What is Nashville hot chicken?

Fried chicken coated in a spicy cayenne paste

Grilled chicken wings in sweet barbecue sauce

Nashville Quiz: Music City, Country Stars and Hot Chicken, USA

This Nashville quiz explores Music City, the capital of Tennessee in the USA, with questions on the Grand Ole Opry, the Ryman Auditorium, the piano-key windows of the Country Music Hall of Fame, a full-size Parthenon, Nashville hot chicken, the Bluebird Cafe and Taylor Swift, the Batman Building, the Fisk Jubilee Singers and Andrew Jackson's Hermitage. Ten questions.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 90 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 90s

Radio
The Grand Ole Opry, first broadcast in 1925, is famous for being what?
Venues
The Ryman Auditorium, nicknamed the Mother Church of Country Music, was originally built as what?
Museums
The windows of the Country Music Hall of Fame are designed to look like what?
Replicas
Nashville's Centennial Park has a full-scale replica of which ancient building?
Food
What is Nashville hot chicken?
Cafés
At which small Nashville venue was a teenage Taylor Swift discovered by a record executive?
Skyscrapers
Nashville's tallest building for many years is nicknamed what because of its two pointed spires?
Choirs
The Fisk Jubilee Singers, formed in 1871, toured to raise money for what?
Presidents
Which US president's home, the Hermitage, is near Nashville?
Capitals
Nashville is the capital of which US state?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: The Grand Ole Opry, first broadcast in 1925, is famous for being what?
Answer: The longest-running radio broadcast in US history
It began as a barn dance show on WSM radio. Being invited to join the Opry is one of country music's highest honors.
Q2: The Ryman Auditorium, nicknamed the Mother Church of Country Music, was originally built as what?
Answer: A church tabernacle
Riverboat captain Thomas Ryman built it in 1892 for revival meetings. The Opry was broadcast from there from 1943 to 1974.
Q3: The windows of the Country Music Hall of Fame are designed to look like what?
Answer: Piano keys
From above, the building is also said to look like a bass clef. The museum holds instruments, costumes and cars of country stars.
Q4: Nashville's Centennial Park has a full-scale replica of which ancient building?
Answer: The Parthenon
Inside stands a statue of the goddess Athena about 13 meters tall, covered in gold leaf. Nashville is nicknamed the Athens of the South.
Q5: What is Nashville hot chicken?
Answer: Fried chicken coated in a spicy cayenne paste
It is usually served on white bread with pickles. Prince's Hot Chicken Shack helped make it famous.
Q6: At which small Nashville venue was a teenage Taylor Swift discovered by a record executive?
Answer: The Bluebird Cafe
The café seats only about 90 people. Songwriters perform there in the round, taking turns to play their songs.
Q7: Nashville's tallest building for many years is nicknamed what because of its two pointed spires?
Answer: The Batman Building
It was completed in 1994 for the phone company BellSouth. It is now known as the AT&T Building.
Q8: The Fisk Jubilee Singers, formed in 1871, toured to raise money for what?
Answer: Their university
They helped save Fisk University, a historically Black university in Nashville. They brought spirituals to audiences around the world.
Q9: Which US president's home, the Hermitage, is near Nashville?
Answer: Andrew Jackson
Jackson lived there before and after his presidency. The plantation is now a museum, and Jackson and his wife Rachel are buried in its garden.
Q10: Nashville is the capital of which US state?
Answer: Tennessee
Memphis, the home of Elvis Presley's Graceland, is also in Tennessee. Nashville sits on the Cumberland River.

Nashville Quiz – America's Music City

Nashville is the capital of Tennessee, USA, and is known around the world as Music City. It is the home of country music, with legendary venues, recording studios and songwriters, but its music scene also includes rock, gospel, pop, bluegrass and Americana. The city sits on the Cumberland River and is one of the fastest-growing cities in the country.

Nashville's music history began long before country music became a big business. In 1871, the Fisk Jubilee Singers toured the world singing spirituals. In 1925, the Grand Ole Opry began as a radio barn dance show, and it is now the longest-running radio broadcast in US history. The Ryman Auditorium, built as a church tabernacle, became the Opry's most famous home.

Music Row is the center of the industry, where record labels and studios have worked with stars such as Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks. The Country Music Hall of Fame tells their stories. Lower Broadway is lined with honky-tonks, bars with live music from morning to night. The Bluebird Cafe is famous for songwriters and for discovering Taylor Swift.

Nashville is also called the Athens of the South, and Centennial Park has a full-size Parthenon. The Batman Building towers over downtown.

Local food includes fiery hot chicken, barbecue and meat-and-three diners. Andrew Jackson's Hermitage is nearby.

Sports fans cheer for the Tennessee Titans in football and the Nashville Predators in hockey, whose fans throw catfish onto the ice. The city's universities, including Vanderbilt, add to its lively culture.

This quiz covers the music, history, landmarks and food of Nashville.

What This Quiz Teaches

This quiz is perfect for music fans, travelers and food lovers.

The Grand Ole Opry and the Ryman Auditorium
The Country Music Hall of Fame
The Parthenon and the Athens of the South
Nashville hot chicken and the Bluebird Cafe
The Batman Building and the Fisk Jubilee Singers
The Hermitage and Tennessee's capital

Quick Facts About Nashville

The Johnny Cash Museum is in downtown Nashville.
Nashville hosts the CMA Music Festival every June.
The Gaylord Opryland Resort has acres of indoor gardens.
The Opry moved to a new Grand Ole Opry House in 1974.
RCA Studio B recorded hits by Elvis Presley and Dolly Parton.
Pedal taverns, bikes that serve as moving bars, are common downtown.