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July 27, 2005 By: Betty Ramsey, LEOASC/BETT R Passport Destination: Tennessee Packing Round 1. The capital Tennessee is NASHVILLE . 2. This mansion was once the home of Andrew Jackson and is just a few miles outside of Nashville. THE HERMITAGE 3 The GREAT SMOKEY MOUNTAINS National Park is divided between Tennessee and North Carolina. 4. The city of Oak Ridge is associated with the production of the first ATOMIC BOMB . 5. You can see all of these at Elvis Presley's Graceland except GUITAR-SHAPED BED . 6. All of these tourist attractions are found in Nashville except TENNESSEE AQUARIUM . Picture: rock escarpment with waterfall Departure Round 1. Memphis is known as the PORK BARBECUE Capital of the World. 2. Cable's CMT, or Country Music Television, has picked up this annual event dropped by ABC. MISS AMERICA 3. Attorney Mitch McDeere is the protagonist in this movie set in Memphis. THE FIRM 4 This river winds its way through the city of Chattanooga. TENNESSEE RIVER 5. Nashville boasts both the NFL`s Tennessee Titans and this Arena Football League team. NASHVILLE KATS Picture: a glass pyramid near a river On Tour 1. Bloody Pond and Hornet's Nest are sites at this 1862 Civil War battlefield. SHILOH 2 This main street in Memphis became known as "The cradle of the blues." BEALE STREET 3. This Tennessee city hosted the 1982 World's Fair. KNOXVILLE 4. Kenton's claim to fame is the 200 or so albino SQUIRRELS that live there. 5. The mountain resort town of Gattlinburg is also an important HANDICRAFT center. 6. You can visit the home of this "Walking Tall" sheriff in Adamsville. BUFFORD PUSSER 7. "Hall of the Mountain King" at CUMBERLAND CAVERNS Park is one of the largest cave rooms in the U.S. Picture: mansion with white pillars 8. The town of Hurricane Mills is associated with this country music star. LORETTA LYNN 9. Guided tours of this distillery are a highlight in Lynchburg. JACK DANIELS 10. Blooming DOGWOOD trees are the stars of a 17-day festival held in Knoxville every April. 11. Tennessee`s geographic center is marked by a/an OBELISK in the city of Murphreysburough . 12. This theme park in Pigeonforge is one of the state's key tourist attractions. DOLLYWOOD Bonus Question One Nashville's Parthenon highlights a 42-foot sculpture of Athena, goddess of WISDOM . (We got last week's picture of the Sydney Opera House look-alike building.) Bonus Question Two Where on the map of Tennessee is Nashville found? Area 2 Picture: riverboat Slide Show 1. Rock City Gardens is a landmark on LOOKOUT Mountain. 2. The landmark 32-story stainless steel pyramid overlooks the Mississippi River in MEMPHIS . 3. This landmark mansion in Columbia is named after an old game similar to craps. RATTLE AND SNAP 4. The famous General JACKSON paddle-wheel showboat at Opryland is a Nashville landmark. Clues for next destination: Famous train Ride the rails Paris to Istanbul Express service |