Q 01/05

Which nickname is Jimmie Rodgers best known by?

A) The Father of Country Music

B) The King of Country Music

C) The Man in Black

D) The Hillbilly Shakespeare

Answer · why

A) The Father of Country Music

He was also called the Singing Brakeman, after his years working on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad.

Q 02/05

In which Tennessee city did the Carter Family make their first recordings in August 1927?

A) Knoxville

B) Bristol

C) Memphis

D) Nashville

Answer · why

B) Bristol

Jimmie Rodgers recorded for the same producer, Ralph Peer, the very next day.

Q 03/05

Which member of the original Carter Family sang harmony and played lead guitar?

A) Sara

B) A. P.

C) Maybelle

D) June

Answer · why

C) Maybelle

Sara sang lead and played rhythm guitar or autoharp; Maybelle was her first cousin and sister-in-law.

Q 04/05

With which songwriter did Roy Acuff co-found Nashville's first major country publishing company in 1942?

A) Ralph Peer

B) Owen Bradley

C) Wesley Rose

D) Fred Rose

Answer · why

D) Fred Rose

Acuff-Rose signed Hank Williams, Roy Orbison and the Everly Brothers, and Acuff became the Hall of Fame's first living inductee in 1962.

Q 05/05

Ernest Tubb's 1941 hit "Walking the Floor Over You" marked the rise of which country style?

A) Honky-tonk

B) Bluegrass

C) Western swing

D) Rockabilly

Answer · why

A) Honky-tonk

Tubb was also the first to have a hit with "Blue Christmas", in 1948, a decade before Elvis.