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3 Chris Ledoux quizzes and 30 Chris Ledoux trivia questions.
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  Chris LeDoux, Singing Rodeo Cowboy    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Having been a bronc and bull rider myself I grew up listening to Chris LeDoux and watching him ride in rodeos. I loved his earlier work before he became famous in the music world and this quiz will focus on his rodeo career and those early albums
Difficult, 10 Qns, metalmtnman, Jul 24 08
Difficult
metalmtnman
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  Chris Ledoux, A Singing Cowboy   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Chris Ledoux-A Modern Day Singing Cowboy: this is a quiz about Chris Ledoux. He made his name in both the rodeo circuit and on the Country Music Scene. All Questions Multiple Choice.
Tough, 10 Qns, Ken1260, Jul 24 08
Tough
Ken1260
570 plays
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  The Life of Chris LeDoux    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A quiz about Chris LeDoux. Hope you find this interesting.
Average, 10 Qns, Lis92, Jul 24 08
Average
Lis92
322 plays

Chris Ledoux Trivia Questions
1. What notoriously strong bucking horse did Chris have to successfully ride in the last round of the National Finals Rodeo to win the World Championship in the Bareback Bronc Riding?

From Quiz Chris LeDoux, Singing Rodeo Cowboy

Answer: Stormy Weather, Stiener Rodeo Co.

All four of these broncs were bad news, but it was the big buckskin from Tommy Stieners' Rodeo Company that Chris had to face to win the title. Stormy Weather was well known for jerking on riders arms and if you watch the film of the ride you can tell in the last two seconds of it that Chris was taking a beating.

2. When was Chris LeDoux born?

From Quiz The Life of Chris LeDoux

Answer: Oct. 2, 1948

He was born in Biloxi, Mississippi to Alfred and Bonnie LeDoux. Chris' Dad was in the Air Force, so they moved around a lot, even living in France for a time.

3. Which Garth Brooks' song gave Chris Ledoux mass popularity?

From Quiz Chris Ledoux, A Singing Cowboy

Answer: Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)

Worn out tape of Chris Ledoux, lonely women and bad booze.

4. What was the first song Chris ever wrote?

From Quiz The Life of Chris LeDoux

Answer: Bareback Jack

A song about a cowboy being banged up and still wanting to ride.

5. What type of transplant did Chris Ledoux have in September 2000?

From Quiz Chris Ledoux, A Singing Cowboy

Answer: Liver

He was suffering from Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis, the same disease that killed football great Walter Payton.

6. Where did Chris live?

From Quiz The Life of Chris LeDoux

Answer: Kaycee, Wyoming

He built a log cabin near here.

7. Which rodeo event did Chris Ledoux become World Champion of in 1976?

From Quiz Chris Ledoux, A Singing Cowboy

Answer: Bareback Riding

8. What popular song synonymous with rodeo cowboys did Chris cover on his album "Life as a Rodeo Man"?

From Quiz Chris LeDoux, Singing Rodeo Cowboy

Answer: Amarillo by Morning

Long before anybody had heard of George Strait, Chris recorded his version of this great rodeo song which was written by songwriter extrordinaire and Elvis sound-a-like Terry Stafford.

9. What is the name of the book written about Chris LeDoux in the late 1970's?

From Quiz The Life of Chris LeDoux

Answer: Gold Buckle Dreams

This book was written before Chris made it big in the music business.

10. How many albums did Chris Ledoux release on independent labels before getting a record deal with a major label?

From Quiz Chris Ledoux, A Singing Cowboy

Answer: 22

A lot of these have been re-released since.

11. Many people don't know that Chris went to college. While there he competed in the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association. What was significant about his time in college rodeo?

From Quiz Chris LeDoux, Singing Rodeo Cowboy

Answer: It's when he won his first major championship.

Chris was the 1969 NIRA Bareback Riding champion.

12. In what year did Chris win the PRCA's World Championship Bareback rider award?

From Quiz The Life of Chris LeDoux

Answer: 1976

At the National Finals Rodeo when it was still held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. In 1964 he won the Little Britches Rodeo Bareback World Championship.

13. What was his first Top 10 Country Hit?

From Quiz Chris Ledoux, A Singing Cowboy

Answer: Watcha Gonna Do With a Cowboy

He recorded it with Garth Brooks.

14. While he was a fine song writer himself, Chirs LeDoux was quick to recognize the talent of others and cover their songs. What tune by legendary singer songwriter Kris Kristofferson did Chris record on his album "Sing me a Song Mr. Rodeo Man"?

From Quiz Chris LeDoux, Singing Rodeo Cowboy

Answer: The Silver Tongued Devil and I

As a kid wanting to be a rodeo cowboy, Chirs LeDoux was the only singer and songwriter who mattered as far as I was concerned. I rember looking at the credits on that album and thinking "who is Kris Kristofferson?"

15. In what city did Chris have his liver transplant?

From Quiz The Life of Chris LeDoux

Answer: Omaha, Nebraska

He had a disease called Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis, which leads to cirrhosis of liver. Walter Payton died of the same disease a couple of years ago.

16. What is the name of his band?

From Quiz Chris Ledoux, A Singing Cowboy

Answer: Western Underground

17. In the whacky times that were the mid late 70's, CBS sports had a battle of the sexes that pitted Chris against what women's all around rodeo champion?

From Quiz Chris LeDoux, Singing Rodeo Cowboy

Answer: Sue Pirtle

It was a one time event, they both competed in bareback bronc and bull riding. Sue was the women's bareback champion but she was also a very capable bull rider. Chris did not do so well in the bull riding segment, but being the world champ, he shined in the bronc riding and accumulated the most over all points givnig him the win.

18. How many albums did Chris record on his own before finally getting a record deal?

From Quiz The Life of Chris LeDoux

Answer: 22

He recorded them in his parents' basement and sold over 250,000 copies out of the back of his pickup at rodeos.

19. What state was Chris Ledoux born in?

From Quiz Chris Ledoux, A Singing Cowboy

Answer: Mississippi

Born in Biloxi, Mississippi then moved to Texas before settling in in Wyoming.

20. Which event did Chris never compete in at rodeos?

From Quiz The Life of Chris LeDoux

Answer: steer wrestling

He tried a lot of events, but kept going back to bareback riding.

21. What was the name of the first rodeo where he won an event?

From Quiz Chris Ledoux, A Singing Cowboy

Answer: Little Britches Rodeo

22. What PRCA bareback riding legend did Chris beat out to win his world title?

From Quiz Chris LeDoux, Singing Rodeo Cowboy

Answer: Joe Alexander

All were great bareback riders with Paul, Bruce and Marvin being champs themselves. But it was Joe "Alexander the great" whom Chris edged out for the 1976 world title, up until then Joe had won five straight world championships in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association.

23. How old was Chris when he quit the rodeo circuit?

From Quiz The Life of Chris LeDoux

Answer: 32

He quit to spend more time on his music.

24. What other field is Chris Ledoux acclaimed for?

From Quiz Chris Ledoux, A Singing Cowboy

Answer: Sculpture

At Casper College he made a bronze of a bronco rider which gave him great acclaim at the time.

25. Who helped Chris' music career by singing about Chris in one of his songs?

From Quiz The Life of Chris LeDoux

Answer: Garth Brooks

They sang a duet together called "Watcha Gonna Do With A Cowboy". And Garth offered part of his liver to Chris when he got sick. What a friend!

26. He is a member of PRCA, what does PRCA stand for?

From Quiz Chris Ledoux, A Singing Cowboy

Answer: Professional Rodeo Cowboy's Association

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