous forest areas. 
Mountain Laurel
500
In Saints at the River, what is the poem that Allen Hemphill alludes to in his book title The Center Cannot Hold: Death and Life in Rwanda?
Hint: The last line of the poem is "What rough beast, its hour come round at last, / Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?"
Yeats' "The Second Coming"
500
What character is described here?
"When her hair glistened, though, she was worth it. She was one of the most beautiful dancers I have ever seen. she made her partner feel as if he were about to be left behind, or already had been."
Mo-nah-se-tah
500
The TN state bird is known for mimicking other birds' songs. 
Mockingbird
500
This tree is one of the earliest to bloom in the spring.
Red bud
500
What type of fish did my son catch last summer?
Brown Trout
500
This spring wildflower gets its name due to the flower resembling a pair of pants hanging upside down.
Dutchman's Breeches