memphis

     

Memphis is a city in the southwest corner of Tennessee, an the county seat of Shelby County. Memphis rises above the Mississippi River on the 4thChickasaw Bluff just south of the mouth of the Wolf River.

Trivia about memphis

  • In 1996 Graceland Gifts in this city sold a limited edition Elvis Cabbage Patch Kid in a gold lame suit
  • The Liberty Bowl moved to this Tennessee city in 1965 after being held in Philadelphia & Atlantic City
  • This largest Tennessee city needed its own reconstruction after 1866 race riots there
  • The Center for Southern Folklore,The Mud Island Amphitheatre,The Sincerely Elvis Museum
  • Elvis Presley Enterprises owns several gift shops in this city; they're all close to Graceland
  • In the 1940s Bobby "Blue" Bland & B.B. King were in the Beale Streeters, a blues group in this city
  • On Aug. 31, 1997 the Oilers played their first home game in this city's Liberty Bowl, defeating the Raiders, 24-21
  • You can ride this city's Main St. trolley across Beale St. en route to the National Civil Rights Museum
  • The Beale Street Music Festival in this city has been called the "Mardi Gras of the mid-South"
  • Graceland,Presidents Island
  • Elvisopolis(7)
  • Capital during the old kingdom, almost none of it has survived
  • A steamboat & a cotton plant appear on this Tennessee's city flag
  • M(Shares its name with an Ancient Egyptian city)
  • Though Nashville is the capital, this is Tennessee's largest city
  • You'll find W.C. Handy Park & Elvis Presley Plaza near Beale Street in this city
  • W.C. Handy wrote some of his blues on Beale Street in this city
  • (Hi, I'm Pam Tillis) Maybe it was this Tennessee city that was mentioned in the title of my 1992 hit; in fact I'm sure of it
  • The title of this musical about a white DJ & a black club singer in 1950s Tennessee is the city of its setting
  • (Jimmy of the Clue Crew walks among some desert ruins.) While walking in this ancient Egyptian capital, you'll see Saqqara, which was its principal burial area
  • Menes (not Elvis) made it his capital(7)
  • Egypt's capital during the Old Kingdom; its original name meant "The White Wall"
  • This first capital of ancient Egypt was at the apex of the Nile delta
  • This ancient capital grew up around Pepi I's pyramid, Men-nefer-mare
  • Kansas City, Missouri & this Tennessee city both claim the tangy title "Barbecue Capital of the World"
  • This Tennessee port named for an Egyptian city was founded by Andrew Jackson & 2 partners in 1819
  • Andrew Jackson was one of the landowners who founded this Tennessee town overlooking the Mississippi in 1819
  • Tennessee
  • Annual events in this Southern city include the FedEx St. Jude's Golf Classic & Elvis International Tribute Week
  • "Reverend Green be glad to see you" when you're "walking in" this town
  • Its location on the historic Chickasaw Bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River has made it the "Bluff City"
  • In 1987 Peter Taylor answered the call for "a summons to" this Tennessee city
  • Also the name of a Tennessee city, this ancient capital was a center of worship of Ptah, father of the Egyptian gods
  • About 600 miles from the mouth of the river, this Tennessee city of 650,000 is the largest on the Mississippi
  • This Old Kingdom capital of Egypt was originally named Hikouptah
  • Marc Cohn:"Then I'm walking in" this city, "walking with my feet, ten feet off of Beale"
  • Jason Lee as an Elvis-impersonating cop:"___ Beat"
  • The Digest calls this city America's best tourist attraction saying it has "its own king" & is home to the blues
  • This Tennessee city boasts a 32-story pyramid with a base the size of 6 football fields
  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew) I'm in this city that FedEx bases its headquarters due to its location & good weather
  • Ancient Egypt's capital for centuries, its ruins supplied the stones used to build Cairo
  • Great blues music and barbecue cook-offs are attractions at this city's Beale Street Music Festival in May
  • Best New Artist Grammy winner Marc Cohn was "walking in" this city
  • Alan Ball wrote the "Grace Under Fire" episode where they got "all shook up" in this Southern city
  • The NBA'sGrizzlies
  • In 1968, this city's Public Works Department by sanitation workers, bringing Dr. King to town
  • Martin Luther King's purpose in traveling to this city in March 1968 was to support striking sanitation workers
  • Born Thomas, Williams may have first used his nickname in this Tennessee port for a writing contest
  • In Ezekiel this capital of Egypt is called Noph, & the Lord promises to "destroy the idols" there (he didn't mean Elvis)
  • Tragically, Dr. King was assassinated in 1968 while visiting this Tennessee city
  • Since 1962:St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital
  • 1990:A WWII flyby:"_____ Belle"
  • The structure seen here is in this city, on the bluffs of the Mississippi