Q 01/05

Reba McEntire is widely known by which nickname?

A) The Coal Miner's Daughter

B) The Queen of Rockabilly

C) The Queen of Country

D) The Red-Headed Stranger

Answer · why

C) The Queen of Country

The Queen of Country took charge behind the scenes as well: in the late 1980s she set up her own company, Starstruck Entertainment, to run her career,...

Q 02/05

What did Reba's father and grandfather both win world championships in?

A) Steer roping

B) Bull riding

C) Bronc riding

D) Barrel racing

Answer · why

A) Steer roping

Steer roping made world champions of her grandfather John in 1934 and her father Clark three times, and Reba rode rodeo herself, competing as a barrel...

Q 03/05

Where was Reba singing the Star-Spangled Banner in 1974 when Red Steagall discovered her?

A) A high school football game

B) A Dallas Cowboys home game

C) The Calgary Stampede

D) The finals of the pro rodeo season

Answer · why

D) The finals of the pro rodeo season

The finals of the pro rodeo season, the National Finals Rodeo, met in Oklahoma City then; Steagall heard her anthem and set up a Nashville demo sessio...

Q 04/05

What did Reba study to become at college in Durant?

A) A registered nurse

B) A public-school teacher

C) A large-animal veterinarian

D) An accountant

Answer · why

B) A public-school teacher

A public-school teacher is what her elementary education degree trained her to be, and she finished it in 1976 even though Mercury Records had already...

Q 05/05

Which record label did Reba join after leaving Mercury, launching her commercial breakthrough?

A) MCA

B) RCA

C) Epic

D) Capitol

Answer · why

A) MCA

MCA let Reba start choosing her own songs, and the back-to-basics My Kind of Country (1984) brought her the No. 1s 'How Blue' and 'Somebody Should Lea...