Celebrities Born in the Great State of Tennessee Quiz

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- Tina Turner (Brownsville) was a singer, songwriter, and actress. In 1988 she toured the world for her 1986 album, "Break Every Rule". During her show in Rio De Janeiro, she set a then-Guinness World Record for the largest paying audience for a solo performer, selling 180,000 tickets. This performance broke Frank Sinatra's 1980 record.

- Morgan Freeman (Memphis) is an American actor, producer, and narrator. His first real exposure to national audiences was as part of "The Electric Company" (1971-77), a children's TV show made by the same people who created Sesame Street. For six seasons and 780 episodes, Freeman and the rest of the cast sang and performed comedy skits to encourage younger students to read.

- Eddy Arnold (Henderson) was an American country music singer. According to Billboard Magazine, he holds the record for most Top 10 hits on the Country Charts (92), and the most weeks with songs at the #1 position on the Country Charts (145).

- Aretha Franklin (Memphis) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Aretha won 18 Grammys, had 112 singles on the Billboard charts, and sold over 75 million records worldwide. She was the first female performer inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and remains the most-charted female artist in history.

- Estes Kefauver (Madisonville) was an American politician from Tennessee. He ended Harry Truman's career in 1952 by defeating the incumbent President in the New Hampshire Democratic primary. Truman announced he would not serve another term as President a few weeks later.

- Cybil Shepherd (Memphis) is an American actress, singer, and former model. A fashion model, she was discovered for films when director Peter Bogdanovich spotted her on the cover of "Glamour" magazine while standing in a supermarket checkout line in the early 1970s.

- Dinah Shore (Winchester) was an American singer, actress, and talk show host. She was the first female star to have a prime-time TV variety show, and she had a long love affair with Burt Reynolds, who was 20 years younger than she was.

- Alvin York (Fentress County) was an American soldier who was one of the most decorated United States Army soldiers of World War I. The eleven York children had minimal schooling because they helped provide for the family in many ways, including hunting, fishing, and working as laborers. During WWI, York earned decorations from several allied countries, including France, Italy, and Montenegro.

- Wilma Rudolph (Saint Bethlehem) was an American sprinter who overcame childhood polio, and became a world-record-holding Olympic champion and international sports icon in track and field. She was born prematurely and weighed just 4.5 pounds. Olympic dreams seemed impossible for her, as her impoverished family included 21 other siblings.

- Isaac Hayes (Covington) was an American singer, songwriter, composer, and actor. He won an Oscar, a Golden Globe, and three Grammys for his work on the soundtrack CD for the 1971 Hollywood film "Shaft."

- David G. Farragut (Lowe's Ferry) was a flag officer of the United States Navy during the American Civil War. He was the first admiral in the United States Navy. He is remembered in U.S. Navy tradition for his bold order at the Battle of Mobile Bay, usually abbreviated to "Damn the torpedoes . . . full speed ahead!"

- Minnie Pearl (Centerville) was an American comedienne who appeared at the Grand Ole Opry for over 50 years (1940-1991). She had two fast food chains in the southern United States during the 1960s and 1970s. They were "Minnie Pearl's Roast Beef" and "Minnie Pearl's Chicken." The slogan for both chains was "Howww-deeee-licious!"

- Grantland Rice (Murfreesboro) was an American sportswriter known for his elegant prose. He was a baseball writer for the "Nashville Daily News", "Atlanta Journal", "Cleveland News", "New York Evening Mail", "New York Herald-Tribune", and "New York Daily News".

- Dolly Parton (Pittman Center) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and philanthropist, known primarily for her decades-long career in country music. In 1978, she became one of the few celebrities to have their own pinball machine. Manufactured by Bally Manufacturing Company, the "Dolly" pinball machine played Dolly's #1 single "Here You Come Again" while the pinball machine was active.

- Abe Fortas (Memphis) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1965 to 1969. He earned scholarships from both Harvard Law School and Yale Law School, but ultimately decided to attend Yale, becoming the youngest law student there at 20 years old. He became editor-in-chief of the "Yale Law Journal", and graduated cum laude and second in the class of 1933.