Q 01/05

Cowboy Copas, Hawkshaw Hawkins and a female star died together in March 1963 in what kind of accident?

A) A plane crash

B) A bus fire

C) A train derailment

D) A hotel fire

Answer · why

A) A plane crash

Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins died in a plane crash near Camden, Tennessee, on March 5, 1963, flying home to Nashville from a Kansas ...

Q 02/05

Which Nashville country music venue has broadcast live radio shows since 1925?

A) The Grand Ole Opry

B) The Ryman Auditorium

C) The Bluebird Cafe

D) Tootsies Orchid Lounge

Answer · why

A) The Grand Ole Opry

The Grand Ole Opry began as the WSM Barn Dance radio show on November 28, 1925, making it one of the longest-running radio broadcasts in history. It m...

Q 03/05

Which 1974 single gave the singer of 'Jolene' her third solo country No. 1 that year?

A) Coat of Many Colors

B) My Tennessee Mountain Home

C) Butterflies Are Free

D) Love Is Like a Butterfly

Answer · why

D) Love Is Like a Butterfly

'Love Is Like a Butterfly' topped the country chart in November 1974, Dolly Parton's third solo No. 1 of that year.

Q 04/05

Which Garth Brooks song became one of the best-selling country singles ever and a karaoke staple?

A) Friends in Low Places

B) The Dance

C) The Thunder Rolls

D) Callin' Baton Rouge

Answer · why

A) Friends in Low Places

Friends in Low Places was released in 1990 and became Garth Brooks' signature song. It spent four weeks at number one and became an anthem for country...

Q 05/05

Which horizontal slide instrument, its strings bent by knee levers, gives country its weeping sound?

A) Pedal steel guitar

B) Lap steel guitar

C) Resonator slide guitar

D) Twelve-string guitar

Answer · why

A) Pedal steel guitar

The pedal steel guitar's foot pedals and knee levers bend individual strings mid-chord, producing the crying, swooping tone heard on countless country...