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1. In this country music hit song Billy Currington ends the song by thanking God for turnip greens. What is the name of this song?
2. The song "Down Home Girl" was recorded by The Coasters and The Rolling Stones. In this song what smells like turnip greens?
3. What kind of food is Albert Collins describing with the lyrics, "We got cornbread, mash potato, candied yams, an' turnip greens, we got a little chittlin'"?
4. Roger Miller in his song, "I Get up Early in the Morning" states that this US President "sent the British running through turnip greens". Which President was it?
5. The hip hop duo "Field Mob" raps that they are from the "home of the neck bones, black eyed peas, turnip and collard greens". What two stars appear with this duo in the recording of this song, entitled "Georgia"?
6. Duane Eddy was a famous 1950's American rock and roll instrumentalist. One of his hit songs was "Tiger Love and Turnip Greens". What instrument did he help make popular with his music?
7. In the Hank Williams Sr. song, "Everything's Okay", who "got the turnip greens"?
8. "Send me a pan of corn bread with turnip greens on the side and if you really want to mess with my head give me anything Southern fried". What type of man is Roy Orbison describing in the title of this song?
9. Bluegrass legend Bill Monroe sings "well it's coffee cakes and pork and beans, black-eyed peas and turnip greens. Turn on my radio one time more. Hear Ernest Tubb a walkin' the floor". Who is he singing about?
10. What is Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys describing when they sing, "She's got backbones and turnip greens, ham hocks and butter beans, you and me and New Orleans"?
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