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December 31, 2003 By: Betty Ramsey Passport: Kentucky Packing Round 1. Kentucky is nicknamed the BLUEGRASS State. 2. Perryville, KY, was the site of this historic event. FEIRCE CIVIL WAR BATTLE 3. What is the name of the race track where the Kentucky Derby is run each May? CHURCHILL DOWNS 4. Which famous place in Kentucky is not open to the public? FORT KNOX VAULT 5. Kentucky is number one in the United States in this business venture. COAL MINING 6. Visitors to Kentucky can see all of these famous sights except CARLSBAD CAVERNS . Picture of natural bridge Departure Round 1. Which drink is the one traditionally served at the Kentucky Derby? MINT JULIP 2. This horse won the Kentucky Derby in 2003. FUNNY CIDE 3. Which country singer from Kentucky is known as the "coal miner's daughter"? LORETTA LYNN 4. What is the capital of Kentucky? FRANKFORT 5. Which sporting goods item is manufactured in and closely associated with Louisville? BASEBALL BATS Picture of statue of a horse On Tour Round 1. Which of these famous Kentuckians cleared a path through the Cumberland Gap? DANIEL BOONE 2. Kentucky is one of the world's largest producers of BOURBON . 3. This food entrepreneur's cafe in Corbin, KY was famous for its fried chicken. HARLAN SANDERS 4. Which famous Kentuckian said, "I'd rather be right than president"? HENRY CLAY 5. "My Old Kentucky Home" was written by this famous composer. STEPHEN FOSTER 6. What is Kentucky's state tree? TULIP POPLAR 7. All of these famous personalities are/were from Kentucky except ELVIS PRESLEY Picture of large sign for Big Bone Lick State Park 8. Kentucky's main crops include all of these except TOMATOES . 9. In 1986, this Kentuckian was named the first official Poet Lauriat of the United States. ROBERT PENN WARREN 10. This Kentucky lady was famous for her hatchet attacks on barroom and their liquor stock. CARRY NATION 11. A trapper from Kentucky, he helped to open the territory of California for settlement. KIT CARSON 12. Before Kentucky was admitted to the Union in 1792, it was a part of this state. VIRGINIA Bonus question 1 Kentucky's Cumberland Falls is North America's only waterfalls that makes a MOONBOW . Bonus question 2 Where on the map of Kentucky is Cumberland found? Section 5 Picture of looking from inside a cave to the outside Slide Show 1. Kentucky's Natural Bridge is located in the DANIEL BOONE National Forest. 2. A statue of MAN O'WAR stands near the entrance of the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. 3. Kentucky's Big Bone Lick is a graveyard site for these extinct ancestors of the elephant. WOOLLY MAMMOTH 4. All of these are areas within Kentucky's Mammoth Cave National Park except BROKEN ARROW . Clues for next week's game... Canterbury Suffolk County Lush countrysides War of Roses |