Country Music Trivia

135+ Best Country Music Trivia Questions & Answers

Mike Oberman

Updated: June 29th, 2023

Get ready to sing along and tap your foot to these country music trivia questions! From Johnny Cash to Taylor Swift, see how well you know the stars, albums, and history of country music.

Country Music Artists Trivia

Question: What was the name of Johnny Cash's band?

Answer: The Tennessee Three

Question: Miranda Lambert married which fellow country star in 2011?

Answer: Blake Shelton

Question: Kenny Chesney has sold how many albums as of 2012?

Answer: 30 million

Question: What country musician sang the song 'Waterloo' in the 1950s?

Answer: Stonewall Jackson

Question: I Will Always Love You was written by which county star?

Answer: Dolly Parton

Question: Which prominent country musician died in 1953?

Answer: Hank Williams

Question: In what state was Johnny Cash born and raised?

Answer: Arkansas

Question: Who released the classic country album 'No Fences'?

Answer: Garth Brooks

Question: Who released the classic country album 'Ropin' the Wind'?

Answer: Garth Brooks

Question: Brooks & Dunn hit the road on which tour in 1998?

Answer: The Tailgate Party Tour

Question: What country music singer performed the breakthrough hit 'Walkin' after Midnight' in 1957?

Answer: Patsy Cline

Question: Willie Nelson's battered old Martin guitar was called what?

Answer: Trigger

Question: Of these, which is a country music singer born in 1983?

Answer: Carrie Underwood

Question: In what year was Garth Brooks born?

Answer: 1962

Question: Which Keith Urban album topped the US's Billboard Country Albums chart in 2004?

Answer: Be Here

Question: What musician recorded the song 'Heartbreak Hotel' in January 1956?

Answer: Elvis Presley (verify)

Question: Which country star sung Ring of Fire?

Answer: Johnny Cash

Question: Who released the album 'Country Music' in 2010?

Answer: Willie Nelson

Question: What actor won a 2006 Best Actor Golden Globe Award for his portrayal of Johnny Cash?

Answer: Joaquin Phoenix

Question: In 2009 MTV VMA, Taylor Swift's acceptance speech for Best Female Video was interrupted by who?

Answer: Kanye West

Question: What country music singer recorded the 45rpm single 'Young Love' in 1956?

Answer: Sonny James

Question: What famous country star has a theme park named after them?

Answer: Dolly Parton

Question: 'Cowboy Take Me Away' is a hit song from which band?

Answer: Dixie Chicks

Question: Which of these could be considered a country music star?

Answer: Taylor Swift

Question: Who released the classic country album 'The Woman in Me'?

Answer: Shania Twain

Question: What Classical Country Star is known as 'The Storyteller'?

Answer: Tom T Hall

Question: In the world of Country music, what does CMA stand for?

Answer: Country Music Association

Question: The Dixie Chicks originally formed in what year?

Answer: 1989

Question: What state is Billy Ray Cyrus from?

Answer: Kentucky

Question: Garth Brooks released his self-titled album in what year?

Answer: 1989

Question: In what year did the Country Music Hall of Fame start?

Answer: 1961

Question: In which US State was Dolly Parton born?

Answer: Tennessee

Question: Kenny Rogers was born and raised in what state?

Answer: Texas

Question: What was the nickname of country legend Johnny Cash?

Answer: The Man in Black

Question: How many times has Kenny Rogers been married?

Answer: 5

Question: Which celebrity competition did Billy Ray Cyrus participate in early in 2007?

Answer: Dancing With The Stars

Question: Which of the following bands did Kenny NOT belong to in the early days of his career?

Answer: The Highwaymen

Country Music Songs Trivia

Question: What country musician sang the song 'Waterloo' in the 1950s?

Answer: Stonewall Jackson

Question: I Will Always Love You was written by which county star?

Answer: Dolly Parton

Question: Who released the classic country album 'No Fences'?

Answer: Garth Brooks

Question: Who released the classic country album 'Ropin' the Wind'?

Answer: Garth Brooks

Question: What country music singer performed the breakthrough hit 'Walkin' after Midnight' in 1957?

Answer: Patsy Cline

Question: Which country star sung Ring of Fire?

Answer: Johnny Cash

Question: Which one of Taylor Swift's songs won two Grammy awards in 2012?

Answer: Mean

Question: Who released the album 'Country Music' in 2010?

Answer: Willie Nelson

Question: What country music singer recorded the 45rpm single 'Young Love' in 1956?

Answer: Sonny James

Question: 'Cowboy Take Me Away' is a hit song from which band?

Answer: Dixie Chicks

Question: Who released the classic country album 'The Woman in Me'?

Answer: Shania Twain

Country Music Awards Trivia

Question: What musician recorded the song, 'Heartbreak Hotel' in January 1956?

Answer: Elvis Presley

Question: In what year did Kenny Chesney win his first CMA awards?

Answer: 2004

Question: In what year was Garth Brooks born?

Answer: 1962

Question: Which Keith Urban album topped the US's Billboard Country Albums chart in 2004?

Answer: Be Here

Question: In what year was Kenny Chesney born?

Answer: 1968

Question: What actor won a 2006 Best Actor Golden Globe Award for his portrayal of Johnny Cash?

Answer: Joaquin Phoenix

Question: In 2009 MTV VMA, Taylor Swift's acceptance speech for Best Female Video was interrupted by who?

Answer: Kanye West

Question: What year was Taylor Swift born?

Answer: 1989

Question: In what year did the Country Music Hall of Fame start?

Answer: 1961

Question: Which celebrity competition did Billy Ray Cyrus participate in early in 2007?

Answer: Dancing With The Stars

Question: What year was Taylor Swift born?

Answer: 1989

Question: In which state is the Country Music Hall of Fame?

Answer: Tennessee

Question: In what year did Kenny Rodgers first win a Grammy Award?

Answer: 1977

Question: Keith Urban won the AMC Award for Top Male Vocalist in what year?

Answer: 2005

Question: Which of these singers was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2012?

Answer: Garth Brooks

Question: Which of these singers was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2010?

Answer: Don Williams

Question: What CMA Award did Travis Tritt win in 1991?

Answer: Horizon Award

Question: Keith Urban won the AMC Award for Top Male Vocalist in what year?

Answer: 2005

Question: Which of these singers was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2012?

Answer: Garth Brooks

Question: Which of these singers was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2010?

Answer: Don Williams

Country Music History Trivia

Question: In what country did Keith Urban release an album in before he came to the US?

Answer: Australia

Question: What decade did Country music first become popular in the US?

Answer: 1920s

Question: What sport did Tim McGraw get a college scholarship for?

Answer: Baseball

Question: Which former Beatle had a hit duet with Buck Owens?

Answer: Ringo Starr

Question: What is the first single from the 2007 Rascal Flatts album 'Still Feels Good'?

Answer: Take Me There

Question: What act was the first to be inducted into both the Country Music and the Rock and Roll Halls of Fame?

Answer: Johnny Cash

Question: What finishes the Toby Keith song lyric 'I'm closing up shop ....'?

Answer: Shuttin' Us Down

Question: What finishes the Toby Keith song lyric 'See that big blue note over there ....'?

Answer: On The Counter

Question: What decade did Country music first become popular in the US?

Answer: 1920s

Question: Which famous Western Swing Band Leader was convicted of murdering his wife?

Answer: Spade Cooley

Question: Which band did Garth Brooks perform with on 'The Tonight Show With Jay Leno'?

Answer: Kiss

Question: Which famous Western Swing Band Leader was convicted of murdering his wife?

Answer: Spade Cooley

Country Artists' Personal Life Trivia

Question: Miranda Lambert married which fellow country star in 2011?

Answer: Blake Shelton

Question: Kenny Chesney has sold how many albums as of 2012?

Answer: 30 million

Question: In what state was Johnny Cash born and raised?

Answer: Arkansas

Question: In what year was Garth Brooks born?

Answer: 1962

Question: How many times has Kenny Rogers been married?

Answer: 5

Question: Which celebrity competition did Billy Ray Cyrus participate in early in 2007?

Answer: Dancing With The Stars

Question: What finishes the Toby Keith song lyric 'I'm going to get drunk and ....'?

Answer: Be Somebody

Question: Carole Underwood, mother of singer Carrie Underwood, is retired from what profession?

Answer: School Teacher

Question: Where was Garth Brooks born?

Answer: Oklahoma

Question: Where did Dierks Bentley get his first name?

Answer: Family Name

Question: How are Gary LeVox and Jay DeMarcus of Rascal Flatts related?

Answer: They're Second Cousins

Question: Keith Urban checked into rehab in October 2006 for what addiction?

Answer: Alcohol

Question: In July 2010, which country music star got married to her ice hockey playing fiancé Mike Fisher?

Answer: Carrie Underwood

Question: Trace Adkins came out with which of these CD's in 2006?

Answer: Dangerous Man

Question: In 2005, which country music star's marriage to actress Renee Zellweger lasted less than half a year?

Answer: Kenny Chesney'

Question: In July 2010, which country music star got married to her ice hockey playing fiancé Mike Fisher?

Answer: Carrie Underwood

Question: Keith Urban checked into rehab in October 2006 for what addiction?

Answer: Alcohol

Question: Carole Underwood, mother of singer Carrie Underwood, is retired from what profession?

Answer: School Teacher

Question: How many times has Kenny Rogers been married?

Answer: 5

Question: What was Kenny Chesney's first ever platinum selling album?

Answer: Everywhere We Go