Q 01/05

Which rapper's Old Town Road was pulled from Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart in 2019, igniting a row over genre?

A) Kid Rock

B) Lil Nas X

C) Breland

D) Bubba Sparxxx

Answer · why

B) Lil Nas X

Lil Nas X had climbed to number 19 on the country chart when the magazine ruled the song did not fit the genre. A remix with Billy Ray Cyrus followed ...

Q 02/05

Which country star's name did Taylor Swift use as the title of her debut single in 2006?

A) George Strait

B) Alan Jackson

C) Tim McGraw

D) Garth Brooks

Answer · why

C) Tim McGraw

Tim McGraw came to Swift as an idea during a high school math class, and she finished writing it within 15 minutes. It was the first release from her ...

Q 03/05

In which retail chain was 11-year-old Mason Ramsey filmed yodeling a Hank Williams song in 2018, earning a record deal?

A) Walmart

B) Target

C) Best Buy

D) Costco

Answer · why

A) Walmart

Walmart in Harrisburg, Illinois, was the setting for his clip of Lovesick Blues. Within weeks the viral video had won Ramsey a deal with Big Loud and ...

Q 04/05

Which singer's 2023 cover of Fast Car made Tracy Chapman the first Black songwriter to win CMA Song of the Year?

A) Jon Pardi

B) Riley Green

C) Cole Swindell

D) Luke Combs

Answer · why

D) Luke Combs

Luke Combs took his faithful cover to number one on country radio in July 2023. It won Chapman the Song of the Year prize 35 years after she released ...

Q 05/05

Which trio covered Tom Cochrane's Life Is a Highway for the soundtrack of Pixar's 2006 film Cars?

A) Lonestar

B) Rascal Flatts

C) Restless Heart

D) Diamond Rio

Answer · why

B) Rascal Flatts

Rascal Flatts cut the cover for the film, and it proved popular enough to be added as a bonus track to later copies of the group's album Me and My Gan...