Q 01/05

Nashville is the capital of which US state, whose most populous city it also is?

A) Kentucky

B) Alabama

C) Tennessee

D) Georgia

Answer · why

C) Tennessee

Nashville is the capital of Tennessee and, after overtaking Memphis in the 2020 census, its most populous city; it is also the seat of Davidson County...

Q 02/05

Nashville is named after Francis Nash, who was what?

A) A Revolutionary War general

B) A Cumberland riverboat captain

C) A Methodist circuit bishop

D) A French-Canadian fur trader

Answer · why

A) A Revolutionary War general

Francis Nash was a Revolutionary War general in the Continental Army, mortally wounded at the Battle of Germantown in 1777; North Carolina's legislatu...

Q 03/05

What was the name of the stockade settlement built by James Robertson and John Donelson's party in 1779?

A) Fort Negley

B) Fort Nashborough

C) Fort Donelson

D) Fort Cumberland

Answer · why

B) Fort Nashborough

Fort Nashborough was the log stockade Robertson's settlers raised over the winter of 1779-80 beside the French Lick trading post; a reconstruction sta...

Q 04/05

On which river does Nashville sit?

A) Tennessee

B) Mississippi

C) Ohio

D) Cumberland

Answer · why

D) Cumberland

Nashville sits on the Cumberland River, a tributary of the Ohio; its role as a river port and later rail hub drove early growth and made it a Civil Wa...

Q 05/05

Which nickname does Nashville owe to its many colleges and universities?

A) Powder City

B) Music City

C) Athens of the South

D) The District

Answer · why

C) Athens of the South

Nashville earned the nickname Athens of the South for its many colleges, which is why a full-scale Parthenon replica was chosen as the centrepiece of ...