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

The Father of Country Music spent years as a railroad brakeman. Tuberculosis, diagnosed in 1924, pushed him off the trains and into performing full ti...

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

Bristol drew dozens of hopefuls to talent scout Ralph Peer's sessions in the summer of 1927. They launched both the Carters and Jimmie Rodgers, which ...

Q 03/05

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

A) Sara

B) A. P.

C) Maybelle

D) Janette

Answer · why

C) Maybelle

Maybelle picked the melody on the bass strings with her thumb while her fingers brushed the rhythm, a style that helped turn the guitar from a rhythm ...

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

Fred Rose supplied the publishing know-how. When the firm signed Hank Williams in 1946, he became the young singer's song editor and record producer.

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

Honky-tonk became his sound by accident. Tubb began as a Jimmie Rodgers imitator, but a 1939 tonsillectomy lowered his voice and ended his yodelling, ...