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Kathy Mattea #3 Trivia Quiz

I hope you guys enjoy this Kathy Mattea quiz. This quiz focuses on Mattea's music, obscure album cuts and some rare finds worth seeking out! Enjoy and good luck!

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

Author
Cartersdad

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
378,062

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

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Difficult

Avg Score
12 / 25

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Question 1 of 25

1. According to a Mattea song, "the trouble with _____ is, they are never around when you want one." Hint

The truth

Lovers

Roses

Angels

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Question 2 of 25

2. Which of these Mash Up's includes titles of two Mattea albums? Hint

Lonesome Standard Time Passes By

Leaving West Virginia Coal Mine Disaster

Come From The Heart Of The Country

I Wear Your Love Travels

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Question 3 of 25

3. In Kathy's 1986 single, "Love at The Five and Dime," who did Eddie run off with? Hint

Sue Phelps

Rita

The bass man's wife

The drummer's wife

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Question 4 of 25

4. The "Willow In The Wind" album was the first release from Mattea after she married Vezner. Which song does she dedicate to him in the album notes? Hint

Love Chooses You

I'll Take Care Of You

Come From The Heart

Where've You Been

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Question 5 of 25

5. According to one of Mattea's songs, when does the following occur?
"Now I pour whiskey, break the ice, put my feet up on the couch..." Hint

Evenin'

Late In The Day

Lonesome Standard Time

When The Baby Grew Up

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Question 6 of 25

6. In which song does Mattea ask "Where would I be in times like these without the songs Loretta wrote?" Hint

Asking Us To Dance

Life As We Knew It

Listen to the Radio

Lonely at the Bottom

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Question 7 of 25

7. Which of these occur in "The Summer Of My Dreams"? Hint

the trees dance as the kids grow

the fish wait for the old fool with the wrong bait

in a field of purple clover, playing with my puppy Rover

a million stars just waiting to fall for any wish we make

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Question 8 of 25

8. The song "Amarillo" was about a jukebox and a pinball machine that stole "my baby." Who did the man in the song keep playing on the jukebox? Hint

Johnny and June

Tammy and Waylon

Patsy and Elvis

Dolly and Porter

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Question 9 of 25

9. What is the subject of "Red-Winged Black Bird" from the "Coal" album? Hint

AIDS awareness

a college mascot

a bird turned black from coal dust

a collapsed coal mine

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Question 10 of 25

10. Which song accompanied a video that pays homage to 1950s' housewives? Hint

Maybe She's Human

Life As We Knew It

Love at the Five and Dime

Beautiful Fool

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Question 11 of 25

11. Mattea's second album, "From My Heart" was released in 1985. She covered a song from a musical icon- who was it? Hint

Frank Sinatra

Elton John

Elvis Presley

George Jones

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Question 12 of 25

12. "Anytime love is on the table the stakes are high" is the opening line to which song? Hint

Walking Away A Winner

Love Travels

Goin' Gone

Callin' My Name

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Question 13 of 25

13. What occurs in the song "BFD?" Hint

a man meets his parents at a circus

a man falls in love with a pizza delivery girl

angels sing a Beach Boys song

St Peter has a conversation with a dead man

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Question 14 of 25

14. "She was working in a diner, just a week ago, when a man from ________ smiled and said hello".

Fill in the blank. Hint

El Dorado

San Diego

Chicago

Colorado

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Question 15 of 25

15. On which album would you find the songs, "Full Time Love," "That's Easy For You To Say" and "Somewhere Down The Road"? Hint

Kathy Mattea

Roses

Walk The Way The Wind Blows

Walking Away A Winner

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Question 16 of 25

16. On which album would you find the songs "Quarter Moon," "I Wear Your Love" and "What Might Have Been"? Hint

Time Passes By

The Innocent Years

Love Travels

Right Out Of Nowhere

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Question 17 of 25

17. The song "Ashes In The Wind" from the "Roses" album is a story of a man's life from high school to death. Who did Davy marry? Hint

Jenny

Rosie

Mary

Kathy

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Question 18 of 25

18. Who produced Kathy's album, "Coal" in 2008? Hint

Allen Reynolds

Marty Stuart

Alison Krauss

Jon Vezner

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Question 19 of 25

19. Which song was not included on Kathy's "A Collection of Hits" album, released in 1990? Hint

Burning Old Memories

Train Of Memories

Life As We Knew It

Untold Stories

20. Kathy had a role in the 1994 movie "Maverick." The soundtrack for the movie included an all star line up singing "Amazing Grace." Kathy's voice is featured on the last chorus. Who is she singing with? Hint

Tammy Wynette

Waylon Jennings

Reba McEntire

Billy Dean

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Question 21 of 25

21. "Rock Me On The Water" is a duet from the "Red Hot +Country" album. Who did she sing with? Hint

Johnny Cash

David Crosby

Billy Ray Cyrus

Jackson Browne

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Question 22 of 25

22. In the song "The Cape," what does the man do at the end? Hint

Fall off of a garage

Move into a garage

Build a garage

Fly off of a garage

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Question 23 of 25

23. In concert, which of these songs does Kathy often compare to the theme song from "Gilligan's Island?" Hint

Slow Boat

Goin' Gone

All Roads Lead To The River

I Am Ready For The Storm

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Question 24 of 25

24. The 2000 album, "The Innocent Years" was recorded during a very difficult time in Kathy's life. What was going on? Hint

Her parents were struggling with illness

She lost a lot of belongings in a flood

She was facing vocal chord surgery

The Sago Mine Disaster in West Virgina had just occured

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Question 25 of 25

25. What song has Mattea telling her spouse, "The cat's in a cage to leave at your mother's, I'll be halfway to Ashville when you wake up alone?"

Hint

Goin' Gone

Life As We Knew It

Walking Away A Winner

Loving You, Letting You Go

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. According to a Mattea song, "the trouble with _____ is, they are never around when you want one."

Answer: Angels

"The Trouble With Angels" was the lead single from Kathy's 2000 album "Innocent Years." The music video to accompany the song features Mattea's song writer husband, Jon Vezner, in one of the scenes.

2. Which of these Mash Up's includes titles of two Mattea albums?

Answer: Lonesome Standard Time Passes By

"Lonesome Standard Time" and "Time Passes By" were both albums released in the early 1990s.

"Come From the Heart" and "The Heart of the Country" were both US singles for Kathy in the 1980s.

"Leaving West Virginia" is from the "Walk the Way the Wind Blows" album and "West Virginia Coal Mine Disaster" is from Mattea's 2012 album, "Calling Me Home"

"I Wear Your Love" was included on the "Time Passes By" album and "Love Travels" was Mattea's 1997 album.

3. In Kathy's 1986 single, "Love at The Five and Dime," who did Eddie run off with?

Answer: The bass man's wife

Eddie ran off with bass man's wife because one of the boys in his band took a shine to Rita's hand.

Sue Phelps is Kathy Mattea's fanclub president!

4. The "Willow In The Wind" album was the first release from Mattea after she married Vezner. Which song does she dedicate to him in the album notes?

Answer: Love Chooses You

In the liner notes on the album, Mattea quotes a line from the song, "and it seems we're two people, withing the same circle, that's drawn tighter and tighter till you're all that I see" and dedicates it to Jon.

5. According to one of Mattea's songs, when does the following occur? "Now I pour whiskey, break the ice, put my feet up on the couch..."

Answer: Late In The Day

"Late in the Day" is from the "Untasted Honey" album. Although the song wasn't released as a US radio single, Mattea included it on a later album of her personal favorite cuts.

6. In which song does Mattea ask "Where would I be in times like these without the songs Loretta wrote?"

Answer: Listen to the Radio

This single was written by Nanci Griffith, and included on Mattea's "Lonesome Standard Time" album. Mattea performed this single at the 1993 CMA awards show when she presented the award for Radio Station of the Year.

7. Which of these occur in "The Summer Of My Dreams"?

Answer: the fish wait for the old fool with the wrong bait

"Summer of My Dreams" contains tons if imagery within its lyrics. Among it are the lines, "the trees dance as the beans grow" and "there's a field of purple clover, I see a storm cloud passing over."
Mattea actually named a tour "Summer of My Dreams."

8. The song "Amarillo" was about a jukebox and a pinball machine that stole "my baby." Who did the man in the song keep playing on the jukebox?

Answer: Dolly and Porter

The line goes, "while he puts another quarter, push Dolly and then Porter, oh I lost him to a jukebox and a pinball machine."
The song was written by Rodney Crowell and Emmylou Harris.

9. What is the subject of "Red-Winged Black Bird" from the "Coal" album?

Answer: a bird turned black from coal dust

This album was nominated for a Grammy award in 2009. This song has been a staple at Mattea's concerts since the album's release in 2008.

10. Which song accompanied a video that pays homage to 1950s' housewives?

Answer: Maybe She's Human

This was the third single from the "Walking Away A Winner" album. The video was shot in black and white and features scenes of housewives from the 1950s era.

11. Mattea's second album, "From My Heart" was released in 1985. She covered a song from a musical icon- who was it?

Answer: Elton John

She recorded a cover of Elton John's "Ball and Chain", which he was a co-writer of. This was a US single for John in 1982 and featured Pete Townshend of The Who on acoustic guitar.

12. "Anytime love is on the table the stakes are high" is the opening line to which song?

Answer: Walking Away A Winner

This song was released in 1994 and became Kathy's biggest commercial hit of the 1990s. Although the song is about leaving a failed romance with your head held high, it has been identified by music fans as a survival song for many situations, including battling cancer.

13. What occurs in the song "BFD?"

Answer: a man falls in love with a pizza delivery girl

The song was included as a bonus track on 2000's "The Innocent Years" album. The song is very light hearted, on an album of primarily ballads and heavy subject matters. The song reached number 63 on the US Billboard Country Singles chart.

14. "She was working in a diner, just a week ago, when a man from ________ smiled and said hello". Fill in the blank.

Answer: Colorado

This is the opening line to the 1990 single, "She Came From Fort Worth." This was the follow up US release to the ground breaking "Where've You Been." "She Came From Fort Worth went to number two on the US Country Billboard Chart, the highest ranking single of Kathy's in the 1990s.

15. On which album would you find the songs, "Full Time Love," "That's Easy For You To Say" and "Somewhere Down The Road"?

Answer: Kathy Mattea

The "Kathy Mattea" album was released in 1983 and was her debut. "That's Easy For you To Say" was released in the US as a single.

16. On which album would you find the songs "Quarter Moon," "I Wear Your Love" and "What Might Have Been"?

Answer: Time Passes By

"Time Passes By" was Mattea's 1991 release. The album was certified Gold and reached number nine on the US charts.

17. The song "Ashes In The Wind" from the "Roses" album is a story of a man's life from high school to death. Who did Davy marry?

Answer: Mary

"Ashes In The Wind" was written by Kathy's husband Jon. The album "Roses" was released in 2002.

18. Who produced Kathy's album, "Coal" in 2008?

Answer: Marty Stuart

The album went on to be nominated for a 2009 Grammy for Best Americana Album. Some critics have called "Coal" the album that Mattea was born to make.

19. Which song was not included on Kathy's "A Collection of Hits" album, released in 1990?

Answer: Burning Old Memories

"Burning Old Memories" was a number one single in the US in 1989, but it was not included on her greatest hits album.

Answer: Billy Dean

Kathy and Billy Dean can be heard in feature harmonies during the final chorus of the song. There is also an official video of the song that was released. The song also features Reba McEntire, Waylon Jennings, Tammy Wynette, Clint Black, and Amy Grant.

21. "Rock Me On The Water" is a duet from the "Red Hot +Country" album. Who did she sing with?

Answer: Jackson Browne

The song was written and recorded by Browne in the early 1970s. The song has also been recorded by Linda Ronstadt.

22. In the song "The Cape," what does the man do at the end?

Answer: Fly off of a garage

The song is from the "Walking Away A Winner" album, and the last verse includes these lyrics "He's still jumpin' off the garage and will be till he's dead.
All these years the people said he was actin' like a kid. He did not know he could not fly, so he did."

23. In concert, which of these songs does Kathy often compare to the theme song from "Gilligan's Island?"

Answer: I Am Ready For The Storm

Kathy says the tune is similar and she has been known to actually sing the "Gilligan's Island" theme while playing the song. The song is on the "Time Passes By" album and was written by Scottish musician Dougie McLean, who would become closely associated with Mattea in the years following this recording.

24. The 2000 album, "The Innocent Years" was recorded during a very difficult time in Kathy's life. What was going on?

Answer: Her parents were struggling with illness

Mattea did have surgery on her vocal chords in the early 1990s. While she did have a rough time dealing with the Sago Mine Disaster, and she was affected by Nashville flooding, neither of these events happened until after the year 2000. "The Innocent Years" is a very ballad heavy album, reflecting Mattea's somber state of mind while recording.

25. What song has Mattea telling her spouse, "The cat's in a cage to leave at your mother's, I'll be halfway to Ashville when you wake up alone?"

Answer: Life As We Knew It

This was the fourth and final US single from the "Untasted Honey" album. The song peaked at number four on Billboard US charts.

Source: Author Cartersdad

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