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  George Jones--A Tribute to A Country Legend   popular trivia quiz  
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When George Jones passed away at age 80, country music lost another true legend. This quiz celebrates his life and his music.
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  George Jones: Some Greatest Hits   popular trivia quiz  
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George is without a doubt a living legend. Here are some song lyrics, you name the song.
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  George Jones - Songs/Music - Part 1   great trivia quiz  
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This ten question quiz features five number one hit songs by George Jones. See how well you remember ... enjoy!
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  George Jones - Songs/Music - Part 2   top quiz  
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Here's an easy quiz on ten of George's recordings - all but one are top ten hits. Enjoy!
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  So You Think You Know George Jones!   great trivia quiz  
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George Jones has been named "The Greatest Living Country Singer." So you think you know about the life of George Jones? Enjoy.... =)
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  The life of George Jones    
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A quiz for the greatest singer of all times
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  The Greatest Country Music Vocalist - George Jones    
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Reading about George Jones' hospitalization in March of 2012 prompted this quiz. The questions herein focus primarily on his life, less on his music. Enjoy and Good Luck!
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'Just because I asked a friend about her, just because I spoke her name somewhere. Just because I rang her number by mistake today...'

From Quiz "George Jones: Some Greatest Hits"




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George Jones Trivia Questions
1. George had an animal nickname. What was it?

From Quiz George Jones--A Tribute to A Country Legend

Answer: Possum

George was given the nickname "The Possum" because of the shape of his nose and face. It was used as the hook for one of his hits "Just Playing Possum".

2. Tell me, what is the missing word: "______ Stopped Loving Her Today"?

From Quiz George Jones - Songs/Music - Part 1

Answer: He

The first single released April 1980 from the album "I Am What I Am", "He Stopped Loving Her Today" spent 18 weeks at number one on Billboard's Hot Country Singles. It was written by Bobby Braddock and Curly Putnam, produced by Billy Sherrill on Epic Records. First recorded by Johnny Russell but never released, the song ended at the conclusion of the first chorus.

3. Where was George Glenn Jones born and raised? Born in ____________, TX and raised in ____________, TX.

From Quiz The Greatest Country Music Vocalist - George Jones

Answer: Saratoga, Vidor

Born September 12, 1931. At the age of seven, George quickly realized his interest in country music when his parents purchased a radio. His father played guitar and his mother played piano. When George was nine years old he was given a guitar and encouraged to play. George was raised in a poor family, the youngest of eight, one brother and five sisters; another sister died young from an illness.

4. When and where was George born?

From Quiz So You Think You Know George Jones!

Answer: He was born on September 12, 1931 in Saratoga, Texas.

George Glenn Jones was born on September 12, 1931 in Saratoga, Texas. George was really raised in Vidor, Texas with his one brother and five sisters. George also had another sister who died at an early age, before he was born.

5. In what state was George born?

From Quiz George Jones--A Tribute to A Country Legend

Answer: Texas

George was born in Saratoga, Texas. He was given his first guitar at age nine.

6. In 1958, George recorded "Tall, Tall Trees" but it did not make the charts. Following it's 1995 recording, it became a number one hit for which artist?

From Quiz George Jones - Songs/Music - Part 2

Answer: Alan Jackson

This song was co-written and recorded by both George Jones and Roger Miller; for Alan Jackson, it was his eleventh number one hit.

7. During these early years, George played at local town and church activities then started playing the streets of Beaumont, TX for what in return?

From Quiz The Greatest Country Music Vocalist - George Jones

Answer: nickels

From Alan Mercer's article dated March 11, 2012 recapping his February 2012 interview with George Jones in Los Angeles, where George was receiving his Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award: "When the family moved to Beaumont, he played guitar in the streets for nickels." George eventually became good enough to earn himself air time at local radio stations, leaving home in his mid-teens for Jasper, TX, then in Beaumont, TX, where he got the chance to meet and play guitar for Hank Williams, Sr. who was in the studio promoting an upcoming show. George's nickname, The Possum, originated from a radio station co-worker, citing his resemblance to the animal.

8. George joined the military! Which branch did George join?

From Quiz So You Think You Know George Jones!

Answer: United States Marine Corps

Before George was out of his teens, he married his first wife, Dorothy. The marriage didn't last more than a year. He soon after joined the United States Marines Corps but he was never sent overseas, despite the Korean War. He sang in bars close to his base in California.

9. What was George's first #1 record?

From Quiz The life of George Jones

Answer: White Lightning

"White Lightning" was the song that started it all. This record was released in 1959.

10. In George's hit song "He Stopped Loving Her Today", where did "they" place a wreath?

From Quiz George Jones--A Tribute to A Country Legend

Answer: Upon his door

George's emotional recording of "He Stopped Loving Her Today" won the CMA award for Song of the Year in 1980. At his funeral Alan Jackson sang the song and in a rare public display removed his signature cowboy hat.

11. This verse needs one word for completion ... can you choose the correct word? "Just because I asked a friend about her Just because I spoke her name somewhere Just because I ______ her number by mistake today She thinks I still care"

From Quiz George Jones - Songs/Music - Part 2

Answer: rang

"She Thinks I Still Care" was a number one song for George in 1962. Elvis Presley also recorded it in 1977 becoming a hit for him as well. The re-make, "He Thinks I Still Care", was recorded by Connie Francis in 1962 and again in 1973 by Anne Murray.

12. His "dear old mama crying", "the train that took me off to war", "a thousand bombs exploding". In which song will you hear Jones describe hearing these sounds?

From Quiz George Jones - Songs/Music - Part 1

Answer: The Door

The first verse: "I've heard the sound of my dear old mama crying And the sound of the train that took me off to war The awful sound of a thousand bombs exploding And I wondered if I could take it anymore" Ending: "And of earthquakes, storms and guns and war Lord, nothing ever hurt me more than that lonely sound The closing of the door" For Jones, his sixth number one single spending a total of ten weeks on Billboard's Hot Country Singles in 1974, it was composed by Billy Sherrill and Norro Wilson.

13. George sang "Golden Ring" with which female country music singer?

From Quiz The life of George Jones

Answer: Tammy Wynette

They were married at the time. They made many other recordings during their marriage as well as some after they divorced.

14. Of George's four marriages, which one was Tammy Wynette?

From Quiz George Jones--A Tribute to A Country Legend

Answer: Third

George was married and divorced twice by the time he was 24. He and Tammy's marriage lasted nearly six years.

15. What was George's first number one U.S. hit?

From Quiz So You Think You Know George Jones!

Answer: "White Lightning" (1959)

George had 14 number one hits in the U.S. "White Lightning" was his very first.

16. Who did George team up with on the song "Beer Run"?

From Quiz The life of George Jones

Answer: Garth Brooks

From the cd "The Rock". He also teamed up with Alan Jackson on "A Good Year For The Roses".

17. George's first number one country hit was "White Lightning'". What late rock and roll star wrote, and originally recorded the song?

From Quiz George Jones--A Tribute to A Country Legend

Answer: J.P, Richardson (aka The Big Bopper)

J.P, Richardson was a radio DJ when he wrote and recorded "White Lightnin". But it was his recording of "Chantilly Lace" that would forever immortalize him long after he perished in that tragic plane crash that also took the lives of Buddy Holly and Richie Valens. His son J.P. Junior opens with "White Lightnin'" in his performances.

18. George claims this "honky-tonk prison" is "living in hell with a bar for a cell". What is the song title for this 1981 number one hit?

From Quiz George Jones - Songs/Music - Part 1

Answer: Still Doin' Time

"I've been living in hell with a bar for a cell Still paying for my cheating crime" "Still doin' time In a honky tonk prison Still doin' time Where a man ain't forgiven" "Still Doin' Time" released September 1981, was George's eighth number one single, one week at number one, ten weeks on Billboard's Hot Country Singles.

19. In what state was George admitted into a psychiatric hospital?

From Quiz So You Think You Know George Jones!

Answer: Alabama

George was admitted into a psychiatric hospital in Alabama due to his near death experience with substance abuse in the late 1970s.

20. With which label did George Jones first record?

From Quiz The life of George Jones

Answer: Starday Records

He started with them in the 1950's. Asylum signed George in the late 1990's.

21. In 1981 George shared a number one hit with a duet entitled "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool". Who was bis duet partner?

From Quiz George Jones--A Tribute to A Country Legend

Answer: Barbara Mandrell

Before George's voice is heard on Barbara's recording she sings about pulling up to the drive in and "turning down George Jones". George and Tammy were prolific duet partners before, during and after their marriage but this recording with Barbara ranks as one of the biggest he was involved in.

22. Which word completes this line to a number three song from 1983? "She won't be asked for autographs like all the movie stars She won't wear Paris fashions or ride in ____________ cars"

From Quiz George Jones - Songs/Music - Part 1

Answer: chauffeured

"Shine On (Shine All Your Sweet Love On Me)" "Shine on, shine on, Shine on though the world may never see Oh my baby won't you, shine on, shine on, Shine all your sweet love on me" The song was composed by Bob Morrison and Johnny McRae and produced by Billy Sherrill on Epic Records, from the album "Shine On".

23. Following his 1999 car crash near his Nashville home, Jones recorded a powerful ballad receiving a nomination for 1999 Single of the Year by the Country Music Association. Do you recall what song this was?

From Quiz The Greatest Country Music Vocalist - George Jones

Answer: Choices

Due to the CMA's refusal to allow George to sing the entire song during the broadcast, he turned down the invitation to perform that evening. During Alan Jackson's performance, he motioned to his band then proceeded to play a portion of "Choices", resulting in a standing ovation. "Choices", released May 1999 from the album Cold Hard Truth, won a Grammy for Jones, Best Male Country Vocal Performance.

24. Pop crooner Jack Jones scored Top 40 hits with covers of two of George's country chart toppers. One was "The Lovebug". What was the other?

From Quiz George Jones--A Tribute to A Country Legend

Answer: The Race Is On

Jack Jones' version of "The Race Is On" peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Top 40 charts in 1965. George's version reached number three on the country charts a year earlier. Sawyer Brown had a successful remake several years later.

25. The following verse belongs to a number one song from 1983 - what is the song's title? "I've had two strikes against me Most all of the time And when it's down to just a phone call I'm minus a dime"

From Quiz George Jones - Songs/Music - Part 1

Answer: I Always Get Lucky With You

Also from the "Shine On" album and co-written by Merle Haggard, this ninth number one single for Jones spent a total of thirteen weeks on the Billboard's Hot Country Singles.

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