Q 01/05

Garth Brooks was born in which city in Oklahoma?

A) Tulsa

B) Muskogee

C) Norman

D) Lawton

Answer · why

A) Tulsa

Tulsa is where he was born on 7 February 1962 as Troyal Garth Brooks, the youngest of six children; Garth is his middle name, and Troyal was his fathe...

Q 02/05

Garth Brooks's mother, Colleen Carroll, recorded in the 1950s for which label, which signed her son in 1988?

A) Decca

B) Capitol

C) Columbia

D) Mercury

Answer · why

B) Capitol

Capitol recorded Colleen Carroll in the 1950s and signed her son in 1988, after an executive who had recently turned him down heard him play Nashville...

Q 03/05

Garth Brooks grew up in which small Oklahoma town, where his family held talent nights at home?

A) Ada

B) Enid

C) Yukon

D) Guthrie

Answer · why

C) Yukon

Yukon, a small town just west of Oklahoma City, is where the Brooks family settled; at their talent nights every child had to take part by singing or ...

Q 04/05

In which track-and-field event did Garth Brooks compete on his college scholarship?

A) Hurdles

B) Discus

C) High jump

D) Javelin

Answer · why

D) Javelin

Javelin was his event on a college track scholarship; sport rather than singing was his main focus growing up, and he has said his childhood dream was...

Q 05/05

Which university did Garth Brooks attend, later returning to finish an MBA in 2011?

A) Oklahoma State

B) Oklahoma City

C) Central Oklahoma

D) Oral Roberts

Answer · why

A) Oklahoma State

Oklahoma State gave Brooks an advertising degree and, in May 2011, an MBA he had earned in his spare time; he crossed the stage in cap and gown with t...