Big & Rich Trivia

1. The first 'words' are unique. Do you remember how the song starts?

From Quiz Save A Horse, Ride A Cowboy

Answer: Dum de de dum, de de dum, de de dum, de de da da

This song was first released as a single in June, 2004 on Warner Bros. label. Big and Rich wrote and produced it.

From Quiz Big & Rich Songs

Answer: Holy Water

Big Kenny & John Rich wrote this song for their sisters who were in abusive relationships.

From Quiz Big & Rich's "8th of November"

Answer: South Dakota, nineteen

The Vietnam War is, by most Americans, considered a "War That Should Never Have Been". Beginning in the 1950s, US troops were being sent over to Vietnam to assist Southern Vietnam in fending off the Viet Cong from the North. The citizens of the United States were told that our troops were over there fighting along with Southern Vietnam for democracy. In the ensuing years during the Vietnam War countless lives were lost on both sides of this devastating war.

From Quiz Big & Rich's Fame

Answer: Horse of a Different Color

"Horse of a Different Color" was released on May 4, 2004. It sold over 2 million copies in its first year.

From Quiz Save A Horse, Ride A Cowboy

Answer: hundred dollar bills

This verse depicts Big and Rich's arrival in Nashville, Tennessee, the country music capital of the world. BIG is Big Kenny Alphine, RICH is John Rich.

From Quiz Big & Rich Songs

Answer: Comin' To Your City

The video of this song features a clip from their video for "(Save A Horse) Ride A Cowboy".

From Quiz Big & Rich's "8th of November"

Answer: Was dropped, napalm

"According to "The Condensed Chemical Dictionary", napalm is the aluminum soap of a mixture of oleic, naphthenic and coconut fatty acids. It is a granular powder which, when mixed with gasoline, forms a sticky gel that is stable from -40 to 100 deg C." Quote can be found at: http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/aug98/897682073.Ch.r.html

From Quiz Save A Horse, Ride A Cowboy

Answer: Crown

'Save a horse, ride a cowboy' is an old saying similar to 'save water, shower together' or 'save eggs, crack a smile'. Big and Rich made a hit out of an old adage.

From Quiz Big & Rich Songs

Answer: Lost In This Moment

This song is the first number one single for Big & Rich. Also, the writers (John Rich, Keith Anderson & Rodney Clawson) were single at the time they wrote it!

From Quiz Big & Rich's "8th of November"

Answer: Twenty-nine

"On November 8, 1965, the 173rd Airborne Brigade on "Operation Hump", war zone "D" in Viet Nam; were ambushed by over 1200 VC. 48 American soldiers lost their lives that day. Severely wounded, and risking his own life; Lawrence Joel, a medic; was the first living black man since the Spanish American war, to receive the United States Medal of Honor; for saving so many lives in the midst of battle that day. Our friend Niles Harris, retired 25 years, United States Army, the guy who gave Big Kenny his top hat, was one of the wounded who lived. This song is his story. Caught in the action of kill or be killed, greater love hath no man than to lay down his life for his brother." The introduction for the "8th of November" music video was narrated by Kris Kristofferson. The direct quote can be found in the lyrics to the song "8th of November" While Big and Rich's lyrics give the US death toll for Operation Hump as twenty-nine; the official death toll was forty-eight.

From Quiz Big & Rich's Fame

Answer: luvJOI

Big Kenny headed the rock group luvJOI.

From Quiz Save A Horse, Ride A Cowboy

Answer: they are so pretty

Country music stations tagged this song as "A song I probably shouldn't like but __". There is a remixed dance version. A video was made in 2004.

From Quiz Big & Rich Songs

Answer: Wild West Show

This song was the first single released by Big & Rich; "(Save A Horse) Ride a Cowboy" is the song most people are familiar with hearing first.

From Quiz Big & Rich's "8th of November"

Answer: Crying

"No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now." --Richard M. Nixon, 1985. Fifty-eight thousand American soliders lost their lives, while 304,000 were wounded. Aside from those dead and wounded, far too many would suffer with nightmares, and mental instability. Many also contracted Agent Orange, due from the chemicals dropped on North Vietnam. However, the effects of Agent Orange would not be known for many, many years after a cease fire ended the Vietnam War.

From Quiz Big & Rich's Fame

Answer: Wild West Show

Although they didn't make a video for "Wild West Show", this was their first radio single. "Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)" was their second single, but first video.

From Quiz Save A Horse, Ride A Cowboy

Answer: long necks down

The music video was made in Nashville. It starts with Big and Rich on horseback. There is a marching band, a little person and a mannequin, a John Deere tractor and various other oddities crossing the Shelby Street Bridge.

From Quiz Big & Rich Songs

Answer: (Save A Horse) Ride A Cowboy

Broadway is a street in Nashville that is home to many honky tonks (bars which feature musical entertainment). You'll find Tootsies Orchid Lounge, Legends Corner, The Stage and many others on Broadway. The Ryman Auditorium and the Country Music Hall of Fame are within a block of Broadway.

From Quiz Big & Rich's "8th of November"

Answer: Hell all

Casper Platoon was also involved in Operation Hump. Don Bliss and Dick Hathcock were heliport medics within their platoon, during the battle, they were swooping down into the raging battle to retreive the wounded and dead. At one point, their chopper was having difficulty in clearing the trees...due to an over abundance of weight of the men on board. Thankfully, Bliss and Hathcock's chopper made it to safety.

From Quiz Big & Rich's Fame

Answer: Katie Darnell

Katie Darnell meant a lot to both Big Kenny and John Rich. She was a very close friend of theirs and they have written a couple of songs together dedicated to her memory. She suffered from brain cancer.

From Quiz Big & Rich Songs

Answer: I Pray For You

Both Big Kenny and John Rich recorded this song on their solo albums prior to forming Big & Rich. Big Kenny's album was titled "Live A Little" and John Rich's was titled "Underneath the Same Moon". Both albums were recorded in 1999 but neither were released until 2005.

From Quiz Big & Rich's "8th of November"

Answer: Fifty-eight

Big Kenny and John Rich, met Niles Harris in 2002, while performing at the Buffalo Bar in Deadwood, South Dakota...the duo were entertaining for "eats and lodging" (they were relatively unknown). Harris was wearing a specially made top hat that night, and Big Kenny noticed it and admired it; so Harris let him use the now famous top hat for the rest of music session...and in the end told Big Kenny that he could keep it. Direct quote can be found at: http://aquiram.wordpress.com/2006/09/22/69/

From Quiz Big & Rich's Fame

Answer: Christiev Carothers

Kenny married his stylist, Christiev Carothers, in January 2005 near Deadwood, SD.

From Quiz Save A Horse, Ride A Cowboy

Answer: John Wayne

John Wayne is the most recent of all these famous cowboys and he died in 1979. Where have all the cowboys gone? That sounds like another country song.

From Quiz Big & Rich Songs

Answer: 8th of November

This song is the story of their friend Niles Harris who served in the Vietnam War. Niles also gave Big Kenny his trademark top hat. Kris Kristofferson did the opening for this song.

From Quiz Big & Rich's "8th of November"

Answer: Limps, shrapnel

Most states have a Veteran's Hospital, where war veterans go to government funded hospitals for treatment of ailments that may or may not be caused from wartime.

From Quiz Big & Rich's Fame

Answer: Muzik Mafia

The Muzik Mafia was started by Big Kenny & John Rich and has turned out stars like Gretchen Wilson and Cowboy Troy.

From Quiz Save A Horse, Ride A Cowboy

Answer: my old bird dog

A gig is a long stick with three tines on one end. Use your imagination.

From Quiz Big & Rich's "8th of November"

Answer: Grey

On September 17, 2002, Niles Harris had the opportunity to take Big and Rich around Deadwood...showing them all the old mines, etc...when Big Kenny noticed the 173rd Airborne Brigade emblems on Harris' jeep and jacket. Niles was asked if he minded speaking about Vietnam, and he told Big and Rich that he didn't mind...what he proceeded to tell them, would rattle their nerves and give them a better understanding of war and what our soliders do to serve and protect us.

From Quiz Big & Rich's Fame

Answer: Holy Water

They wrote "Holy Water" for their sisters who've both been victims of domestic violence. Although Kenny's sister is the only one in the video for the song, in an interview with "CMT Insider", it is stated that John's sister was also a victim.

From Quiz Big & Rich Songs

Answer: Rollin' (The Ballad of Big & Rich)

Big Kenny says this line as part of the opening to this song. Cowboy Troy can also be heard on this song.

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