WAMC's Ian Pickus and resident quizzer Mike Nothnagel celebrate a crucial part of WAMC fund drives: the volunteers.
Last week's challenge
Start with the name of O.J. Simpson trial witness and D-list actor KATO KAELIN. Change one letter to a C, rearrange the letters, and you can spell a two-word phrase for something you might want to cut down on if you're trying to lose weight.
Answer: If you change one of the Ks to a C, you can spell COLA INTAKE.
THIS WEEK'S CATEGORY: TENNESSEE
On-air questions: The fall fund drive is in full swing, which means this place is teeming with volunteers. To celebrate the wonderful people without whom the fund drive wouldn't be possible, this week we've got a quiz about the volunteer state: Tennessee.
1. From 1943 until 1974, the Ryman Auditorium on Fifth Avenue in Nashville was the home theater for broadcasts of what famous country music concert series?
2. Many key union victories in the U.S. Civil War were fought in Tennessee, including the Twin Rivers campaign and the battle of Shiloh, both fought in 1862, and the 1863 Chattanooga Campaign. Those battles, and many others, were fought under the command of what Union general?
3. The 1993 film The Firm stars Tom Cruise as a student at Harvard Law School who is offered a lucrative job at a Memphis law firm, under the mentorship of an attorney played by Gene Hackman. The film is based on the 1991 novel by what author?
4. Relocating from Texas to Tennessee in 1997, the NFL's Houston Oilers kept their nickname, playing as the Tennessee Oilers for two seasons. For the 1999 season, they changed their nickname to the one they still use. By what name do we now know the former Oilers?
5. Tennessee borders eight other states, which ties it with Missouri for most states bordered. Which of the eight states shares the longest border, over 338 miles, with Tennessee?
Extra credit
1. The National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis is a complex of buildings that traces the history of the Civil Rights Movement. The museum is built around the Lorraine Hotel, the location of the assassination of whom?
2. The most visited national park in the U.S. is located in eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina, and is named for the mountain range that it straddles. What national park is it?
This week's challenge
Start with the word VOLUNTEERS. Change one letter to a G and you can rearrange the result to spell a two-word phrase (three letters, seven letters) for what someone might do before speaking in public. What is it?
ANSWERS
On-air questions
1. The Grand Ole Opry
2. Ulysses S. Grant
3. John Grisham
4. Tennessee Titans
5. Kentucky
Extra credit
1. Martin Luther King, Jr.
2. Great Smoky Mountains National Park
