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Australian Country Music Trivia Quiz

There are a lot of quizzes on individual artists,but as far as i can see, no general quizzes on the many wonderful people who make up the Australian country music scene.

A multiple-choice quiz by tezza1551. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
tezza1551

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
283,125

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
722

Awards
Top 10% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. One of the earliest artists to release an Australian country song was Smoky Dawson.
Which of the following was not one of his songs? Hint

The Days of old Khancoban

When The Rain Tumbles Down in July

Homestead of My Dreams

The Lights of Cobb & Co

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Question 2 of 10

2. Slim Dusty is probably the best known Australian country singer, with many albums released over a long career. At the time of his death in 2003, how many albums had Slim released? Hint

103

1003

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Question 3 of 10

3. Australia has numerous country music festivals all around the country each, year, but the national festival is held in January each year.
In which of these towns is it held ? Hint

Tamworth

Tambellup

Tenterfield

Toowoomba

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Question 4 of 10

4. Slim Dusty had a daughter who is also a well known country singer.
Under what name does she sing and record? Hint

Anne Kirkpatrick

Joy McKean

Anne Dusty

Sara Storer

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Question 5 of 10

5. My very favourite country singer was named Australian of the Year in 2008, for his work in supporting drought affected farmers. What is his name? Hint

Lee Kernaghan

Adam Brand

Troy Cassar-Daly

Adam Harvey

6. In 2004, Sara Storer released an album whose title describes an attractive geometric shape. The album won seven Golden Guitars at the National Country Music Awards that year. What is the name of the album? Hint

Cute Triangle

Pretty Square

Beautiful Circle

Gorgeous Diamond

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Question 7 of 10

7. Kasey Chambers is another well known name is Australian country music. She had an unusual upbringing, because of her father's occupation. What was her dad's job? Hint

Buffalo hunter

Snake catcher

Crocodile hunter

Fox shooter

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Question 8 of 10

8. Slim Dusty and another country star, Reg Lindsay, married two sisters who were also country artists. What were their names? Hint

Elizabeth and Margaret Windsor

Mary and Rita Schneider

Joy and Heather McKean

Laverne and Patty Andrews

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which of the following is an Australian country music star? Hint

Merle Haggard

Garth Brooks

Graeme Connors

Johnny Cash

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Question 10 of 10

10. Country singer Reg Lindsay had a big hit with a song written as a tribute to the 1969 landing on the moon. What was the title of the song? Hint

Shepherd

Aldrin

Armstrong

Glenn

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. One of the earliest artists to release an Australian country song was Smoky Dawson. Which of the following was not one of his songs?

Answer: When The Rain Tumbles Down in July

Smokey Dawson was born in 1913, and died in 2008. He served in the Second World War in the Army, and on his return from service, started his own radio show, "The Adventures of Smoky Dawson". He became known as Australia's first cowboy, and he and his horse Flash were famous all over Australia.
The song "When The Rain Tumbles Down in July" is one of Slim Dusty's.

2. Slim Dusty is probably the best known Australian country singer, with many albums released over a long career. At the time of his death in 2003, how many albums had Slim released?

Answer: 103

Slim was born in 1927, in a small town called Nulla Creek, and wrote his first song at the age of 18: When the Rain Tumbles Down in July.
He went on to write and record many other songs, but his first major hit was in 1957, with "A Pub With No Beer".
He won numerous awards, including "Father of the Year" in 1999, and numerous Golden Guitars at Australia's National Country Music Festival, held in Tamworth each January.

3. Australia has numerous country music festivals all around the country each, year, but the national festival is held in January each year. In which of these towns is it held ?

Answer: Tamworth

The Australia Day long weekend in January sees country music fans from all over Australia make the pilgrimage to Tamworth, New South Wales.
Tenterfield, also in New South Wales was made famous by the Peter Allen song, "Tenterfield Saddler".
Tambellup is a tiny town in Western Australia's south, and Toowoomba is in Queensland.

4. Slim Dusty had a daughter who is also a well known country singer. Under what name does she sing and record?

Answer: Anne Kirkpatrick

Slim Dusty's real name was David Gordon Kirkpatrick. Joy McKean was his wife, and is also a well known country artist. Sara Storer is another well known Australian country singer, but as far as I know, is unrelated to the Slim Dusty family.

5. My very favourite country singer was named Australian of the Year in 2008, for his work in supporting drought affected farmers. What is his name?

Answer: Lee Kernaghan

Lee's award of Australian of the Year was really well deserved in my opinion. I was lucky enough to attend his concert in the small country town of Moora, which was twice devastated by floods in 1999. His sister Tania is also a well known country singer. Lee has won numerous Golden Guitars and other awards.

Answer: Beautiful Circle

The title track on the album is about seeding a paddock, waiting for the relief driver to get down so the operator can go home for a sleep,looking at smoko and pondering that"nothing is better with tea than some cake..but it's dry SAO biscuits, and who's to complain", in other words, all the joys of farming.

7. Kasey Chambers is another well known name is Australian country music. She had an unusual upbringing, because of her father's occupation. What was her dad's job?

Answer: Fox shooter

According to an interview with Andrew Denton, at one point, the family lived in their car on the Nullabor plain, while her dad shot foxes for a living. Until she was about ten, the children did their schooling by correspondence.

8. Slim Dusty and another country star, Reg Lindsay, married two sisters who were also country artists. What were their names?

Answer: Joy and Heather McKean

Laverne and Patty Andrews were two of the Andrews Sisters and were American. Mary and Rita Schneider are considered Australia's foremost female yodellers.
Elizabeth and Margaret Windsor are of course Queen Elizabeth, and Princess Margaret.

9. Which of the following is an Australian country music star?

Answer: Graeme Connors

Graeme Connors is a prolific songwriter and singer from Queensland. One of his best known songs was composed for the Sydney Paralympics in 2000 - "Being Here".
Graeme's songs have been recorded by artists such as Jon English, Slim Dusty and John Denver. The others are all great American country singers.

10. Country singer Reg Lindsay had a big hit with a song written as a tribute to the 1969 landing on the moon. What was the title of the song?

Answer: Armstrong

The song was "Armstrong", written by American Country legend Tom T. Hall, and a copy of the song has been included in a time capsule at the Space Centre in Houston.

Source: Author tezza1551

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