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Which livestock is the major focus of Tennessee agriculture?
beef cattle
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When did cotton first become a large-scale agricultural product in Tennessee?
1820s
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Which river landform partly in Tennessee provided the most fertile land for cotton production?
Mississippi Delta
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Where in Tennessee is the headquarters of International Paper?
Memphis
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Where is Nissan Motor Company's headquarters in the United States?
Franklin
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Which company has a $2 billion production plant in Bradley County?
Wacker Chemie
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Hemlock Semiconductor produces electronic components in which Tennessee city?
Clarksville
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Which major global shipping company is based in Memphis?
FedEx
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What types of income are exempt from Tennessee state income tax?
salaries and wages
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At what rate is Tennessee state sales and use tax usually applied?
7%
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Above which amount is inheritance tax applied in Tennessee?
$1,000,000
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What is the sales tax on foodstuffs in Tennessee?
5.25%
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Which edible items are taxed at the higher non-food sales and use tax rate in Tennessee?
candy, dietary supplements and prepared food
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In which year did Tennessee tourism first exceed 100 million visitors?
2014
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How many billions of dollars were spend by tourists in Tennessee in 2014?
17.7
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How much tax revenue did tourism generate for Tennessee in 2014?
$1.5 billion
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In 2014, which three Tennessee counties took in the most money from tourism?
Davidson, Shelby, and Sevier
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What was the percentage increase in Tennessee's tourism-based jobs in 2014?
2.8%
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Which other state sent Tennessee the most tourists in 2013?
Georgia
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What percentage of out-of-state tourists stayed in Tennessee for four or more nights?
11%
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What average daily amount did a tourist spend in Tennessee in 2013?
$118
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What percentage of Tennessee tourists daily spending in 2013 went toward accommodation?
17%
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In which state do the greatest percentage of Tennessee tourists reside?
Tennessee
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Which city is the endpoint of I-26?
Kingsport
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I-24 connects which two Tennessee cities?
Chattanooga to Clarksville
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Which interstate highway running north-south passes through Memphis?
Interstate 55
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Which interstate ends at a junction close to Dandridge, Tennessee?
Interstate 81
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What Tennessee cities are connected by I-269?
Millington to Collierville
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Which are the two main parties in Tennessee politics?
Republican and the Democratic
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Which part of Tennessee voted more Republican in the years following the Civil War?
eastern
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What type of farmers inhabited eastern Tennessee in the late 19th century?
yeoman
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Which crops grown in West Tennessee had required a great deal of slave labor?
tobacco and cotton
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Which party did most former slaves join when they were given the right to vote after the Civil War?
Republican
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In which decade did the Tennessee legislature institute a poll tax?
1880s
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Which party declined in Tennessee politics following voting reform legislation during Reconstruction?
Republican
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What percentage of the Tennessee population was African-American in 1900?
23.8
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In 1913, the Tennessee state legislature made which organizational structure the default form of city government in the state?
Board of Commission
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Which Republican presidential candidate did Tennessee support in 1920?
Warren G. Harding
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What religion was the Democratic presidential candidate that Tennessee voted against in 1928?
Catholic
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How many times has Tennessee supported Democratic presidential candidates in the general elections since the 1950s?
four
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Which Republican won the Presidency while carrying Tennessee in 1928?
Herbert Hoover
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In 1960, what group made up 16.45% of Tennessee's population?
African Americans
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What Congressional Act fully re-enfranchised African-American in Tennessee?
Voting Rights Act of 1965
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Which Republican Senator's 1970 victory showed the Republican Party's renewed competitiveness in Tennessee?
Bill Brock
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Which constituency has become the Republican Party's staunchest supporters in Tennessee?
white conservatives
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Which Republican was elected Tennessee Governor in 1970?
Winfield Dunn
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Which two Tennessee cities are most supportive of the Democratic Party?
Nashville and Memphis
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Which Tennessee city has the largest African-American population?
Memphis
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Which two eastern Tennessee congressional districts have the longest track record of favoring Republican candidates?
1st and 2nd
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Since which year has Tennessee's 1st congressional district voted overwhelmingly Republican?
1881
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Which two Tennessee metropolitan areas have been most supportive of the Republican Party?
Tri-Cities and Knoxville
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Which Democratic candidate lost his own state in the 2000 general election?
Al Gore
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By what percentage of the popular vote did George W. Bush carry Tennessee in 2004?
14%
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Democratic presidential candidates from which region's states have fared best in recent Tennessee history?
Southern
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Which 2000 presidential candidate was a former US Senator from Tennessee?
Al Gore
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Which 1962 US Supreme Court ruling forced states to realign their voting districts to reflect census findings?
Baker v. Carr
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What phrase expresses the Supreme Court's 1962 decision that population overrules geographic consideration in election districting?
one man, one vote
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A bias in Tennessee politics favoring which type of geographical district gave rise to the Baker v. Carr Supreme Court case?
rural
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Which type of geographical district became more powerful in Tennessee politics following the 1962 Supreme Court decision?
urban
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Which Tennessee law enforcement agency looks for road safety violations?
Highway Patrol
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Which Tennessee agency enforces state wildlife regulations outside of parks?
TWRA
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What is the acronym for Tennessee's statewide criminal investigation agency?
TBI
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Who provides law enforcement within Tennessee's state parks?
Tennessee State Park Rangers
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Each Tennessee county must elect which law enforcement official?
Sheriff
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Which law enforcement entity serves warrants in Tennessee?
Sheriff's Office
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Who is in charge of policing Tennessee counties' unincorporated areas?
County Sheriff
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Who polices incorporated areas of Tennessee's counties?
Municipal Police Departments
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What proportion of Tennessee counties recognize their Sheriff as their head law enforcement official?
94 of the 95
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What method did Tennessee use for capital punishment before 1913?
hanging
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In which year was electrocution introduced as Tennessee's method of execution?
1916
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How many prisoners did Tennessee execute between 1916 and 1960?
125
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How many inmates has Tennessee executed since 2000?
six
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How many death row inmates were awaiting executing in Tennessee in April 2015?
73
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What is the nickname of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville athletic teams?
Volunteers
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In which year did the University of Tennessee begin competing in the Southeastern Conference of the NCAA?
1932
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How many college football bowl championships have the Tennessee Volunteers won?
25
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What is the farthest the Tennessee Volunteers have progressed in the NCAA men's basketball tournament?
Elite Eight
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How many national titles has the Tennessee Volunteers women's basketball team claimed?
8
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When did post-punk arrive on the scene?
in the wake of the punk movement of the 1970s
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What did post-punk artists use in their music?
critical theory, cinema, performance art and modernist literature
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What began to spring up around the post-punk music?
independent record labels and fanzines
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How did post-punk take on rock and roll?
conceptual assault
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When was the original punk movement?
1970s
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What is a name for a type of rock music that is extremely varied in sound?
Post-punk
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What elements of punk rock did post-punk depart from?
musical conventions and wider cultural affiliations
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What subject matter does post-punk commonly mesh its musical sensibilities with?
art and politics
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What developed along with the music developments of post-punk?
subcultures
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Who coined the term post-punk?
journalists in the late 1970s
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What dis the new term, post-punk, cover?
groups moving beyond punk's sonic template into disparate areas
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What inspired early post-punk artists?
punk's DIY ethic and energy
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Why did post-punk fall out of love with punk?
commercial formula, rock convention and self-parody
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What did the new post-punk artists believe?
"radical content demands radical form"
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Who were the first to use the term "post-punk"?
journalists
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When was "post-punk" first used to start describing artists?
late 1970s
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What were many post-punk artists originally inspired by?
punk's DIY ethic and energy
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How many chords did standard punk songs typically use?
three
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What did post-punk artists feel there was an imperative to constantly do?
change
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What were the things that post-punk really got into?
experimentation with production techniques
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What are non-rock styles that post-punk used as inspiration?
dub, electronic music, disco, noise, jazz, krautrock, world music and the avant-garde
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What aesthetic did Matthew Bannister associate with post-punk?
avant-garde
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