Q 01/05

Tennessee joined the Union on June 1, 1796. Which number state was it?

A) 16th

B) 14th

C) 15th

D) 17th

Answer · why

A) 16th

It was the first state carved out of federal territory rather than one of the original colonies. Kentucky, admitted four years earlier, was still part...

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 Mexican-American War

C) The War of 1812

D) The Spanish-American War

Answer · why

C) The War of 1812

The reputation was cemented again in 1846, when a call for 2,800 volunteers for the Mexican War drew about 30,000.

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

The spelling settled on 'Tennessee' after Governor James Glen of South Carolina used it in official correspondence in the 1750s.

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.'