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Country Nicknames Trivia Quiz

This quiz deals with country stars and their nicknames. Some are pretty easy and some may be hard. I will give you the nickname and you try match it to the singers real name. Good luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by musicworks. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
musicworks

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
75,843

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
14 / 25

Plays
1544

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Question 1 of 25

1. Who was known as 'The Dixie Dewdrop'? Hint

Uncle Dave Macon

Roy Acuff

George D. Hay

Deford Bailey

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Question 2 of 25

2. Who was known as the 'King of Country Music'? Hint

Jimmie Rodgers

Eddy Arnold

Hank Williams

Roy Acuff

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Question 3 of 25

3. Who is known as 'The Tennessee Plowboy'?

Answer: (Two words. Watch spelling of first name!)

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Question 4 of 25

4. Who is known as the 'Father of Bluegrass'? Hint

Ralph Stanley

Mac Wiseman

Lester Flatt

Bill Monroe

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Question 5 of 25

5. A real easy one, who is known as 'Whispering Bill'?

Answer: (No clue needed!)

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Question 6 of 25

6. Which one of these women is known as 'The First Lady of Country Music'? Hint

Patsy Cline

Tammy Wynette

Loretta Lynn

Reba McEntire

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Question 7 of 25

7. What singer is known as 'Tater'? Hint

Porter Wagoner

Jack Greene

Little Jimmy Dickens

Bill Monroe

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Question 8 of 25

8. Who is known as 'The Story Teller'? Hint

George Hamilton IV

Tom T. Hall

Hawkshaw Hawkins

Cowboy Copas

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Question 9 of 25

9. What Texas singer is known as 'The Cherokee Cowboy'? Hint

Ray Price

Ray Smith

Ray Pillow

Roy Drusky

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Question 10 of 25

10. Another real easy one. Who is known as 'The Silver Fox'?

Answer: (No Brainer!)

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Question 11 of 25

11. What woman is known as 'The Queen of Country Music'? Hint

Loretta Lynn

Norma Jean

Patsy Montana

Kitty Wells

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Question 12 of 25

12. What tall singer is known as 'The Jolly Green Giant'? Hint

Trace Adkins

Jack Greene

Lorne Green

Lloyd Green

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Question 13 of 25

13. What country superstar is known as 'The Rolls Royce of Country Music'? Hint

Hank Thompson

Bob Wills

George Jones

Ray Price

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Question 14 of 25

14. Another real easy one. Who is known as 'The Man in Black'?

Answer: (No clue needed!)

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Question 15 of 25

15. This rotund singer was know as 'The Round Mound of Sound'? Hint

Johnny Russell

Kenny Price

Don Gibson

Stonewall Jackson

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Question 16 of 25

16. What Canadian singer was known as 'The Singing Ranger'? Hint

Hank Locklin

Hank Williams

Hank Snow

Hank Cochran

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Question 17 of 25

17. Who was known as 'The King of Western Swing'? Hint

Spade Cooley

Tex Williams

Pee Wee King

Bob Wills

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Question 18 of 25

18. Time for another easy one. Who is known as 'The Coal Miners Daughter'?

Answer: (No brainer!)

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Question 19 of 25

19. Who was known as 'The Singing Sheriff'? Hint

Kenny Price

Faron Young

Floyd Tillman

Johnny Wright

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Question 20 of 25

20. What singer is known as 'The Tall Texan'? Hint

Jerry Jeff Walker

Charlie Walker

Billy Walker

Clay Walker

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Question 21 of 25

21. What singer was known as 'The Blue Yodeler'? Hint

Jim Reeves

Jimmy C. Newman

Jimmie Rodgers

Jimmie Davis

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Question 22 of 25

22. Who is known as 'The Southern Gentleman'? Hint

Sonny James

Stonewall Jackson

Waylon Jennings

Homer Jones

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Question 23 of 25

23. Who was called 'The Texas Troubadour'? Hint

Ernest Tubb

Willie Nelson

Justin Tubb

Pee Wee King

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Question 24 of 25

24. Who was 'The Solemn Ole Judge'? Hint

Ralph Emery

Roy Acuff

Uncle Dave Macon

George D. Hay

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Question 25 of 25

25. Finally, another very easy one! Who is known as 'The Killer'?

Answer: (Another no brainer!)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who was known as 'The Dixie Dewdrop'?

Answer: Uncle Dave Macon

Uncle Dave Macon was born 10-7-1870 and died 3-22-52 was one of the original members of The Grand Ole Opry. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1966.

2. Who was known as the 'King of Country Music'?

Answer: Roy Acuff

'The King of Country Music', Roy Acuff, was born 2-19-38 and died 11-23-92. His hits 'Wabash Cannonball' and 'The Great Speckled Bird' are classics. He was the first living person inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1962.

3. Who is known as 'The Tennessee Plowboy'?

Answer: Eddy Arnold

Eddy was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1966. His hits include 'Cattle Call', 'Anytime', and 'Bouquet of Roses'.

4. Who is known as the 'Father of Bluegrass'?

Answer: Bill Monroe

Bill Monroe was born 1911 and died 1996 was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1970. His hits include 'Blue Moon of Kentucky', 'Uncle Pen', and 'Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine'.

5. A real easy one, who is known as 'Whispering Bill'?

Answer: Bill Anderson

'Whispering Bill' was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2001. Among his hits were '8x10', 'Mama Sang a Song', and the classic 'Still'.

6. Which one of these women is known as 'The First Lady of Country Music'?

Answer: Tammy Wynette

Tammy Wynette was born 5-5-42 and died 4-6-98 was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1998. Her hits include 'D-I-V-O-R-C-E', and 'Stand by Your Man' and many hits with her Ex-Husband George Jones.

7. What singer is known as 'Tater'?

Answer: Little Jimmy Dickens

Little Jimmy Dickens was given the name 'Tater' by Hank Williams Sr. after Jimmy's hit 'Take an Old Cold Tater and Wait'. His other hits include 'May the Bird of Paradise Fly up Your Nose' and 'A-Sleeping at the Foot of the Bed'.

8. Who is known as 'The Story Teller'?

Answer: Tom T. Hall

Tom T. Hall had hits like 'I Love', 'I Like Beer' and 'Country Is'.

9. What Texas singer is known as 'The Cherokee Cowboy'?

Answer: Ray Price

Ray Price had hits like 'For the Good Times', 'Crazy Arms' and 'Burnig Memories'. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1996.

10. Another real easy one. Who is known as 'The Silver Fox'?

Answer: Charlie Rich

Charlie Rich born 12-14-32 and died 7-25-95 had hits with 'Behind Closed Doors', 'Most Beautiful Girl' and 'I Love My Friend'.

11. What woman is known as 'The Queen of Country Music'?

Answer: Kitty Wells

Born Muriel Deason, Kitty Wells had hits like 'It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels', 'Lonely Side of Town', and 'Makin' Believe'. She was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1976.

12. What tall singer is known as 'The Jolly Green Giant'?

Answer: Jack Greene

Jack Greene had hits with 'There Goes My Everything', 'All the Time' and 'Statue Of a Fool'.

13. What country superstar is known as 'The Rolls Royce of Country Music'?

Answer: George Jones

George Jones has a couple other nicknames like 'No Show Jones' and 'The Possum'. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1992.

14. Another real easy one. Who is known as 'The Man in Black'?

Answer: Johnny Cash

Elected to Hall of Fame in 1980. Johnny had many hits throughout the years including 'I Walk the Line', 'Ring of Fire', and 'A Boy Named Sue'.

15. This rotund singer was know as 'The Round Mound of Sound'?

Answer: Kenny Price

Kenny Price, born 5-27-31, died 8-4-87 had hits with 'Walking on New Ground' and 'Sheriff of Boone County'.

16. What Canadian singer was known as 'The Singing Ranger'?

Answer: Hank Snow

Hank Snow was born 5-19-14 and died 12-20-99 had hits like 'I'm Moving On', 'Hello Love' and 'I Don't Hurt Anymore'. He was elected into the Hall of Fame in 1978.

17. Who was known as 'The King of Western Swing'?

Answer: Bob Wills

Bob Wills born 3-16-05, died 5-12-75 had hits with 'Bubbles in My Beer', 'Deep in the Heart of Texas' and 'Faded Love'. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1968.

18. Time for another easy one. Who is known as 'The Coal Miners Daughter'?

Answer: Loretta Lynn

Elected to the Hall of Fame in 1988 Loretta Lynn's hits include 'Fist City', 'One's on the Way', and 'You Ain't Woman Enough'.

19. Who was known as 'The Singing Sheriff'?

Answer: Faron Young

Faron Young born 2-25-32, died 12-10-96, had hits like 'Hello Walls', 'Alone With You', 'Live Fast, Love Hard and Die Young'. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2000.

20. What singer is known as 'The Tall Texan'?

Answer: Billy Walker

Billy Walker had hits like 'Charlie's Shoes', 'Cross the Brazos to Waco' and 'A Millon and One'.

21. What singer was known as 'The Blue Yodeler'?

Answer: Jimmie Rodgers

Jimmie Rodgers was born 9-8-1897 and died 5-23-33. He is also called 'The Father of Country Music', 'The Singing Brakeman'. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1961.

22. Who is known as 'The Southern Gentleman'?

Answer: Sonny James

Sonny James had hits like 'Young Love', 'You're the Only World I Know' and many others.

23. Who was called 'The Texas Troubadour'?

Answer: Ernest Tubb

Ernest Tubb was born 2-9-14, died 9-6-84, was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1965. He had hits with 'Walking the Floor Over You', 'Waltz Across Texas' and 'Slipping Around'.

24. Who was 'The Solemn Ole Judge'?

Answer: George D. Hay

'The Solemn Ole Judge', George D. Hay was not a singer but if it hadn't been for him alot of country stars wouldn't have careers. He was The Grand Ole Opry's announcer for over 30 years and played a huge part in deciding who got on the Opry.

25. Finally, another very easy one! Who is known as 'The Killer'?

Answer: Jerry Lee Lewis

'The Killer' had many country hits like, 'What Made Milwaukee Famous', 'To Make Love Sweeter for You', and ' Another Place, Another Time'.

Source: Author musicworks

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