50 free George Strait trivia questions with answers — music quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
George Strait has more number one songs than anyone in any genre, and this quiz is for the fans who can name most of them. Forty questions cover his upbringing in Poteet and Pearsall, the Army band in Hawaii, the Ace in the Hole Band and the honky-tonk years, the one-song MCA deal that became a career, and hits from 'Unwound' and 'Fool Hearted Memory' through 'Amarillo by Morning', 'All My Ex's Live in Texas', 'Check Yes or No' and 'Give It All We Got Tonight'. There are questions on Pure Country, the Grammy for Troubadour, the CMA and ACM records, the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Cowboy Rides Away Tour's 104,793-strong finale and the 110,905 who packed Kyle Field in 2024. Easy questions ask which state he calls home; hard ones want the box set that shipped eight million and the tequila that got a single named after it. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia's articles on Strait, his film and his tours, and each question carries the sentence that supports it.
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Q 01In which Texas town was George Strait born in 1952?
Poteet
He grew up in nearby Pearsall, where his father taught junior high maths and ran a 2,000-acre cattle ranch.
Q 02Strait holds the record for the most number one songs on all charts by any artist in any genre. How many?
60
Forty-four of them topped the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, itself a record.
Q 03Strait's high school garage band, the Stoics, took most of its inspiration from which group?
The Beatles
He came to country later, through live shows rather than radio, which he mostly used for the news and farm report.
Q 04While serving in the US Army, Strait sang with an Army-sponsored country band. Where was he stationed?
Hawaii
The band was called Rambling Country and played off-base as Santee; he left the Army as a corporal in 1975.
Q 05Strait eloped with his high school sweetheart Norma in 1971. Where did they marry?
Mexico
Their daughter Jenifer was born the next year while he was still stationed in Hawaii.
Q 06Strait graduated from Southwest Texas State University with a degree in what?
Agriculture
The school, now Texas State, gave him an honorary doctorate in 2006, and he endowed its Freeman Ranch.
Q 07Strait joined a college group called Stoney Ridge and renamed it what?
The Ace in the Hole Band
The same band has backed him for his entire solo career, right through the Cowboy Rides Away Tour.
Q 08Before MCA signed him, Strait had accepted a job doing what and nearly quit music?
Designing cattle pens
His wife Norma persuaded him to give music one more year, and MCA signed him in February 1981.
Q 09How big was Strait's initial MCA Records deal in 1981?
One song
If the single did well, the label would consider an album; the single was 'Unwound'.
Q 10What was Strait's first single for MCA, which reached number six in 1981?
Unwound
It appeared on his debut album Strait Country, hailed as a 'new-traditionalist' breakthrough.
Q 11Which 1982 song gave Strait his first number one hit?
Fool Hearted Memory
It came from his second album, Strait from the Heart.
Q 12Who originally wrote and recorded Strait's signature song 'Amarillo by Morning' in 1973?
Terry Stafford
Strait's version peaked in the top five in 1983 and became a rodeo anthem.
Q 13Strait's first Houston Rodeo appearance in 1983 came filling in for which flu-stricken headliner?
Eddie Rabbitt
He has since played the rodeo more than 20 times for over a million fans.
Q 21The 1995 four-disc career box set became the second-best-selling box set ever. What was it called?
Strait Out of the Box
It shipped eight million copies in the US and included the new number one 'Check Yes or No'.
Q 22What was the touring package he headlined from 1997 to 2001, promising to visit no market more than twice?
The George Strait Country Music Festival
Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Kenny Chesney and Alan Jackson were among the acts on the bill.
Q 23Which 2000 release was the first studio album of his career not to be certified platinum?
The self-titled George Strait
Q 14Which 1987 album was the first country album by any artist to debut at number one?
Ocean Front Property
Its title track and 'All My Ex's Live in Texas' were part of a run of 11 straight number ones.
Q 15How many consecutive number one singles did Strait release between 1986 and 1989?
Eleven
The streak began with 'Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her' and ended with 'Ace in the Hole'.
Q 16Strait's daughter Jenifer died in a car accident in 1986. How old was she?
13
The family set up the Jenifer Lyn Strait Foundation for children's charities in San Antonio, and he stopped doing interviews for years.
Q 17'Love Without End, Amen' in 1990 was Strait's first single to do what?
Top the chart for multiple weeks
It and 'I've Come to Expect It From You' each held the top spot for five weeks.
Q 18Which cover peaked at only number 24 in 1991 and ended Strait's streak of 31 straight top-ten hits?
Lovesick Blues
The album Chill of an Early Fall still produced two number ones.
Q 19In which 1992 film did Strait make his acting debut as a burnt-out singing star?
Pure Country
Its soundtrack became his most successful studio album, with 'Heartland' and 'I Cross My Heart'.
Q 20What is the name of the character Strait plays in his 1992 movie?
Dusty
Fans do not even notice when he skips several bars of his hit 'Where the Sidewalk Ends', which sets the plot in motion.
It still hit number one on the country chart, but produced no number one singles.
Q 24What was his 2004 greatest hits package, titled after his tally of chart-toppers, called?
50 Number Ones
The new track 'I Hate Everything' promptly became number 51.
Q 25In which year was Strait inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame?
2006
He was only the second artist after Eddy Arnold to be inducted while still actively recording and charting.
Q 26It Just Comes Natural and its follow-up were recorded in Key West at a studio owned by which musician?
Jimmy Buffett
Shrimp Boat Sound was reportedly chosen partly because Strait's allergies stayed quiet there.
Q 27In 2007 Strait headlined a 23-date arena tour with Ronnie Milsap and which then-newcomer?
Taylor Swift
The same year 'Wrapped' became his 55th overall number one.
Q 28He won his first and only Grammy, for Best Country Album, with which 2008 record?
Troubadour
Its lead single 'I Saw God Today' debuted at number 19, the highest debut of his career.
Q 29In 2009 the Academy of Country Music named Strait Artist of the Decade. Which previous holder presented it?
Garth Brooks
That June he also headlined the first event at the new Dallas Cowboys Stadium.
Q 30In 2009 Strait broke whose record for the most chart-toppers on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart?
Conway Twitty
His 44 topped Twitty's 40.