This Reba trivia quiz has 50 free questions with answers and covers both the singer and the sitcom. On the music side: the Oklahoma ranch and rodeo family, the national anthem that got her discovered, the Mercury years and the MCA breakthrough, Fancy, Whoever's in New England, the 1991 plane crash and For My Broken Heart, Does He Love You, her record four straight CMA Female Vocalist awards, the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Kennedy Center Honors. On the screen side: Tremors, Annie Get Your Gun, The Voice and Happy's Place — and, of course, Reba, the WB sitcom about Reba Hart, her ex-husband Brock, his dental hygienist Barbra Jean, pregnant teen Cheyenne, goofy Van, sarcastic Kyra and little Jake. Early questions suit anyone who has sung along to the theme song; later ones reward fans who know which network cancelled the show and how many number ones she has. Every answer was checked against encyclopaedia entries before publishing. No lyrics are quoted.
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Q 01In which state was Reba McEntire born and raised?
Oklahoma
She was born in McAlester and grew up on a ranch in Chockie, the third of four children.
Q 02What did Reba's father and grandfather both win world championships in?
Steer roping
Her grandfather won in 1934 and her father three times; Reba herself trained as a barrel racer.
Q 03Where was Reba singing the Star-Spangled Banner in 1974 when Red Steagall discovered her?
The finals of the pro rodeo season
Steagall helped her land a deal with PolyGram/Mercury the following year.
Q 04What did Reba study to become at college in Durant?
A public-school teacher
She kept performing on the side, including bar gigs around Oklahoma City.
Q 05Which label did Reba sign with in 1984 after leaving Mercury, launching her breakthrough?
MCA
Her second album there, My Kind of Country, produced two No. 1s and won her CMA Female Vocalist of the Year.
Q 06Which 1986 title track won Reba a Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal Performance?
Whoever's in New England
It topped the country chart and became her signature ballad of the decade.
Q 07Reba's hit 'Fancy' was a cover of a 1969 song by which singer?
Bobbie Gentry
It appeared on a 1990 album alongside 'You Lie'.
Q 08How many members of Reba's band died in a plane crash in March 1991?
Eight
The crash near San Diego followed a private show for IBM; she answered with a grief-stricken album later that year.
Q 09Which 1991 album became Reba's best-seller, going four-times platinum in the US?
For My Broken Heart
Its title track and 'Is There Life Out There' both hit No. 1.
Q 10With which then-unknown singer did Reba record the duet 'Does He Love You'?
Linda Davis
MCA wanted a bigger name; a 2021 remake paired Reba with Dolly Parton instead.
Q 11What was Reba's first film role, in 1990?
Heather Gummer in Tremors
She played a survivalist alongside Kevin Bacon and Michael Gross.
Q 12Which role did Reba play on Broadway in 2001?
Annie Oakley in Annie Get Your Gun
The same year, her sitcom Reba premiered on The WB.
Q 13How many times in a row did Reba win the CMA's Female Vocalist of the Year, a record at the time?
Four
Miranda Lambert tied it in 2013 and Carrie Underwood matched the four-win total in 2016.
Q 21On which network did the sitcom Reba premiere in October 2001?
The WB
Its sixth and final season aired on The CW after The WB merged with UPN.
Q 22In which city is the sitcom Reba set?
Houston
Reba Hart's household includes her kids, her ex, his new wife and her son-in-law.
Q 23What is Brock Hart's profession on the show?
Dentist
He leaves Reba for his much younger dental hygienist, Barbra Jean.
Q 24Who plays Barbra Jean, the dental hygienist Brock leaves Reba for?
Q 14In which year was Reba inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame?
2011
She has placed more than 100 singles on the country chart, 25 of them No. 1s.
Q 15Which honour did Reba share in 2018 with Cher, Philip Glass and Wayne Shorter?
The Kennedy Center Honors
That January she had won her first Grammy in more than 20 years, for a gospel album.
Q 16On which competition show did Reba serve as a coach from 2023 to 2025?
The Voice
She coached four seasons before starring in NBC's Happy's Place.
Q 17At which Super Bowl did Reba sing the national anthem in 2024?
LVIII
Deaf actor Daniel Durant accompanied her in American Sign Language.
Q 18Which Kelly Clarkson song did Reba remake as a duet with her for the 2007 album Reba: Duets?
Because of You
The album was her first to top both the country chart and the Billboard 200.
Q 19Roughly how many records has Reba sold worldwide?
75 million
Hence the nickname 'The Queen of Country'.
Q 20Which actor did Reba begin dating in 2020?
Rex Linn
They co-starred in the film The Hammer.
Melissa Peterman
She and Reba performed Dolly Parton's '9 to 5' in the episode 'Driving Miss Kyra'.
Q 25What news does daughter Cheyenne deliver in the pilot?
She is pregnant
Boyfriend Van gets kicked out by his parents and moves into Reba's house.
Q 26What position did Van Montgomery play on his high school football team?
Cornerback
A tailbone injury later reveals spinal stenosis and ends his pro hopes.
Q 27Who plays Van?
Steve Howey
He went on to Shameless as Kevin Ball.
Q 28What is the name of Van and Cheyenne's daughter?
Elizabeth
Played by twins Alena and Gabrielle Leberger, she barely speaks until season five.
Q 29What is the name of Brock and Barbra Jean's son?
Henry
He is a half-brother to Cheyenne, Kyra and Jake.
Q 30Which real-life illness limited Scarlett Pomers (Kyra) to two episodes in season five?
Anorexia
Kyra is the sarcastic middle child who loves tormenting Van.