Can You Answer These Real Jeopardy! Clues About Country Music?
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After the death of its iconic host Alex Trebek, “Jeopardy!” featured a string of celebrity hosts, not always with the same success. Still, the trivia show remains one of most beloved primetime game shows in America.
On the show, three contestants duke it out answering trivia questions in several categories of general knowledge, including popular culture and music. Country music, in particular, has been popular. Since 1984, there have been nearly 600 questions related to country music’s various subgenres, songs, artists, and awards.
24/7 Tempo went through J! Archives — a site created by fans of the show that lists clues going back to when the show first aired in its current format — to identify some of the most interesting and challenging questions about country music.
Wonder how you’d rate on the game show? Try answering the following real clues and see how you stack up.
You can also test your knowledge in another pop culture phenomenon — the Star Wars franchise. Can you answer these real “Jeopardy!” clues about Star Wars?
Click here to see if you can answer these real ‘Jeopardy!’ clues about country music
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COUNTRY MUSIC LEGENDS $1000:
Kitty Wells
OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $200:
Bluegrass
GOOD & BAD MUSIC $2000:
George Strait
COUNTRY MUSIC ALBUMS $1000:
O, Brother, Where Are Thou?
THE ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS $600:
The Backstreet Boys
DOWN HOME TALK $1200:
A honky tonk
STYLES OF COUNTRY MUSIC $800:
Outlaw
COUNTRY MUSIC $1000:
Darius Rucker
COUNTRY MUSIC $1600:
Tim McGraw
WOMEN OF COUNTRY $1000:
Patsy Cline
COUNTRY MUSIC $600:
Dolly Parton
COUNTRY MUSIC LEGENDS $200:
Johnny Cash
COUNTRY SINGERS $500:
Garth Brooks
THE SOUTH $200:
Grand Ole Opry
MUSIC ON THE MAP $100:
West Virginia
FAMOUS FAMILIES $800:
Carters
DECK THE “HALL”s $300:
Tom T. Hall
THE ONION DESCRIBES THE STATE $600:
Tennessee
MUSICAL STATES $1600:
Alabama
MOVIES WITH “HEART” $400:
Crazy Heart
U.S. CITY NICKNAMES $800: California:
Bakersfield
WOMEN IN MUSIC $800:
Shania Twain
COUNTRY MUSIC $2000:
It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere
THE ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS $1000:
Jason Aldean
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Grant Suneson is a senior editor at 24/7 Wall St. He was previously a digital content creator at Newsy and a reporter at NPR member station KBIA, where he contributed to their Edward R. Murrow Award-winning coverage. He graduated from the University of Missouri with a degree in journalism.
Grant’s work has been published and referenced in many major outlets such as MSN, USA Today, Yahoo Finance, Detroit Free Press, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Austin American-Statesman, The Tennessean, The Cincinnati Enquirer, The Indianapolis Star, The Clarion-Ledger, WSB-TV, Des Moines Register, Asbury Park Press, KMGH-TV, and many others.
