Question 1

Where is the main campus located?

Accepted Answer

Knoxville

Question 2

What kind of dog is the university's mascot, Smokey?

Accepted Answer

Bluetick Coonhound

Question 3

What is the nickname given to students and sports teams?

Accepted Answer

Volunteers (Vols)

Question 4

What is this statue popularly known as?

Accepted Answer

Torchbearer

Question 5

There are multiple gravesites on campus, including a Native American burial mound and the grave of a beloved family pet.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 6

The father of this band's guitarist was a geography professor at UTK.

Accepted Answer

Weezer

Question 7

What is the name of this life-sized duck-billed dinosaur statue?

Accepted Answer

Monty

Question 8

What is the popular nickname of the University of Tennessee Anthropological Research Facility?

Accepted Answer

The Body Farm

Question 9

The university was established before Tennessee became a state.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 10

The university did not accept Black students until what year?

Accepted Answer

1952

Question 11

What is the name of the school's editorially-independent, student-run newspaper?

Accepted Answer

The Daily Beacon

Question 12

UTK is part of what athletic conference?

Accepted Answer

Southeastern Conference (SEC)

Question 13

Pantone 151 is its official name, but what is this specific shade of orange's nickname?

Accepted Answer

UT orange

Question 14

What plant served as the inspiration for the university's colors?

Accepted Answer

American daisy

Question 15

Neyland Stadium is the eighth largest sports stadium in the entire world.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 16

What is the name of the school's marching band?

Accepted Answer

Pride of the Southland Band

Question 17

Andrew Jackson was the president who suggested the university expand its campus, rather than limit itself to its one original building,

Accepted Answer

false It was Thomas Jefferson.

Question 18

In what year was the university renamed from "East Tennessee University" to "University of Tennessee"?

Accepted Answer

1879

Question 19

What Bible verse serves as the university's motto?

Accepted Answer

John 8:32

Question 20

UT was the first non-religiously affiliated university west of the Appalachians.

Accepted Answer

true

University of Tennessee Trivia (20 Questions About Good Ole Rocky Top)

2) What kind of dog is the university's mascot, Smokey?

3) What is the nickname given to students and sports teams?

4) What is this statue popularly known as?

5) There are multiple gravesites on campus, including a Native American burial mound and the grave of a beloved family pet.

6) The father of this band's guitarist was a geography professor at UTK.

7) What is the name of this life-sized duck-billed dinosaur statue?

8) What is the popular nickname of the University of Tennessee Anthropological Research Facility?

9) The university was established before Tennessee became a state.

10) The university did not accept Black students until what year?

11) What is the name of the school's editorially-independent, student-run newspaper?

12) UTK is part of what athletic conference?

13) Pantone 151 is its official name, but what is this specific shade of orange's nickname?

14) What plant served as the inspiration for the university's colors?

15) Neyland Stadium is the eighth largest sports stadium in the entire world.

16) What is the name of the school's marching band?

17) Andrew Jackson was the president who suggested the university expand its campus, rather than limit itself to its one original building,

18) In what year was the university renamed from "East Tennessee University" to "University of Tennessee"?

19) What Bible verse serves as the university's motto?

20) UT was the first non-religiously affiliated university west of the Appalachians.