Is it Country OR Is it County - Part 2 Quiz | Music

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1. Are you ready ... (for the country, that is)? So, who sings "Are You Ready For The Country"?

Answer: Waylon Jennings

From Jennings' same titled and 23rd studio album, the song peaked at number seven on Billboard Hot Country Singles in 1976.

Written by Neil Young, it was first recorded on his "Harvest" album of 1972.

2. "Everyone considered him the coward of the county" Kenny Rogers relays this story to us about 'his brother's son' ... what is the young man's name?

Answer: Tommy

Released November of 1979, "Coward Of The County" was his seventh number one hit song on Billboard Hot Country Singles.

1981s "Urban Chipmunk" album, included a few lyric changes for Alvin & The Chipmunks' version of this song.

3. Singer/actor John Schneider describes them as "sweeter than tupelo honey" and "warmer than the Georgia sun" in this 1985 number one hit. From the choices below, what is he referring to?

Answer: country girls

"Country Girls" reached number one on Billboard Hot Country Singles and Canadian RPM Country Tracks.

Schneider (Bo Duke) played alongside Tom Wopat (Luke Duke) in the television series "The Dukes Of Hazzard" (1970s - 1980s).

Schneider has appeared in over four dozen films and has appeared in over forty television shows.

4. From 1966, Bill Anderson's: "Bright Lights And ______ Music" Guess the missing word?

Answer: Country

Known as "Whispirin' Bill" for his gentle vocals and soft spoken narratives, Bill has been a major country music songwriter for over fifty years.

In 2001, Bill Anderson was honored membership to Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame.

He is also a member of Nashville Songwriter's Hall of Fame, Georgia Music Hall of Fame, South Carolina Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame and Grand Ole Opry member since 1961.

5. Porter Wagoner gives us a number two song February of 1969 in the story of "The Carroll _______ Accident". Where did this take place ... Carroll Country OR Carroll County?

Answer: County

"The Carroll County Accident" was named Song of the Year for 1969 by the Country Music Association.

"The Porter Wagoner Show" beginning in 1960, aired for twenty-one years.

Wagoner was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2002; he passed away October 2007 from lung cancer.

6. "Hot coffee and the sound of her sweet voice callin' Country station on the kitchen radio" Do you recall who tells us: "There ain't nothin' like the love of a small town girl"?

Answer: Steve Wariner

"Small Town Girl" became Wariner's fifth number one (March 1987) totaling twenty-four weeks on Billboard Hot Country Singles.

Wariner's "Holes In The Floor Of Heaven" of 1998, won two awards from the Country Music Association. He owns four Grammy awards and has been a member of the Grand Ole Opry since 1996.

7. In this 1968 song, we are listening to "a lineman for the county", who can "drive the main road", he can "hear you singing in the wire" and he "can hear you thru the whine". "I think I need a small vacation", he finally tells us ... who is he?

Answer: Glen Campbell

"Wichita Lineman" hit number one December 1968 on Billboard Hot Country Singles, Adult Contemporary Tracks, and Canadian RPM Country Tracks (Jan.1969).

In 2004 the song was ranked number 192/500 Greatest Songs Of All Time by Rolling Stone Magazine. He also made the 2003 list of Country Music Television's 40 Greatest Men Of Country Music, at number twenty-nine.

8. "I may look like a city slicker Shinin' up through his shoes Underneath I'm just a cotton picker Pickin' out a mess of blues" Who says he's "just a country boy, country boy at heart"?

Answer: Ricky Skaggs

Ricky Skaggs "Country Boy" became his ninth number one hit (June 1985) on Billboard Hot Country Singles, totaling thirteen weeks on the chart.

The comical video was shot in New York City; former mayor Ed Koch is seen as a cabdriver, while actor David Keith appears as a typical New Yorker.

Skaggs holds over one dozen Grammy awards and also placed in CMT's 2003s list of 40 Greatest Men Of Country Music at number thirty seven.

9. Here are two songs by the same artist: Song number one (just some lyrics as an extra clue - Number One, November 1974) "Country is, a havin' the good times Listen to the music, singing your part Country is, walkin' in the moonlight Country is, all in your heart" Song number two - what is the missing word - Country OR County? "A Week In a _______ Jail" (Number One, January 1970)

Answer: Country

Tom T. Hall, The Storyteller, joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1971, was inducted into the Country Music Hall Of Fame in 2008.

October 2012, Broadcast Music, Inc., honored Hall at their 60th Annual BMI Country Awards as a Country Songwriter, Song and Publisher of the Year. Also named a BMI Icon for his phenomenal songwriting career.

10. "You don't see no city when you look at me cause country's all I am I love runnin' barefoot through the old cornfields and I love that country ham" She insists ... "If you're lookin' at me, you're lookin' at country" Name this country lady standing before us?

Answer: Loretta Lynn

"You're Looking At Country" written by Lynn from observing the countryside while touring on the open road. A number five song in 1971 on Billboard Hot Country Singles and one of her signature songs. Lynn had sixteen number one hits prior to the release of this song.

11. Let's remember Barbara Mandrell's "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool". What exactly was Miss Mandrell up to in this line? "I was ________________________ When all my friends were diggin' Rock & roll and rhythm and blues"

Answer: listenin' to the opry

Mandrell's fourth number one hit (July 1981) on Billboard Hot Country Singles.

Mandrell is an accomplished instrumentalist at the accordion, banjo, saxophone,
pedal steel and lap steel guitar. At the age of thirteen, she toured with Patsy Cline playing the steel guitar.

Among numerous awards, Mandrell holds two Grammy awards and four awards from the Country Music Association and is a 2009 inductee into the Country Music Hall Of Fame.

12. Here are just two of his number one hits ... who is the artist? "I'm Just A Country Boy" - Number One, 1977 "Lord Have Mercy On A Country Boy" - Number Seven 1991

Answer: Don Williams

Nicknamed The Gentle Giant for his large stature and subdued bass-baritone vocals, Williams is a 2010 inductee into the Country Music Hall Of Fame.

In 2010 Williams came out of retirement since 2006, releasing a new album June 2012, his first release since 2004. He achieved success with seventeen number one hits through the 1970s and 1980s.

13. "So come on along Get yourself really on Rock to the music and fun Sip that wine and have a really good time And listen to ____________" What is Lynn Anderson suggesting we listen to?

Answer: a country song

"Listen To A Country Song" composed by Alan Garth and Jim Messina (Loggins & Messina), becoming a number four song for Anderson, mid 1972.

Anderson is an equestrian horse racer winning over one dozen national, world and celebrity championships.

14. "I love you please believe me I wouldn't want you to ever leave me" In this song, what was Dottie West raised on?

Answer: country sunshine

Dottie West's "Country Sunshine" from 1973, a number two song on Billboard Hot Country Singles.

West, the oldest of ten children from McMinnville, Tennessee, died September 1991 from internal injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident; she was enroute to perform at the Grand Ole Opry.

West won a Grammy award in 1965 for Best Female Country Vocal Performance ("Here Comes My Baby").

15. From the same artist, one line from two separate songs, what is the common missing word? "West Virginia, mountain momma Take me home, _______ roads" "And life ain't nothing but a funny, funny riddle Thank God I'm a _______ boy"

Answer: Country

Of course, John Denver's "Take Me Home Country Roads" from 1971. This song reached number two on Billboard Hot 100 and number 50 on the U.S. Country Chart.

Also, "Thank God I'm A Country Boy" from 1975. This was a number one hit song on Billboard Hot Country Singles and Billboard Hot 100.

Source: Author annanne

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Is it Country OR Is it County - Part 2 Quiz

Part two will take you back to country songs from the 1960s, 70s & 80s - either identify the artist OR song title/lyrics containing the words country or county. Have fun and good luck!

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