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Quiz about Classic Country Music Train Songs

Classic Country Music Train Songs Quiz

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.

A multiple-choice quiz by frankray. Estimated time: 6 mins.

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Author
frankray

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
295,076

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

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563

Question 1 of 10

1. The first song is "The Wreck of Old 97" by Vernon Dalhart. Who was the engineer that drove old 97? Hint

Steve

Casey Jones

Ben Dewberry

Sim Webb

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Question 2 of 10

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

Spencer

Danville

Lynchburg

Monroe, VA

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Question 3 of 10

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

Chattanooga

New Orleans

Memphis

Dallas

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Question 4 of 10

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

Conductor

Engineer

Fireman

Brakeman

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Question 5 of 10

5. 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? Hint

"The Eastern States"

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

"Along the woodlands, over the hills and by the shore"

"Throughout the jungles"

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Question 6 of 10

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

"All around the water tank"

"Down at the switch yards"

"While traveling through the jungles"

"While riding the empty boxcars"

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Question 7 of 10

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

"Riding the rails"

"In an empty boxcar for a home"

"Down by a border town"

"In a lonely shack by the railroad tracks"

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Question 8 of 10

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

Steve

Ben Dewberry

Sam Webb

A.P. Carter

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Question 9 of 10

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

three hours late

Four hours late

Eight hours late

six hours late

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Question 10 of 10

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

Freight Train Blues

Weary Blues

New York Blues

Wandering Blues

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The first song is "The Wreck of Old 97" by Vernon Dalhart. Who was the engineer that drove old 97?

Answer: Steve

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

5. 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?

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.

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

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.

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

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".

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

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.

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

Answer: Eight hours late

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

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

Answer: New York Blues

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

Source: Author frankray

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