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Luke Combs during the Lollapalooza Music Festival in July 2025, in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Alamy Stock Photo
Quiz
How much do you know about country music stars?
Country music has long been popular in Ireland.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT yet another international country music star would be playing huge, sold-out concerts in Ireland has once again shown how popular the genre is here.
Luke Combs is set to play two back-to-back gigs at Slane Castle next summer, becoming only the second act to ever do so after U2 became the first in 2001.
And another star of the American country scene, Garth Brooks, played five nights at Croke Park in 2022.
So, today we want to know, how much do you know about country music stars?
What US state is Luke Combs from?
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Texas
California
South Carolina
North Carolina
Hank Williams was arguably the first country music superstar. What was his real first name?
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Henry
Horatio
Herman
Hiram
How old is Willie Nelson?
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85
89
92
95
What year did Dolly Parton release her hit song 'Jolene'?
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1970
1973
1977
1980
Nicole Kidman recently filed for a divorce from her husband, who is a country musician. What's his name?
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Karl Urban
Keith Urban
Kris Urban
Kenny Urban
Which of these is NOT on the list of things that don't impress Shania Twain much?
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Being an astronaut
Being Brad Pitt
Being a rocket scientist
Thinking you're special
According to the song Folsom Prison Blues, where did Johnny Cash shoot a man 'just to watch him die'?
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Dallas
Reno
New Orleans
Nashville
Who is this?
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Kris Kristofferson
Kenny Rogers
Waylon Jennings
Don Williams
Before she became a pop sensation, Taylor Swift was a country musician. What's the name of her first album?
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Red
Fearless
Speak Now
Taylor Swift
The Highwaymen were a country music supergroup made up of Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and...?
Merle Haggard
Garth Brooks
Kris Kristofferson
Kenny Rogers
You scored out of !
Turtley Awful
Shell of a bad effort
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What are ewe doing?
Baaaaad
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Fin-tastic
Flippin' good
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Clever cat
Almost purrfect
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Top dog
Pawsitively flawless
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