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1.
  Real Country Songs No.12    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The theme is 'travelling'
Average, 10 Qns, bernardr, Mar 16 17
Average
bernardr
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2.
  Riding More Classic Country Trains    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
I have some more classic country trains for you to ride. I'll give you some information about the train and you tell me the name of the song or the artist.
Tough, 15 Qns, FrankRay, Mar 16 17
Tough
FrankRay
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3.
  Classic Country Music Train Songs    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I like classic country music and I like steam trains. I love country music about steam trains. Some of the best classic country songs have been written about trains.
Difficult, 10 Qns, frankray, Mar 16 17
Difficult
frankray
563 plays
4.
  Driving Around In Style .. Country Style, That Is!    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Let's take a ride back to the '80s and '90s to figure out what vehicle is mentioned in the song lyrics .. no seatbelt required! Referenced Billboard Hot Country Songs.
Difficult, 15 Qns, annanne, Mar 16 17
Difficult
annanne
313 plays
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Transport and Travelling in Country Songs Trivia Questions
1. The first song is "The Wreck of Old 97" by Vernon Dalhart. Who was the engineer that drove old 97?

From Quiz Classic Country Music Train Songs

Answer: Steve

Vernon Dalhart's version of "The Wreck of Old 97" was country music's first 1-million-record seller.

2. In one of his train songs, Hank Snow calls the big eight-wheeler by a special name. He asks the fireman to shovel on the coal and the engineer to take the throttle in hand, because "this name" is the fastest in the southern land. What is the name?

From Quiz Riding More Classic Country Trains

Answer: Rattler

In the song "I'm Movin' On", Hank uses the term "rattler". It comes from the noise made as the train travels down the track. A steam train is a live, breathing piece of machinery. The noise of the boiler, the pounding of the drivers, and the clickety-clack of the wheels on the rails make the engine rattle.

3. In Vernon Dalhart's version of "The Wreck of Old 97", where did they give the engineer his orders?

From Quiz Classic Country Music Train Songs

Answer: Monroe, VA

This is stated in the first line of the song. "They gave him his orders at Monroe, VA, saying Steve you're way behind time." The song "The Wreck of Old 97" is about a train wreck that actually happened. It was the Fast Mail on the Southern Railway.

4. Hank Snow says in this train song that he has ridden this train before, from "old Montana down to Alabama". He adds that he won't travel the road again, because he bought a one-way ticket. What train is he riding (also the song's title)?

From Quiz Riding More Classic Country Trains

Answer: The Golden Rocket

"The Golden Rocket" was a number one hit for Hank Snow on the Billboard Country Singles chart. The song was also written by Hank Snow.

5. In the song "Fireball Mail" by Roy Acuff, where is the train bound to?

From Quiz Classic Country Music Train Songs

Answer: Dallas

The train is traveling fast. "Like a hound waggin' his tail, Dallas bound, bound, bound, it's the Fireball Mail". Roy Acuff joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1938 as a fiddle player.

6. From 1991, Jeff Carson's "The Car", but which one? "Boy, I'd love to have that car I whispered to my Dad I've always heard a ________ flies We could fix it up and make it new again All it needs is just a little time"

From Quiz Driving Around In Style .. Country Style, That Is!

Answer: Mustang

In this song, after the young man's mom passes, he believes if he had a car to work on, he and his dad would spend more time together. "The Car", was a number three country hit in 1995. His only number one single was "Not On Your Love" in 1995. After three studio albums and six music videos, Jeff left the music industry in 2009 to work for the Franklin, Tennessee police force.

7. In a Hank Snow song, the conductor seems to know that Hank is riding the train because he is feeling low and his gal had done him wrong. What does the conductor yell aloud?

From Quiz Riding More Classic Country Trains

Answer: "We're over that Dixie Line."

In the song "Golden Rocket", Snow mentions that the conductor, the brakeman, and porter all greeting him on the train. The brakeman sings a song "You're worried now, but it won't be long" and the porter says, "Let's rise and shine, good mornin', you-all".

8. Roy Acuff also had "The Freight Train Blues". What professional was his pappy?

From Quiz Classic Country Music Train Songs

Answer: Fireman

"The humming of the drivers was my lullaby and a freight train whistle taught me how to cry" is how one of the lines of the song goes. During World War II, it is said that the Japanese troops would attack the US troops yelling "To Hell with Roosevelt, to Hell with Roy Acuff." He was that popular.

9. Roy Acuff is known for "The Wabash Cannonball". The first line of the song tells where the train is known by one and all. Where is that?

From Quiz Classic Country Music Train Songs

Answer: "From the great Atlantic Ocean to the wide Pacific Shores"

This is the song that he opened his show with on the Grand Ole Opry. He recorded this song and "The Great Speckled Bird" in 1936.

10. "The One I Loved Back Then (The ________ Song)"; which car belongs to George? "I stopped off at the Quicksack For some beer and cigarettes The old man took my money As he stared at my ________"

From Quiz Driving Around In Style .. Country Style, That Is!

Answer: Corvette

Remainder of first verse: "He said son you just don't understand It ain't the car I want It's the brunette in your 'vette that turns me on" George Jones recorded "The One I Loved Back Then (The Corvette Song)" for his 1985 album "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes". It was the second single released and made it to number three on the country charts early 1986.

11. Who was the "Lovesick Blues" boy who rode the "Dixie Cannonball"?

From Quiz Riding More Classic Country Trains

Answer: Hank Williams

"Dixie Cannonball" was written by Vaughn Horton. The demo was made by Hank Williams in 1949.

12. Where can you hear the lonesome hobo call while traveling on "The Wabash Cannonball"?

From Quiz Classic Country Music Train Songs

Answer: "While traveling through the jungles"

This is in the chorus. In an early recording that I have, this chorus is repeated after each stanza. In the later recordings it is just sung at the end of the song. In one of the versions I have heard (I don't remember the singer), the hobo is riding the rods and brakebeams.

13. David Allan Coe's, "The Ride", from 1983, name the car? "I was thumbing from Montgomery I had my guitar on my back When a stranger stopped beside me In an antique ___________ He was dressed like 1950 Half drunk and hollow eyed"

From Quiz Driving Around In Style .. Country Style, That Is!

Answer: Cadillac

Verse continued: "He said its a long walk to Nashville Would you like a ride son" Well I sat down in the front seat He turned on the radio" A number four hit in 1983, "The Ride" by David Allan Coe was the first single from his album "Castles In The Sand", wherein a hitchhiker soon realizes he has accepted a ride from the ghost of Hank Williams, Sr.

14. Gogi Grant had a wonderful train song called "The Wayward Wind". Where did the young man spend his younger days?

From Quiz Classic Country Music Train Songs

Answer: "In a lonely shack by the railroad tracks"

Gogi Grant goes on to say that the sound of the outward bound made him a slave to his wandering ways. Gogi Grant recorded "The Wayward Wind" in 1956. Her first hit was "Suddenly There's A Valley".

15. The train Hank Williams is riding leaves Cincinnati "headin' down that Dixie line". It passes through Louisville, Nashville and Montgomery before it reaches its final destination. Where is this train heading?

From Quiz Riding More Classic Country Trains

Answer: New Orleans

Hank Williams recorded "Pan American" through his contract with Fred Rose on the Sterling label. Hank's first hit was "Move It On Over". Personally, this was not one of my favorite Hank Williams' songs. I'm not a big fan of his more humorous efforts. However, these songs have generally been popular among Williams' fans.

16. In Johnny Cash's version of "Casey Jones", who is the fireman?

From Quiz Classic Country Music Train Songs

Answer: Sam Webb

"Jones said, fireman, don't you fret, Sam Webb said: We ain't a-giving up yet." Cash's first record label was Sun. His fourth song for Sun was "I Walk The Line", which became his signature song.

17. One more train Hank Williams rode in a song circled through the canyon's and the desert's burning doors. Hank says she's the Union Pacific Queen. What is the name of the song and the train is Hank riding?

From Quiz Riding More Classic Country Trains

Answer: California Zephyr

"California Zephyr" was a song preformed by Hank for the "Mother's Best" radio show. It was not released until after his death in 1956.

18. How late was Casey Jones on the southbound mail, according to Johnny Cash?

From Quiz Classic Country Music Train Songs

Answer: Eight hours late

"Eight hours late on the south bound mail, be on time or we're leaving the rails."

19. Johnny Cash has ridden several trains in song. This train goes down in to New Orleans. Just outside of New Orleans, the train has to go through a toll gate and maybe pay a fare. What train is Johnny Cash riding?

From Quiz Riding More Classic Country Trains

Answer: Rock Island Line

"Rock Island Line" was originally performed by Lead Belly in 1937. Since then it has been recorded by several artists, including Johnny Cash and Johnny Horton. The Weavers also had a hit with this song.

20. When Johnny Cash rides "The Orange Blossom Special" what kind of blues does he hope to lose?

From Quiz Classic Country Music Train Songs

Answer: New York Blues

The "Orange Blossom Special" was written by Ervin Rouse and Chubby Wise in 1939.

21. In the song "Rock Island Line", you have to pay a toll if you have a certain type of load. According to the song, what is the load that you have to pay toll on?

From Quiz Riding More Classic Country Trains

Answer: Pig Iron

Johnny Cash sings that the engineer tells the tollgate keeper that he is carrying, pigs, sheep, cows, horses: "I got livestock, I got all livestock". After the train gets down the tracks, past the tollgate, the engineer calls back that he has pig iron. Apparently there's a toll on pig iron.

22. Johnny Cash states that the engineer on the "Rock Island Line" would like to try two types of drinks before he dies. The conductor asks him what they are. What are they?

From Quiz Riding More Classic Country Trains

Answer: Hot cup of coffee and a cold glass of tea

This verse is in Cash's song refers to the fact that train engineers usually ate in the cab. By the time the coffee or the tea was delivered to them from the cafe or restaurant close to the station, the coffee was cold and the ice had melted in the tea.

23. Johnny Cash rode this train down to Florida in 1965. This song is more often recognized as a fiddle tune. What train is Johnny Cash riding?

From Quiz Riding More Classic Country Trains

Answer: Orange Blossom Special

This song was written by Ervin Rouse in 1938. It was recorded by his brothers, Earl and Gordon Rouse, in 1939.

24. In one of Johnny Cash's songs, the "fastest train" to Florida is "rollin' down" what line?

From Quiz Riding More Classic Country Trains

Answer: Seaboard Line

In all of the songs listed above, the engine of the train is a steamer. The Orange Blossom Special, from the song title of the same name, is a diesel-electric.

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