The following questions will direct you in your search for more information about some of the people, music, instruments, and objects you will see, hear, and learn about during your visit to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. The answers to all of these questions can be found throughout this Web site. Answers are found under the Explore the Music and Inductees sections of the site. Print off this page and record your answers as you find them.
(For Questions 1-3, click "Explore the Music," then "Inductees," then "Election Process." For questions 4 & 5, click "About the Hall" at the bottom of the page)
What year was the Country Music Hall of Fame established?
What is the significance of being elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame?
Who were the first three inductees?
Where did their plaques hang before the original Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum was built?
When did the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum first open?
(For Questions 1-7, click "Experience the Museum," then "Museum Programs," then "Instruments." All instruments are listed in alphabetical order)
In what area of the world did the banjo originate?
From where did the fiddle come to America?
"Fiddle" is another name for what musical instrument?
In what style of country music is the mandolin most used?
From where did the mandolin come to America?
Where did steel guitars originate?
What 1954 hit recording by Webb Pierce made the pedal steel guitar particularly popular in country music?
(For Questions 1-14, click "Explore the Music," then "Inductees." For Questions 15-18, click "Explore the Music," then "History of the Music," then "Grand Ole Opry," then "The Orgins")
What year was Jimmie Rogers inducted into the Country Music Hall of
Fame?
List two of Jimmie Rodger's nicknames:
What was Minnie Pearl's real name?
What year was she inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame?
Minnie did not regularly sing or play an instrument. What was her role on the
Opry?
What year was Hank Williams inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame?
What was the name of Hank Williams's band?
What genre (type) of music is Bill Monroe known for playing?
What was the name of Bill Monroe's band?
When was Bill Monroe inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame?
Elvis Presley is known as the "King" of what kind of music?
What was Elvis's profession before he began making records?
When was Elvis Presley inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame?
What year was Dolly Parton inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame?
The Grand Ole Opry is the longest-running radio show in history. What was it originally called?
On what radio station does it air?
During what year did it first go on the air?
Who founded the Grand Ole Opry?
(For Question 1, click "Explore the Music," then "History of the Music," then click "Origins of the Music." For Questions 2 & 3, click "Explore the Music," then "History of the Music," then click "War Years and Beyond." For Question 34, click "Explore the Music," then "History of the Music," then "Country After Elvis")
In what year did country musicians first perform of the radio?
During WWII, why did so many rural southerners migrate to the cities?
How did this affect country music?
The Nashville Sound blended country and waht other style of music?
What would you like to see added to the Web site that is not currently there?