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Country Music Trivia
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Who is known worldwide as the Man in Black?
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Which Tennessee venue is famed for tiny songwriters rounds?
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Which 1992 novelty dance smash swept honky tonks?
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Which Carter Family member first played autoharp prominently on early records?
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Which traditional instrument is tuned to open G on most five string setups in bluegrass?
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Which microphone model was a WSM workhorse during early Opry broadcasts?
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Which Opry star known as the Harmonica Wizard was the first African American member of the Grand Ole Opry?
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Which 2014 Little Big Town song used a bold single word title and a whistled hook?
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Which instrument glides with pedals to create weeping tones in country songs?
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Which city is nicknamed Music City for its country music legacy?
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Which song made Garth Brooks a star in 1990?
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Who introduced audible pedal steel string bending on Webb Pierce's 1954 hit Slowly?
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Patsy Montana's 1935 hit became the first million selling country single. Which was the title?
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Which state hosts the annual Cody Stampede that often features country headliners around July 4?
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Which Kentucky raised star set a record by landing 60 No 1 singles on Billboard Country Airplay by 2020?
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Which Bristol Sessions artist later called the Father of Country Music recorded Blue Yodel No 1?
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Which exact model did Buck Owens favor for his bright Tele twang during peak Buckaroos years?
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Which 1969 anthem declared pride in Muskogee Oklahoma?
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Which Kacey Musgraves album won the Grammy for Album of the Year in 2019?
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Which group is known for a loyal Zamily of fans?
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Which 2010 single gave Miranda Lambert a CMA Single of the Year win in 2010?
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Which 1999 alter ego project surprised Garth Brooks fans?
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Which 1980 workplace anthem did Dolly Parton write for a film?
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Which songwriter co wrote both Space Cowboy and Follow Your Arrow with Kacey Musgraves?
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Which 2006 debut single name checks another star by title?
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Which label issued Merle Haggard's concept album Same Train A Different Time honoring Jimmie Rodgers?
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Which singer is often called the King of Country?
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Which 2008 Jamey Johnson album revived classic honky tonk themes with modern bite?
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Which trio released Wide Open Spaces in 1998 then changed its name in 2020?
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Which 1983 duet paired Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers?
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Which year did the Grand Ole Opry move to the new Opry House on Opryland Drive?
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Which 1994 hit gave Tim McGraw his first Billboard Hot Country Songs No 1?
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Which 1978 story song gave Kenny Rogers a signature nickname?
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Which 1970 autobiographical single told of a Butcher Holler childhood?
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Which Dolly Parton hit pleads with a rival to leave her man?
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Which year did the CMA Awards first air on network television?
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Who produced Shania Twain's Come On Over?
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Which 2015 CMA duet moment boosted a Stapleton cover into the stratosphere?
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Which long running Saturday night radio show was founded in 1925 in Nashville?
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Which Tom T Hall song contains the line I love little baby ducks coffee in a cup?
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Which 2005 breakout set introduced Miranda Lambert to a wider audience?
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Which year did Hank Williams Sr make his Grand Ole Opry debut to multiple encores?
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Which 2009 Taylor Swift album included the track Fifteen about starting high school?
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Which band popularized the Bakersfield Sound with Telecaster twang in the 1960s?
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Which 1993 summer anthem mentions the Chattahoochee River?
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Which Texas based artist won the 2007 Grammy for Best Country Album?
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Which Canadian singer released Come On Over in 1997?
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Which songwriter wrote Pancho and Lefty and first recorded it in 1972 before the 1983 Haggard and Nelson hit?
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Which songwriter first cut Bluebird by Miranda Lambert as an alternate demo title in 2019 sessions?
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Which songwriter and artist wrote I Drive Your Truck inspired by a Gold Star family story?
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Which exact venue and date saw Bob Wills record New San Antonio Rose for national release?
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Which song did The Carter Family record at the Bristol Sessions as their first issued side?
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Which album cemented Eric Church as a star with springsteen referential themes in 2011?
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Which year did Reba McEntire first top the Billboard country chart?
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Which instrument did Jerry Reed use his claw technique on during his 1970 hit Amos Moses?
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Which 2003 album made Gary Allan a critics favorite with a moody Bakersfield touch?
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Which 1968 live album captured a prison concert in California?
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Which Glen Campbell hit written by Jimmy Webb is about a telephone lineman?
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How many weeks did Meant to Be by Bebe Rexha with Florida Georgia Line rule Hot Country Songs?
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Which year did Alabama earn the ACM Artist of the Decade title for the 1980s?
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Which venue hosted the first Farm Aid on September 22 1985?
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Which exact postal address houses historic RCA Studio B in Nashville?
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Which 1961 torch song made Patsy Cline immortal?
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Which 1996 hit by Deana Carter features a strawberry wine memory of first love?
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Which star owns a theme park in Pigeon Forge Tennessee?
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Which pedal steel legend created the E9 chromatic tuning used on countless Nashville cuts?
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Which duo scored a 2004 hit with Save a Horse Ride a Cowboy blending country and rock flair?
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Which Canadian province was Shania Twain born in on August 28 1965?
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Which bluegrass pioneer popularized the three finger banjo style?
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Which Patsy Cline hit was written by Willie Nelson in 1961?
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Which studio hosted the 1927 Bristol Sessions that launched the Carter Family?
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Which vocalist recorded the first version of Tennessee Whiskey before George Jones and later Chris Stapleton?
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Which year did Loretta Lynn win CMA Entertainer of the Year, the first woman to do so?
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Which exact date did WSM announcer George Hay first say Grand Ole Opry on air?
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Which songwriter penned On the Other Hand and Forever and Ever Amen for Randy Travis?
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Which catalog number carried Kitty Wells 1952 breakthrough It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels on Decca?
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Which duo first topped charts with Brand New Man in 1991?
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How many minutes is the album version of The Devil Went Down to Georgia by the Charlie Daniels Band on Million Mile Reflections?
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Which 2018 crossover held No 1 on Hot Country Songs for 50 weeks?
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Which Texas icon is famous for the signature guitar named Trigger?
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Which artist released The Gambler then won a Grammy for Best Male Country Vocal Performance for it?
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Which 1992 single made Billy Ray Cyrus a one season TV star before music defined him?
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Which 2015 Chris Stapleton song won Grammy for Best Country Solo Performance in 2018?
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Which songwriter had eight songs on the radio at once in 2013 as a Nashville writing room phenomenon?
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Which 1980 ballad by George Jones is often called the greatest country song of all time?
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Which 2013 Jason Isbell album became a landmark for Americana adjacent country writing?
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Which bluegrass album title by Sturgill Simpson nods to Ray Charles and modern cosmic themes?
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Which George Strait single became his first Billboard Hot Country Songs No 1 in 1982?
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Which singer recorded Ring of Fire in 1963?
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Which key centers the fiddle driven hook of The Devil Went Down to Georgia on the hit studio version?
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Which 2019 documentary series by Ken Burns traced the history of country music on PBS?
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Which 1985 charity single inspired a Nashville all star recording session?
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Which date marks Johnny Cash's At Folsom Prison recording?
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Which 2013 song by Florida Georgia Line received a remix with Nelly?
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Which songwriter is famous for the saying Country music is three chords and the truth?
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Which Roy Acuff record became the first country side pressed on red vinyl as a wartime substitute?
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Which label released Hank Williams debut MGM single Move It On Over in 1947?
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Which session group backed countless hits at American Sound Studio in Memphis for artists crossing into country soul?
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Which Gretsch model became closely associated with Chet Atkins during the 1950s studio era?
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Which year saw the first Country Music Hall of Fame inductees announced?
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Which producer is credited with pioneering the Nashville Sound at RCA Studio B with strings and choruses?
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Which song is a signature banjo and fiddle Tennessee anthem from 1967?
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Which year did The Chicks remove Dixie from their name?
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Which festival began in 1972 as Fan Fair before becoming CMA Fest?
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Which breakout album made Chris Stapleton an award show sensation in 2015?
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Which actress turned singer won American Idol in 2005 and became a country star?
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Which is the best selling country studio album worldwide by a female artist?
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Which outlaw album by Willie Nelson features the concept of a dying drifter narrating his life?
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Which 1976 outlaw duo album was the first country LP to reach No 1 on the Billboard 200?
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Which 1980 film song did Willie Nelson write while on a plane?
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Which year did Garth Brooks perform a free Central Park concert that drew hundreds of thousands?
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Which 1986 Randy Travis single helped launch the neotraditional wave?
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Which independent Texas label issued Willie Nelson's 1974 album Phases and Stages?
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Which John Denver classic celebrates West Virginia roads?
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Which luthier built Willie Nelson's nylon string guitar Trigger model and type?
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Which 2012 single was the first country recording to go RIAA diamond?
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Which date marks Patsy Cline's fatal plane crash near Camden Tennessee?
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Which number single became Reba McEntire's first No 1 on the Billboard country chart?
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Which venue is called the Mother Church of Country Music?
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Which arranger produced Willie Nelson's 1978 standards album Stardust for Columbia Records?
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