Country Music Hall of Fame
Immerse your audience in the sounds of both kinds of music, Country AND Western, in this trivia game about the Country Music Hall of Fame.
15 questions · Published July 5, 2022
Trivia questions (5 of 15)
- Multiple Choice
1. What "Father of Bluegrass" has a mandolin amongst the many instruments on display at the Country Music Hall of Fame?
FUN FACT
The bluegrass genre got its name from Bill Monroe's band, the Blue Grass Boys, who took their name from the bluegrass of Monroe's home state of Kentucky.
- Multiple Choice
2. Though not commonly associated with the genre, all of these entertainers have been inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame except _______________.
Elvis Presley was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1998, Ray Charles in 2021, and Jerry Lee Lewis in 2022. But, despite his cross-genre appeal, Bob Dylan has yet to get the call.
- Multiple Choice
3. What other Hall of Fame's architecture inspired the original Country Music Hall of Fame building, which opened in 1967?
The original Country Music Hall of Fame building was erected on the site of a small Nashville park at the head of Music Row. The barn-shaped structure was modeled after the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. It was expanded multiple times before the Country Music Hall of Fame moved to a new, larger location in 2001.
- Multiple Choice
4. Which of these country legends was NOT part of the first class of Hall of Fame inductees in 1961?
Jimmie Rodgers, Fred Rose, and Hank Williams made up the Hall of Fame's initial class in 1961. Upon his induction in 1962, Roy Acuff, that year's lone inductee, became the first living artist enshrined in the Hall.
- Multiple Choice
5. The Country Music Hall of Fame's "Iconic Vehicles" exhibit features a black 1980 Trans Am from _______________, which co-starred a Hall inductee.
The 1980 Trans Am was once owned by singer-actor Jerry Reed, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2017, and who co-starred with Burt Reynolds in "Smokey and the Bandit II" (1980).
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