Q 01/05

Admitted to the Union on June 1, 1796, Tennessee became which number state?

A) 16th

B) 14th

C) 15th

D) 17th

Answer · why

A) 16th

Tennessee was the 16th state, admitted June 1, 1796, and the first created from a federal territory, the Southwest Territory, rather than from an orig...

Q 02/05

Tennessee earned its Volunteer State nickname for the men who signed up to fight in which conflict?

A) The Revolutionary War

B) The Civil War

C) The War of 1812

D) The Spanish-American War

Answer · why

C) The War of 1812

The War of 1812 gave Tennessee the nickname after thousands of its volunteers answered the call, fighting at the Battle of New Orleans in January 1815...

Q 03/05

The state's name comes from Tanasi, a town belonging to which Native American nation?

A) Chickasaw

B) Cherokee

C) Creek

D) Shawnee

Answer · why

B) Cherokee

Tanasi was a Cherokee town on the Little Tennessee River; South Carolina governor James Glen's official correspondence in the 1750s helped fix the spe...

Q 04/05

How many other states border Tennessee, a total it ties with Missouri for the most?

A) 6

B) 7

C) 9

D) 8

Answer · why

D) 8

Clockwise from the north: Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas and Missouri.

Q 05/05

What do the trio of white stars on Tennessee's flag represent?

A) Its three founding counties

B) Its three major rivers

C) Its three original capitals

D) Its three Grand Divisions

Answer · why

D) Its three Grand Divisions

Designer LeRoy Reeves added the narrow blue bar at the fly end so the flag would not 'show too much crimson when hanging limp.'