The United States Mint 50 States Quarter Program


In 1999, the US Mint issued quarters celebrating the five first states to join the union: Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia and Connecticut. In 2000, five new quarters have been released celebrating the states of Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire and Virginia. Test your grammar and general knowledge with this quiz about the state of TennesseeThe first quarter to be issued in 2001 will celebrate New York, then there will be quarters celebrating North Carolina, Rhode Island, Vermont and Kentucky. New quarters will be issued every year until 2008. As of November 2000, the newest quarter in circulation was the Virginia quarter. The Tennessee quarter will be the first one to be released in 2002.


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    Tennessee is believed to derive its name from Tanasi?

    This name was used by the Cherokee people for a village on the Little Tennessee River.



    • 1) Tennessee is considered ________________.
    a southern state
    a northern state
    a state that belongs neither to the North nor the South.
    a border state between the North and the South

    2) The capital of Tennessee is __________________.
    Chattanooga
    Knoxville
    Nashville
    Memphis

    3) The largest city in population is ________________.
    Chattanooga
    Knoxville
    Nashville
    Memphis

    4) Tennessee does not have an official nickname, but it is often called the _________, used in recognition of the valor displayed by volunteer soldiers from the state during wars in the 18th and 19th centuries.
    Volunteer State
    Soldier State
    Volunteer Soldier State
    Valor State

    5) The population of Tennessee is _______________.
    Mainly rural
    Mainly urban
    Evenly distributed in urban centers and rural areas

    6) The state bird, the ___________________ was selected in 1933. It is also the state bird for Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi and Texas.
    Mockingbird
    robin
    cardinal
    Bluebird

    7) The passion flower (genus Passiflora) was declared the state wildflower in 1973. It received its name from early Christian missionaries to South America, who _____________________.
    saw it as a symbol of Virgin Mary's beauty and purity.
    saw in the flower's various parts symbols of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
    thought it was one of the flowers found in the Garden of Eden.
    believed Jesus performed miracles whenever He was near a passion flower.

    8) Music is an integral part of Tennessee's heritage. How many state songs are there?
    One
    Three
    Five
    Seven

    9) ___________________ is known as "Music City, USA" because it is the home of the recording industry for country-and-western music.
    Chattanooga
    Knoxville
    Memphis
    Nashville

    10) A famous blues center, _______________ is also the location of Elvis Presley's Graceland.
    Chattanooga
    Knoxville
    Memphis
    Nashville


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