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1.
  Hank Williams, Sr.'s 'Jambalaya'    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is another favorite song that I love. Growing up, I used to think I knew the words, until I found the orginal album that contained the lyrics. I hope this quiz is not too tough !
Average, 10 Qns, JuniorTheJaws, Jul 22 09
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JuniorTheJaws gold member
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  So Lonesome I Could Cry   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Hank Williams Sr. wasn't with us long but he left behind some great songs. Here are ten of them.
Easier, 10 Qns, deputygary, May 17 10
Easier
deputygary
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3.
  Real Country Songs No.7    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Songs written by the great Hank Williams. He led - others followed!
Average, 10 Qns, bernardr, Apr 25 10
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4.
  The Life And Times Of Hank Williams, Sr.   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is about one of Country Music's greatest entertainers, Hank Williams, Sr. He has been the single most influential person to many musical talents. If you have never heard or listened to him, then this is your chance to learn all about him. Have fun!
Difficult, 10 Qns, JuniorTheJaws, Nov 25 06
Difficult
JuniorTheJaws gold member
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  The Great Hank Williams Sr   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a multiple choice quiz on the greatest singer of them all, Hank Williams, Sr.
Tough, 10 Qns, silver951, Apr 13 06
Tough
silver951
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  Hank Williams Sr. the Man    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Hank Williams Sr. wrote and performed many, many songs. They are being performed by singers even today-nearly 50 years after his death.
Average, 10 Qns, graydog9, May 11 19
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graydog9
May 11 19
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  'I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)'   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
I am a country music fan first and foremost. If Elvis is the 'King of Rock n' Roll', then Hank Williams, Sr. is the 'King of Country'. In this quiz you have to fill in the missing word or words that follow in sequence. Enjoy!
Tough, 15 Qns, JuniorTheJaws, Nov 30 07
Tough
JuniorTheJaws gold member
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8.
  Hank Sr.'s 'There's A Tear In My Beer'    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This song is the ultimate Hank Williams song. In this quiz I will give you part of the song and you have give the words that follow in sequence. This is a great country song! I also love the remake that was done by Hank, Jr.! Remember legends never die!
Tough, 10 Qns, JuniorTheJaws, Feb 02 08
Tough
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trivia question Quick Question
Who did his widow marry after his death?

From Quiz "The Great Hank Williams Sr"





Hank Sr. Williams Trivia Questions
1. What song title completes these lyrics: "When you are sad and lonely and have no place to go, call me up sweet baby and bring along some dough, and we'll go _________"?

From Quiz So Lonesome I Could Cry

Answer: Honky Tonkin'

A honky tonk is a bar that features music. Honky tonking refers to going out to this kind of bar or going from one bar to another. Hank is inviting this woman to go out drinking and dancing with him. The song came out in 1948 and reached number 14 on the Billboard charts.

2. Born on September 17, 1923, his parents, Lonnie and Lilly, were a farmer and a church organist. However, his father had one other type of job that sustained his family when farming was at a low. What other occupation did his father have?

From Quiz The Life And Times Of Hank Williams, Sr.

Answer: Log trim engineer

Lonnie Wiliams was in bad health for most of Hank's coming of age years. Although his parents were hard workers, they were essentially very poor. Then when Hank was seven years old, his father decided to leave his little family. It is thought, by many Williams historians, that young Hank fell into a depression over the departure of his father. In those days, counseling was not available for children of separated parents. However, the separation that Lonnie inflicted on his family was not a mutual one.

3. Where was Hank born?

From Quiz Hank Williams Sr. the Man

Answer: Mount Olive, Alabama

He was born on 17th September, 1923.

4. 'There's a tear in my beer 'cause ______________ for you, dear'?

From Quiz Hank Sr.'s 'There's A Tear In My Beer'

Answer: I'm cryin'

5. 'Goodbye Joe, _________________, me oh my oh'?

From Quiz Hank Williams, Sr.'s 'Jambalaya'

Answer: Me gotta go

6. 'Today I passed you on the street, and ____________ at your feet'?

From Quiz 'I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)'

Answer: My heart fell

7. Who was Hank's wife at the time of his death?

From Quiz The Great Hank Williams Sr

Answer: Billie Jean

Hank married Billie Jean Jones Eshliman on October 18, 1952. She was the daughter of the Bossier City, Louisiana police chief. The next day he married her two more times for paying audiences. Audrey was his first wife, Lillian (or Lillie) was his Mother, and Lycrecia was Audrey's daughter from a previous marriage.

8. What 1947 song starts with these lyrics: "Came in last night about a half past ten, that woman of mine she wouldn't let me in"?

From Quiz So Lonesome I Could Cry

Answer: Move It On Over

The song was released in 1947 and reached number four on the Billboard charts. Rocker George Thorogood covered the song in 1978 in his album "Move It On Over". "Listen to me dog before you start to whine, That side's yours and this side's mine."

9. What was Hank William's name at birth?

From Quiz Hank Williams Sr. the Man

Answer: Hiram Hank Williams

His parents were Lon and Lilly Williams.

10. 'You are on my __________ mind'?

From Quiz Hank Sr.'s 'There's A Tear In My Beer'

Answer: Lonely

11. 'Me gotta go pole the ______________ down the bayou'?

From Quiz Hank Williams, Sr.'s 'Jambalaya'

Answer: Pirogue

12. 'I can't help it if I'm still in love with you. Somebody ____________ by your side'?

From Quiz 'I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)'

Answer: Else stood

13. Who did his widow marry after his death?

From Quiz The Great Hank Williams Sr

Answer: Johnny Horton

Johnny Horton died November 5, 1960 in an auto accident in Texas.

14. Which song begins with: "Hear the lonesome whipporwill, he sounds too blue to fly, the midnight train is whining low"?

From Quiz So Lonesome I Could Cry

Answer: I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

The song is rated number 111 of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. It has been covered by the likes of Ray Charles, Johnny Cash, Freddy Fender, Dottie West, Dean Martin, Al Green and B.J. Thomas.

15. What is the name of the band that Hank Williams formed in 1937?

From Quiz The Life And Times Of Hank Williams, Sr.

Answer: The Drifting Cowboys & Drifting Cowboys & His Drifting Cowboys

In 1937, Hank Williams formed The Drifting Cowboys. Throughout Hank's illustrious career there were numerous 'cowboys'. The band was composed of musical talents that ranged from rhythm guitar, steel guitar, harmonica, fiddle, bass, and the accordion. Most of the men in Hank's band were with him until the time of his death. Together with Williams, they single-handedly created a country music surge.

16. 'Into these __________ beers, I have shed a million tears'?

From Quiz Hank Sr.'s 'There's A Tear In My Beer'

Answer: Last nine

17. 'My _______________, the sweetest one, me oh my oh. Son of a gun, we'll have good fun on the bayou'?

From Quiz Hank Williams, Sr.'s 'Jambalaya'

Answer: Yvonne

18. 'And he looked so ______________, I can't help it if I'm still in love with you'?

From Quiz 'I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)'

Answer: Satisfied

19. When did Hank die?

From Quiz The Great Hank Williams Sr

Answer: January 1, 1953

He was on his way to Canton, Ohio, to do a New Year's Day show.

20. What song has these lyrics: "I tried so hard my dear to show that you're my every dream, yet you're afraid each thing I do is just some evil scheme, a memory from your lonesome past keeps us so far apart"?

From Quiz So Lonesome I Could Cry

Answer: Cold Cold Heart

This song reached number one on the Country Music charts for 1951. Tony Bennett also had a hit with "Cold Cold Heart". When Bennett had his hit it brought exposure for Hank Williams in particular and country music in general to a wider audience.

21. In 1941, Hank and his band hit pay dirt when they were offered a job performing on live radio. What is the name of the radio station that hired Hank and his band?

From Quiz The Life And Times Of Hank Williams, Sr.

Answer: WSFA

In 1941, Hank and The Drifting Cowboys were offered a radio deal with a local station, WSFA. On the night that Hank and his boys appeared there was such a flurry of excitement in the studio, that he became more of a celebrity than he had ever anticipated. It was about this time that Hank met the woman who would eventually become his wife, Audrey Sheppard. In 1944, Hank proposed to Audrey and they became man and wife. Most people believe that Audrey was the backbone behind her husband and his music. From all that has been written about Hank their marriage was not a happy one, and in time he turned to drinking to drown out his sorrows.

22. 'You are on my ___________ mind'?

From Quiz Hank Sr.'s 'There's A Tear In My Beer'

Answer: Lonely

23. 'Jambalaya, a ___________ and a fillet gumbo'?

From Quiz Hank Williams, Sr.'s 'Jambalaya'

Answer: Crawfish pie

24. 'A _____________ from the past came slowly stealing'?

From Quiz 'I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)'

Answer: Picture

25. What song did Hank write and sing that he received a petition to never sing again?

From Quiz The Great Hank Williams Sr

Answer: 'The Two-Faced Preacher'

He received a petition by 22 preachers not to ever sing the song again.

26. Which Grammy Hall of Fame song from 1951 begins: "___________________, whatcha got cookin', how's about cookin' something up with me"?

From Quiz So Lonesome I Could Cry

Answer: Hey, Good Lookin'

"Hey, Good Lookin'" was released in 1951. Through some strange decision-making on the part of the record company it was released the same year as a duet by Frankie Laine and Jo Stafford. The record company must have thought it would make a good duet. It didn't. It only charted at number 21 for Laine and Stafford. Hank took it to number one. Jimmy Buffett had good luck with it also. In 2004, Jimmy Buffett released a version that included Country artists George Strait, Clint Black, Alan Jackson, Kenny Chesney and Toby Keith. Buffett took it to number eight.

27. 'I'm gonna keep on sittin' here until I'm ____________'?

From Quiz Hank Sr.'s 'There's A Tear In My Beer'

Answer: Petrified

28. 'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ______________ amie oh'?

From Quiz Hank Williams, Sr.'s 'Jambalaya'

Answer: Ma chere

29. 'As I _____________ and walked so close to you'?

From Quiz 'I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)'

Answer: Brushed your arm

30. How is Jett Williams related to Hank Sr.?

From Quiz The Great Hank Williams Sr

Answer: daughter

Jett was born 5 days after Hank died, but not to Audrey or Billie Jean. Anyone wishing to know more should go to www.jettwilliams.com.

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