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

It is also the state's most populous city and the seat of Davidson County, on the Cumberland River.

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

The city was chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly in 1784, when Tennessee was still part of that state.

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

The site had been a French trading post called French Lick since 1714; a reconstruction of the fort stands downtown today.

Q 04/05

On which river does Nashville sit?

A) Tennessee

B) Mississippi

C) Ohio

D) Cumberland

Answer · why

D) Cumberland

Its position as a river port, and later a rail hub, drove early growth and made it a prize in the Civil War.

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

The nickname is why a full-scale Parthenon was chosen as the centrepiece of the 1897 Tennessee Centennial Exposition.