Crazy in the Country Trivia Quiz

Answer: Jimmy Dickens

Little Jimmy Dickens released "May the Bird of Paradise Fly up Your Nose" as a single with "My Eyes Are Jealous" as the B-side and on the album of the same name. It was written by Neal Merritt. It was Dickens' most successful single reaching Number One on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart on November 22nd and staying there for two weeks. It was number four on the Canadian RPM Top Singles and number 15 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

Dickens joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1948. In 1964, he became the first Country artist to circle the globe while on tour. More recently he has been seen in several Brad Paisley videos and been featured on bonus comedy tracks on Paisley's albums along with George Jones and Bill Anderson. Collectively the three are known as the Kung-Pao Buckaroos.

Answer: Wino

David Frizell released "I'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home" as a single from his album "The Family's Fine, but this One's All Mine". It was written by Dewayne Blackwell. It reached Number One on US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart on August 14th. It reached number three on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks and number 20 on the Canadian RPM Top Singles. The song was Frizell's only solo Number One.

Frizell is most noted for his duets with Shelly West. In 1981 they had a Number One together with "You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma" that won the CMA for Song of the Year and Vocal Duet of the Year. The song was featured in Clint Eastwood's movie "Any Which Way You Can". The pair also won the ACM Vocal Duo of the Year for 1981 and 1982.

Answer: Lynn Anderson

Lynn Anderson released "If I Kiss You (Will You Go Away)" as a single from her album "Ride, Ride, Ride". It was written by Lynn's mom, legendary Country singer-songwriter Liz Anderson. It was Lynn's first Top Five song on US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, reaching number five. It was followed by three other unconventional Country hits in the late 60s - "That's a No No", "Big Girls Don't Cry", and "Flattery Will Get You Everywhere". Her song "Big Girls..." is not the same as the hit by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. "If I Kiss..." helped Lynn win her first Top Female Vocalist from the ACMs in 1967.

In 1970, Lynn had her biggest hit with "Rose Garden" which has become her signature song. Besides reaching Number One on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles chart, it also reached Number One in 20 other countries around the world. It was number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number five on the US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart. The song won her a Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal Performance and cemented her second win as the Top Female Vocalist from the ACMs. In 1980, she was named Artist of the Decade 1970-1980 by both Record World and Billboard.

Answer: Jerry Reed

Jerry Reed released "She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)" as a single from his album "The Man with the Golden Thumb". It was written by Tim DuBois. It reached Number One on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart on Sept. 11th and stayed there for two weeks. It reached number three on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart and number 57 on the US Billboard Hot 100. In 1972, Reed won the Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance for the song "When You're Hot, You're Hot".

Jerry Reed co-starred with Burt Reynolds in "Smokey and the Bandit" and its sequel and also recorded the theme for the first movie "East Bound and Down" which reached number two on the US Country and Canadian Country charts in 1977. Reed and Reynolds were good friends and Reed appeared in two of Reynolds' movies prior to "Smokey and the Bandit", "W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings" (1975) and "Gator" (1976). More recently he had a feature role in Adam Sandler's 1998 movie "The Waterboy" as Coach Red Beaulieu.

Answer: Here's A Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)

Travis Tritt released "Here's A Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)" as a single from his album "It's All About To Change". It was written by Tritt. The song reached number two on both the US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks and Canadian Country charts in 1991. As the lead-off single for the album the song set the tone for what would become Tritt's best selling album, being certified triple platinum by the RIAA. Tritt also collaborated with Marty Stuart on the album and they recorded a duet "The Whiskey Ain't Workin'" which won the Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals and reached number two on the US Billboard Country chart.

"How Can I Miss You When You Won't Go Away" is a Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks song.
"If the Phone Doesn't Ring it's Me" is a Jimmy Buffet song.
"I'm So Miserable Without You; It's Like Having You Here" is a Billy Ray Cyrus song.

Answer: She's Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles)

Gary Stewart released "She's Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles)" as a single from his album "Out of Hand". It was written by Wayne Carson. It reached Number One on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart on May 10th. It also reached number four on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart. It was the biggest hit of Stewart's career.

A practitioner of the outlaw country sound, he was named "king of honkytonk" by "Time" magazine in September 1976. His album "Out of Hand" has since become one of the most critically acclaimed albums of the 1970s.

"My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink, And I Don't Love You" is a Jimmy Buffett song.
"You're the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly" is a Loretta Lynn song and a Conway Twitty song.
"(Get Your Tongue Outta My Mouth 'Cause) I'm Kissing You Good-bye" is a John Denver song.

Answer: Joe Diffie

Joe Diffie released "Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox (If I Die)" as a single from his album "Honky Tonk Attitude". It was written by Howard Perdew, Rick Blaylock, and Kerry Kurt Phillips. In 1993, the song reached number three on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and number two on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart. Among his other humorous songs are "I'm in Love with a Capital 'U'", "Bigger Than the Beatles", "If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets)", and "New Way (To Light Up an Old Flame)".

Answer: Johnny Paycheck

Johnny Paycheck released "Take This Job and Shove It" as a single from the album of the same name. It was written by David Allan Coe. It was Number One on both the US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart. The album was certified platinum by the RIAA. In the 1970s he was a major player in the outlaw country movement. Some of his hits from this period were "Slide Off of Your Satin Sheets" and "I'm the Only Hell (Mama Ever Raised)".

In 1981, the song inspired a movie of the same name starring Robert Hays, Barbara Hershey, Art Carney, and David Keith. Coe and Paycheck both had minor roles in the film.

Answer: She's Got the Rhythm (And I Got the Blues)

Alan Jackson released "She's Got the Rhythm (And I Got the Blues)" as a single from his album "A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'bout Love)". It was written by Jackson and Randy Travis. It reached Number One on both the US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart (Dec. 1992) and the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart (Jan. 1993). It was Jackson's sixth Number One on both charts.

"I Keep Forgettin' that I Forgot About You" is a Lynn Anderson song.
"Some Hearts Get All the Breaks" is a Roger Miller song.
"If I Can't Be Number One In Your Life,Then Number Two On You" is a Mel Tillis song.

Answer: Aaron Tippin

Aaron Tippin released "Kiss This" as a single from his album "People Like Us". It was written by Aaron, his wife Thea, and Phillip Douglas. It reached Number One on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart on Oct. 14 and stayed there for two weeks.

It reached number three on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart and number 42 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Tippin has always been outspoken about his patriotism and championing of the working man starting with his first hit "You've Got to Stand for Something" followed by "Workin' Man's Ph.D".

After Sept. 11, 2001, he released "Where the Stars and Stripes and the Eagle Fly", a song that became his biggest crossover hit finishing number two on the US Country chart and number 20 on the US Billboard Hot 100.