| #9134, aired 2024-06-27 | HALLS OF FAME $2000: The Country Music Hall of Fame class of 2024 includes this late singer of hits like "Red Solo Cup" & "How do You Like Me Now?!" Toby Keith |
| #25, aired 2024-05-08 | COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY $400: Shaping country music in its infancy was this family that included Mother Maybelle &, later, daughters Helen, June & Anita Carter |
| #25, aired 2024-05-08 | COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY $800: Called "the Mother Church of Country Music" & actually built as a church, this venue was home to the Grand Ole Opry 1943-1974 Ryman (Auditorium) |
| #25, aired 2024-05-08 | COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY $1200: In the 1960s, the face of country music was changed when this singer became country music's first Black superstar (Charley) Pride |
| #25, aired 2024-05-08 | COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY $1600: Paving the way for other Canadians like Shania Twain was this first female solo artist to win Best Album at the CMA Awards (Anne) Murray |
| #25, aired 2024-05-08 | COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY $2000: It's no coin flip! This classic of '90s country by Jo Dee Messina was the subject of a 2022 song about hearing it in a karaoke bar "Heads Carolina, Tails California" |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | MUSICAL GENRE MASTERS $400: After WWII a new country music style was named for this kind of roadside joint & Hank Williams was its biggest star honky-tonk |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | MUSIC COLLABS $800: This country singer collaborated with Leon Bridges on the song "If You Were Mine" Miranda Lambert |
| #9012, aired 2024-01-09 | WOMEN OF COUNTRY MUSIC $400: In 2023 friends including Kelsea Ballerini helped her complete the Judds farewell tour Wynonna Judd |
| #9012, aired 2024-01-09 | WOMEN OF COUNTRY MUSIC $800: In 2020 Natalie Maines, Emily Strayer & Martie Maguire dropped the first part of their trio's name & now go simply as this The Chicks |
| #9012, aired 2024-01-09 | WOMEN OF COUNTRY MUSIC $1200: Selling more than 10 million copies each, her "Up!", "The Woman In Me" & "Come on Over" albums have all been certified diamond Shania Twain |
| #9012, aired 2024-01-09 | WOMEN OF COUNTRY MUSIC $1600: In 2023 this queen of country took to the chair as a new coach on "The Voice" Reba McEntire |
| #9012, aired 2024-01-09 | WOMEN OF COUNTRY MUSIC $2000: 13 in 1972 when she had her first hit, "Delta Dawn", she continues to put out music, including her recent album, "Sweet Western Sound" Tanya Tucker |
| #9002, aired 2023-12-26 | BEST ACTRESS OSCAR WINNERS $200: Reese Witherspoon won for her work in "Walk the Line" playing this country music singer & songwriter June Carter Cash |
| #8993, aired 2023-12-13 | WHO'S THE MRS.? $800: Garth Brooks Trisha Yearwood |
| #8981, aired 2023-11-27 | COUNTRY MUSIC HITS $400: In 1968, she had back-to-back No. 1 country hits with "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" & "Stand By Your Man" Tammy Wynette |
| #8981, aired 2023-11-27 | COUNTRY MUSIC HITS $800: The Judds wanted him to "take me back to yesterday" & "tell me 'bout the good old days" Grandpa |
| #8981, aired 2023-11-27 | COUNTRY MUSIC HITS $1200: In their first No. 1 hit, the Zac Brown Band served up "A Little Bit Of" this, "& cold beer on a Friday night" chicken fried |
| #8981, aired 2023-11-27 | COUNTRY MUSIC HITS $1600: In a song that was very close to her heart, Loretta Lynn sang, "Yeah, I'm proud to be" this a coal miner's daughter |
| #8981, aired 2023-11-27 | COUNTRY MUSIC HITS $2000: "Wagon Wheel" & "Come Back Song" are solo hits by this soulful country singer & frontman for Hootie & the Blowfish Darius Rucker |
| #8974, aired 2023-11-16 | POP MUSIC $600: In 1988 Tracy Chapman had a hit with this auto tune; 35 years later, Luke Combs' cover of it is a country hit "Fast Car" |
| #8972, aired 2023-11-14 | '90s MUSIC $800: This country superstar's "Friends In Low Places" was named CMA Single of the Year in 1991 Garth Brooks |
| #8965, aired 2023-11-03 | TALK ABOUT... PUP MUSIC $800: This country star Carrie-d on, singing "I close my eyes & I kiss that frog... the more boys I meet, the more I love my dog" (Carrie) Underwood |
| #8965, aired 2023-11-03 | TALK ABOUT... PUP MUSIC $1600: This country singer & TV star used his voice to tell us about "Ol' Red", "a 4-legged tracking machine" of a prison guard dog Blake Shelton |
| #8950, aired 2023-10-13 | AWARDS & HONORS $400: Classical music's Wihuri Sibelius Prize is awarded by members of music institutions from this country Finland |
| #8912, aired 2023-07-11 | "B" IN MUSIC $2,800 (Daily Double): Russian by birth, he composed the patriotic song heard here for his beloved adopted country Irving Berlin |
| #8869, aired 2023-05-11 | COUNTRY MUSIC $200: After moving to Nashville, he joined a band called The Ranch, but soon had a solo No. 1 country hit with "But For The Grace Of God" Keith Urban |
| #8869, aired 2023-05-11 | COUNTRY MUSIC $400: This country superstar seen here studied advertising at Oklahoma State, but ended up changing his career path a little bit Garth Brooks |
| #8869, aired 2023-05-11 | COUNTRY MUSIC $600: "Wide Open Spaces" by this band seen here sold more than 12 million albums in the United States The Chicks |
| #8869, aired 2023-05-11 | COUNTRY MUSIC $800: In 2003 at his final live show, he said, "The spirit of June Carter overshadows me... with the love she had for me & the love I have for her" Johnny Cash |
| #8869, aired 2023-05-11 | COUNTRY MUSIC $1000: In 2023 she released the album "Queen of Me" & showed up at the Grammys in red hair & giant polka dots Shania Twain |
| #8866, aired 2023-05-08 | POP MUSIC-PODGE $200: The 2023 Grammys were good to aging redheads: Bonnie Raitt got Song of the Year & he took Best Country Solo Performance Willie Nelson |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | SING YOU A COUNTRY SONG $600: State the name of this band who did "Mountain Music", "Old Flame" & "My Home's In..."--oh wait, we almost said too much Alabama |
| #8858, aired 2023-04-26 | RIHANNA $200: Music superstar Rihanna was born in 1988 in the parish of Saint Michael in this Caribbean island country Barbados |
| #8847, aired 2023-04-11 | TIME FOR A "LITTLE" MUSIC $600: This country quartet has won 3 Grammys, including one in 2016 for "Girl Crush" Little Big Town |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | MUSIC'S MISSING LINKS $1000: Drink Country: Tennessee ____
Lullaby Whiskey |
| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | I LIKE AMERICAN MUSIC $800: Chronicled in the miniseries "George and Tammy" the complex relationship of him & Tammy Wynette produced some country classics George Jones |
| #8820, aired 2023-03-03 | COLORS OF THE RAINBOW $200: This genre of country music is fittingly Kentucky's state music bluegrass |
| #8785, aired 2023-01-13 | BORN OR DIED IN 1923 $1200: Born:
Real name Hiram, this country music legend in Alabama (Hank) Williams |
| #8777, aired 2023-01-03 | POP MUSIC-POURRI $400: "Don't Get Above Your Raisin"' is a song from Flatt & Scruggs; it's also the name of an episode of this Ken Burns series Country Music |
| #8773, aired 2022-12-28 | OSCAR WINNERS ON TV $800: In 2022, she took on the role of Dottie, matriarch of a country music dynasty on "Monarch" (Susan) Sarandon |
| #8765, aired 2022-12-16 | TV & MOVIE PLACES $400: "Amadeus" & "The Sound of Music" are mainly set in this country Austria |
| #8741, aired 2022-11-14 | FROM "D" TO "O" $1000: It's the proprietary name for an acoustic guitar with a metal resonator built into its body; it's popular for country music Dobro |
| #8686, aired 2022-07-18 | TROPHY HUSBAND $400: This husband of Nicole Kidman was the 2018 Academy of Country Music Entertainer of the Year Keith Urban |
| #8674, aired 2022-06-30 | KENTUCKIAN ENTERTAINERS $1600: Louis "Grandpa" Jones was a longtime member of the Grand Ole Opry & a longtime cast member of this country music TV show Hee Haw |
| #8657, aired 2022-06-07 | THEY PLAYED THE TITLE CHARACTER $400: The coal miner's daughter who went on to become "The Queen of Country Music" Sissy Spacek |
| #8631, aired 2022-05-02 | COUNTRY MUSIC SONG TITLES $400: Billy Ray Cyrus lamented the good old days in his tongue-in-cheek song entitled "I Want My" this hairstyle "Back" Mullet |
| #8631, aired 2022-05-02 | COUNTRY MUSIC SONG TITLES $800: Women mentioned in this George Strait hit include sweet Eileen in Abilene & Allison in Galveston "All My Ex's Live In Texas" |
| #8631, aired 2022-05-02 | COUNTRY MUSIC SONG TITLES $1200: In a Grammy-winning hit, Jeannie C. Riley sang about "the day my mama socked it to" this school organization the "Harper Valley P.T.A." |
| #8613, aired 2022-04-06 | WOMEN IN MUSIC $400: In 2021 the Country Music Hall of Fame announced its new members-elect, including this mother & daughter duo The Judds |
| #8606, aired 2022-03-28 | A SONG & A DANCE $1200: In 1992 country music fans hit the floor for a line dance accompanying this Billy Ray Cyrus hit "Achy Breaky Heart" |
| #8603, aired 2022-03-23 | MUSIC AS OF LATE $1000: "When It Rains It Pours" for this man seen here who's had a flood of No. 1 country singles (Luke) Combs |
| #8600, aired 2022-03-18 | WOMEN OF COUNTRY MUSIC $400: In 2021 Taste of Country named as country music's Most Powerful Woman of All Time this beloved Tennessee titan Dolly Parton |
| #8600, aired 2022-03-18 | WOMEN OF COUNTRY MUSIC $800: Among those joining this icon for her 50th anniversary at the Grand Ole Opry were Miranda Lambert, Lee Ann Womack & sister Crystal Gayle Loretta Lynn |
| #8600, aired 2022-03-18 | WOMEN OF COUNTRY MUSIC $1200: As runner-up on the Season 10 finale of "American Idol", country star Lauren Alaina got to sing with her idol, this season 4 winner Carrie Underwood |
| #8600, aired 2022-03-18 | WOMEN OF COUNTRY MUSIC $1600: She said of "Stand By Your Man" that she spent 20 minutes writing it & over 20 years defending it Tammy Wynette |
| #8600, aired 2022-03-18 | WOMEN OF COUNTRY MUSIC $2000: Breaking barriers in country music, she was Grammy-nominated for her song "Black Like Me" & in 2021, co-hosted the ACM Awards Mickey Guyton |
| #8569, aired 2022-02-03 | THE MUSIC "MAN" $1200: This Grammy-winning indie pop band was formed in Alaska, not the Iberian country in its name Portugal. The Man |
| #8566, aired 2022-01-31 | MUSIC BIOPIC SUBJECTS $1200: "Sweet Dreams":
this country singer who died young, tragically Patsy Cline |
| #8518, aired 2021-11-24 | IN THAT COUNTRY $600: Villa Trapp, home of "The Sound of Music" family from 1923 to 1938, now a hotel Austria |
| #8515, aired 2021-11-19 | THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS $1000: Last name Smyers + Mooney, this country duo won 3 AMAs in 2020 Dan + Shay |
| #8482, aired 2021-10-05 | THAT'S GRAND! $400: Since 1925 the showcase of country music known as the Grand Ole Opry has been broadcast from this city Nashville |
| #8471, aired 2021-09-20 | YOUTHFUL POP STARS $1600: Seen here, she took the country music world by storm as a teenager in the 1990s LeAnn Rimes |
| #8421, aired 2021-06-14 | ASIAN LITERATURE & DRAMA $800: 1913 Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore wrote the words & music to this country's national anthem India |
| #8417, aired 2021-06-08 | MUSICAL GENRES $600: The perfect song in this genre is said to include "Well, I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison" country music |
| #8416, aired 2021-06-07 | HEIR GUITAR $1000: This famous Jr. of country music sang "Waylon's Guitar", but that instrument was bought by Keith Urban Hank Williams Jr. |
| #8401, aired 2021-05-17 | TV ON PBS $400: "Country Music" & "The Civil War" are among his documentary series to air on PBS Burns |
| #8392, aired 2021-05-04 | AMERICAN MUSIC $400: This 10-letter term for a mix of rock & roll & country was likely coined to describe the music of Elvis Presley rockabilly |
| #8331, aired 2021-02-08 | CLASSICAL MUSIC TITLES $1200: The first movement of this Beethoven symphony, No. 6, is “Awakening of Happy Feelings on Arriving in the Country” the Pastoral Symphony |
| #8327, aired 2021-02-02 | COUNTRY / MUSIC $200: Toots & the Maytals pioneered this Jamaican musical style & lead singer Toots Hibbert is credited with naming it reggae |
| #8327, aired 2021-02-02 | COUNTRY / MUSIC $400: Made with rows of short tubes of different lengths, versions of this instrument are played from China to Peru the pan flute |
| #8327, aired 2021-02-02 | COUNTRY / MUSIC $600: Cante jondo or "deep song" is a powerful type of this Spanish style of music & dance associated with Gypsies flamenco |
| #8327, aired 2021-02-02 | COUNTRY / MUSIC $800: A fusion of samba & cool jazz, bossa nova burst onto the world scene in the 1950s out of this country Brazil |
| #8327, aired 2021-02-02 | COUNTRY / MUSIC $1000: This folk music performed by a small group of strolling musicians dressed in traditional costume originated in Jalisco, Mexico mariachi |
| #8281, aired 2020-11-16 | WOMEN IN MUSIC $800: With more than 100 million albums sold, this "Man! I Feel Like A Woman!" singer is among the top-selling country artists of all time Shania Twain |
| #8276, aired 2020-11-09 | MOVIE BIOS $400: 2005:
Joaquin Phoenix as this country music sensation (Johnny) Cash |
| #8265, aired 2020-10-23 | THAT IS SO SOCAL $2000: This California farm city associated with country music was originally the home of the Yokuts people Bakersfield |
| #8251, aired 2020-10-05 | RADIO: THEN & NOW $1600: Celebrating its 95th birthday in 2020 is this show first broadcast on WSM "that made country music famous" Grand Ole Opry |
| #8211, aired 2020-04-27 | ONE-WORD TV TITLES $800: Hayden Panettiere starred on this show about rising & fading country music stars Nashville |
| #8200, aired 2020-04-10 | MODERN MUSIC $400: In 2019 BTS learned they might be forced to break up due to this country's compulsory conscription laws South Korea |
| #8194, aired 2020-04-02 | THE ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS $200: Here's Little Big Town in 2018 performing their cover of a song from a tribute album honoring this legendary performer Elton John |
| #8194, aired 2020-04-02 | THE ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS $400: After 9 previous nominations, this performer who brings the thunder from Down Under was named Entertainer of the Year in 2019 Keith Urban |
| #8194, aired 2020-04-02 | THE ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS $600: At the 2017 awards these guys, a '90s boy band, joined Florida Georgia Line to perform "God, Your Mama And Me" the Backstreet Boys |
| #8194, aired 2020-04-02 | THE ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS $800: In 2017, before we met her in the middle with Zedd & Grey on pop radio, she was named ACM New Female Vocalist of the Year Maren Morris |
| #8194, aired 2020-04-02 | THE ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS $1000: At the awards in 2019, he was named Artist of the Decade Jason Aldean |
| #8178, aired 2020-03-11 | PUT THAT SINGER'S NAME ON A POST OFFICE! $600: Buck Owens got P.O.ed in 2007 after 17 years hosting this country music show in which an animated donkey brayed the title Hee Haw |
| #8155, aired 2020-02-07 | MUSIC HALLS $400: Ryman Auditorium, this city's country music hall, is more than a century older than Schermerhorn, its classical hall Nashville |
| #8146, aired 2020-01-27 | HIT MUSIC OF TODAY $1200: In 2019, Garth Brooks & this fellow country star seen here team up to hit "A Dive Bar" Blake Shelton |
| #8079, aired 2019-10-24 | CELEBRITY-INSPIRED PRODUCTS $600: Blake's Smokehouse BBQ pizza from Pizza Hut was inspired by this country music star (Blake) Shelton |
| #8049, aired 2019-09-12 | COUNTRY MUSIC $200: (Ken Burns delivers the clue.) A star on Chicago's WLS Radio, "Oklahoma Cowboy" Gene Autry made the rendition of this song that was said to be a favorite of FDR
"Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam / Where the..." "Home On The Range" |
| #8049, aired 2019-09-12 | COUNTRY MUSIC $400: (Ken Burns delivers the clue.) With the release of their first album which hit No. 1 in 1984 they became one of the most successful country duos of all time
"You had to see if the world was round /
It's time that you learned how good settlin' down could be /
Why not me..." The Judds |
| #8049, aired 2019-09-12 | COUNTRY MUSIC $600: (Ken Burns delivers the clue.) Giving a big boost to his career in 1968 this singer went behind bars to record an epic live album at Folsom Prison (Johnny) Cash |
| #8049, aired 2019-09-12 | COUNTRY MUSIC $1000: (Ken Burns delivers the clue.) In the 1960s times were changing & new on the scene was this man, who became the most successful Black performer in country music Charley Pride |
| #8049, aired 2019-09-12 | COUNTRY MUSIC $6,000 (Daily Double): (Ken Burns delivers the clue.) Before her untimely death, she saw her career take off beginning with her first No. 1 hit that she had been reluctant to record
"I fall to pieces /
Each time..." Patsy Cline |
| #8038, aired 2019-07-17 | ABBREV. TV CHANNELS $1000: Eat up "Chicken People" or "NASCAR: The Rise of American Speed" on this network, CMT Country Music Television |
| #7998, aired 2019-05-22 | MUSICAL STATE SYMBOLS $1000: Bob Wills pioneered the country style called western this & Texas made it its state music western swing |
| #7989, aired 2019-05-09 | COUNTRIES' MUSIC $3,000 (Daily Double): Jaiva, or township jive, is native to this country South Africa |
| #7922, aired 2019-02-05 | THE L.A. PHILHARMONIC AT 100 $2000: The Phil's first tour kicked off in this seat of Kern County, California, better known for country music Bakersfield |
| #7918, aired 2019-01-30 | FRENCH MUSIC ABOUT SPAIN $400: Emmanuel Chabrier traveled through Spain in 1882 & titled this work after what Spaniards call their country "España" |
| #7872, aired 2018-11-27 | FAMILIAL MUSIC $2000: Formerly Kid Rock's DJ, this avuncular fellow has ranged from country-pop to rap-rock Uncle Kracker |
| #7868, aired 2018-11-21 | MUSIC OF YESTERDAY & TODAY $1200: In 2018 this "American Idol" winner & country star sang you can do a lot to cover stuff up, but you can't "Cry Pretty" Carrie Underwood |
| #7861, aired 2018-11-12 | U.S. CITIES $200: Country music fans get to meet & hear their favorite artists at the annual CMA Festival in this city--where else? Nashville |
| #7846, aired 2018-10-22 | VARIOUS COWBOYS $800: In 1980 this actor left Barbarino behind for country music at Gilley's in "Urban Cowboy" John Travolta |
| #7728, aired 2018-03-28 | NOVELS ABOUT JESUS $400: This Man in Black of country music wrote "The Man in White" about St. Paul & Jesus Johnny Cash |
| #7684, aired 2018-01-25 | THE PRODUCERS $400: T Bone Burnett produced music for this TV series created by his wife Callie Khouri about rival country stars Nashville |
| #7684, aired 2018-01-25 | BAND OF BROTHERS & SISTERS $800: Country music's Kimberly, Reid & Neil The Band Perry |
| #7653, aired 2017-12-13 | MUSIC DOC SUBJECTS $1600: "I'll Be Me", a country legend struggling with Alzheimer's on a farewell tour Glen Campbell |
| #7647, aired 2017-12-05 | "U" LOVE MUSIC $200: "Jesus, Take The Wheel" drove this woman all the way to No. 1 on the country charts Carrie Underwood |
| #7645, aired 2017-12-01 | DOWN HOME TALK $1200: A Trace Adkins hit is called this type of country music bar "Badonkadonk" a honky tonk |
| #7617, aired 2017-10-24 | HIT TV THEME SONGS $2000: Just some "Good Ol' Boys" by this country music star was all "The Dukes of Hazzard" needed Waylon Jennings |
| #7593, aired 2017-09-20 | FOND MEME-ORIES $1000: 2013 was the year of this saucy dance, even done by Willie of "Duck Dynasty" on the Country Music Awards twerking |
| #7581, aired 2017-07-24 | THE U.S. OF ATTRACTIONS $200: You'll find Lookout Mountain & the Country Music Hall of Fame in this state Tennessee |
| #7553, aired 2017-06-14 | STYLES OF COUNTRY MUSIC $200: A softer-edged studio style is called countrypolitan or this city's "sound" Nashville |
| #7553, aired 2017-06-14 | STYLES OF COUNTRY MUSIC $400: Elvis Presley pioneered this hybrid style; even the name is a hybrid word rockabilly |
| #7553, aired 2017-06-14 | STYLES OF COUNTRY MUSIC $600: This all-acoustic style got its name from the "Boys" who were Bill Monroe's backup band bluegrass |
| #7553, aired 2017-06-14 | STYLES OF COUNTRY MUSIC $800: In the 1970s Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings personified this nonconformist style outlaw |
| #7553, aired 2017-06-14 | STYLES OF COUNTRY MUSIC $1000: It's named for the kind of country music bar in the title of Kitty Wells' first big hit honky-tonk |
| #7549, aired 2017-06-08 | FAITH IN ENTERTAINMENT $1200: Married to a country music superstar, she's brought Christian music to millions of listeners Amy Grant |
| #7458, aired 2017-02-01 | COUNTRY MUSIC ALBUMS $200: His "Ropin' The Wind" was 1991's top album, remaining at No. 1 for 18 weeks Garth Brooks |
| #7458, aired 2017-02-01 | COUNTRY MUSIC ALBUMS $400: In 1978 this "Red-Headed Stranger" released "Stardust", an album of pop standards Willie Nelson |
| #7458, aired 2017-02-01 | COUNTRY MUSIC ALBUMS $600: In 1975 a double album was released combining 2 previous LPs featuring Johnny Cash at these 2 penitentiaries San Quentin and Folsom |
| #7458, aired 2017-02-01 | COUNTRY MUSIC ALBUMS $800: In May 2005 she won "American Idol"; 6 months later, her debut album "Some Hearts" was released Carrie Underwood |
| #7458, aired 2017-02-01 | COUNTRY MUSIC ALBUMS $1000: This 2000 movie soundtrack album featured Alison Krauss on 3 tracks including "Down To The River To Pray" O Brother, Where Art Thou? |
| #7445, aired 2017-01-13 | COMPOSERS $400: Alberto Ginastera composed much of his music in what has been called the gauchesco tradition of this, his native country Argentina |
| #7421, aired 2016-12-12 | CIRCLE TIME $1000: This song is sung at the end of the annual Country Music Hall of Fame ceremonies... "By and by, Lord, by and by" "Will The Circle Be Unbroken?" |
| #7399, aired 2016-11-10 | BORN IN THE '90s $1600: Country star Hunter Hayes was a teenager in Louisiana when he got interest from a music publisher & moved to this city Nashville |
| #7395, aired 2016-11-04 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $400: In the mid-20th C. the pedal steel one largely replaced the lap steel one as a typical country music sound guitar |
| #7346, aired 2016-07-18 | MUSIC FROM THE 2000s $200: Quite the voice before judging "The Voice", he had a No. 1 country hit in 2001 with "Austin" Blake Shelton |
| #7331, aired 2016-06-27 | '90s MUSIC $800: This country superstar's "Friends In Low Places" was named CMA Single of the Year for 1991 Garth Brooks |
| #7300, aired 2016-05-13 | COUNTRY MUSIC $400: The Beatles,
1968:
"Back In The ____" USSR |
| #7300, aired 2016-05-13 | COUNTRY MUSIC $800: Chuck Berry,
1959:
"Back In The ____" USA |
| #7300, aired 2016-05-13 | COUNTRY MUSIC $1200: U2,
2009:
"Cedars Of ____" Lebanon |
| #7300, aired 2016-05-13 | COUNTRY MUSIC $1600: David Bowie,
1983:
"____ Girl" China |
| #7300, aired 2016-05-13 | COUNTRY MUSIC $2000: The Dead Kennedys,
1980:
"Holiday In ____" Cambodia |
| #7293, aired 2016-05-04 | WE LOVE YOU, MOM! $400: Her song "The Best Day" is a love letter to her mom Andrea, who presented her with the ACM Milestone Award in 2015 Taylor Swift |
| #7280, aired 2016-04-15 | COUNTRY MUSIC $200: In 2015 this mother-daughter duo reunited for "Girls Night Out", a series of shows in Las Vegas the Judds (Naomi & Wynonna) |
| #7280, aired 2016-04-15 | COUNTRY MUSIC $400: This singer who goes by his first & middle names is known for his rousing country anthems Toby Keith |
| #7280, aired 2016-04-15 | COUNTRY MUSIC $600: At the 2015 CMA awards, their "Girl Crush" won for Single of the Year, & they won for Vocal Group Little Big Town |
| #7280, aired 2016-04-15 | COUNTRY MUSIC $800: This man's band has been in perfect harmony since coming on the scene
"You're such beautiful drug /
I can't get enough /
Addicted and I'm dying /
For a hit of your love..." Zac Brown |
| #7280, aired 2016-04-15 | COUNTRY MUSIC $1000: Completes the lyric in the Johnny Cash classic, "I tell ya, life ain't easy for a..." Boy named Sue |
| #7254, aired 2016-03-10 | I SING $1200: She's been named Academy of Country Music Female Vocalist of the Year six times in a row Miranda Lambert |
| #7221, aired 2016-01-25 | GEOGRAPHICAL MUSIC GROUPS $2000: "Dirt"
(a 2-state country group) Florida Georgia Line |
| #7150, aired 2015-10-16 | GRAMMY-WINNING MUSIC VIDEOS $1600: 2007:
"God's Gonna Cut You Down"
(a country legend) Johnny Cash |
| #7140, aired 2015-10-02 | I'M JUST A "VILLE" $400: It's "The Country Music Capital of the World" Nashville |
| #7090, aired 2015-06-12 | THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED $1600: This country legend was only 29 when he was pronounced dead on New Year's Day 1953 Hank Williams |
| #7056, aired 2015-04-27 | POP CULTURE STUPID ANSWERS $1000: Their country music hits include "My Home's In Alabama" & "Tennessee River" Alabama |
| #7048, aired 2015-04-15 | HIT SONGS $800: I'm sensing a theme here... in 2014 "Sunshine & Whiskey" & "Drunk On A Plane" were hits in this genre country music |
| #7047, aired 2015-04-14 | R.I.P. $600: Paul Craft wrote many country music hits, including this one subtitled "Through The Goalposts Of Life" "Dropkick Me, Jesus" |
| #7001, aired 2015-02-09 | MOVIES WITH "HEART" $400: In this 2009 release Jeff Bridges played country music star Bad Blake Crazy Heart |
| #6985, aired 2015-01-16 | ARCHITECTURE & BUILDING $800: Music students are among the users of the exhibition hall seen here in this country's Anhui Province China |
| #6974, aired 2015-01-01 | TRIBUTE ALBUMS $400: A 1995 album, "Come Together: America Salutes" this group, featured 17 of their songs as sung by country music stars The Beatles |
| #6944, aired 2014-11-20 | TODAY'S MUSIC $200: Recognize the voice of this country star? (Blake) Shelton |
| #6921, aired 2014-10-20 | COUNTRY MUSIC $200: In 2014 The Band this, made up of 3 siblings, won vocal group of the year at the ACM Awards Perry |
| #6921, aired 2014-10-20 | COUNTRY MUSIC $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew steps out of the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, TN.) Many a country singer got his start at Nashville's Bluebird Cafe, including this "Friends In Low Places" superstar Garth Brooks |
| #6921, aired 2014-10-20 | COUNTRY MUSIC $600: When her "Here You Come Again" hit the pop charts in 1977, she said, "I'm not leaving country, I'm just taking it with me" Dolly Parton |
| #6921, aired 2014-10-20 | COUNTRY MUSIC $800: "Don't Think I Don't Think About It" was a big country hit for this former lead singer of Hootie & the Blowfish Darius Rucker |
| #6921, aired 2014-10-20 | COUNTRY MUSIC $1000: She's not only been a mentor to Kelly Clarkson--in 2013, she became Kelly's mother-in-law Reba McEntire |
| #6884, aired 2014-07-17 | COUNTRY MUSIC MOVERS & SHAKERS $400: Taylor Swift broke onto the scene with a song about this singer & in 2013 teamed up with him for "Highway Don't Care" Tim McGraw |
| #6884, aired 2014-07-17 | COUNTRY MUSIC MOVERS & SHAKERS $800: You can crash his party any time Luke Bryan |
| #6884, aired 2014-07-17 | COUNTRY MUSIC MOVERS & SHAKERS $1200: This Oklahoma native donated $1 million from her "Blown Away" tour to help tornado victims in her home state Carrie Underwood |
| #6884, aired 2014-07-17 | COUNTRY MUSIC MOVERS & SHAKERS $1600: On his death, he was praised as an ambassador
for the state of Tennessee and the greatest country singer of all time George Jones |
| #6884, aired 2014-07-17 | COUNTRY MUSIC MOVERS & SHAKERS $2000: In 2013 fans cheered on this country cutie as she kicked up her heels to win "Dancing with the Stars" Kellie Pickler |
| #6855, aired 2014-06-06 | HE'S SO MAN"LEY" $600: He was the Academy of Country Music's Top Male Vocalist of the Year for 2006, '07, '08, '09 & '10 Brad Paisley |
| #6855, aired 2014-06-06 | POP MUSIC $800: Talk about being "big in" this country, its all-girl group AKB48 originally had 48 members! Japan |
| #6816, aired 2014-04-14 | KINGS OF MUSIC $1600: Benny Goodman was the "King of Swing" & country's bob wills was the "King of" this type of "Swing" Western |
| #6815, aired 2014-04-11 | WELCOME TO NASHVILLE $400: Let's hear it for Nashville's top attraction, this show (& venue) "that made country music famous" the Grand Ole Opry |
| #6799, aired 2014-03-20 | WORLD OF MUSIC $200: In 1948 the Palestine Orchestra was renamed the Philharmonic Orchestra of this country Israel |
| #6778, aired 2014-02-19 | 21st CENTURY MUSIC $1600: "Love Don't Live Here" was a hit by this country group of 2 guys & Hillary Scott Lady Antebellum |
| #6735, aired 2013-12-20 | 2013 CDs $400: "Based on a True Story..." was from this man, "The Voice" of country music (Blake) Shelton |
| #6713, aired 2013-11-20 | MUSIC OF TODAY $1000: These 2 states precede "Line" in the name of the country duo featuring Tyler Hubbard & Brian Kelley Florida & Georgia |
| #6698, aired 2013-10-30 | CULTURE AROUND THE WORLD $2000: Originated by 2 high schoolers in 1971 , the Roskilde culture & music festival in this country is one of Europe's largest Denmark |
| #6694, aired 2013-10-24 | WHAT'S ON YOUR iPOD? $1000: (I'm Lewis Black.) My iPod includes the Stones, Stevie Wonder & this First Daughter of country music whose hits include "Seven Year Ache" Rosanne Cash |
| #6675, aired 2013-09-27 | HILLBILLY MUSIC $1600: "Guitars, Cadillacs and hillbilly music" was the refrain from the title song of his 1986 album that topped Billboard's country charts Dwight Yoakam |
| #6675, aired 2013-09-27 | HILLBILLY MUSIC $2000: Patriarch Alvin P., his wife Sara & sister-in-law Maybelle formed this first family of country music in the 1920s the Carters |
| #6671, aired 2013-09-23 | THE AGRICULTURAL HALL OF FAME $400: For co-founding Farm Aid, this Country Music Hall of Fame member is in the Agricultural Hall of Fame too Willie Nelson |
| #6662, aired 2013-07-30 | MUSIC $2000: This country sensation put out his first album at age 9
"I wanna make you feel wanted /
And I wanna call you mine /
Wanna hold your hand forever..." Hunter Hayes |
| #6659, aired 2013-07-25 | U.S. CITY NICKNAMES $800: California:
"Country Music Capital of the West Coast" (though it's 100 miles inland) Bakersfield |
| #6650, aired 2013-07-12 | HERE'S JOHNNY! $400: In 1980, at age 48, he was the youngest living inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame Johnny Cash |
| #6608, aired 2013-05-15 | "YO" LO $800: Country music stars like Hank Snow & Jimmie Rodgers were famous for this singing style yodeling |
| #6580, aired 2013-04-05 | THE "WILD" & "CRAZY" $400: In Mexico, this Jeff Bridges film about country music was titled "Loco Corazon" Crazy Heart |
| #6577, aired 2013-04-02 | GOOD & BAD MUSIC $2000: Still "Pure Country", in 2011 he had a hit with "Here For A Good Time", the title track of his 39th album George Strait |
| #6433, aired 2012-08-01 | POP MUSIC $1600: "All Your Life" was a hit for the country group of siblings Neil, Reid & Kimberly, called "The Band" this last name Perry |
| #6422, aired 2012-07-17 | COUNTRY MUSIC DUET PARTNERS $400: "Islands In The Stream":
Kenny Rogers & her Dolly Parton |
| #6422, aired 2012-07-17 | COUNTRY MUSIC DUET PARTNERS $800: "It's Your Love":
Tim McGraw & her Faith Hill |
| #6422, aired 2012-07-17 | COUNTRY MUSIC DUET PARTNERS $1200: "Draggin' The River" & "Red River Blue":
Blake Shelton & her Miranda Lambert |
| #6422, aired 2012-07-17 | COUNTRY MUSIC DUET PARTNERS $1600: "Crying":
k.d. lang & him Roy Orbison |
| #6422, aired 2012-07-17 | COUNTRY MUSIC DUET PARTNERS $2000: "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys":
Waylon Jennings & him Willie Nelson |
| #6242, aired 2011-11-08 | CLASSIC COUNTRY MUSIC $200: In 1963 Johnny Cash sang, "And it" this, this, this, "the ring of fire, the ring of fire" burns, burns, burns |
| #6242, aired 2011-11-08 | CLASSIC COUNTRY MUSIC $400: No "Dumb Blonde" (the name of her first hit in 1967), this buxom beauty was Country Music Entertainer of the Year in 1978 (Dolly) Parton |
| #6242, aired 2011-11-08 | TAKE A DRIVE ON I-65 $600: Say a lot worse than "heck" / In the lousy bottleneck / Where I-40 meets 65 / In this country music hive Nashville |
| #6242, aired 2011-11-08 | CLASSIC COUNTRY MUSIC $600: In 1953 "Your Cheatin' Heart" was a big hit for this country singer who lived fast & died young that same year Hank Williams, Sr. |
| #6242, aired 2011-11-08 | CLASSIC COUNTRY MUSIC $800: In a 1975 crossover hit, Freddy Fender put this word before his "Days" & "Nights" Wasted |
| #6242, aired 2011-11-08 | CLASSIC COUNTRY MUSIC $1000: This country music legend didn't weigh "Sixteen Tons", but he was known as "The Ol' Pea Picker" Tennessee Ernie Ford |
| #6231, aired 2011-10-24 | A "TON" OF PEOPLE $600: He's the voice of country music seen here Blake Shelton |
| #6170, aired 2011-06-10 | OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $200: Appropriately, Kentucky's official state music is this type of country music that favors the banjo bluegrass |
| #6149, aired 2011-05-12 | COUNTRY: STRONG $800: As well as music videos, this network airs shows like "My Big Redneck Wedding" CMT (Country Music Television) |
| #6100, aired 2011-03-04 | ART & MUSIC $400: Over 4,500 years old, a seated lyre player from the Cyclades is an early treasure of this country's art Greece |
| #6079, aired 2011-02-03 | UNUSUAL COUNTRY MUSIC LYRICS $200: Don't own no pickup truck / They make me go fetal / Just like to scoot around / In this company's Beetle Volkswagen |
| #6079, aired 2011-02-03 | UNUSUAL COUNTRY MUSIC LYRICS $400: & I'm proud to be / From this country / Where at least I know I'm free / From Halifax to Kamloops / It's the place for you & me! Canada |
| #6079, aired 2011-02-03 | UNUSUAL COUNTRY MUSIC LYRICS $600: Workin' on Wall Street / Sure takes its toll / But a ski trip to this country's Davos or Gstaad / Is good for the soul Switzerland |
| #6079, aired 2011-02-03 | UNUSUAL COUNTRY MUSIC LYRICS $800: I don't like beer / I like my drinks pretty / Like this vodka, cointreau, cranberry juice & lime juice one / On "Sex & the City" a cosmopolitan |
| #6079, aired 2011-02-03 | UNUSUAL COUNTRY MUSIC LYRICS $1000: You won't find me at the barbecue / 'Cause I don't eat no legs / I'm on this 5-letter diet / Not even dairy & eggs vegan |
| #6076, aired 2011-01-31 | THE MUSIC OF CANADA $400: This country star from Windsor sang "The Woman In Me (Needs The Man In You)" & "(If You're Not In It For Love) I'm Outta Here!" Shania Twain |
| #5999, aired 2010-10-14 | "BUCK" EYES $1200: They backed up country music legend Buck Owens The Buckaroos |
| #5981, aired 2010-09-20 | COUNTRY MUSIC $200: Though his last name means "pertaining to a city", this "Defying Gravity" singer is a country superstar Keith Urban |
| #5981, aired 2010-09-20 | COUNTRY MUSIC $400: In 2010 this movie soundtrack featuring Jeff Bridges was a Billboard Top 10 country album Crazy Heart |
| #5981, aired 2010-09-20 | COUNTRY MUSIC $600: Not to be confused with Lady Gaga is Lady this, the country music group with the CD "Need You Now" Lady Antebellum |
| #5981, aired 2010-09-20 | COUNTRY MUSIC $800: This sound, like that made by plucking a guitar, is the title of a 2009 album by George Strait twang |
| #5981, aired 2010-09-20 | COUNTRY MUSIC $1000: This frontman of Hootie & the Blowfish went country with his solo album "Learn to Live" (Darius) Rucker |
| #5976, aired 2010-09-13 | THE ONION DESCRIBES THE STATE $600: "Like Hee Haw, but a state", this state "is the birthplace of country music, and the deathplace of all other music" Tennessee |
| #5960, aired 2010-07-09 | FACE THE MUSIC $400: You might have seen this country gal singing the National Anthem at the 2010 Super Bowl Carrie Underwood |
| #5946, aired 2010-06-21 | FOLK MUSIC OF THE WORLD $400: A hand drum called the toumbeleki originated on the islands of this country Greece |
| #5921, aired 2010-05-17 | HARK, IT'S ARKANSAS! $200: Like Tennessee, Arkansas has a city named this, but it isn't the "Country Music Capital of the World" Nashville |
| #5911, aired 2010-05-03 | MUSIC FESTIVALS $400: Telluride's festival for this "colorful" style of country music is a good place to fiddle around bluegrass |
| #5889, aired 2010-04-01 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $800: This Sibelius work was performed using the title "Impromptu" while his country was under Russian rule Finlandia |
| #5859, aired 2010-02-18 | CALI-FUN-ICATION $200: Put on your boots & head to Bakersfield, the country music hot spot known as this Tennessee city "West" Nashville |
| #5845, aired 2010-01-29 | THE GRAMMYS $800: Kristian Bush & Jennifer Nettles make sweet music as this country duo, Grammy winners in 2009 Sugarland |
| #5789, aired 2009-11-12 | MUSIC OF TODAY $400: This teen with "Beautiful Eyes" was motivated by her opera-singing granny but chose to sing country music (Taylor) Swift |
| #5735, aired 2009-07-10 | ZIP IT! $800: To 93308, to send it to this California city that gave its name to a country music "Sound" Bakersfield |
| #5722, aired 2009-06-23 | EVERYTHING'S COMING UP "ROSE"S $1000: This country music classic written by Bob Wills about a lost Texas love begins, "Deep within my heart lies a melody" "San Antonio Rose" |
| #5677, aired 2009-04-21 | MUSIC APPRECIATION $800: This country's national anthem, heard here, was written by cousins Rikard Nordraak & Bjornstjerne Bjornson Norway |
| #5653, aired 2009-03-18 | WORLD MUSIC $600: "It's a Love Thing", "Your Everything" & "Rollercoaster" were country hits for this Down Under singer Keith Urban |
| #5580, aired 2008-12-05 | SYMPHONIES ON FILM $1200: In 1998's "Serengeti Symphony", the title nature reserve in this country is shown with only music & natural sound Tanzania |
| #5500, aired 2008-07-04 | COUNTRY MUSIC $400: In a 1970s hit, Waylon & Willie urged, "Mammas don't let your babies grow up to be" these cowboys |
| #5500, aired 2008-07-04 | COUNTRY MUSIC $800: Daughter Miley duetted with him on the recent hit "Ready, Set, Don't Go" Billy Ray Cyrus |
| #5500, aired 2008-07-04 | COUNTRY MUSIC $1200: When he sings "You're My Better Half", he's no doubt referring to Nicole Kidman Keith Urban |
| #5500, aired 2008-07-04 | COUNTRY MUSIC $1600: At 16 Taylor Swift shot to fame with a 2006 hit named for this country superstar Tim McGraw |
| #5500, aired 2008-07-04 | COUNTRY MUSIC $2000: Jason Alexander & William Shatner are among the celebrities who appear in his "Celebrity" & "Online" videos Brad Paisley |
| #5466, aired 2008-05-19 | "B" SHARP $800: A joke says that when you play country music this way, your wife, your dog & your car return backwards |
| #5446, aired 2008-04-21 | CROSSWORD CLUES "N" $1600: Country music city
(9) Nashville |
| #5369, aired 2008-01-03 | COUNTRY COOKBOOKS $1000: There's a recipe for Butcher Holler possum in "You're Cookin' It Country" by this country music queen Loretta Lynn |
| #5321, aired 2007-10-29 | COUNTRY MUSIC $400: On winning top female vocalist at the 2007 ACM Awards, she thanked God, her fans & "American Idol" Carrie Underwood |
| #5321, aired 2007-10-29 | COUNTRY MUSIC $800: This Dolly Parton song recently topped CMT's list of the 100 greatest love songs of country music "I Will Always Love You" |
| #5321, aired 2007-10-29 | COUNTRY MUSIC $1200: His first No. 1 country hit & first Top 40 pop hit was 1975's "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" Willie Nelson |
| #5321, aired 2007-10-29 | COUNTRY MUSIC $1600: At his wedding reception in 2006, he serenaded his movie star bride with the song "Making Memories of Us" Keith Urban |
| #5321, aired 2007-10-29 | COUNTRY MUSIC $2000: It's never too early for happy hour in this "timely" tune by Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" |
| #5302, aired 2007-10-02 | USA NETWORK $2000: Jewel co-hosted season 5 of this search for country music talent Nashville Star |
| #5293, aired 2007-09-19 | COUNTRY MUSIC STARS ON FILM $400: In "Rhinestone" she turned Sly Stallone into a country singer Dolly Parton |
| #5293, aired 2007-09-19 | COUNTRY MUSIC STARS ON FILM $800: Hats off to this singer who played the dad & horse rancher in 2006's "Flicka" Tim McGraw |
| #5293, aired 2007-09-19 | COUNTRY MUSIC STARS ON FILM $1200: He was the mean & abusive Doyle Hargraves in "Sling Blade" Dwight Yoakam |
| #5293, aired 2007-09-19 | COUNTRY MUSIC STARS ON FILM $1600: How do you like him now, now that he made his film debut in 2006 as fading country star Bo Price in "Broken Bridges" Toby Keith |
| #5293, aired 2007-09-19 | COUNTRY MUSIC STARS ON FILM $2000: In a 1969 film he showed some "True Grit" as John Wayne's young sidekick Glen Campbell |
| #5233, aired 2007-05-16 | "B" PREPARED $800: This "colorful" variety of country music is played on unamplified stringed instruments bluegrass |
| #5226, aired 2007-05-07 | BUSINESS PAIRINGS $800: A book-publishing duo, or country music's Tim & Faith McGraw & Hill |
| #5142, aired 2007-01-09 | A WORLD OF MUSIC $400: "Carmina Burana" means "Songs of Beuern", a reference to the monastery of Benedikbeuern in this country Germany |
| #5142, aired 2007-01-09 | A WORLD OF MUSIC $5,000 (Daily Double): Ernest Bloch's orchestral work "Helvetia, The Land Of Mountains Amd Its People" honors this country, his birthplace Switzerland |
| #5141, aired 2007-01-08 | MUSICAL MASONS $800: Country music legend & Grand Ole Opry star Roy Acuff was a member of Lodge No. 560 in this city Nashville |
| #5118, aired 2006-12-06 | WOMEN OF COUNTRY $1000: In 1973, 10 years after her death, she became the first female solo artist inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame Patsy Cline |
| #5112, aired 2006-11-28 | IN MEMORIAM 2006 $200: A host of "Hee Haw" for 17 years, he pioneered the Bakersfield sound of country music Buck Owens |
| #5098, aired 2006-11-08 | ALL KINDS OF MUSIC $1200: "All My Rowdy Friends Are Comin' Over Tonight" was an award-winning video by this country star Hank Williams, Jr. |
| #5041, aired 2006-07-10 | SAMES NAMES AS THE JACKSON 5 $600: Country music's Mr. Travis knows it's a term for lustful or lecherous but he's too polite to say so Randy |
| #5039, aired 2006-07-06 | THE GRAND OLE OPRY $1200: On the Opry stage in 1993, the USPS unveiled 4 new country music stamps, one honoring this famed family the Carter family |
| #5039, aired 2006-07-06 | THE GRAND OLE OPRY $1600: The Opry house stage has a circle of wood from this older Opry home, "the mother church of country music" the Ryman Auditorium |
| #5035, aired 2006-06-30 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $2000: During World War II this Polish pianist was one of his country's leaders in exile Paderewski |
| #5023, aired 2006-06-14 | ANNUAL EVENTS $400: The annual convention of this music of which Bill Monroe is the "father" has taken place in Nashville since 1984 bluegrass music |
| #4983, aired 2006-04-19 | THE NICKNAME GAME $2000: It was the nickname of country music legend Otis Dewey Whitman Jr. "Slim" |
| #4968, aired 2006-03-29 | MUSIC/TELEVISION $1200: This country star became a sitcom grandma at the end of her first season on the WB Reba McEntire |
| #4938, aired 2006-02-15 | STATE QUARTERS $600: The musical instruments seen on this state's quarter represent the blues, Appalachian, & country music Tennessee |
| #4926, aired 2006-01-30 | CELEBRITY HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK $1000: He's the 12-time Grammy-winning country music legend & 1950 Dyess High School graduate seen here Johnny Cash |
| #4888, aired 2005-12-07 | WATER WORKS $200: On July 17, 1717 Handel's "Water Music" made its fitting debut on a barge on a river in this country England |
| #4829, aired 2005-09-15 | ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S iPOD $1000: Several songs by this country music legend appear on the first iPod, including "He Stopped Loving Her Today" George Jones |
| #4656, aired 2004-11-29 | COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME $200: A popular exhibit at the Hall of Fame is the actual cornfield used on this "corny" TV show Hee Haw |
| #4656, aired 2004-11-29 | COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME $400: Before getting "On The Road Again", he donated a blue bandana & a pair of sneakers to the Hall Willie Nelson |
| #4656, aired 2004-11-29 | COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME $600: This inductee and one-time San Quentin inmate has his pardon from Governor Reagan displayed at the Hall Merle Haggard |
| #4656, aired 2004-11-29 | COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME $800: The Country Music Hall of Fame has a dress made & worn by this Kentucky-born singer as a 14-year-old newlywed Loretta Lynn |
| #4656, aired 2004-11-29 | COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME $1000: This "Singing Brakeman" was in the first group of performers inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame Jimmie Rodgers |
| #4587, aired 2004-07-13 | A LITTLE BIT OF COUNTRY $400: In 2001 she played Annie Oakley in a Broadway revival of "Annie Get Your Gun"; she now stars in her own sitcom on the WB Reba McEntire |
| #4584, aired 2004-07-08 | COUNTRY MUSIC $400: At the CMA Awards in 2003, special tribute was paid to this late "Man in Black" Johnny Cash |
| #4584, aired 2004-07-08 | COUNTRY MUSIC $800: (Hi, I'm Billy Ray Cyrus.) In 1992 I had a lot of people line dancing to this song, my first No. 1 hit "Achy Breaky Heart" |
| #4584, aired 2004-07-08 | COUNTRY MUSIC $1200: His 61st album, "Back to the Well", features a new duet with old duet partner Dolly Parton Kenny Rogers |
| #4584, aired 2004-07-08 | COUNTRY MUSIC $1600: (Hi, I'm Joe Nichols.) My favorite song, "Footlights", was sung by this country legend whose name appropriately means "tired-looking" Merle Haggard |
| #4584, aired 2004-07-08 | COUNTRY MUSIC $2000: In Buddy Jewell's touching song, his daughter asks, "Do you think that God could use another angel to help" do this pour out the rain |
| #4576, aired 2004-06-28 | POP MUSIC $1200: In the summer of 2002 this country star hit the Hot 100 chart with "Courtesy Of The Red, White And Blue" Toby Keith |
| #4536, aired 2004-05-03 | MUSIC CLASS $200: It's the 2-word term for a country's official patriotic song national anthem |
| #4531, aired 2004-04-26 | COUNTRY MUSIC DRINKIN' SONGS $400: "Into these last nine beers" Hank Williams "shed a million" of these tears |
| #4531, aired 2004-04-26 | COUNTRY MUSIC DRINKIN' SONGS $800: For the Sons of the Pioneers, it came between "cigareetes" & "wild, wild women" whiskey |
| #4531, aired 2004-04-26 | COUNTRY MUSIC DRINKIN' SONGS $1200: Tracy Byrd calls his "Ten Rounds with" this tequila maker "Country's answer to Margaritaville" Jose Cuervo |
| #4531, aired 2004-04-26 | COUNTRY MUSIC DRINKIN' SONGS $1600: He's the artist heard here Roger Miller |
| #4531, aired 2004-04-26 | COUNTRY MUSIC DRINKIN' SONGS $2000: Garth Brooks' album "Sevens" kicks off with an appeal to this beer bottle style longnecks |
| #4524, aired 2004-04-15 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1200: In September 1907 this Norwegian's ashes were buried in a cliff near his country home Troldhaugen Edvard Grieg |
| #4466, aired 2004-01-26 | '60s MUSIC SCENE $2000: As the 1960s began, Marty Robbins was riding the top of the pop & country charts with this hit "El Paso" |
| #4402, aired 2003-10-28 | RHYTHM & BOOZE $600: "Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)" is a classic song by this First Lady of Country Music Loretta Lynn |
| #4390, aired 2003-10-10 | WOMEN IN MUSIC $800: In 1995 she & country star George Jones reunited for an album called "One" Tammy Wynette |
| #4363, aired 2003-07-16 | COUNTRY COVERS $400: In 2003 Tim McGraw covered this man's "Tiny Dancer" & performed it with him on the American Music Awards Elton John |
| #4357, aired 2003-07-08 | CELEBRATE JULY $200: National Country Music Day falls on this Yankee Doodle Dandy day July 4 |
| #4326, aired 2003-05-26 | YOU'VE GOT TO STAND FOR SOMETHING $1600: (Hi, I'm Billy Ray Cyrus) You might have seen some of my videos on CMT; CMT stands for this Country Music Television |
| #4289, aired 2003-04-03 | COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME & MUSEUM $200: Guitars on display include ones from Mother Maybelle Carter & this "Man in Black", her son-in-law Johnny Cash |
| #4289, aired 2003-04-03 | COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME & MUSEUM $400: You can see her wringer washer & the nurse's cap she wore while working to support Wynonna & Ashley Naomi Judd |
| #4289, aired 2003-04-03 | COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME & MUSEUM $600: She's the Hall of Famer heard here, makin' like Jerry Lee Lewis Dolly Parton |
| #4289, aired 2003-04-03 | COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME & MUSEUM $800: In 2002 the museum exhibited quilts loaned by this superstar, & 5 of her costumes from "Annie Get Your Gun" Reba McEntire |
| #4289, aired 2003-04-03 | COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME & MUSEUM $1000: You could never put a price on this funny lady seen here who was inducted in 1975
("Howdeeee!") Minnie Pearl |
| #4272, aired 2003-03-11 | COUNTRY MUSIC $400: In 2002 country fans mourned the death of this singing "Outlaw" Waylon Jennings |
| #4272, aired 2003-03-11 | COUNTRY MUSIC $800: In the '80s he hopped up the charts with songs like "Step by Step" & "I Love a Rainy Night" Eddie Rabbitt |
| #4272, aired 2003-03-11 | COUNTRY MUSIC $1200: One of the big concert tours of the '90s was the "Black & Wy" tour; he was the Black & she was the Wy Clint Black & Wynonna Judd |
| #4272, aired 2003-03-11 | COUNTRY MUSIC $2000: His recent hits include "Who's Your Daddy?" & "I Wanna Talk About Me" Toby Keith |
| #4272, aired 2003-03-11 | COUNTRY MUSIC $3,000 (Daily Double): In 2002 this movie soundtrack won ACM awards for Album of the Year & Vocal Event for "I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow" O Brother, Where Art Thou? |
| #4266, aired 2003-03-03 | GLAMOUR GIRLS OF SONG $800: This country music blonde looked stunning when she sang "There You'll Be" from "Pearl Harbor" at the Oscars in 2002 Faith Hill |
| #4182, aired 2002-11-05 | COUNTRY MUSIC $400: Before she struck out on her own in 1992, she had 14 No. 1 hits with her mother Naomi Wynonna Judd |
| #4182, aired 2002-11-05 | COUNTRY MUSIC $800: In 1985 he won the CMA's first Music Video of the Year Award for "All My Rowdy Friends Are Comin' Over Tonight" Hank Williams, Jr. |
| #4182, aired 2002-11-05 | COUNTRY MUSIC $1200: It's the country-rock "railroad" that gave us "Queen of Memphis" in 1992 Confederate Railroad |
| #4182, aired 2002-11-05 | COUNTRY MUSIC $1600: Named for a steamboat captain, this "Mother Church of Country Music" was home to the Opry for 31 years Ryman Auditorium |
| #4182, aired 2002-11-05 | COUNTRY MUSIC $2000: During his career, this "Tennessee Plowboy" spent a record 145 weeks at the No. 1 position on the country charts Eddy Arnold |
| #4170, aired 2002-10-18 | "OUT" $800: It can be a type of criminal or an anti-Nashville country music movement led by Waylon Jennings outlaw |
| #4109, aired 2002-06-13 | COUNTRY COOKBOOKS $1000: "The Bluegrass Music Cookbook" includes a cornbread recipe from this female fiddler, the toast of Champaign, Ill. Alison Krauss |
| #4102, aired 2002-06-04 | COUNTRY MUSIC $200: This 14-year-old female singer won a 1996 Grammy for Best New Artist LeAnn Rimes |
| #4102, aired 2002-06-04 | COUNTRY MUSIC $400: In 1972 California governor Ronald Reagan granted a full pardon to this "Okie from Muskogee" Merle Haggard |
| #4102, aired 2002-06-04 | COUNTRY MUSIC $600: In 1995 Vince Gill recorded "I Will Always Love You", a hit duet with this woman, the song's composer Dolly Parton |
| #4102, aired 2002-06-04 | COUNTRY MUSIC $800: This "Red-Headed Stranger" wrote "Crazy" for Patsy Cline Willie Nelson |
| #4102, aired 2002-06-04 | COUNTRY MUSIC $1000: On May 31, 1991 this "Forever And Ever, Amen" singer married his longtime manager Lib Hatcher Randy Travis |
| #4092, aired 2002-05-21 | "B" SHARP $800: A joke says that when you play country music this way, your wife, your dog & your car return backwards |
| #4078, aired 2002-05-01 | WAX MUSEUMS $1000: This father of a "Three's Company" star is one of the country legends depicted in wax at the Music Valley Wax Museum Tex Ritter |
| #3927, aired 2001-10-02 | MUSIC OF THE '70s $500: In 1973 he won a Grammy for Best Country Song for "Behind Closed Doors" Charlie Rich |
| #3898, aired 2001-07-11 | MEDIEVAL MUSIC $400: The Minnesingers were this present-day country's counterpart of France's troubadours Germany |
| #3883, aired 2001-06-20 | AH, FLORIDA! $1000: He's the Florida-born country music legend heard here Slim Whitman |
| #3879, aired 2001-06-14 | "N" JOY $200: It's "The Country Music Capital of the World" Nashville |
| #3865, aired 2001-05-25 | COUNTRY MUSIC $200: The originator of the Bakersfield sound, he once referred to himself in song as "Ol' Buck" Buck Owens |
| #3865, aired 2001-05-25 | COUNTRY MUSIC $400: Country music fans often tune into TNN, which now stands for "The National Network", but used to stand for this The Nashville Network |
| #3865, aired 2001-05-25 | COUNTRY MUSIC $600: In the 1970s this singer from Butcher Holler teamed with Conway Twitty for 5 No. 1 hits Loretta Lynn |
| #3865, aired 2001-05-25 | COUNTRY MUSIC $800: November 28, 1925 marked the debut of this station's "Barn Dance", which later became the "Grand Ole Opry" WSM ("World's Sweetest Music") |
| #3832, aired 2001-04-10 | COUNTRY STARS $1000: In 1997 this singer seen here took off with a CMA Award for her "455 Rocket" music video Kathy Mattea |
| #3818, aired 2001-03-21 | USC $200: USC's center for this country's music, open since 1985, features the works of Andrzej Koszewski, among others Poland |
| #3805, aired 2001-03-02 | ORGANIZATIONS $100: As you might guess, the Country Music Association is based in this city Nashville |
| #3799, aired 2001-02-22 | GIVE 'EM THE BOOT $1000: This country music saxophonist was a shoe-in for greatness with hit songs like "Yakety Sax" Boots Randolph |
| #3791, aired 2001-02-12 | JULIO IGLESIAS $300: On the 1984 hit "To All the Girls I've Loved Before", Julio duetted with this U.S. country music star Willie Nelson |
| #3783, aired 2001-01-31 | SINGERS WHO ACT $200: The 1999 TV movie "Blue Valley Songbird" starred this buxom blonde songbird of country music Dolly Parton |
| #3771, aired 2001-01-15 | COUNTRY MUSIC $100: On March 16, 1974 this president played "God Bless America" on the piano at the dedication of the new Opry house Richard M. Nixon |
| #3771, aired 2001-01-15 | COUNTRY MUSIC $200: From 1980 through 1993, this "stately" group led by Randy Owen had 32 of its 42 charted singles reach No. 1 Alabama |
| #3771, aired 2001-01-15 | COUNTRY MUSIC $300: She's the famous fiddler & singer seen here Alison Krauss |
| #3771, aired 2001-01-15 | COUNTRY MUSIC $400: Released in May 1992, his debut album "Some Gave All" was certified triple platinum by July Billy Ray Cyrus |
| #3746, aired 2000-12-11 | TV STARS $200: Maureen McCormick, who played Marcia on this TV series, recorded a country music album in 1995 The Brady Bunch |
| #3740, aired 2000-12-01 | NUTTY TV $100: From 1979 to 1983, Rev. Grady Nutt was a regular on this variety series, country music's answer to "Laugh-In" Hee Haw |
| #3680, aired 2000-09-08 | MULTI-MILLION SELLING ALBUMS $500: She's the only woman in country music to have 2 albums sell over 10 million copies each Shania Twain |
| #3674, aired 2000-07-20 | COUNTRY MUSIC STARS $200: When you see this singer, tell her "We're Doing Fine" Reba McEntire |
| #3674, aired 2000-07-20 | COUNTRY MUSIC STARS $400: Hats off to this singer who gave a gutsy performance in "The Newton Boys" Dwight Yoakam |
| #3674, aired 2000-07-20 | COUNTRY MUSIC STARS $600: In the early '60s fans went "Crazy" for her Patsy Cline |
| #3674, aired 2000-07-20 | COUNTRY MUSIC STARS $800: This "outlaw" was Buddy Holly's bass player Waylon Jennings |
| #3674, aired 2000-07-20 | COUNTRY MUSIC STARS $1000: He was born Harold Lloyd Jenkins, but we know him better by this name Conway Twitty |
| #3666, aired 2000-07-10 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $300: Col. Thomas Baker founded this city, a produce center & California's country music capital Bakersfield |
| #3652, aired 2000-06-20 | BEFORE & AFTER $400: Country music "Ropin' The Wind" singer's line of classic suits Garth Brooks Brothers |
| #3634, aired 2000-05-25 | BEFORE & AFTER $1000: Turgenev family novel about the country music act that sang "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" Fathers and Sons of the Pioneers |
| #3607, aired 2000-04-18 | SMITH & JONES $300: He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1992, 6 years before Tammy Wynette George Jones |
| #3583, aired 2000-03-15 | YOU SHOULD "C" $400: Clint Black knows it's the organization abbreviated CMA Country Music Association |
| #3553, aired 2000-02-02 | KENNETHS $200: This country music Kenny was born Kenneth in Houston on August 21, 1938 Kenny Rogers |
| #3548, aired 2000-01-26 | COUNTRY MUSIC LEGENDS $200: His first No. 1 country hit, "I Walk the Line", was released by Sun Records of Memphis in 1956 Johnny Cash |
| #3548, aired 2000-01-26 | COUNTRY MUSIC LEGENDS $400: She had 8 Top 10 country hits with George Jones, 4 of them after the D-I-V-O-R-C-E Tammy Wynette |
| #3548, aired 2000-01-26 | COUNTRY MUSIC LEGENDS $600: 3 years before "King of the Road" sold a million, he was a drummer in Faron Young's band Roger Miller |
| #3548, aired 2000-01-26 | COUNTRY MUSIC LEGENDS $800: His success with "Lovesick Blues" led to his Opry debut in 1949; he was called back for 6 encores that first night Hank Williams, Sr. |
| #3548, aired 2000-01-26 | COUNTRY MUSIC LEGENDS $1000: With 1952's "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels", she became the first female to have a No. 1 country hit Kitty Wells |
| #3461, aired 1999-09-27 | COUNTRY MUSIC $200: In 1999 her "Faith" CD reached triple platinum status Faith Hill |
| #3461, aired 1999-09-27 | COUNTRY MUSIC $400: (Well hey, everybody, I'm Naomi Judd.) In mid-1984 Wynonna & I made our first ever concert appearance at Ak-Sar-Ben, a large concert hall in this Nebraska city Omaha |
| #3461, aired 1999-09-27 | COUNTRY MUSIC $600: "Strawberry Wine" was the first of 3 No. 1 hits from this debut album by Deana Carter "Did I Shave My Legs for This?" |
| #3461, aired 1999-09-27 | COUNTRY MUSIC $800: This performer became an Opry member in 1991, the same year his "When I Call Your Name" album went platinum Vince Gill |
| #3461, aired 1999-09-27 | COUNTRY MUSIC $1000: In 1990 Jukebox named this Randy Travis cover of a Brook Benton hit the Country Record of the Year "It's Just A Matter of Time" |
| #3451, aired 1999-09-13 | COUNTRY MUSIC $100: In 1956 Elvis "Found a new place to dwell" when this pop hit topped the country charts for 17 weeks "Heartbreak Hotel" |
| #3451, aired 1999-09-13 | COUNTRY MUSIC $200: His classic song "Your Cheatin' Heart" didn't chart until several weeks after his death Hank Williams, Sr. |
| #3451, aired 1999-09-13 | COUNTRY MUSIC $300: 1 of 2 prisons at which Johnny Cash recorded live gold albums in the late 1960s Folsom or San Quentin |
| #3451, aired 1999-09-13 | COUNTRY MUSIC $400: This group's Bob Nolan wrote their classic hits "Cool Water" & "Tumblin' Tumbleweeds" Sons of the Pioneers |
| #3447, aired 1999-09-07 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: Escamillo is a toreador in "Carmen", an opera set in this European country Spain |
| #3444, aired 1999-07-22 | WILLIE NELSON, THESPIAN $800: As country music star Buck Bonham, Willie is torn between Dyan Cannon & Amy Irving in this 1980 movie Honeysuckle Rose |
| #3391, aired 1999-05-10 | U.S. CITIES $100: A cable TV network is named for this state capital, a hotbed of country music Nashville |
| #3369, aired 1999-04-08 | POP MUSIC $400: When INXS went home, they went to this country Australia |
| #3369, aired 1999-04-08 | THE 1930s $1000: Tops in country music in the '30s were this family's A.P., Sara & Maybelle Carter family |
| #3355, aired 1999-03-19 | COUNTRY MUSIC STARS $200: His November 18, 1998 "Double Line" NBC special was performed live 3 times to accommodate time zone differences Garth Brooks |
| #3355, aired 1999-03-19 | COUNTRY MUSIC STARS $400: She had 8 Top 10 country hits with George Jones, 4 of them after their D-I-V-O-R-C-E Tammy Wynette |
| #3355, aired 1999-03-19 | COUNTRY MUSIC STARS $600: "There's a Tear in My Beer" was a 1989 duet hit by this man & his father who had died 36 years earlier Hank Williams, Jr. |
| #3355, aired 1999-03-19 | COUNTRY MUSIC STARS $800: In 1995 this bluegrass fiddler was named the CMA's Female Vocalist of the Year Alison Krauss |
| #3355, aired 1999-03-19 | COUNTRY MUSIC STARS $1000: Until he was 11 years old, he wasn't aware that Mets pitcher Tug was his father Tim McGraw |
| #3349, aired 1999-03-11 | ABBREV. $400: They're the 2 types of music abbreviated R&B and C&W Rhythm & Blues and Country & Western |
| #3335, aired 1999-02-19 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $100: To see a wax George Strait, go straight to the Country Music Wax Museum in this state capital Nashville |
| #3291, aired 1998-12-21 | DECK THE "HALL"s $300: Known as "The Storyteller", this country music legend wrote the mega-selling hit "Harper Valley P.T.A." Tom T. Hall |
| #3213, aired 1998-07-15 | COUNTRY MUSIC $100: His 1969 hit with the First Edition, "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town", was written by Mel Tillis Kenny Rogers |
| #3213, aired 1998-07-15 | COUNTRY MUSIC $200: Classic song heard here in a remake by Randy Travis:
"Trailers for sale or rent..." "King Of The Road" |
| #3213, aired 1998-07-15 | COUNTRY MUSIC $300: In 1997 some of country music's biggest names celebrated this "Singing Cowboy's" 90th birthday Gene Autry |
| #3213, aired 1998-07-15 | COUNTRY MUSIC $400: A flower arrangement at his 1998 funeral included a pair of blue suede shoes Carl Perkins |
| #3213, aired 1998-07-15 | COUNTRY MUSIC $500: Sexy singing sensation heard here with a recent hit: Shania Twain |
| #3179, aired 1998-05-28 | HALLS OF FAME $600: This singer heard here was named to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1988: "Well I was born a coal miner's daughter...." Loretta Lynn |
| #3179, aired 1998-05-28 | 5 GUYS NAMED MOE $800: Term for the type of country music Moe Bandy plays, the clubs where he began, or the "Queen" he sang of in 1981 Honky Tonk |
| #3143, aired 1998-04-08 | '60s POP MUSIC $2,000 (Daily Double): Country group that crossed over to the pop charts in the mid-'60s with the following: ("Counting flowers on the wall...") The Statler Brothers |
| #3134, aired 1998-03-26 | MUSEUMS $500: Named for Bill Monroe, a hall of fame in Bean Blossom, Indiana is devoted to this form of country music Bluegrass |
| #3126, aired 1998-03-16 | COUNTRY MUSIC STARS $100: In 1977 the group led by Randy Owen named itself after this, their home state Alabama |
| #3126, aired 1998-03-16 | COUNTRY MUSIC STARS $300: On Dec. 12, 1996 he received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame with wife Lisa Hartman by his side Clint Black |
| #3126, aired 1998-03-16 | COUNTRY MUSIC STARS $400: By George! He performed his own stunts & roping in the 1992 film "Pure Country" George Strait |
| #3126, aired 1998-03-16 | COUNTRY MUSIC STARS $500 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Trisha Yearwood.) I once opened concerts for this superstar whose 1990 CD "No Fences" is the biggest-selling country album of all time Garth Brooks |
| #3126, aired 1998-03-16 | COUNTRY MUSIC STARS $500: Her tell-all autobiography was not titled "Delta Dawn", but "Nickel Dreams", after a song by Mac McAnally Tanya Tucker |
| #3109, aired 1998-02-19 | "AW", SHUCKS $400: Hosted by Roy Clark & Buck Owens, it was country music's equivalent of "Laugh-In" Hee Haw |
| #3084, aired 1998-01-15 | BLONDIE $200: "Dumb Blonde" was a 1967 hit for this blonde, now the reigning "bigwig" of country music Dolly Parton |
| #3066, aired 1997-12-22 | BORN ON CHRISTMAS DAY $400: We assume this country music blonde celebrates her Dec. 25 birthday with her sisters Louise & Irlene Barbara Mandrell |
| #3057, aired 1997-12-09 | & THOU BESIDE ME SINGING $2,000 (Daily Double): This group has been making country music together for over 20 years: Alabama |
| #2983, aired 1997-07-16 | SINGERS WHO ACT $800: Country music's reigning redhead, she made her film debut in 1990, killing monsters in "Tremors" Reba McEntire |
| #2979, aired 1997-07-10 | MUSIC $600: As court singer, the famed castrato Farinelli soothed the melancholia of this country's King Philip V Spain |
| #2974, aired 1997-07-03 | COUNTRY SINGERS $200: This long-haired country music "outlaw" was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1993 Willie Nelson |
| #2969, aired 1997-06-26 | AMERICAN MUSIC $200: July 4, 1832 'tis the date this patriotic song was sung in public for the first time "America" (or "My Country, 'Tis Of Thee") |
| #2963, aired 1997-06-18 | COUNTRY SINGERS $500: "All My Rowdy Friends Are Comin' Over Tonight" won him the first CMA award for Music Video of the Year Hank Williams, Jr. |
| #2949, aired 1997-05-29 | ODDS & ENDS $400: The CMA, this group, gives awards for, among others, "Vocal Event of the Year" Country Music Association |
| #2915, aired 1997-04-11 | ROCK MUSIC GEOGRAPHY $100: You can get down under to the music of this country's Hoodoo Gurus, Midnight Oil & INXS Australia |
| #2906, aired 1997-03-31 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $1000: In 1945 Heitor Villa-Lobos founded this South American country's academy of music Brazil |
| #2904, aired 1997-03-27 | '90s MUSIC $500: In Tim McGraw's country hit, it's the line that follows "I like it, I love it" "I want some more of it" |
| #2902, aired 1997-03-25 | MUSIC APPRECIATION $600: Despite her deafness, Evelyn Glennie, born near Aberdeen in this country, is a world-famous percussionist Scotland |
| #2881, aired 1997-02-24 | DANCE $300: Pablo Casals composed music for the Sardana, a dance of this country's Catalan people Spain |
| #2860, aired 1997-01-24 | THE WOMEN OF COUNTRY MUSIC $200: Record producer Billy Sherrill suggested that Virginia Wynette Pugh change her name to this Tammy Wynette |
| #2860, aired 1997-01-24 | THE WOMEN OF COUNTRY MUSIC $400: Vince Gill's wife Janis sings duets with her sister Kristine as The Sweethearts Of this The Rodeo |
| #2860, aired 1997-01-24 | THE WOMEN OF COUNTRY MUSIC $600: Her big sister Loretta Lynn wrote her 1st single, "I've Cried The Blue Right Out Of My Eyes" Crystal Gayle |
| #2858, aired 1997-01-22 | U.S.A. $100: This state's motto is "Agriculture And Commerce", but it could be "The Home Of Country Music" Tennessee |
| #2844, aired 1997-01-02 | POP MUSIC $300: This 1960s pop & country star opened a hotel in Nashville called King Of The Road Roger Miller |
| #2844, aired 1997-01-02 | POP MUSIC $400: Elvis' one appearance on this WSM country music program, October 2, 1954, was considered lackluster Grand Ole Opry |
| #2824, aired 1996-12-05 | COUNTRY MUSIC TOURISM $100: She opened Dollywood Boulevard, an $8 million addition to her Dollywood theme park in 1996 Dolly Parton |
| #2824, aired 1996-12-05 | COUNTRY MUSIC TOURISM $200: This "Grand Ole" theme park is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 1996 Opryland USA |
| #2824, aired 1996-12-05 | COUNTRY MUSIC TOURISM $300: You can tour a simulated coal mine at this coal miner's daughter's home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee Loretta Lynn |
| #2824, aired 1996-12-05 | COUNTRY MUSIC TOURISM $400: When visiting Disney World, line dancers head for the Neon Armadillo on this night club "island" Pleasure Island |
| #2824, aired 1996-12-05 | COUNTRY MUSIC TOURISM $500: Alabama & the Gatlin Brothers are among the country stars who have theatres in this S.C. beach city Myrtle Beach |
| #2763, aired 1996-09-11 | POP MUSIC $200: In 1991 his "Ropin' the Wind" became the first country album to enter the pop charts at No. 1 Garth Brooks |
| #2762, aired 1996-09-10 | MUSIC $400: His No. 1 country song "A Boy Named Sue" was recorded live at San Quentin Prison Johnny Cash |
| #2755, aired 1996-07-19 | AWARDS 1996 $300: This black-hatted country singer won the 1996 American Music Award for Artist of the Year but turned it down Garth Brooks |
| #2748, aired 1996-07-10 | COUNTRY MUSIC STARS $100: As a child Pam Tillis sang at the Grand Ole Opry with this man, her father Mel Tillis |
| #2748, aired 1996-07-10 | COUNTRY MUSIC STARS $200: Since going solo, Wynonna no longer uses this last name professionally Judd |
| #2748, aired 1996-07-10 | COUNTRY MUSIC STARS $300: This singer who liked to get "Behind Closed Doors" passed away in 1995 Charlie Rich |
| #2748, aired 1996-07-10 | COUNTRY MUSIC STARS $400: "Tennessee River" was the first No. 1 hit for this group named for another state Alabama |
| #2748, aired 1996-07-10 | COUNTRY MUSIC STARS $500: She recently recorded her composition "I Will Always Love You" as a duet with Vince Gill Dolly Parton |
| #2735, aired 1996-06-21 | POP MUSIC $600: In "Take Me Home, Country Roads", John Denver sang, "Almost heaven," this state West Virginia |
| #2725, aired 1996-06-07 | POP MUSIC $200: This country star's only Top 10 hit on the pop charts was "A Boy named Sue" in 1969 Johnny Cash |
| #2698, aired 1996-05-01 | MUSIC $300: Called a crowd in England, a crwth is a bowed lyre from this country Wales |
| #2696, aired 1996-04-29 | MUSIC $200: Bela Bartok & Zoltan Kodaly trekked around the hinterlands of this country collecting Magyar songs Hungary |
| #2689, aired 1996-04-18 | MUSIC $600: In 1992 this country superstar's "The Chase" entered the country & pop album charts at No. 1 Garth Brooks |
| #2670, aired 1996-03-22 | MIDDLE NAMES $600: Friends of country music sensation Mary Carpenter refer to her by this middle name Chapin |
| #2664, aired 1996-03-14 | MUSIC $200: The Zarzuela of this Iberian country is a musical form similar to other countries' operettas Spain |
| #2633, aired 1996-01-31 | MUSIC $400: Marcia! Marcia! Marcia! In 1995 this actress who played TV's Marcia Brady released a country album Maureen McCormick |
| #2584, aired 1995-11-23 | PEOPLE $800: The daughter of a world champion steer roper, she was the Country Music Association's best Female Vocalist, 1984-1987 Reba McEntire |
| #2517, aired 1995-07-11 | SINGERS $100: This country music queen wrote her own hit songs "You Ain't Woman Enough" & "Coal Miner's Daughter" Loretta Lynn |
| #2509, aired 1995-06-29 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $400: 19th c. composer Mikhail Glinka was called the father of this country's music by his successors Russia |
| #2501, aired 1995-06-19 | MUSIC $200: The "outlaw" type of this music developed as a contrast to the traditional Nashville sound country & western (country music) |
| #2501, aired 1995-06-19 | MUSIC $600: The vihuela, a guitar-shaped instrument from this country, was played during the Renaissance Spain |
| #2500, aired 1995-06-16 | MUSIC APPRECIATION $200: Like "Guillaume Tell", the opera "La Sonnambula" is set in this country Switzerland |
| #2475, aired 1995-05-12 | TRAVEL U.S.A. $100: Appropriately, the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum is located on Music Square in this Tenn. city Nashville |
| #2362, aired 1994-12-06 | MUSIC POTPOURRI $100: This mama & daughter country duo won a 1984 Grammy for "Mama He's Crazy" The Judds |
| #2353, aired 1994-11-23 | MUSEUMS $500: The Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum has this Missouri artist's last mural Thomas Hart Benton |
| #2319, aired 1994-10-06 | MUSIC $100: This country's traditional court music, which has been played for centuries, is called gagaku Japan |
| #2303, aired 1994-09-14 | POP MUSIC $300: Country singer Ronnie Milsap sang harmony with this artist on the 1969 hit "Don't Cry, Daddy" Elvis Presley |
| #2265, aired 1994-06-10 | MUSIC TRIVIA $200: The Biwa is a 4-stringed lute from this country also known for its Biwa pearls Japan |
| #2261, aired 1994-06-06 | MUSIC $400: Alborada, which means "dawn song", is a type of music originally performed in the morning in this country Spain |
| #2213, aired 1994-03-30 | MUSIC $200: It's the term for a song, like France's "La Marseillaise", sanctioned by a country for official occasions an anthem |
| #2195, aired 1994-03-04 | 1980s FILMS $400: "Coal Miner's Daughter" was the film biography of this country music star Loretta Lynn |
| #2186, aired 1994-02-21 | POP MUSIC $200: Groups from this country have included INXS & Men at Work Australia |
| #2177, aired 1994-02-08 | MUSIC FESTIVALS $400: In 1956 Yehudi Menuhin set up a festival at Gstaad in this country Switzerland |
| #2143, aired 1993-12-22 | MUSIC APPRECIATION $600: A Malaguena can be a dance or a folk song from the southern part of this country Spain |
| #2134, aired 1993-12-09 | MUSIC MEN $600: Guy Lombardo was born in this country in 1902 Canada |
| #2133, aired 1993-12-08 | MUSIC $800: A tambura is a lute that serves as a drone when playing the raga melodies of this country India |
| #2109, aired 1993-11-04 | THEME PARKS $400: Country music's top acts frequently perform at this park, named for a theatre, in Nashville Opryland |
| #2095, aired 1993-10-15 | MUSICAL TERMS $500 (Daily Double): This country's classical music is based on arrangements of notes called ragas India |
| #2072, aired 1993-09-14 | MUSIC APPRECIATION $1000: Rimsky-Korsakov wrote the "Song of" this Asian country for his opera "Sadko" India |
| #2064, aired 1993-07-22 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $600: Most of Haydn's works were written while he was a court composer in Eisenstadt, now in this country Austria |
| #2038, aired 1993-06-16 | COUNTRY MUSIC $100: This writer & performer of “Big Bad John” is now a sausage entrepreneur Jimmy Dean |
| #2038, aired 1993-06-16 | COUNTRY MUSIC $200: Her autobiography, “Stand By Your Man”, was made into a 1981 TV movie starring Annette O’Toole Tammy Wynette |
| #2038, aired 1993-06-16 | COUNTRY MUSIC $300: The Krystal hamburger chain inspired this sister of Loretta Lynn to change her name Crystal Gayle |
| #2038, aired 1993-06-16 | COUNTRY MUSIC $400: Because his hair turned prematurely white at age 21, he's known as the "Silver Fox" Charlie Rich |
| #2038, aired 1993-06-16 | COUNTRY MUSIC $500: Top hits after her 1963 death included “Sweet Dreams” & “He Called Me Baby" Patsy Cline |
| #1914, aired 1992-12-24 | JAPAN $300: Many Japanese bars feature karaoke, where patrons entertain themselves by doing this singing |
| #1874, aired 1992-10-29 | COUNTRY SINGERS $500: His 1991 music video "The Thunder Rolls" created controversy because of its violence Garth Brooks |
| #1869, aired 1992-10-22 | COUNTRY MUSIC $100: Willie Nelson advised, "Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be" these cowboys |
| #1869, aired 1992-10-22 | COUNTRY MUSIC $200: This female duo gave their last concert together on Dec. 4, 1991 the Judds |
| #1869, aired 1992-10-22 | COUNTRY MUSIC $300: Dang me; songs like "Dang Me" earned him a place in the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Roger Miller |
| #1869, aired 1992-10-22 | COUNTRY MUSIC $400: In "Sixteen Tons", Tennessee Ernie Ford sang, "I owe my soul to" this place the company store |
| #1869, aired 1992-10-22 | COUNTRY MUSIC $500: In 1961, 8 yrs. after he died at age 29, he became one of the 1st inductees in the Country Music Hall of Fame Hank Williams |
| #1735, aired 1992-02-28 | STATE CAPITALS $400: The Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum is located in this capital Nashville |
| #1678, aired 1991-12-11 | COUNTRY MUSIC $100: From 1980 to 1982, this singer & her sisters Louise & Irlene had their own TV variety series on NBC Barbara Mandrell |
| #1678, aired 1991-12-11 | COUNTRY MUSIC $200: He's been called the "Baron of Bakersfield" & his band is the Buckaroos Buck Owens |
| #1678, aired 1991-12-11 | COUNTRY MUSIC $300: Born Virginia Wynette Pugh, she was the CMA's Female Vocalist of the Year in 1968, '69 & '70 Tammy Wynette |
| #1678, aired 1991-12-11 | COUNTRY MUSIC $500: This singer's "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" was the 1st No. 1 country hit by a female Kitty Wells |
| #1678, aired 1991-12-11 | COUNTRY MUSIC $1,000 (Daily Double): A piano-playing cousin of Jerry Lee Lewis, he crossed over onto the pop charts in 1980 with "Stand By Me" Mickey Gilley |
| #1628, aired 1991-10-02 | COUNTRY MUSIC $100: In a Jerry Reed song, it's the line following "When you're hot, you're hot" When you're not, you're not |
| #1628, aired 1991-10-02 | COUNTRY MUSIC $200: This "outlaw" has spearheaded several Farm Aid concerts Willie Nelson |
| #1628, aired 1991-10-02 | COUNTRY MUSIC $300: "They're gonna put me in the movies, they're gonna make a big star out of me...all I have to do is" this act naturally |
| #1617, aired 1991-09-17 | COMPOSERS $400: Heitor Villa-Lobos helped develop a national style of music for this, his native country Brazil |
| #1559, aired 1991-05-16 | MUSIC $600: "My Country 'Tis of Thee" is sung to the same tune as this British national anthem "God Save the Queen" |
| #1529, aired 1991-04-04 | COUNTRY MUSIC $100: He starred in the 1981 TV movie based on his No. 1 country hit, "Coward Of The County" (Kenny) Rogers |
| #1529, aired 1991-04-04 | COUNTRY MUSIC $200: Eddy Arnold sang, "The Last word In Lonesome Is" this Me |
| #1529, aired 1991-04-04 | COUNTRY MUSIC $300 (Daily Double): Country star who had his first Top 10 hit on the pop charts with the following: "A white sports coat and a pink carnation / I'm all dressed up for the dance" Marty Robbins |
| #1529, aired 1991-04-04 | COUNTRY MUSIC $400: In 1951 Hank Williams lamented, "Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt" this your cold, cold heart |
| #1529, aired 1991-04-04 | COUNTRY MUSIC $500: In 1988 k.d. lang & this late singer won Grammys for collaborating on the hit single "Crying" Roy Orbison |
| #1525, aired 1991-03-29 | COUNTRY MUSIC $100: In 1978 B. Mandrell was "Sleeping single in" one of these, "thinking over things I wish I'd said" a double bed |
| #1525, aired 1991-03-29 | COUNTRY MUSIC $200: These 2 singers were the original co-hosts of TV's "Hee Haw" Roy Clark & Buck Owens |
| #1525, aired 1991-03-29 | COUNTRY MUSIC $300: This singer's short story collection, "The Devil Went Down to Georgia", was named for his 1979 hit song Charlie Daniels |
| #1525, aired 1991-03-29 | COUNTRY MUSIC $400: Texas town that's the title of Waylon Jennings' 1977 hit subtitled "Back to the Basics of Love" Luckenbach |
| #1525, aired 1991-03-29 | COUNTRY MUSIC $500 (Daily Double): Roy Acuff, the 1st living member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, had a big hit with the following song: "Wabash Cannonball" |
| #1488, aired 1991-02-06 | MUSIC $1,100 (Daily Double): Madrigals originated in this country in the 1300s & later became popular in England Italy |
| #1404, aired 1990-10-11 | U.S. STATES $900 (Daily Double): Country music's Alabama is from that state, while the Oak Ridge Boys began as a group in this state Tennessee |
| #1391, aired 1990-09-24 | COUNTRY MUSIC $5 (Daily Double): She made her TV debut on "Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts" January 21, 1957, singing the following:
"I go out walkin' after midnight / Out in the moonlight / Just like we used to do / I'm always walkin'" Patsy Cline |
| #1391, aired 1990-09-24 | COUNTRY MUSIC $100: In 1969 Kenny Rogers pleaded with this girl "Don't take your love to town" Ruby |
| #1391, aired 1990-09-24 | COUNTRY MUSIC $200: This mother and daughter's "Why Not Me" won a Grammy for Best Country Performance by a Duo in 1985 The Judds |
| #1368, aired 1990-07-11 | MUSIC TRIVIA $600: The classical music of this country is based on a system of melodic patterns called ragas India |
| #1362, aired 1990-07-03 | THE GRAMMY AWARDS $200: Of Inspirational, Country or Rock 'n" Roll, the type of music for which Elvis won his 3 Grammys Inspiration |
| #1352, aired 1990-06-19 | COUNTRY MUSIC $100: He was born Hiram King Williams Hank Williams |
| #1352, aired 1990-06-19 | COUNTRY MUSIC $200: This "Smokey and the Bandit" star recorded a country song called "Let's Do Something Cheap & Superficial" Burt Reynolds |
| #1352, aired 1990-06-19 | COUNTRY MUSIC $400: Johnny Cash sang "Don't take your guns to town" & Kenny Rogers begged Ruby "don't" do this take your love to town |
| #1352, aired 1990-06-19 | COUNTRY MUSIC $500: In a B.J. Thomas song it follows "Hey, wont you play..." (another) somebody done somebody wrong song |
| #1352, aired 1990-06-19 | COUNTRY MUSIC $1,000 (Daily Double): He won his first Grammy in 1972 for writing the following:
"Take the ribbon from your hair / Shake it loose and let it fall / Lay it soft upon my skin..." Kris Kristofferson |
| #1327, aired 1990-05-15 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1,000 (Daily Double): The music of this country's national anthem is attributed to a native son, Mozart Austria |
| #1270, aired 1990-02-23 | COWBOY SONGS $500: The country music brothers who told us "The Lady Takes The Cowboy Every Time" the Gatlin Brothers |
| #1248, aired 1990-01-24 | COUNTRY SINGERS $400: In 1970 this Virginia family became the 1st group elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame Carters |
| #1242, aired 1990-01-16 | COUNTRY MUSIC $100: After playing Goober on "Mayberry, R.F.D.", George Lindsey became a regular on this country show in 1972 Hee Haw |
| #1242, aired 1990-01-16 | COUNTRY MUSIC $200: For 1975 the Texas state senate declared this holiday "Willie Nelson Day" in Texas Fourth of July |
| #1242, aired 1990-01-16 | COUNTRY MUSIC $600 (Daily Double): President Bush keeps cassettes of this group's music in his briefcase to play in his limousine:
"Elvira /
Elvira /
My heart's on fire, for /
Elvira..." The Oak Ridge Boys |
| #1229, aired 1989-12-28 | THE SOUTH $200: This country music show has an "official candy bar", the Goo Goo Cluster Grand Ole Opry |
| #1210, aired 1989-12-01 | NATIONAL ANTHEMS $400: Smetana's "The Moldau" resembles the music of "Hatikva", this country's anthem Israel |
| #1183, aired 1989-10-25 | OLD-TIME RADIO $200: This Saturday night country music show began on WSM in Nashville in 1925 & is till on the air the Grand Ole Opry |
| #1169, aired 1989-10-05 | TENNESSEANS $400: This country music superstar 1st crossed over into the pop Top 10 in 1977 with "Here You Come Again" Dolly Parton |
| #1160, aired 1989-09-22 | SINGERS $300: Country music "Jr." whose 1989 video "There's a Tear in My Beer" features his late, legendary father Hank Williams, Jr. |
| #1145, aired 1989-07-21 | MUSICAL TEXAS TOWNS $200: In 1987 country music's George Strait went straight to this "yellow" Texas town "by Morning" Amarillo |
| #1128, aired 1989-06-28 | MUSICAL THEATER $2,800 (Daily Double): Country that's the setting of the following song:
"1, 2, 3 and 1, 2, 3 and 1, 2, 3 /
Shall we dance? /
1, 2, 3 and /
On a bright cloud of music /
Shall we fly?..." Siam (Thailand) |
| #1091, aired 1989-05-08 | SOUTH AMERICA $300: If you're watching a music video in Montevideo, you're in this country's capital Uruguay |
| #1015, aired 1989-01-20 | COUNTRY CROONERS $400: If you ask him how long he plans to be on top of country music, he might say, "Forever & Ever, Amen" Randy Travis |
| #1015, aired 1989-01-20 | COUNTRY CROONERS $500: Singer/songwriter Rodney Crowell married "money" when he married this successful singer Rosanne Cash |
| #972, aired 1988-11-22 | COUNTRY MUSIC $100: Harold Jenkins took his stage name from 2 towns: Conway, Ark. & this town in Texas Twitty |
| #972, aired 1988-11-22 | COUNTRY MUSIC $200: In 1972 Donna Fargo described herself as "The Happiest Girl in" this the whole U.S.A. |
| #972, aired 1988-11-22 | COUNTRY MUSIC $300: Hank Williams asked, "Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt" this your cold cold heart |
| #972, aired 1988-11-22 | COUNTRY MUSIC $400: As he says in his song "Mama Tried." he "turned 21 in prison", San Quentin in fact Merle Haggard |
| #972, aired 1988-11-22 | COUNTRY MUSIC $500: Waylon Jennings warbled, "Ladies love" these men "like babies love stray dogs" & he should know outlaws |
| #969, aired 1988-11-17 | SINGERS $100: Country singer Lacy J. Dalton was vice president of the ACM, which is this the Academy of Country Music |
| #958, aired 1988-11-02 | COUNTRY & WESTERN MUSIC $100: In Cole Porter's song, these words follow "can't look at hobbles and I can't stand fences" don't fence me in |
| #958, aired 1988-11-02 | COUNTRY & WESTERN MUSIC $200: Hey, good lookin', this singer recorded some songs under the name Luke the Drifter Hank Williams |
| #958, aired 1988-11-02 | COUNTRY & WESTERN MUSIC $300: In "Red River Valley", cowboys sing, "come and" do this "if you love me" sit by my side |
| #946, aired 1988-10-17 | COUNTRY MUSIC $100: This Larry's brothers aren't Darryl & Darryl but Rudy & Steve Gatlin |
| #946, aired 1988-10-17 | COUNTRY MUSIC $200: Of We Five, The Seekers or The New Christy Minstrels, the folk group Kenny Rogers sang with in 1966 The New Christy Minstrels |
| #946, aired 1988-10-17 | COUNTRY MUSIC $300: Husband & wife featured on "Wanted: The Outlaws", country's 1st platinum album Waylon Jennings & Jessi Colter |
| #946, aired 1988-10-17 | COUNTRY MUSIC $600 (Daily Double): The following singer has had more No. 1 hits than any other artist in any field of music:
"She tried to hide it by the faded denim clothes she wore / But I knew she'd never been inside a bar before / And I felt like a peasant who just had met a queen / And she knew I saw right through those tight fittin' jeans..." Conway Twitty |
| #912, aired 1988-07-19 | FAMOUS ARNOLDS $400: Sometimes called "The Ambassador of Country Music", he's sold over 70 million records Eddy Arnold |
| #902, aired 1988-07-05 | MUSIC ON THE MAP $100: John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads" sings the praises of this state West Virginia |
| #897, aired 1988-06-28 | MUSIC MAKERS $200: The Kingston Trio took its name from Kingston, the capital of this Caribbean country Jamaica |
| #878, aired 1988-06-01 | AMERICAN MUSIC $100: Its 2nd verse begins, "My native country, thee, land of the noble free" "My Country 'Tis of Thee" ("America") |
| #865, aired 1988-05-13 | SINGERS $400: Country music fans cried when his "Cheatin' Heart" gave out at age 29 Hank Williams |
| #853, aired 1988-04-27 | POP MUSIC $200: In June 1987, Chris de Burgh & U2, both from this Gaelic country, had top 5 hits in the U.S. Ireland |
| #846, aired 1988-04-18 | KENTUCKYIANS $600 (Daily Double): Heard here, they won the Country Music Assn.'s Best Vocal Group Award for '85, '86, & '87:
"Why not me on a rainy day? /
Why not me to love your cares away? /
Why not me?..." Judds (Naomi & Wynonna) |
| #842, aired 1988-04-12 | COUNTRY CROONERS $100: With his band the Pridesmen, he's the "pride" of country music Charley Pride |
| #821, aired 1988-03-14 | THE SOUTH ON FILM $100: A 1975 Robert Altman film was set in this cultural capital of country music Nashville |
| #817, aired 1988-03-08 | COUNTRY & WESTERN MUSIC $100: Cowboy word that completes song titles "On the Old Spanish..." & "Along the Navajo..." Trail |
| #817, aired 1988-03-08 | COUNTRY & WESTERN MUSIC $300 (Daily Double): Composer & singer of the following, which could be Charles Kuralt's theme song:
"On the road again / Just can't wait to get on the road again" Willie Nelson |
| #817, aired 1988-03-08 | COUNTRY & WESTERN MUSIC $300: Larry Gatlin sang, "She dropped me in" this city "so I know I had at least a mile to fall" Denver |
| #806, aired 1988-02-22 | "COUNTRY" MUSIC $100: Donny's "I'm a little bit rock & roll" was a response to this line by Marie "I'm a little bit country" |
| #806, aired 1988-02-22 | "COUNTRY" MUSIC $200: In 1968, Billy Vera was a "City Man", & Judy Clay, not Grace Kelly, was this a Country Girl |
| #806, aired 1988-02-22 | "COUNTRY" MUSIC $300: In the patriotic song, this title line precedes "Land of my birth", "grandest on earth" This is my country |
| #806, aired 1988-02-22 | "COUNTRY" MUSIC $400: In 1973, Dottie West sang that she "was raised" this way on country sunshine |
| #806, aired 1988-02-22 | "COUNTRY" MUSIC $500 (Daily Double): Title of the following Glen Campbell song:
"You get a house in the hills / You're payin' everyone's bills / And they tell you that you're gonna go far / But in the back of my mind / I hear it time after time / Is that who you really are?" "Country Boy" |
| #790, aired 1988-01-29 | CLASSIC COUNTRY $200: In 1958, the first country music Grammy Award went to this Kingston Trio song "Tom Dooley" |
| #790, aired 1988-01-29 | CLASSIC COUNTRY $400: It's been said he is to country music what Jackie Robinson is to baseball Charley Pride |
| #767, aired 1987-12-29 | COUNTRY MUSIC $100: According to Crystal Gayle, "You've been" doing this "in your sleep with loving on your mind" talking |
| #767, aired 1987-12-29 | COUNTRY MUSIC $200: "Trigger"-happy star who sang "Hoppy, Gene & Me, we taught you how to shoot straight" Roy Rogers |
| #767, aired 1987-12-29 | COUNTRY MUSIC $600 (Daily Double): Composer of the following, which was featured in the movie about her life:
"You've come to tell me something you say I ought to know / That he don't love me anymore and I'll have to let him go / You say you're gonna take him, oh, but I don't..." Loretta Lynn |
| #745, aired 1987-11-27 | COUNTRY MUSIC $200: "If it weren't for Dottie West, I'd probably be a lawyer in Houston," said this leader of the Gatlin Bros. Larry Gatlin |
| #745, aired 1987-11-27 | COUNTRY MUSIC $400: Though his 1st 2 initials don't stand for any names, he's often called "The Good" T.G. Sheppard |
| #745, aired 1987-11-27 | COUNTRY MUSIC $500 (Daily Double): 1 of the 2 singers heard in the following:
"Hey, Louisiana woman" / "Mississippi man" / "We'll get together every time we can / The Mississippi River can't keep us apart" / "There's too much love in this Mississippi heart" / "Too much love..." (1 of) Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn |
| #745, aired 1987-11-27 | COUNTRY MUSIC $800: Sum total of the numbers of the Oak Ridge Boys, the Statler Brothers & The Judds 10 (4, 4 & 2) |
| #743, aired 1987-11-25 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: In 1876, Wagner wrote the "Centennial Inaugural March" for this country's 100th anniversary United States |
| #697, aired 1987-09-22 | FAMOUS FAMILIES $800: The 1st group admitted to the Country Music Hall of Fame were these in-laws of Johnny Cash Carters |
| #686, aired 1987-09-07 | COUNTRY MUSIC TRIVIA $100: Tho Loretta Lynn was a coal miner's daughter, she was named for this star of "The Farmer's Daughter" Loretta Young |
| #686, aired 1987-09-07 | COUNTRY MUSIC TRIVIA $200: The title of his 1985 autobiography is "Stuttering Boy" Mel Tillis |
| #686, aired 1987-09-07 | COUNTRY MUSIC TRIVIA $300: In 1973, 10 years after her death, she became 1st female solo artist elected to Country Hall of Fame Patsy Cline |
| #686, aired 1987-09-07 | COUNTRY MUSIC TRIVIA $350 (Daily Double): 2 of the 3 female superstars featured on the 1987 album "Trio" Linda Ronstadt & Dolly Parton (& Emmylou Harris) |
| #686, aired 1987-09-07 | COUNTRY MUSIC TRIVIA $400: In 1980, this singer found his 1st national hit while "Lookin' For Love" Johnny Lee |
| #671, aired 1987-07-06 | COUNTRY MUSIC $200: Jeannie C. Riley hit #1 singing about "The day my mama socked it to" them the Harper Valley PTA |
| #671, aired 1987-07-06 | COUNTRY MUSIC $400: Johnny Cash sang, "I keep a close watch on this heart of mine" in this song "I Walk The Line" |
| #671, aired 1987-07-06 | COUNTRY MUSIC $600: Song in which Hank Williams asked, "...What-cha got cookin'? How's about cookin' somethin' up with me" "Hey, Good Lookin'" |
| #671, aired 1987-07-06 | COUNTRY MUSIC $800: In 1980 Shelly West & David Frizzell told each other, "You're the reason God made..." this state Oklahoma |
| #671, aired 1987-07-06 | COUNTRY MUSIC $1000: Bobby Bare's 1976 musical request was "dropkick me, Jesus, through" these the goalposts of life |
| #665, aired 1987-06-26 | AMERICAN MUSIC $400: When 1st presented, July 4th, 1831, the song "America" went by this title, its 1st liine "My Country, Tis of Thee" |
| #630, aired 1987-05-08 | COUNTRY MUSIC $200: He sings "I wear the black for the poor & beaten down, livin' on the hopeless hungry side of town" Johnny Cash |
| #630, aired 1987-05-08 | COUNTRY MUSIC $400: "To All The Girls I've Loved Before" was a big hit for the duo of Julio Iglesias & this star Willie Nelson |
| #630, aired 1987-05-08 | COUNTRY MUSIC $600: In 1962, Roy Acuff became 1st person elected to Country Music Hall of Fame who wasn't this dead |
| #621, aired 1987-04-27 | TRANSPORTATION $400 (Daily Double): Group which topped the country charts with the following song about a truck driver:
[Truck noises]
"Roll on, highway /
Roll on along /
Roll on, Daddy, 'til you get back home /
Roll on family /
Roll on crew /
Roll on, Mama, like I asked you to do /
And roll on eighteen wheeler, roll on /
(Roll on!)..." Alabama |
| #596, aired 1987-03-23 | COUNTRY MUSIC FIRSTS $200: Cash Box magazine named him, country music's 1st black star, "The Male Country Vocalist of the '70s" Charley Pride |
| #596, aired 1987-03-23 | COUNTRY MUSIC FIRSTS $400: 1st group to win CMA's Entertainer of the Year, they went on to be 1st to win 3 years in a row Alabama |
| #596, aired 1987-03-23 | COUNTRY MUSIC FIRSTS $600: Dottie West won 1st Clio ever by country artist for "Country Sunshine" used in TV ad for this Coca-Cola |
| #566, aired 1987-02-09 | COUNTRY MUSIC $100: In 1973 "Silver Fox" Charlie Rich sang about what he did "behind" these closed doors |
| #566, aired 1987-02-09 | COUNTRY MUSIC $200: He's known for his trademark greeting, "Howdy, pea-pickers" Tennessee Ernie Ford |
| #566, aired 1987-02-09 | COUNTRY MUSIC $300: While his dad's back-up band was the Drifting Cowboys, his 1st was the Cheatin' Hearts Hank Williams Jr. |
| #566, aired 1987-02-09 | COUNTRY MUSIC $400: It's said both his vocal & piano playing styles are similar to that of his 1st cousin, Jerry Lee Lewis Mickey Gilley |
| #558, aired 1987-01-28 | COUNTRY MUSIC $100: This relative of Barbara Mandrell is her manager her father |
| #555, aired 1987-01-23 | COUNTRY MUSIC $100: He describes his brand of country music saying,
"It's not Western, it's Waylon" Waylon Jennings |
| #555, aired 1987-01-23 | COUNTRY MUSIC $200: In 1985, a court ruled that she was the composer of the 1980 hit, "9 to 5" Dolly Parton |
| #555, aired 1987-01-23 | COUNTRY MUSIC $300: Though "Wheel of Fortune" is tops now, in the late '70s this country show was #1 in TV syndication Hee-Haw |
| #555, aired 1987-01-23 | COUNTRY MUSIC $400: In song, Eddy Arnold pleads, "Make the world go away; get it off these." shoulders |
| #555, aired 1987-01-23 | COUNTRY MUSIC $500: His "Kaw-Liga" & "Take These Chains From My Heart" hit #1 after his death Hank Williams |
| #534, aired 1986-12-25 | MOVIES ON THE MAP $100: Robert Altman mixed country music & politics in this 1975 film set in Tennessee Nashville |
| #530, aired 1986-12-19 | MUSIC ON THE MAP $100: Only country mentioned in the song "Snoopy vs. The Red Baron" Germany |
| #521, aired 1986-12-08 | COUNTRY MUSIC FIRSTS $200: For "Here You Come Again", she became 1st country female artist to receive a platinum record Dolly Parton |
| #495, aired 1986-10-31 | MUSIC $200: An important part of this country's classical music is the raga India |
| #490, aired 1986-10-24 | TIMELY MUSIC $500: Academy of Country Music Single of the Year, Don Williams set his watch back to it
while living on it in 1978 "Tulsa Time" |
| #489, aired 1986-10-23 | COUNTRY MUSIC $200: Born Seth Ward, he's famed for "Big John" & pork sausage Jimmy Dean |
| #489, aired 1986-10-23 | COUNTRY MUSIC $400: 2-term Louisiana governor Jimmy Davis' fame came in part from his song "You Are My" this "Sunshine" |
| #489, aired 1986-10-23 | COUNTRY MUSIC $600: "Urban Cowboy" was filmed at his Pasadena, Texas club Mickey Gilley |
| #489, aired 1986-10-23 | COUNTRY MUSIC $800: The Tennessee Plowboy Eddie Arnold |
| #489, aired 1986-10-23 | COUNTRY MUSIC $1000: In '72, she became the first woman elected Country Music Assn.'s "Entertainer of the Year" Loretta Lynn |
| #444, aired 1986-05-22 | COUNTRY MUSIC $100: Defending this singer's winning of top country award, Dolly Parton's sister Stella wrote, "Ode To Olivia" Olivia Newton-John |
| #444, aired 1986-05-22 | COUNTRY MUSIC $200: Barbara Mandrell was "sleepin'" this way "in a double bed" "Sleeping Single In A Double Bed" |
| #444, aired 1986-05-22 | COUNTRY MUSIC $300: Of Charlie, Bill or Vaughn Monroe, the called "The Father of Bluegrass Music" Bill Monroe |
| #444, aired 1986-05-22 | COUNTRY MUSIC $400: When asked by producer to write a song with a good hook, he wrote, "Baby, Don't Get Hooked On Me" Mac Davis |
| #444, aired 1986-05-22 | COUNTRY MUSIC $500: This California town, north of Los Angeles, has been dubbed "Little Nashville" Bakersfield |
| #421, aired 1986-04-21 | COUNTRY MUSIC $800: When he gave a concert at San Quentin on New Year's Day, 1960, Merle Haggard was in the audience Johnny Cash |
| #421, aired 1986-04-21 | COUNTRY MUSIC $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1957, Alabaman Sonny James hit No. 1 on both country & pop charts with this song:
"Just one kiss from your sweet lips / Will tell me that your love is real / And I can feel that it's true" "Young Love" |
| #421, aired 1986-04-21 | COUNTRY MUSIC $1000: Kitty Wells reminds men "It Wasn't God Who Made" these honky-tonk angels |
| #409, aired 1986-04-03 | COUNTRY MUSIC $100: June Carter's married name, though she married for love, not money Cash |
| #394, aired 1986-03-13 | NATIONAL ANTHEMS $400: It's believed Mozart wrote music of this country's national anthem Austria |
| #382, aired 1986-02-25 | COUNTRY MUSIC $200: = = |
| #382, aired 1986-02-25 | COUNTRY MUSIC $400: = = |
| #382, aired 1986-02-25 | COUNTRY MUSIC $600: = = |
| #382, aired 1986-02-25 | COUNTRY MUSIC $800: = = |
| #382, aired 1986-02-25 | COUNTRY MUSIC $1000: = = |
| #373, aired 1986-02-12 | MUSIC ON THE MAP $400: "I found my April dream" in this country "with you" Portugal |
| #371, aired 1986-02-10 | COUNTRY MUSIC $200: The Grand Ole Opry is now located in the middle of this amusement park Opryland |
| #371, aired 1986-02-10 | COUNTRY MUSIC $400: Hawkshaw Hawkins performed in a silk jacket with this embroidered on the back a hawk |
| #302, aired 1985-11-05 | A "FAIR" TO REMEMBER $500: Will Rogers starred in the 1st version in 1933, long before Rodgers & Hammerstein added music State Fair |
| #301, aired 1985-11-04 | COUNTRY MUSIC $200: She never bothers removing the price tag from her hat Minnie Pearl |
| #301, aired 1985-11-04 | COUNTRY MUSIC $400: Country music style, often about adultery, divorce, or drunkenness, is named for these sleazy bars a honky tonk |
| #301, aired 1985-11-04 | COUNTRY MUSIC $500 (Daily Double): These 2 country stars named their daughter Tamala Georgette George Jones & Tammy Wynette |
| #301, aired 1985-11-04 | COUNTRY MUSIC $800: This former Bible salesman's hits include "Whiskey River" & "Yesterday's Wine" Willie Nelson |
| #301, aired 1985-11-04 | COUNTRY MUSIC $1000: She met her husband Carl Dean at the Wishy-Washy Laundromat on her first day in Nashville in 1964 Dolly Parton |
| #283, aired 1985-10-09 | MUSIC TRIVIA $500: During WWII, this radio personality popularized country music in Japan Tokyo Rose |
| #280, aired 1985-10-04 | CLASSIC COUNTRY $200: Migrants leaving this state's "Dust Bowl" helped bring country music to the West Oklahoma |
| #280, aired 1985-10-04 | CLASSIC COUNTRY $800: Type of music that's named after Bill Monroe's band bluegrass |
| #280, aired 1985-10-04 | CLASSIC COUNTRY $3,000 (Daily Double): 1 of 3 original members of the Country Music Hall of Fame (1 of) Hank Williams, Sr., Jimmie Rodgers & Fred Rose |
| #268, aired 1985-09-18 | WORLD LEADERS $1,000 (Daily Double): For the king of Thailand's birthday in '84, 1080 men underwent this surgery to help their country a vasectomy |
| #181, aired 1985-05-20 | TRAINS $800 (Daily Double): This Roy Acuff hit is probably country music's best known train song: the "Wabash Cannonball" |
| #180, aired 1985-05-17 | COUNTRY MUSIC $100: This Jeannie C. Riley hit sold 6 million records "The Harper Valley P.T.A." |
| #180, aired 1985-05-17 | COUNTRY MUSIC $200: Expelled from a Bible school at age 15, this country-rock star is known as "The Killer" Jerry Lee Lewis |
| #180, aired 1985-05-17 | COUNTRY MUSIC $300: A Rhodes scholarship paid "For the Good Times" he had at Oxford Kris Kristofferson |
| #180, aired 1985-05-17 | COUNTRY MUSIC $400: Though he's the son of Hank Snow, "The Singing Ranger", he's named after "The Singing Brakeman" Jimmie Rodgers |
| #180, aired 1985-05-17 | COUNTRY MUSIC $500: According to Johnny Horton, "When it's springtime in Alaska" it's this temperature 40 below |
| #159, aired 1985-04-18 | COUNTRY MUSIC $100: His '64 film biography was called "Your Cheatin' Heart" Hank Williams |
| #159, aired 1985-04-18 | COUNTRY MUSIC $200: Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash & Elvis Presley all got their start with this Memphis recording co. Sun Records |
| #159, aired 1985-04-18 | COUNTRY MUSIC $300: Guitarist who won "Cashbox's" best instrumentalist award 19 years straight Chester (Chet) Atkins |
| #159, aired 1985-04-18 | COUNTRY MUSIC $400: This former pro ballplayer is country's top Black star Charley Pride |
| #143, aired 1985-03-27 | WORLD WAR II $2,000 (Daily Double): Country which sank the subject of this song:
"We'll find the German battleship that's makin' such a fuss / We gotta sink the Bismarck cause the world depends on us / Hit the decks a-runnin' boys and spin those guns around / When we find the Bismarck we gotta cut her down" England (Great Britain) |
| #135, aired 1985-03-15 | MUSIC $600: British national anthem whose melody is used for "My Country 'Tis Of Thee" "God Save The Queen" |
| #117, aired 1985-02-19 | COUNTRY MUSIC $100: This "Gambler" formerly sang with New Christy Minstrels Kenny Rogers |
| #117, aired 1985-02-19 | COUNTRY MUSIC $200: Song that begins "Goodbye, Joe, me gotta go, me-oh, my-oh" "Jambalaya" |
| #117, aired 1985-02-19 | COUNTRY MUSIC $300: Considered "noncountry", sets of this instrument were barred by Grand Ole Opry until the '60s drums |
| #117, aired 1985-02-19 | COUNTRY MUSIC $400: Mother Maybelle & Mrs. Johnny Cash are members of this family the Carters |
| #102, aired 1985-01-29 | COUNTRY MUSIC $100: Their 4 hearts were on fire for Elvira the Oak Ridge Boys |
| #102, aired 1985-01-29 | COUNTRY MUSIC $200: To be a good one, Kenny Rogers says, "You gotta know when to hold 'em &... fold 'em" a gambler |
| #102, aired 1985-01-29 | COUNTRY MUSIC $300: John Anderson won his '83 Grammy for doing this with Charlotte on the front porch a-sittin' and a-swingin' |
| #102, aired 1985-01-29 | COUNTRY MUSIC $400: According to Mickey Gilley, this is when "the girls all get prettier" at closing time |
| #102, aired 1985-01-29 | COUNTRY MUSIC $500: Patsy Cline was "mad" for this Willie Nelson classic "Crazy" |
| #91, aired 1985-01-14 | COUNTRY MUSIC $100: Their 1st album was called "My Home's in Alabama" Alabama |
| #25, aired 1984-10-12 | MUSIC $600: Music field where you’d find these Charlies: Walker, Pride & Rich country |
| #6, aired 1984-09-17 | RELATIVES $200: Loretta Lynn's sister, she's a country music long-hair Crystal Gayle |
| #2, aired 1984-09-11 | COUNTRY MUSIC $100: A grandma before her 30th birthday, she's the real "Coal Miner's Daughter" Loretta Lynn |
| #2, aired 1984-09-11 | COUNTRY MUSIC $200: Nashville's Ryman Auditorium was its home for years the Grand Ole Opry |
| #2, aired 1984-09-11 | COUNTRY MUSIC $300: In "True Grit", he played a cowboy, but not his famous Rhinestone one Glen Campbell |
| #2, aired 1984-09-11 | COUNTRY MUSIC $400: His famed San Quentin concert inspired inmate Merle Haggard Johnny Cash |
