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Country Music Unit APEX Music

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This man was born in Memphis and started in country music, but was later known as the King of Rock and Roll.

a)

Johnny Cash

b)

Elvis Presley

c)

Michael Jackson

d)

Hank Williams

2.

This man made Texas Swing famous with his band

a)

Bob Wills

b)

Elvis Presley

c)

Hank Williams

d)

Jimmie Rodgers

3.

This is known as the hometown of Country Music

a)

Dallas

b)

Memphis

c)

Nashville

d)

Detroit

4.

This is the radio program played all over the country that made country music stars famous

a)

American Bandstand

b)

The Tonight Show

c)

Academy Awards

d)

Grand Ole Opry

5.

This was the first female country music star, her most famous song was "Coal Miner's Daughter"

a)

Loretta Lynn

b)

Dolly Parton

c)

Reba McEntire

d)

Patsy Cline

6.

This man was known as the "Man in Black". He played a concert at Folsom Prison and San Quentin Prison.

a)

Merle Haggard

b)

Johnny Cash

c)

Hank Williams

d)

Willie Nelson

7.

Style of music made popular by Hank Williams, started right after World War 2 in bars and clubs

a)

Bluegrass

b)

Outlaw

c)

Honky-Tonk

d)

Big Band

8.

Style made popular by Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings in the 60s and 70s

a)

Honky-Tonk

b)

Bluegrass

c)

Americana

d)

Outlaw

9.

Style of music created by Bill Monroe in Kentucky in the 1920s and 30s, featured banjos and fiddles

a)

Outlaw

b)

Honky-Tonk

c)

Bluegrass

d)

Nashville sound

10.

This is Merle Haggard's most famous song, it was a protest song about the Vietnam War

a)

"Amarillo By Morning"

b)

"Crazy"

c)

"Okie From Muskogee"

d)

"Act Naturally"

11.

This is the city that Elvis Presley is from, his Graceland house is still there

a)

Memphis

b)

Nashville

c)

Dallas

d)

Atlanta

12.

This is what caused people to move to California during the 1930s and 40s

a)

World War 2

b)

Dust Bowl

c)

Vietnam War

d)

COVID-19

13.

This was the song written by Willie Nelson that became a hit for Patsy Cline

a)

"Crazy"

b)

"Luckenbach, TX"

c)

"Okie from Muskogee"

d)

"Always on my Mind"

14.

This man popularized yodeling in country music

a)

Willie Nelson

b)

Johnny Cash

c)

Jimmie Rodgers

d)

Hank Williams

15.

This man (famous in the 1940s) died on New Years Day when he was 29 years old. His most famous songs were "Hey, Good Lookin'" and "I Saw the Light"

a)

Johnny Cash

b)

Hank Williams

c)

Willie Nelson

d)

George Jones

16.

This was the most famous African-American country singer of all-time

a)

Johnny Cash

b)

Charley Pride

c)

George Jones

d)

Willie Nelson

17.

Johnny Cash performed at these TWO places (2 answers)

a)

Folsom Prison

b)

Red Rocks Ampitheater

c)

San Quentin Prison

d)

Nashville Symphony

18.

This woman was married to George Jones in the 1960s. She is most famous for singing "D-I-V-O-R-C-E"

a)

Dolly Parton

b)

Loretta Lynn

c)

Tammy Wynette

d)

Rose Maddox

19.

This is the area of the United States that country music was born in, called "hillbilly music"

a)

Northeast

b)

Appalachian Mountains

c)

Rocky Mountains

d)

Midwest

20.

This is the state that Willie Nelson is from

a)

Arkansas

b)

Oklahoma

c)

Tennessee

d)

Texas