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BLUE GRASS BOY

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

TU-WEE

a)

THE FLYCATCHER'S CRY

b)

THE SOUND OF RABBITS HOPPING

c)

THE NEW HIT SONG FROM BILL

d)

THE CALL OF A COTTON TAILED RABBIT

2.

WILLIE

a)

FAMOUS COUNTRY SINGER ______ NELSON

b)

WHAT BILL MONROE WAS CALLED WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER

c)

BILL'S BROTHERS NAME

d)

THE NAME OF HIS FIRST ALBUM

3.

MANDOLIN

(TWO ANSWERS)

a)

THE INSTRUMENT BILL'S MOTHER PLAYED

b)

WHAT HIS BROTHER PLAYED

c)

THE INSTRUMENT WILLIE FOUND LAYING AROUND

d)

THE INSTRUMENT HIS SISTER PLAYED

4.

WILLIE BECAME KNOWN AS BILL

a)

IT SOUNDED MORE GROWN UP

b)

IT WAS WHAT HIS MOTHER WANTED TO CALL HIM

c)

THERE WERE TOO MANY PEOPLE NAMED WILLIES ALREADY

d)

IT IS WHAT HIS SISTERS WANTED TO CALL HIM

5.

16 YEARS OLD

a)

WHEN HE LEARNED THE PIANO

b)

WHEN HIS MAMA DIED

c)

WHEN HE TOOK UP THE FIDDLE

d)

WHEN WILLIE LOST HIS DAD

6.

UNCLE PEN'S CABIN

(TWO CORRECT CHOICES)

a)

WHERE HE LEARNED TO PLAY THE GUITAR

b)

WHERE HE SPLIT WOOD AND CARRIED WATER

c)

WHERE HE FOUND HIS MANDOLIN

d)

WHERE BILL AND HIS MANDOLIN MOVED

7.

ARNOLD SHULTZ

a)

BILL LEARNED ABOUT BENDING NOTES FROM HIM

b)

PLAYED THE BLUES

c)

BILL LIVED WITH HIM

d)

BILL'S UNCLE

8.

CHICAGO

a)

WHERE BILL WASHED OIL DRUMS AT THE REFINERY

b)

A TOWN IN KANSAS

c)

WHERE BILL MOVED TO WHEN HE WAS 18

d)

NICKNAME OF BILL'S BROTHER

9.

10 YEARS

a)

HOW LONG IT TOOK BILL TO WALK TO CHICAGO

b)

HOW LONG IT TOOK BILL TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY THE PIANO

c)

HOW OLD BILL WAS WHEN HE QUIT PLAYING

d)

HOW LONG BILL AND HIS BROTHERS PLAYED OTHER PEOPLES MUSIC

10.

THE BLUEGRASS BOYS

a)

THE FIRST BLUES PLAYING BAND

b)

THE NAME OF BILL'S VERY OWN BAND

c)

THE NAME OF ARNOLD SHULTZ'S BAND

d)

THE NAME OF WILLIE NELSON'S BAND

11.

HARD-WORKING EARS

(FIND THE ONE HE DIDN'T HEAR...)

a)

CHIRPS AND TAPS

b)

WHISTLES AND BE-BOP

c)

TADA AND TRICKLE

d)

BIG BAND AND BLUES

12.

BILL'S VERY OWN BAND HAD WHAT TYPE OF PLAYERS?

(THREE ANSWERS ARE POSSIBLE...)

a)

GUITARIST

b)

A FIDDLER AND BILL WITH A MANDOLIN

c)

AN UPRIGHT BASSIST

d)

A PIANO

13.

BILL'S EARS KNEW THE SOUND WAS MISSING THE ......

a)

HARMONICA

b)

COWBELL

c)

PIANO

d)

BANJO

14.

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE

a)

THE HOME OF KADEN NIDAY

b)

THE HOME OF THE GRAND OLD OPRY

c)

THE HOME OF UNCLE PEN

d)

THE HOME OF ARNOLD SHULTZ

15.

"THOSE TUNES ARE ALL IN THE AIR. I JUST HAPPEN TO BE THE FIRST ONE TO PICK THEM OUT."

WHO SAID IT?

a)

UNCLE PEN

b)

JAMES MONROE

c)

ARNOLD SHULTZ

d)

BILL MONROE

16.

THE BLUEGRASS STATE

a)

KANSAS

b)

New York

c)

KENTUCKY

d)

TENNESSEE

17.

DO-SI-DO

a)

WHAT THE CALLER HOLLERED OUT

b)

WHAT THE BIRDS SANG

c)

WHAT BILL YELLED TO GET UNCLE PEN'S ATTENTION

d)

WHAT PEOPLE SAY TO EACH OTHER WHEN THEY SAY HELLO