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How Well Do You Know Country Music?

See if you can match the lyric to the correct song

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Published May 31, 2022

8 Questions

How Well Do You Know Country Music?

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  "question" : "“And I turned 21 in prison doin’ life without parole”",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "“Jackson,” Johnny Cash and June Carter (1967)",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "“Mama Tried,” Merle Haggard (1968)",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "“Dang Me,” Roger Miller (1964)",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
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}, {
  "question" : "“They say roses are red and violets are purple / Sugar’s sweet and so is maple surple”",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "“Dang Me,” Roger Miller (1964)",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "“Nite Life,” Willie Nelson (1960)",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "“Friends in Low Places,” Garth Brooks (1990)",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
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}, {
  "question" : "“I’ve known a few guys who thought they were pretty smart / But you’ve got being right down to an art”",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "“Before He Cheats,” Carrie Underwood (2005)",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "“Beer Never Broke My Heart,” Luke Combs (2019)",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "“That Don’t Impress Me Much,” Shania Twain (1997)",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  } ],
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  "explanation" : "",
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}, {
  "question" : "“Riding on a horse, ha / You can whip your Porsche”",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "“Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X (2019)",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "“God’s Country,” Blake Shelton (2019)",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "“When the Sun Goes Down,” Kenny Chesney, featuring Uncle Kracker (2004)",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
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  "explanation" : "",
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}, {
  "question" : "“Mine is just another scene / From the world of broken dreams”",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "“Jolene,” Dolly Parton (1973)",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "“Jackson,” Johnny Cash and June Carter (1967)",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "“Nite Life,” Willie Nelson (1960)",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  } ],
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  "explanation" : "",
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}, {
  "question" : "“It takes one hand to count the things I can count on”",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "“Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X (2019)",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "“Beer Never Broke My Heart,” Luke Combs (2019)",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "“God’s Country,” Blake Shelton (2019)",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
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  "explanation" : "",
  "hint" : "",
  "hintLink" : "",
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}, {
  "question" : "“I dug my key into the side / Of his pretty little souped-up four-wheel drive”",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "“Before He Cheats,” Carrie Underwood (2005)",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "“That Don’t Impress Me Much,” Shania Twain (1997)",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "“When the Sun Goes Down,” Kenny Chesney, featuring Uncle Kracker (2004)",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "",
  "hint" : "",
  "hintLink" : "",
  "questionImgCaption" : "",
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}, {
  "question" : "“We got married in a fever, hotter than a pepper sprout”",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "“Jolene,” Dolly Parton (1973)",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "“Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love),” Waylon Jennings (1977)",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "“Jackson,” Johnny Cash and June Carter (1967)",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  } ],
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  "explanation" : "",
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} ]

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