Country Music Quiz
Try out this Country Music quiz to test your knowledge. Country Music trivia spans the genre’s roots in Southern folk, gospel, and string-band traditions through its rise on radio, the Grand Ole Opry, and today’s arena headliners.
15 questions
~3 min to finish
Easy to hard difficulty
390 pts max score
Question 1 · Hard · 40 pts
Name the venue the Grand Ole Opry moved into in 1974.?
Question 2 · Hard · 40 pts
In 1974, the Grand Ole Opry changed homes. Which building became its new base?
Question 3 · Hard · 40 pts
The landmark sessions that straddled two states were held in Bristol in which two states?
Question 4 · Hard · 40 pts
Who coined the famously lean description of country songwriting as "three chords and the truth"?
Question 5 · Hard · 40 pts
Finish the attribution: "three chords and the truth" is a line famously associated with which songwriter?
Question 6 · Hard · 40 pts
Which artist is strongly associated with the Bakersfield Sound?
Question 7 · Hard · 40 pts
Which singer scored a crossover hit with "Rose Garden"?
Question 8 · Hard · 40 pts
"Delta Dawn" arrived early in the career of which artist?
Question 9 · Easy · 10 pts
Who wrote and recorded the country song "Jolene"?
Question 10 · Easy · 10 pts
Which artist released the album "Come On Over"?
Question 11 · Easy · 10 pts
Who had the signature hit "Stand by Your Man"?
Question 12 · Easy · 10 pts
"Friends in Low Places" was recorded by whom?
Question 13 · Easy · 10 pts
Who released the album "Red Headed Stranger"?
Question 14 · Easy · 10 pts
Alan Jackson is a country singer from which U.S. state?
Question 15 · Easy · 10 pts
Who recorded the classic song "Your Cheatin' Heart"?