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"Coat of Many Colors" is her favorite composition.

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Dolly Parton.

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Can you name the themes on our state seal?

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Agriculture and commerce.

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Did you know Tennessee has a state fruit?

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It's the tomato.

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Disney's Jungle Book was filmed here.

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Fall Creek Falls State Park.

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Do you know Tennessee's two state birds?

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The mockingbird and the bobwhite quail.

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Dollywood? Graceland? Historic RCA Studio B?

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Sevierville. Memphis. Nashville.

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Guess the "Salamander Capital of the World."

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Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

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Guess what Tennessee has over 3,800 of?

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Caves!

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He single handedly developed an alphabet.

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Sequoyah. See the museum beautiful Vonore.

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Headquartered in Jamestown, along 127 Corridor?

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The World's Longest Yard Sale.

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Home to Bonnaroo and George Dickel?

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Coffee County.

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Host to the world's largest artificial skiing surface.

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Ober Gatlinburg.

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How many parks are in Tennessee?

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15 national parks, 54 state parks.

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Largest red cedar forest in the eastern U.S.?

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Cedars of Lebanon.

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Legendary engineer who saved passengers & crew?

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Casey Jones. See his home & museum in Jackson.

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Longest running live radio broadcast?

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The Grand Ole Opry, Nashville.

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Made-in-Memphis guitar used all over the world?

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Gibson. Tour the Gibson Guitar Factory.

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Mississippi flowed backward, making this lake.

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Reelfoot Lake.

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Music's huge here. How many state songs?

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Rocky Top, Tennessee Waltz, plus 7 more!

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Name the largest U.S. underground lake.

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The Lost Sea. See it from a glass-bottomed boat!

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Our state horse has three gaits. Giddyup!

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The Tennessee Walking Horse.

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Our state insects: One blinks. Hint, hint.

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There’s 3: Firefly, ladybug, honeybee.

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Our state tree was used for building by pioneers.

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Our tulip poplars grow statewide.

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Pawpaw trees attract this state butterfly.

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The gorgeous Zebra Swallowtail.

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Site for 1996 Olympic whitewater competition.

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The rushing Ocoee River.

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Taylor Swift's first Album of the Year?

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Fearless.

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Tennessee borders eight states. Name them!

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KY, VA, NC, GA, AL, MS, AR and MO.

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Tennessee's "Little Grand Canyon"?

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The Tennessee River Gorge.

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Tennessee's oldest town? Hint: Storytelling.

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Jonesborough.

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The "Birthplace of Country Music."

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Bristol.

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These ducks march at 11 and 5 through the lobby.

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The Peabody Hotel ducks, a must-see in Memphis.

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This city was chosen state capital in 1843.

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Nashville. You may know it as “Music City.”

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This famous African American wrote Roots.

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Alex Haley.

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This state rock is showcased in buildings.

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Limestone. The other state rock is agate.

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Thundering 145-foot waterfall inside a mountain?

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Ruby Falls is inside Lookout Mountain.

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We get our state gem from our rivers.

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Freshwater pearls are from our river mussels.

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What agency built dams to provide electricity?

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Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).

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What does XVI signify on Tennessee's seal?

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Tennessee was the union’s 16th state.

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What two state fish were designated in 1988?

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The largemouth bass and the channel catfish.

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What was the first combination candy bar?

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GooGoo Cluster, by Standard Candy Company.

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Get a taste of old times in Tennessee soda shops

Apothecary bottles, glistening soda fountains with...

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World’s Biggest Fish Fry Is Paris’ Biggest Party

In chatting with several residents of Paris, Tenne...

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You Simply Have to Be Here: Music City Center Opening

One of those once-in-a-lifetime moments will happe...

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Take a garden stroll in Tennessee

Spring is officially here and that means the slow ...

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Have an Eco-Friendly Stay in Tennessee

Being sustainable every day isn’t a fad, it’s ...

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Stained Glass Studio an East Nashville Treasure

Stained glass windows express man’s fascination ...

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Humboldt Hosts Strawberry Festival, Wine Down Fridays

Tennessee’s natural, cultural and culinary one-o...

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Pedal on Tennessee’s Beautiful Bike Trails

Spring is officially here and what better way to c...

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Next up at Memphis in May: World-class Barbecue

Rodney Ashley is a Memphis native. “Anytime you�...

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Take a FITcation in Tennessee’s Upper Cumberland

Forget the vacation that leaves you stiff from tra...

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The Catfish Capital of the World, Right Here in Tennessee

I was surprised when a couple of our newest neighb...

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Cheekwood Blooms in Spring Splendor

The musical cascade of Chopin’s Fantasie Impromp...

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Write Your Next Chapter at Storybrook Farm

A visit to Storybrook Farm is a refreshing departu...

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A Tennessee Trek: Hike the Smokies to Mount LeConte

Usually my urge for exploration is satisfied with ...

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Riverplains Farm: Real Food from a Tennessee Family

When it came right down to it, the pull back to th...

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Float the Duck River for Fishing Fun

I guess you could say I’m a flat water guy. I’...

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Loveless Cafe: A Nashville Legend

The Loveless Café sits on the old Nashville-Memph...

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Watch ‘Nashville’ and Enter to Win A Nashville Experience

ABC’s primetime television show “NashvilleR...

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Willa’s Shortbreads: A Southern Tradition, Baked in Tennessee

The very mention of shortbread sets the mouth to w...

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Happy Stax Museum Day!

This has been a BIG week for Memphis’ Stax M...

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The National Cornbread Festival: Get a Taste of a Tennessee Specialty

Before your calendar fills with springtime activit...

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MEMPHIS’ SPRING FESTIVAL SEASON IS HERE

You could go understated and say that Memphis embr...

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Take In the Beauty of Tennessee’s Buffalo River

Who wouldn’t like to spend a lazy day exploring ...

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Historic Jonesborough: Tour the Oldest Town in Tennessee

The minute you set foot on Historic Jonesborough�...

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Head to Monteagle for Trails and Trilliums

A decade ago the very first Trails and Trilliums w...

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Bring on Spring in Memphis

I am so ready for spring. Not the confused peeping...

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Take a Drive on Tennessee’s Sunny Side

Getting home to Greeneville is high on the wish li...

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Tullahoma’s Beechcraft Heritage Museum Flies High into History

The Roaring Twenties was an era of prosperity, bre...

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A Beautiful Day on Tennessee’s Cumberland Trail

With spring nearly here, I thought I’d spend a r...

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Learn Tennessee’s Civil War History at Shiloh

A 151st anniversary may not have the same ring as ...

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Music City Roots Spotlights The Sweet Sounds of Nashville

Live from the Loveless Café comes Music City Root...

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Explore Tennessee History in Sumner County

Sumner County history is full of surprises, tracki...

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Visiting with the birds at the American Eagle Foundation

It’s an interesting group that hangs out at the ...

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Catch Spring Fever at Dale Hollow Lake and Cordell Hull Birthplace State Park

Does spring fever have you in its grip? Consider a...

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Explore Tennessee’s Natural Wonders at Colditz Cove

If you’ve not yet visited Colditz Cove, one of T...

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Treat Mom to Mother’s Day Brunch at a Tennessee State Park

The cost of a Mother’s Day card? About $3.99. A ...

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Tennessee Moonshine Made in the Smokies

Johnny Baker “never in a million years” though...

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Warbirds Take to the Tennessee Skies

If you spend much time around airplanes, they’ll...

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THERE’S A PARTY DOWNTOWN IN MEMPHIS

You know the bit about the Mississippi Delta begin...

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Track Stax from the White House to Soulsville, USA

Yes! Memphis is in the house! Did you hear Michell...

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Film Screening: Jubilee U.S.A. (1960)

Nashville, TN
May. 19 2013

Filmed in front of a live audience in...

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Jackson Generals Baseball

Jackson, TN
May. 19 2013

Play Ball! The Jackson Generals are Double-A...

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Mandolin Demonstration: Tim May with Gretchen...

Nashville, TN
May. 19 2013

Tim May has recorded or performed with John...

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Milky Way Farm Derby Day Horse...

Pulaski, TN
May. 19 2013

Derby Day is Sunday, May 19th 1pm-4pm with...

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Nine to Five

Crossville, TN
May. 19 2013

2:30pm Three female co-workers plot to get...

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Jackson Generals Baseball

Jackson, TN
May. 20 2013

Play Ball! The Jackson Generals are Double-A...

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Greeneville's Annual Iris Festival

Greeneville, TN
May. 18 2013

The Iris Festival was created in 1995 and...

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Rusty Wallace Racing Experience

Millington, TN
May. 18 2013

An authentic NASCAR racing experience in a ...

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Sycamore Shoals hosts 19th Annual Siege...

Elizabethton, TN
May. 18 2013

Step back to a vibrant and dangerous time…America...

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An Evening with The Black Crowes...

Chattanooga, TN
May. 21 2013

The Black Crows Preform

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Nine to Five

Crossville, TN
May. 21 2013

1:00pm Three female co-workers plot to get...

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Annual Smoky Mountain Classic Chevy Roundup...

Pigeon Forge, TN
May. 17 2013

'55, '56, & '57 Classic Chevy Show~100s of...

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Big Bubba's Make-A-Wish Celebrity Softball Game,...

Hendersonville, TN
May. 17 2013

Family Night and Softball Tournament

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Memphis in May - BBQ

Memphis, TN
May. 17 2013

Memphis in May's World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest...

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Smoky Mountain Highland Games- Maryville College...

Maryville, TN
May. 17 2013

Smoky Mountain Highland Games

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Talley Ho- Studebaker Car Gathering

Townsend, TN
May. 17 2013

Talley Ho- Studebaker Car Gathering

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True West Campground and America's Competitive...

Jamestown, TN
May. 17 2013

ACTHA

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KARAOKE CONTEST Qualifying Round at Mega-Bites...

Crossville, TN
May. 23 2013

Giving out $1000 in Prizes to the Finals...

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Nine to Five

Crossville, TN
May. 23 2013

2:30pm Three female co-workers plot to get...

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Smokies Baseball

Kodak, TN
May. 23 2013

Smokies @home vs. Huntsville

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"Coat of Many Colors" is her favorite composition.

Dolly Parton.

Can you name the themes on our state seal?

Agriculture and commerce.

Did you know Tennessee has a state fruit?

It's the tomato.

Disney's Jungle Book was filmed here.

Fall Creek Falls State Park.

Do you know Tennessee's two state birds?

The mockingbird and the bobwhite quail.

Dollywood? Graceland? Historic RCA Studio B?

Sevierville. Memphis. Nashville.

Guess the "Salamander Capital of the World."

Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Guess what Tennessee has over 3,800 of?

Caves!

He single handedly developed an alphabet.

Sequoyah. See the museum beautiful Vonore.

Headquartered in Jamestown, along 127 Corridor?

The World's Longest Yard Sale.

Home to Bonnaroo and George Dickel?

Coffee County.

Host to the world's largest artificial skiing surface.

Ober Gatlinburg.

How many parks are in Tennessee?

15 national parks, 54 state parks.

Largest red cedar forest in the eastern U.S.?

Cedars of Lebanon.

Legendary engineer who saved passengers & crew?

Casey Jones. See his home & museum in Jackson.

Longest running live radio broadcast?

The Grand Ole Opry, Nashville.

Made-in-Memphis guitar used all over the world?

Gibson. Tour the Gibson Guitar Factory.

Mississippi flowed backward, making this lake.

Reelfoot Lake.

Music's huge here. How many state songs?

Rocky Top, Tennessee Waltz, plus 7 more!

Name the largest U.S. underground lake.

The Lost Sea. See it from a glass-bottomed boat!

Our state horse has three gaits. Giddyup!

The Tennessee Walking Horse.

Our state insects: One blinks. Hint, hint.

There’s 3: Firefly, ladybug, honeybee.

Our state tree was used for building by pioneers.

Our tulip poplars grow statewide.

Pawpaw trees attract this state butterfly.

The gorgeous Zebra Swallowtail.

Site for 1996 Olympic whitewater competition.

The rushing Ocoee River.

Taylor Swift's first Album of the Year?

Fearless.

Tennessee borders eight states. Name them!

KY, VA, NC, GA, AL, MS, AR and MO.

Tennessee's "Little Grand Canyon"?

The Tennessee River Gorge.

Tennessee's oldest town? Hint: Storytelling.

Jonesborough.

The "Birthplace of Country Music."

Bristol.

These ducks march at 11 and 5 through the lobby.

The Peabody Hotel ducks, a must-see in Memphis.

This city was chosen state capital in 1843.

Nashville. You may know it as “Music City.”

This famous African American wrote Roots.

Alex Haley.

This state rock is showcased in buildings.

Limestone. The other state rock is agate.

Thundering 145-foot waterfall inside a mountain?

Ruby Falls is inside Lookout Mountain.

We get our state gem from our rivers.

Freshwater pearls are from our river mussels.

What agency built dams to provide electricity?

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).

What does XVI signify on Tennessee's seal?

Tennessee was the union’s 16th state.

What two state fish were designated in 1988?

Nashville, TN
May. 19 2013

Jackson, TN
May. 19 2013

Nashville, TN
May. 19 2013

Pulaski, TN
May. 19 2013

Crossville, TN
May. 19 2013

Jackson, TN
May. 20 2013

Greeneville, TN
May. 18 2013

Millington, TN
May. 18 2013

Elizabethton, TN
May. 18 2013

Chattanooga, TN
May. 21 2013

Crossville, TN
May. 21 2013

Pigeon Forge, TN
May. 17 2013

Hendersonville, TN
May. 17 2013