The Year in Country Music: 2002 Trivia Quiz | Music

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1. Bluegrass had a huge impact on music in 2002, with the success of the soundtrack from the movie, "O Brother Where Art Thou", and US Billboard added a new chart for Bluegrass music. With that in mind, the Dixie Chicks released their third studio album. It was the Bluegrass flavored "Home" made with no drums and noted for its ballads. What was the name of the first U.S. release on the album "Home?"

Answer: Long Time Gone

"Long Time Gone" was written by country singer/songwriter, Darrell Scott who also wrote, "It's a Great Day to Be Alive", which was a hit for Travis Tritt in 2001. Critics claimed "Long Time Gone" attacked country music and gave a pessimistic view of the future of traditional country artists, but the Chicks had success with the song as it hit number one on the U.S.Pop Charts and number two on the U.S. Country Charts.

2. Alan Jackson had amazing success with his patriotic song, "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)". The song won him his very first Grammy. There was another country artist who was so moved by the events of September 11 2001, that he wrote a very patriotic song as well that hit number one on July 20, 2002. Toby Keith was asked to sing "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)" for a TV Special in 2002, but the host, a TV news journalist asked him to 'soften' the lyrics. Toby refused and didn't appear on the show. What TV Newsman asked Toby to do this?

Answer: Peter Jennings

Toby Keith told ABC's Peter Jennings, "thanks but no thanks" when asked to soften the lyrics to his number one hit song, "Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue" and didn't appear on the ABC Special. Other TV News station reported the riff between the journalist and the country singer and brought a lot of publicity to Toby's song. Toby has also said the song was written by him in memory of his father, a very patriotic man and soldier who passed away in March 2001.

3. In March 2002, one country artist had a number one song, and it was replaced by another one of his own hits. Which country artist replaced himself at number one on March 16 2002?

Answer: Tim McGraw

The last time a country artist replaced himself at number one was in 1982 when Willie Nelson's song "Always on My Mind" was replaced with his duet with Waylon Jennings, "Just to Satisfy You". Tim McGraw did the same thing when his duet with JoDee Messina, "Bring on the Rain" was replaced with his song "The Cowboy in Me."

4. What country artist had a near death experience in 2002 on American Airlines flight 1307 when a blown tire took out one of the plane's engines?

Answer: Brad Paisley

Brad Paisley and his fianc�e Kimberly Williams were on board flight 1307 when a tire took out one engine. They were forced to wait four agonizing hours wondering if they would make it to safely to the ground or if the plane would suddenly plummet to earth. The flight finally burned off enough fuel to land safely. Also on board that flight were SHEDaisey's Kelsi and Kassidy Osborn.

5. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001 and passed away in February 2002 due to complications from diabetes. What country singer and guitarist am I referring to?

Answer: Waylon Jennings

Waylon Arnold Jennings was born June 15 1937 and was often known for his "Outlaw" music, performing as a member of The Highwayman with Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, and Kris Kristofferson and as the narrator for the television show "The Dukes of Hazzard" Waylon passed away in Chandler Arizona. He's buried at Mesa City Cemetery in Mesa Arizona.

6. LeAnn Rimes carried the torch for the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City Utah in 2002.

Answer: False

LeAnn was asked to sing the song "Light the Fire Within" for the opening ceremonies of the Winter Games in Utah. She was also married to Dean Shermet in February of that year and released a new album called, "Twisted Angel." Despite critics saying the album sounded too Pop to be true Country, it finished at number three on Country's Top albums for that year.

7. This native of Rogers Arkansas, who says his favorite singer is Merle Haggard, released his first album in September 2002. Who is he?

Answer: Joe Nichols

Joe Nichols released "Man With a Memory" in 2002 and earned three Grammy nominations for the single from that album titled "The Impossible", but the song stalled at number three on Country Billboard. His second single was a hit; "Brokenheartsville" hit number one in 2003.

8. Tracy Byrd had a number one song in late 2002. His last number one song was in 1993 with the song "Holding Heaven" What was the name of his 2002 hit?

Answer: Ten Rounds with Jose Cuervo

Tracy Byrd is known for covering Johnny Paycheck songs like "Don't Take Her" but in 2002 his album "Ten Rounds" had a song called "Ten Rounds with Jose Cuervo" that hit number one in in October 2002 and it stayed there for one week until Keith Urban's "Somebody Like You" took the top spot and held it for six weeks.

9. He's been called the "Weird Al" Yankovic of country music; Cletus T Judd released a brand new album full of country music parodies that included, "Breath" and "It's a Great Day to be a Guy". What was the name of this album?

Answer: Cledus Envy

The album, "Cledus Envy" included a video of the song "Breath" meant to parody Faith Hill's hit video and song, "Breathe." Cletus was also the co-host of the CMT show "Most Wanted Live" from 2002 to 2004.

10. Born in 1927, inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2002, and died in 2007, what long time performer on the Grand Ole Opry stage is best known for introducing the world to Dolly Parton?

Answer: Porter Wagoner

Porter Wagoner became a member of the Opry in 1957 and was known for his blond pompadour. Dolly and Porter were a well known duet team for many years and Parton's song, "I Will Always Love You" was written for him. He was inducted with songwriter/performer Bill Carlisle to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2002. In October 2007 Porter was diagnosed with cancer and died October 28 2007. His funeral was held at the Grand Ole Opry on November 1 2007 in Nashville.

11. The Academy of Country Music and the Country Music Association didn't agree on the Entertainer of the Year in 2002. The CMA chose Alan Jackson, but the ACM chose this performer. Who was it?

Answer: Toby Keith

Toby Keith was named Entertainer of the Year by the Academy not only in 2002 but in 2003 as well. He's never won EOTY from the CMA's.

12. Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Willie Nelson, Brad Paisley, Dwight Yoakam and several other country singers got together to make a tribute album for a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Blues/Rock Group from Texas. What is the name of this group?

Answer: ZZ Top

"Sharp Dressed Men: A Tribute to ZZ Top" had fifteen remakes of ZZ Top classics performed by some of country music's best. Brad Paisley covered the title track, Dwight Yoakam did "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide", Kenny Chesney spiced up "Tush" with a horn section and Willie Nelson covered "She Loves My Automobile." The album was a critical success but not a chart topper and it did prove ZZ Top had fans in other genres outside Rock and Blues.

13. The very first "Flameworthy Awards" were held on CMT in 2002 and the usual kind of awards were given, such as Best Male and Female Videos of the Year, but some unusual categories included, 'Fashion Plate Video of the Year', 'LOL - Laugh out Loud Video of the Year', and 'I Love Your Country Video of the Year'. Who won the 'Hottest Video of the Year' at the Flameworthy Awards in 2002?

Answer: Tim McGraw - "The Cowboy in Me"

At the 2002 Flameworthy Awards, Tim McGraw won the 'Hottest Video of the Year' for "The Cowboy in Me". Other winners included, 'Concept Video of the Year,' Brad Paisley - "I'm Gonna Miss Her", 'Fashion Plate Video of the Year' Chely Wright - "Jezebel" , 'LOL - Laugh Out Loud Video of the Year', Toby Keith - "I Wanna Talk About Me" and of course the Flameworthy Video of the Year, Kenny Chesney's "Young."

14. In 2002 Willie Nelson collaborated with a successful alternative rock singer for the song "Maria (Shut Up and Kiss Me)" and on the album, "The Great Divide." What was the name of the Alt/Rock Singer who made a cameo in the "Maria" video?

Answer: Rob Thomas

Rob Thomas from Matchbox 20 appeared in the video and contributed background vocals for the song "Maria". He also wrote a few of the songs on the album. Lee Ann Womack was also on the album with a duet called "Mendocino County Line" which was released as a single.

15. This song stayed on the charts for seven weeks in 2002 and it was named 2002's Song of the Year by Billboard. It happened to belong to the same country singer who had the highest grossing country tour that year. Can you guess who that was?

Answer: Kenny Chesney

"The Good Stuff" became a number one song on July 27 and stayed there until September 7, 2002. It was Kenny Chesney's first song to hold the top spot for that many weeks as well as his first Song of the Year from Billboard. The song was written by Craig Wiseman and can be found on Kenny's number one, four times platinum album, "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems." His tour of the same name raked in twenty two million dollars that year to become the number one country tour and the eighteenth most popular tour in all genre's of music.

The only country artist who was even close to this was Toby Keith. His "Unleashed" tour brought in twenty one million and was ranked nineteenth overall.

Source: Author Beasuare

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