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1.
  Country Singers in Country Songs   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Each question is about a singer(s) mentioned in the lyrics or title of a country song. Hope you enjoy it and learn a little something.
Average, 10 Qns, Bigwoo, Mar 02 09
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  Still So Lonesome I Could Cry   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
In researching a Hank Williams song quiz I discovered a whole catalog of songs by others that reference the great Country artist. This quiz is about those songs. Good luck.
Average, 10 Qns, deputygary, May 28 10
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deputygary
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  Who's That Lady?   great trivia quiz  
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
That's right, name her! Classic Country songs with female named titles or part of the title. Chart referenced: Billboard Hot Country Singles. Enjoy!
Average, 10 Qns, annanne, Dec 24 16
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annanne
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  Country Songs about Country Artists    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Lots of country artists have written songs about other country artists. In some questions, I will ask for the name of the artist singing, in others, I will ask for the name of the artist mentioned in the song.
Average, 10 Qns, jennika1978, Jul 18 08
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jennika1978
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  Classic Country Cuties    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Stepping back to the 70s and 80s, identify these females in song titles, the artist/band, or specific lyrics. Think hard and good luck!
Average, 10 Qns, annanne, Jul 19 13
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annanne
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  Hank Williams In A Country Song   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Lots of people like to sing about Hank Williams. All of the songs in the following questions mention Hank Williams. How well do you know these songs?
Tough, 10 Qns, zil_ennov, May 30 21
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zil_ennov
May 30 21
638 plays
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  George Jones in a country song   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
George Jones, aka, "The Possum" seems to be a popular person to sing about. He's mentioned in each of the songs in this quiz.
Average, 10 Qns, zil_ennov, Nov 15 19
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zil_ennov
Nov 15 19
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  Who Was That?    
Multiple Choice
 25 Qns
In this quiz you need to know the person's name that is mentioned in each song. I'll give you the name of the artist and a hint about the song. A true country music fan will have no problem with this quiz.
Tough, 25 Qns, zil_ennov, May 30 15
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zil_ennov
749 plays
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  Songs About Dads    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I am a father of eight children, and thought I would create a quiz on songs for dads. I will give you the lyrics and you give me the name of the song or the artist.
Tough, 10 Qns, wolfman41, Jan 06 08
Tough
wolfman41
461 plays
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  I Heard That Name In A Country Song #1    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
I'll give you the name of the singer and some clues to the song. You have to guess who the song is about.
Tough, 15 Qns, zil_ennov, Jul 04 09
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zil_ennov
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trivia question Quick Question
Montgomery Gentry sings a song about bright green words of love. Whose name is painted on that pale, blue water tower?

From Quiz "I Heard That Name In A Country Song #1"




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  Who Was That, Again?    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Here's my second quiz about people in country songs. I'll give you the name of the singer and some clues to the song. Same as the first, a true country music fan should have no problem with this quiz.
Difficult, 10 Qns, zil_ennov, Jul 29 10
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zil_ennov
402 plays
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  I Heard That Name In A Country Song #2    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I'll give you the name of the singer and some clues to the song. You have to guess who the song is about.
Difficult, 10 Qns, zil_ennov, Jul 04 09
Difficult
zil_ennov
377 plays
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  Country Music Lyrics about Dads    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz has the first line of country songs about dads; tell me the name of the song.
Average, 10 Qns, amhbaS, Apr 07 22
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amhbaS
Apr 07 22
1747 plays
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  Who Was That, Once More?    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is my third quiz on people in country songs. I'll give you the name of the artist and a few hints about the song in the question. A true country fan will have no problem with this quiz.
Tough, 10 Qns, zil_ennov, Nov 21 07
Tough
zil_ennov
430 plays

People in Country Songs Trivia Questions
1. The smash hit from 1981, "Elvira", was followed by another smash hit, "Bobbie Sue", just one year later. Who is this famous country/gospel band?

From Quiz Classic Country Cuties

Answer: The Oak Ridge Boys

Yes indeed, The Oak Ridge Boys' "Elvira" number one in 1981, "Bobbie Sue" number one in 1982. 2013 marks the band's 40th anniversary, including a special commemorative tour and CD, a network television special and, an ORB themed cruise.

2. Hank Williams Jr. sang a song that referenced his daddy. More specifically it referenced his daddy's rowdy ways, including asking "why must you live out the songs that you wrote". What song is this?

From Quiz Still So Lonesome I Could Cry

Answer: Family Tradition

The song was released in 1978 on the "Family Tradition" album. It made it to number four on the Billboard charts. "Hank why do you drink? Why do you roll smoke? Why must you live out the songs that you wrote?"

3. At the family reunion, Tracy Lawrence notices a few of his cousins trying to hide the fact that they're rednecks. Sandy may be a federal judge now, but that doesn't stop her from holding a grudge against an old flame. Who is Sandy's old flame?

From Quiz I Heard That Name In A Country Song #2

Answer: John

"You Can't Hide Redneck" can be found on Tracy Lawrence's album, "For The Love".

4. What famous country music couple is in the title of Heidi Newfield's 2008 hit song describing the type of relationship she desires with her lover?

From Quiz Country Singers in Country Songs

Answer: Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash

Before leaving to start a solo career, Newfield was the lead singer for Trick Pony. (from 1996 to 2006) Her first hit single "Johnny and June" was released in 2008 and reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. In the song she describes the type of relationship she desires with the lyrics, "I wanna love like Johnny and June. Rings of fire burnin' with you. I wanna walk the line; walk the line until the end of time." Johnny Cash and June Carter married in 1968 after Cash proposed to her during a live performance in Canada. They spent the next 35 years together. They won two Grammy Awards for their duets. June died in 2003 and Johnny died less than four months later. Their marriage and partnership was legendary and led to Newfield recording this song which honors the love they had for each other.

5. Phil Vassar describes love as a beautiful thing. However, a lime green suit may not be considered by some to be beautiful. Who does Widow Calahan say is handsome in his lime green suit?

From Quiz I Heard That Name In A Country Song #1

Answer: Mr. Charlie

"Love Is A Beautiful Thing" was written by Jeffrey Steele and Craig Wiseman. Phil Vassar took this song to the the number two spot on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.

6. This man is usually covered in oil and grease, but Craig Morgan sees him at church on Sunday morning wearing his best clothes. Who is he?

From Quiz Who Was That, Once More?

Answer: Raymond

"Raymond's in his Sunday best, He's usually up to his chest in oil an' grease." "That's What I Love About Sunday" was a number one hit for Craig Morgan in 2005.

7. Jo Dee Messina leaves her new Mustang sitting in a Wal-Mart parking lot while she rides around with a man in a beat-up Chevrolet. Who is she riding with?

From Quiz Who Was That, Again?

Answer: Billy Joe

"Billy Joe had a bumper sticker on the back of his beatup Chevrolet Said this truck eats Fords for lunch so I pulled up beside him my new Mustang." Jo Dee Messina's debut single was "Heads Carolina, Tails California". The song made it to number two on the country charts. The name of this song is "It's Too Late To Worry".

8. It's safe to say that Johnny Cash would not name his son Sue. What are two names he might have chosen instead?

From Quiz Who Was That?

Answer: Bill and George

The song in this question is "A Boy Named Sue". Shel Silverstein is the author of the song.

9. In what Merle Haggard song does he say, "Hank and Lefty crowded ev'ry jukebox"?

From Quiz Hank Williams In A Country Song

Answer: The Way It Was In '51

Hank Williams was born in 1923 in Alabama. His first hit single, "Never Again" was released in 1946. In 1949 he played at the Grand Ole Opry and received six encores. Merle Haggard is both the writer and performer of this song. "Sixty-Six was still a narrow two-lane highway Harry Truman was the man who ran the show The bad Korean was was just beginning And I was just three years too young to go Country Music hadn't gone to New York City yet And a service man was proud of what he'd done Hank and Lefty crowded ev'ry jukebox That's the way it was in fifty one."

10. What song by Barbara Mandrell mentions George Jones?

From Quiz George Jones in a country song

Answer: I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool

Barbara Mandrell's first number one hit was, "Sleeping Single In A Double Bed". The song reached number one in 1978.

11. Moe Bandy wrote that this legendary country artist "wrote his life." Who was it?

From Quiz Country Songs about Country Artists

Answer: Hank Williams Sr.

There are actually dozens of songs that pay tribute to Hank Williams Senior. This one is one of my favorites. Check out www.song1.com and look up some of the others.

12. "I remember Daddy's hands folded silently in prayer." This is the first line to what song?

From Quiz Country Music Lyrics about Dads

Answer: Daddy's Hands

"Daddy's Hands" is sung by Holly Dunn. The song can be found on her "Milestones" album.

13. In 1994 a band that is more famous for the hits "Dumas Walker" and "High Steppin Daddy" came out with "The Ghost of Hank Williams" on their "Rave On" album. What band sang "The Ghost of Hank Williams"?

From Quiz Still So Lonesome I Could Cry

Answer: The Kentucky Headhunters

The Kentucky Headhunters might possibly be more well known for their covers of songs like "Oh Lonesome Me" which charted at number eight, "Skip a Rope", "Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine", and Hank Williams' "Take These Chains From My Heart". The Academy of Country Music made them the Top New Group in 1989 and they won a Grammy for Best Country Performance by a Group in 1990 for "Pickin' on Nashville". "I checked my rearview mirror, looked into his eyes. I saw the light. It was the ghost of Hank Williams, pickin' and a-grinnin'. He gave me some good advice. He told me every mother's daughter needs a stone back man to make the records jump off the wall."

14. Chuck Wicks sings a song about a little boy that takes over the head of household responsibilities while his dad is away serving in the military. What is the name of Bobby's sister?

From Quiz I Heard That Name In A Country Song #2

Answer: Daisy

You can find the song, "Man Of The House" on Chuck Wick's album, "Starting Now".

15. After walking to church on Sunday mornings, Brooks and Dunn would race down a dirt road to whose fence?

From Quiz I Heard That Name In A Country Song #1

Answer: Johnson's

Brooks and Dunn had a number one hit with the song, "Red Dirt Road" in 2003.

16. "There's a little girl in our neighborhood. Her name is ________ _________ and she's really lookin' good." Who is John Anderson on the front porch with in this song?

From Quiz Who Was That, Once More?

Answer: Charlotte Johnson

"Swingin" by John Anderson is ranked number 253 the Top 500 Country Songs.

17. Kenny Chesney will be leaving for Cleveland tomorrow morning. Before he goes he has to say good-bye to a summer fling. What is her name?

From Quiz Who Was That, Again?

Answer: Mary

"Walking along beneath the lights of that miracle mile Me and Mary making our way into the night." "And in the morning I'm leaving, making my way back to Cleveland So tonight I hope that I will do just fine And I don't see how you could ever be anything but mine." "Anything But Mine" is off of Kenny Chesney's "When The Sun Goes Down" album.

18. Clay Walker sings a song about a man who changes a tire for a woman from St. Louis. What is the man's name?

From Quiz Who Was That?

Answer: Joe

This song is "The Chain Of Love". This song peaked at number three on the US Country Music Chart.

19. What does Leonard Cohen ask Hank Williams in the song, "Tower Of Song"?

From Quiz Hank Williams In A Country Song

Answer: How lonely does it get?

In October 1952 Hank Williams was fired from the Grand Ole Opry because of his problem with alcohol. He died at the age of 29 on January 1, 1953. "I said to Hank Williams: how lonely does it get? Hank Williams hasn't answered yet But I hear him coughing all night long A hundred floors above me In the tower of song."

20. According to George Strait, "life would be a three-chord song and the king would be George Jones if the whole world was a ______ ________".

From Quiz George Jones in a country song

Answer: honky tonk & honkytonk & honky-tonk

George Jones was born on September 12, 1931. He has had over 167 hits during his 50 year music career.

21. Gretchen Wilson mentioned that she knew all the words to this female singer's songs. Who is it?

From Quiz Country Songs about Country Artists

Answer: Tanya Tucker

Jessi Colter is the widow of a country legend, Waylon Jennings. Her big hit was "I'm Not Lisa."

22. "I know that I surprised you coming home." This line belongs to what country song?

From Quiz Country Music Lyrics about Dads

Answer: So Much Like My Dad

George Straight is the artist on this song. It was released on his "Holding My Own" album.

23. Recorded by Don Williams then Waylon Jennings, agreeing she may feel let down and could have done better - can you name her? "_______, light of my life. Fate should have made you a gentleman's wife"

From Quiz Classic Country Cuties

Answer: Amanda

"Amanda" written by Bob McDill, first recorded and released in 1973 by Don Williams, only reached number 33 on Billboard Hot Country Singles. In 1974, Jennings recorded it on his album "The Ramblin' Man" but was not released as a single until it was reissued on his first Greatest Hits album of 1979, becoming his sixth number one single and also a major hit for the year 1979.

24. Alan Jackson recorded a song in 1992 about meeting Hank Williams in a cemetery in Williams' hometown. What Alan Jackson song is about Hank Williams Sr.?

From Quiz Still So Lonesome I Could Cry

Answer: Midnight in Montgomery

Hank Williams Sr. was born in Mount Olive, Alabama but he grew up in Montgomery. The song talks about meeting his ghost on New Year's. Hank died on New Years Day. It also makes reference to the first line of Williams' "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry". The song made it to number three on the Billboard charts. "Cause when the wind is right you'll hear his songs smell whiskey in the air. Midnight in Montgomery, he's always singing there."

25. Gene Watson could never satisfy a rich girl while only working at a sawmill. Who gave up his wife and children to be able to afford the things the woman wanted.

From Quiz I Heard That Name In A Country Song #2

Answer: Willie Jackson

"Fourteen Carat Mind" was written by Dallas Frazier and Larry Lee.

26. In Gretchen Wilson's 2004 hit song, what type of woman "knows all the words to every Charlie Daniels song"?

From Quiz Country Singers in Country Songs

Answer: Redneck Woman

Wilson was born in Illinois to a 16 year old girl. Her father left when she was a toddler and she was forced to drop out of school in the ninth grade in order to help support her family. At the age of 17 she began playing and singing around rural Illinois. She signed a recording contract in 2003 and a year later her single "Redneck Woman" soared to number one on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. That same year she won a Grammy for "Best Female Country Performance". Charlie Daniels has been performing as a singer and fiddler for over 50 years. His biggest hit was the 1979 Grammy Award winning song "The Devil Went Down to Georgia".

27. Toby Keith watched this couple meet and fall in love at a bar in Mexico. Who were the man and woman who met at the Cabo Wabo Cantina?

From Quiz I Heard That Name In A Country Song #1

Answer: Steve and Gina

You can find the song, "Stays In Mexico" on Toby Keith's, "Greatest Hits 2" album.

28. Bill Anderson doesn't need this self righteous biddy telling him about sin. What Sunday School teacher found him in a bar?

From Quiz Who Was That, Once More?

Answer: Mrs. Johnson

"The Lord Knows I'm Drinking" has been performed by Bill Anderson, Hank Thompson, Ernest Tubb and Cal Smith. "Hello Mrs Johnson you self righteous woman Sunday School teacher what brings you out slummin'."

29. LeAnn Rimes has two guys fighting for a kiss from her because they can't find anything else to do. Who are these guys?

From Quiz Who Was That, Again?

Answer: Bobby Joe and Tommy

LeAnn Rimes released her first album when she was thirteen years old. "Blue" sold six million copies. The name of this song is "Nothing Better To Do".

30. The Judds sing a song about a girl talking with her friends while she sits on the hood of a Ford. What is the name of the girl who said she saw Billy at the hardware store?

From Quiz Who Was That?

Answer: Betty

"Young Love" was a number one hit for The Judds in 1989. The Judds won a CMA and ACM award for Vocal Duo that year.

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