Country Music Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. A country song presents life lessons through a meeting with an experienced card player on a train. Which song is it?
“Luckenbach, Texas”
“The Devil Went Down to Georgia”
“The Gambler”
“El Paso”
2. Which artist topped the country chart in 1975 with “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain”?
George Strait
Willie Nelson
Ronnie Milsap
Charley Pride
3. Which Martina McBride song uses a daughter’s perspective and Fourth of July imagery to tell a dark story about family violence and escape?
“This One’s for the Girls”
“Wild Angels”
“A Broken Wing”
“Independence Day”
4. Who recorded the best-known 1971 hit version of “Take Me Home, Country Roads”?
John Denver
Glen Campbell
Don Williams
Jim Croce
5. Which classic song tells of a man whose devotion ends only with his death, revealing that he has finally stopped loving someone?
“Hello Walls”
“Make the World Go Away”
“For the Good Times”
“He Stopped Loving Her Today”
6. Who made “Ring of Fire” a major country hit in 1963?
Marty Robbins
Johnny Cash
Waylon Jennings
Merle Haggard
7. Which Dolly Parton song portrays the frustrations of an office worker facing an unfair boss and limited advancement?
“9 to 5”
“Two Doors Down”
“Why’d You Come in Here Lookin’ Like That”
“Here You Come Again”
8. Which artist drew on her Kentucky childhood for the autobiographical song “Coal Miner’s Daughter”?
Loretta Lynn
Barbara Mandrell
Reba McEntire
Connie Smith
9. In which song does the narrator respond to infidelity by damaging her partner’s customized vehicle?
“Kerosene”
“Gunpowder & Lead”
“Before He Cheats”
“Picture to Burn”
10. Whose 2015 rendition turned “Tennessee Whiskey,” previously recorded by other country artists, into a major modern hit?
Eric Church
Chris Stapleton
Luke Combs
Dierks Bentley
11. Which singer is most closely associated with the 1968 country standard “Stand by Your Man”?
Tammy Wynette
Patsy Cline
Lynn Anderson
Kitty Wells
12. A singer promises faithfulness while acknowledging that temptation requires constant self-discipline. Which Johnny Cash song expresses that idea?
“Folsom Prison Blues”
“A Boy Named Sue”
“I Walk the Line”
“Sunday Morning Coming Down”
13. Which artist recorded the upbeat 1990s hit “Man! I Feel Like a Woman!”?
Faith Hill
The Chicks
LeAnn Rimes
Shania Twain
14. A narrator turns up at an upscale gathering and says he belongs among rowdier companions elsewhere. Which hit matches that situation?
“Boot Scootin’ Boogie”
“Friends in Low Places”
“Chattahoochee”
“Should’ve Been a Cowboy”
15. Which artist released the original hit recording of “Jolene” in 1973?
Tammy Wynette
Loretta Lynn
Dolly Parton
Emmylou Harris
16. Who wrote “Crazy,” which became a signature hit for Patsy Cline?
Harlan Howard
Kris Kristofferson
Hank Williams
Willie Nelson