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

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1. We'll take our first ride back to 1985 with this number one country hit. Which vehicle is Dan Seals referring to? "I wanna ride in your _________ Drive through some old memories I ain't after your body baby I just want you to dance with me"

Answer: '55 T-Bird

In 1985, "Bop" was a number one country hit for Dan Seals. Two Thunderbirds are shown in this song's video ... the '55 T-Bird and the '85 T-Bird.

Dan Seals passed away in March of 2009 at the age of 61.

2. Collin Raye was chasing which vehicle when told "Good luck boy just follow that cloud of dust"? "Oh, how fast can I go Gotta catch that little red _______ She drove off with my heart I got to let her know Need the girl in that little red _______"

Answer: Rodeo

Collin Raye's "Little Red Rodeo" hit number three on Billboard's Country charts in 1997. A music video was not made for this song though it would have been a good one.

3. Although he got pulled over for speeding, Tracy Lawrence scored a number one hit seen driving which car? "Ten years later had a hot rod _____ Constable clocked me at a hundred and four Judge said "boy you're gonna hurt yourself You'd a long been dead if you were anybody else"

Answer: Ford

"If The Good Die Young" was a number one country hit. Filmed at a motorsports complex in Concord, North Carolina, Lawrence is seen driving a Chevy Lumina with his name on it (not the song's mentioned vehicle).

4. 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"

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.

5. Do you recall which vehicle is mentioned in "Crime of Passion" by Ricky Van Shelton? "She had a rag top _________, tuck-in-row pleat She picked me up in Colorado And put me right in the drivers seat I said I got no money, you know I got no job She said, "I tell you what honey Let's find a place to rob"

Answer: Chevy Nova

"Crime of Passion" hit number seven on the country charts in 1987.

His musical career includes twelve number one country hits, nine studio albums and thirteen music videos. He received the Top New Male Vocalist Award in 1987 from the Academy of Country Music and the Male Vocalist of the Year Award in 1989 from the Country Music Association.

Born in Virginia 1952, Ricky Van Shelton is currently retired from the music industry.

6. "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 ________"

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.

7. 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"

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.

8. Eddy Raven's "Joe Knows How to Live", what vehicle is Joe driving to Mexico? "Blue Monday morning at the factory gate Almost time to clock in The boys are all betting that Joe wouldn't show They'd seen him over the weekend He had four new tires on that ol' _________"

Answer: Cadillac

Remainder of verse:

"Betty the waitress had some clothes in the back
Dashboard full of road maps of Mexico
Joe knows how to live"

Raven's "Joe Knows How To Live" was a number one hit in 1988.

Born in Lafayette, LA, August of 1944, Eddy is a big baseball fan and playing for the Boston Red Sox was an initial ambition of his. Eddy wrote the very popular, well-known 1983 hit, "Thank God For Kids" for the Oak Ridge Boys.

9. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band ... again, which vehicle? "We met on the highway, she flagged me down Had a flat on her _________ with nobody around I helped her out, she said climb in So I ditched my ol' truck just to see where the party would end"

Answer: Stingray

"Modern Day Romance" was from the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's 17th studio album, "Partners, Brothers & Friends", a number one song in 1985 written by Kix Brooks (yes, Brooks & Dunn) and Dan Tyler. The band originated in Long Beach, CA back in 1966 and has undergone numerous member changes.

10. Lead vocalist Mark Miller of Sawyer Brown is about to hop into which vehicle as he sings this first verse to "Drive Me Wild"? "You pull over and I jump in Into your little red __________ Well I know there's no turning back Well I don't even care where we are I just want to be inside your car"

Answer: Mercedes Benz

Sawyer Brown's, "Drive Me Wild" was the first single released from the "Drive Me Wild" album and was the band's 31st music video. Mark Miller, lead singer and songwriter, obviously loves dancing. If you've never seen them live or their videos, check out a few.

11. Sammy Kershaw's "little baby loves him "________ Style" .. WHAT? .. what type of style? "Well, I ain't Burt Reynolds and I ain't Tom Selleck I got bills up the pike and my car's an old relic I get Chevrolet pay but I've got a big smile 'Cause my little Baby loves me ________ style"

Answer: Cadillac

"Cadillac Style", Sammy's debut single from his 1991 debut album, "Don't Go Near The Water", peaked at number three late 1991. Sammy is seen driving a red Cadillac in this video which looks to be shot in New Orleans. He is a Louisiana native born in 1958.

12. For a darn good song and video, Confederate Railroad's 1994 tune only peaked at number nine. Vocalist Danny Shirley tells us "Daddy Never Was the ________ Kind"? "Daddy never was the ________ kind He said some things just glitter and shine He taught us that love was the one thing money couldn't buy Daddy never was the ________ kind"

Answer: Cadillac

"Daddy Never Was The Cadillac Kind" from their second album "Notorious" which was certified Platinum. This song was their sixth music video. Starting off around Atlanta, GA, they also traveled the road with Johnny Paycheck and David Allan Coe.

Daddy was a plain and simple man. At the song's conclusion, daddy dies and is driven away in a Cadillac. The son wonders how his dad might feel about his only and final ride being in a Cadillac.

13. John Conlee prefers to drive a simple vehicle as described in "Common Man" .. name it? "I'll take a ________ just any day So give your Daddy back his Mercedes Benz And there's some common people that I hang out with They're my good time buddies, they're my friends"

Answer: Chevrolet

"Common Man" from Conlee's fifth studio album, "Busted", was his third number one song during the year 1983.

Prior to his musical career, John Conlee spent some time disc jockeying and also held a mortician's license.

14. In Mark Collie's 1992 single, "Even the Man in the Moon is Crying", what is he driving? "I'm burning up this blacktop Headin' down to Austin I wonder if she misses me tonight I wish that I could tell her How much I love her And I wish this damned ol' _________ could fly"

Answer: Thunderbird

Remember this song .. here is the chorus:

"Now I hear voices in the wind
Sayin' she ain't coming back to me
I look for guidance in the sky
But the stars have all gone out tonight
I feel like the love of my life is dying
Even the man in the moon is crying"

"Even the Man in the Moon is Crying", Mark Collie's ninth and biggest charted single, reached number five in 1992.

15. Lee Roy Parnell's, "On the Road" .. can you identify the vehicle? "There's a sad, young wife Never had a life Her mother said she'd married young And her husband's a fool Never listened to All the things she's never done So she packs up that ol'_______________"

Answer: Ford Fairlane

Remainder of first verse:

"She's had about all she can bare
A suitcase, a hope, and a hard rain
She's gonna find it all somewhere"

For Texas native Lee Roy Parnell, "On The Road" was a number six song in 1993. From his third studio album of the same name, this song became his seventh music video.

Source: Author annanne

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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.

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