OK, folks this is an " open book test". I don't care where you look for the answers.. some are easy, some harder... BUT There will be a prize at Danville Crossing Homecoming 2000, Saturday night) for the one who has the most right answers... and you ALL will be winners if you care to play, because you will learn more about Tennessee than you probably ever wanted to know! <VBG> OK?.. so here goes: Print this out and see how many you know off the bat, and how many more you can figure out by June 24th! 1. What is Danville Crossing named for? 2 Where is there one of the last ferries across the Tennessee River ( relates to question #1) 3. When did Tennessee become a State? 4. What is on the Tennessee flag and what does it stand for? 5. What is Tennessee's official slogan? 6. Nickname for the natives of Tennessee is the __________, and why (hint: what war) 7. State animal? 8. State bird ?( there are 2, either counts) 9. State BUG?! ( also are 2, either counts) 10. What years was there a State of Franklin? 11. Who was Tennessee's first Governor? 12.What kind of farm is in Camden that offers tours? 13. What is the source of the name TENNESSEE and what did it mean? 14. Whose surveying mistake put Clarksville In TN not Ky? 15.Which of DCs counties used to extend South to Alabama and North to Kentucky? 16. In 1788 what area was the Tennessee County of North Carolina? ( specific) 17. Where was Davy Crockett's grandson a newspaperman? 18. What 3 of the 6 DC counties had furnaces? 19. Who is Benton Co named for? 20 Dickson? 21. Henry? 22 Houston? 23 Humphreys? 24 Stewart? 25 Which has the oldest continually-in-use courthouse in the State? 26 What was the "Land-between-the-Lakes" called before it was LBL? **** OK, they are not easy, but finding the answers ought to be fun, and get you " thinking Tennessee" in advance of the homecoming! Most of my source is a Vacation Guide for Tennessee. The deadline is the end of the dinner Saturday night, June 24th.Prize will be given out then You who won't actually be there,and want play, you will need to e-mail me your answers before June 15th...as I will be gone after that. ( and I will mail the prize when I get home if one of you wins) Cacky