Test Your Country Knowledge

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NASHVILLE SKYLINE: Test Your Country Knowledge
Take This Quiz About Willie, Garth, Dolly and More

By: Chet Flippo

(NASHVILLE SKYLINE is a column by CMT/CMT.com Editorial Director Chet Flippo.)

Try your skills on this country quiz. Answers are below.

1. Which country star is working out with the New Orleans Saints? a) Keith Urban
b) Toby Keith
c) Blake Shelton
d) Kenny Chesney


2. Johnny Cash went off to die in:
a) Nickajack Cave
b) Gulf of Mexico
c) Tootsie's Orchid Lounge
d) Old Hickory Lake


3. He sings the theme song of the movie Dale.
a) Brian Kirby
b) Luke Bryan
c) Brent Keith
d) Keith Bryant


4. He was called "The King of Country Music."
a) Willie Nelson
b) Jimmie Rodgers
c) Hank Williams
d) Roy Acuff


5. She worked as a tour guide at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
a) Trisha Yearwood
b) Kathy Mattea
c) Martina McBride
d) Patty Loveless


6. Shania Twain's real birth name is:
a) Laura Edwards
b) Ellen Edwards
c) Eileen Edwards
d) Patricia Edwards


7. Garth Brooks' college degree is in:
a) Advertising
b) Business
c) Drama
d) Marketing


8. He worked in the mailroom at Rolling Stone magazine in New York.
a) Garth Brooks
b) Blake Shelton
c) Jim Lauderdale
d) Kenny Chesney


9. Her father and stepfather are both in the Country Music Hall of Fame.
a) Rosanne Cash
b) Pam Tillis
c) Lorrie Morgan
d) Carlene Carter


10. He won six Grammys in 1965.
a) Willie Nelson
b) Buck Owens
c) Roger Miller
d) Waylon Jennings


11. Before becoming a singer, Willie Nelson sold:
a) Bibles
b) Vacuum cleaners
c) Used cars
d) Nude calendars


12. She sold T-shirts on Garth Brooks' tour.
a) Trisha Yearwood
b) Martina McBride
c) Faith Hill
d) Patty Loveless


13. According to Nielsen Soundscan, Garth Brooks has sold:
a) 100 million albums
b) 150 million albums
c) 66 million albums
d) 40 million albums


14. Nashville's first platinum-selling album was:
a) Red Headed Stranger
b) Wanted: The Outlaws
c) No Fences
d) Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison


15. He murdered his wife and then died in prison.
a) Lefty Frizzell
b) Webb Pierce
c) Johnny Paycheck
d) Spade Cooley


16. Dolly Parton has been married since 1966 to:
a) Carl Dean
b) Dean Sams
c) Carl Gump
d) Carl Perkins


17. Lyle Lovett was married to:
a) Cameron Diaz
b) Heather Locklear
c) Julia Roberts
d) Angelina Jolie


18. Hank Williams died at the age of:
a) 45
b) 39
c) 29
d) 53


19. She grew up on a farm in Wyomissing, Pa.
a) Miranda Lambert
b) Taylor Swift
c) Trisha Yearwood
d) Martina McBride


20. She had four children by the time she was 17.
a) Dolly Parton
b) Dottie West
c) Loretta Lynn
d) Patsy Cline







ANSWERS: 1. d 2. a 3. c 4. d 5. a and b 6. c 7. a 8. c 9. d 10. c 11. a and b 12. b 13. c 14. b 15. d 16. a 17. c 18. c 19. b 20. c

If you got all 20 right, congratulations! You're a true country fan. If you scored at least 15 right, you're on the true path to knowledge. Those who got 10 to 15 correct need to do some homework. If you scored under 10, you need to read every word on CMT.com every day. Class dismissed.

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[EveryNow&Then]

13. According to Nielsen Soundscan, Garth Brooks has sold:
a) 100 million albums
b) 150 million albums
c) 66 million albums
d) 40 million albums

Acoording to this the answer is 66?? Do what?? I think somebody has their numbers wrong.

[Jona]

I need to do some homework 13 answers right. But 14 IMO since Nielsen soundscan have strange numbers for Garth's album.

[G&TTreknTech77]

Remember,

The RIAA counts sales of albums shipped to retailers, sounscan counts the number of albums since 1990 that have crossed retail scanners into the hands of the people.

Garth is still number 1 on that chart also which is what matters.

Ryan

[EveryNow&Then]

learn something everyday

[Skywise]

absolutely!

[Paula]

I scored 15. I didn't have a clue on #3, and the Nielsen numbers threw me as well. The others I had wrong were 4, 8 and 11. I was deciding between Hank and Roy as the King and picked the wrong one.

...and you'd think with two correct answers for #11 that I would have gotten one of them, but I guessed on that one as well and was wrong. I'm sure my sister would have known the answer.

Paula