| Coverage : The Country Music Quiz will test your knowledge of all things related to America's favorite music and the musicians who top the country charts.
The Country Music Quiz questions are creatively compiled so you can gauge how much you know about country music. |
| 1. | Which country singer lost her entire band in a 1991 plane crash? |
| a. | | Barbara Mandrell |
| b. | | Reba McEntire |
| c. | | Tammy Wynette |
| d. | | Dolly Parton
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| 2. | What was the name of Clint Black's debut album from 1989? |
| a. | | "Killin' Time" |
| b. | | "Killing Me Softly" |
| c. | | "Walkin' Away" |
| d. | | "Put Yourself in My Shoes"
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| 3. | In 1975, John Denver scored his first No. 1 single on both the pop and country music charts. What was it? |
| a. | | "Sunshine on My Shoulders" |
| b. | | "Rocky Mountain High" |
| c. | | "Take Me Home, Country Roads" |
| d. | | "Thank God I'm a Country Boy"
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| 4. | What country music star won 2005 Entertainer of the Year at the 2005 Country Music Awards? |
| a. | | Garth Brooks |
| b. | | Gretchen Wilson |
| c. | | Keith Urban |
| d. | | Lee Ann Womack
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| 5. | What song became Randy Travis' first No. 1 single? |
| a. | | "She's My Woman" |
| b. | | "On the Other Hand" |
| c. | | "1982" |
| d. | | "No Place Like Home"
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| 6. | What country music star gave a free concert in New York City's Central Park in 1997? |
| a. | | Trisha Yearwood |
| b. | | George Strait |
| c. | | Vince Gill |
| d. | | Garth Brooks
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| 7. | Billy Ray Cyrus was a car salesman before becoming a country music star. |
| a. | | True |
| b. | | False
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| 8. | Dolly Parton made her film debut in what 1980 hit movie? |
| a. | | "Any Which Way You Can" |
| b. | | "Nine to Five" |
| c. | | "Airplane!" |
| d. | | "Urban Cowboy"
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| 9. | Where is the Country Music Museum and Hall of Fame located? |
| a. | | Memphis, TN |
| b. | | Cincinnati, OH |
| c. | | Nashville, TN |
| d. | | Biloxi, Miss.
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| 10. | Which of the following country music stars has NOT been inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame? |
| a. | | Roy Acuff |
| b. | | Keith Urban |
| c. | | Minnie Pearl |
| d. | | Kris Kristofferson
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| 11. | Who said, "I've always felt that blues, rock 'n' roll and country are just about a beat away"? |
| a. | | Johnny Cash |
| b. | | Charley Pride |
| c. | | George Jones |
| d. | | Waylon Jennings
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| 12. | In what Brooks & Dunn song will you find the lyrics, "I fire up my pickup truck and let the horses run"? |
| a. | | "Boot Scootin' Boogie" |
| b. | | "Neon Moon" |
| c. | | "A Man That Lonely" |
| d. | | "Redneck Rhythm and Blues"
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| 13. | In what Dixie Chicks song will you find the lyrics, "And it turns out he was a missing person who nobody missed at all"? |
| a. | | "Sin Wagon" |
| b. | | "Goodbye Earl" |
| c. | | "Some Days You Gotta Dance" |
| d. | | "Never Say Die"
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| 14. | Who is considered the "father" of country music? |
| a. | | Johnny Cash |
| b. | | Roy Acuff |
| c. | | Jimmie Rodgers |
| d. | | Deford Bailey
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| 15. | What is the name of Dolly Parton's theme park, located just outside Knoxville, Tenn.? |
| a. | | Dolly World |
| b. | | Dollyland |
| c. | | Parton Place |
| d. | | Dollywood
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| 16. | In what Alabama song will you find the lyric, "Your love is like a river peaceful and deep"? |
| a. | | "Anytime (I'm Your Man)" |
| b. | | "God Must Have Spent a Little More Time on You" |
| c. | | "Getting Over You" |
| d. | | "Can't Forget About You"
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