George Strait Trivia
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50 free George Strait trivia questions with answers — music quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
George Strait has more number one songs than anyone in any genre, and this quiz is for the fans who can name most of them. Forty questions cover his upbringing in Poteet and Pearsall, the Army band in Hawaii, the Ace in the Hole Band and the honky-tonk years, the one-song MCA deal that became a career, and hits from 'Unwound' and 'Fool Hearted Memory' through 'Amarillo by Morning', 'All My Ex's Live in Texas', 'Check Yes or No' and 'Give It All We Got Tonight'. There are questions on Pure Country, the Grammy for Troubadour, the CMA and ACM records, the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Cowboy Rides Away Tour's 104,793-strong finale and the 110,905 who packed Kyle Field in 2024. Easy questions ask which state he calls home; hard ones want the box set that shipped eight million and the tequila that got a single named after it. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia's articles on Strait, his film and his tours, and each question carries the sentence that supports it.
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Q 01In which Texas town was George Strait born in 1952?
Poteet
Poteet, the self-styled Strawberry Capital of Texas south of San Antonio, was his birthplace on 18 May 1952, but he was raised elsewhere, on South Texas ranch country.
Q 02By what nickname is George Strait widely known?
The King of Country
The King of Country: writers gave him the title for bringing fiddle-and-steel honky-tonk back to radio in the 1980s, when pop crossover acts dominated Nashville.
Q 03Strait's high school garage band, the Stoics, took most of its inspiration from which group?
The Beatles
The Beatles 'were big', Strait recalled of his garage-band days; he paid little attention to country music until he was a young soldier.
Q 04Where was Strait stationed when he began singing with an Army-sponsored country band in 1973?
Hawaii
Hawaii: at Schofield Barracks he auditioned for an Army-sponsored band, Rambling Country, and became its lead singer, working through hours of Merle Haggard and George Jones songs.
Q 05Where did Strait and his high school sweetheart Norma marry when they eloped in 1971?
Mexico
Mexico: the couple eloped there on 4 December 1971, then also had a church wedding back home in Texas.
Q 06Strait graduated from Southwest Texas State University with a degree in what?
Agriculture
Strait earned a degree in agriculture from Southwest Texas State University in 1979; the school, renamed Texas State University in 2003, gave him an honorary doctorate in 2006.
Q 07Strait answered a campus flyer in 1975 to front ex-members of Stoney Ridge under which new name?
The Ace in the Hole Band
The Ace in the Hole Band: steel guitarist Mike Daily recalled that Strait 'sang two lines, and it was over' at the audition; their first show together was in San Marcos on 13 October 1975.
Q 08Before MCA signed him, Strait had accepted a job doing what and nearly quit music?
Designing cattle pens
Strait had accepted a job designing cattle pens and was ready to quit music; Norma persuaded him to give it one more year, and MCA signed him early in 1981.
Q 09What did Strait's first contract with MCA Records in 1981 cover?
One song
MCA's 1981 deal covered just one song; an album would follow only if the single sold, and it did, reaching the country top ten that summer.
Q 10What was Strait's first single for MCA, which reached number six in 1981?
Unwound
'Unwound', written by Dean Dillon and Frank Dycus, was hard honky-tonk released at the height of the pop-leaning Urban Cowboy craze; its parent album helped put traditional country back on radio.
Q 11Which 1982 song gave Strait his first number one hit?
Fool Hearted Memory
'Fool Hearted Memory' reached the top in 1982, only a few years after several trips to Nashville had failed to win Strait a major-label deal.
Q 12Who originally wrote and recorded Strait's signature song 'Amarillo by Morning' in 1973?
Terry Stafford
Terry Stafford, of 'Suspicion' fame, co-wrote 'Amarillo by Morning' with Paul Fraser and recorded it in 1973; Strait's 1983 version peaked at number four.
Q 13Strait's first Houston Rodeo appearance in 1983 came filling in for which flu-stricken headliner?
Eddie Rabbitt
Eddie Rabbitt's flu handed Strait his first Houston rodeo slot in 1983; he went on to play it more than 20 times, to over a million fans in all.
Q 21Which 1995 Strait retrospective added the new number one 'Check Yes or No' to his earlier hits?
Strait Out of the Box
Strait Out of the Box spread his career over four discs and still became one of the best-selling box sets in pop history, helped by the new number one 'Check Yes or No'.
Q 22Which group played Strait's stadium festival in 1999, a year before headlining its own tour?
Dixie Chicks
Dixie Chicks: Emily Robison called the 1999 dates part of the trio's strategy, winning over stadiums of country fans before the group, now the Chicks, went out on its own.
Q 23Which 1985 Strait number one did Hank Cochran and Dean Dillon write about a bar pickup?
The Chair
Q 14Which 1987 Strait album was the first by any artist to debut at number one on Billboard's country chart?
Ocean Front Property
Ocean Front Property takes its name from the title track's joke: if she believes he won't miss her, he has ocean front property in Arizona to sell her.
Q 15Which single ended Strait's run of eleven straight number ones in 1989?
Overnight Success
'Overnight Success' was anything but: it stalled at number eight, ending a streak that had begun in 1986 with 'Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her'.
Q 16After his daughter Jenifer died in 1986, what did Strait stop doing for years?
Giving interviews
Giving interviews: he later said he 'just kind of shut down' with the press, though he kept recording and touring; the family set up a foundation in her name for children's charities.
Q 17'Love Without End, Amen' in 1990 was Strait's first single to do what?
Top the chart for multiple weeks
'Love Without End, Amen' was his first single to top the chart for multiple weeks: it stayed five weeks in 1990, after each of his 18 earlier number ones had lasted just one.
Q 18Which 1992 cover stalled at number 24, ending Strait's run of 31 straight top-ten hits?
Lovesick Blues
'Lovesick Blues', the Hank Williams standard, stalled at number 24 in 1992, his first single to miss the top ten since 1981; he answered with another 18 top-ten hits in a row.
Q 19In which 1992 film did Strait make his acting debut as a burnt-out singing star?
Pure Country
Pure Country (1992) did only modest business in cinemas, but its soundtrack, with 'I Cross My Heart' and 'Heartland', became the best-selling studio album of Strait's career.
Q 20What is the name of the character Strait plays in his 1992 movie?
Dusty
Strait plays Dusty Chandler, a jaded star who walks off his own tour after fans fail to notice him skipping bars of a song, which sets the plot in motion.
'The Chair' (1985), written by Hank Cochran and Dean Dillon, plays out a bar pickup that opens 'Well, excuse me, but I think you've got my chair'; it topped the country chart late that year.
Q 24Which new track did Strait add to his 2004 collection 50 Number Ones?
I Hate Everything
'I Hate Everything' was the one new track on 50 Number Ones, and it soon topped the chart itself, putting the collection's title out of date.
Q 25Which honour did Strait receive in 2006?
Country Music Hall of Fame
Country Music Hall of Fame: he was inducted in 2006, the same year 'Give It Away' went to number one, and he kept topping the chart for years afterwards.
Q 26Strait recorded his 2006 album at a studio owned by which musician?
Jimmy Buffett
Jimmy Buffett owned Shrimpboat Sound in Key West; Strait and his crew went back there for the next album, whose single 'River of Love' came out with an island lilt.
Q 27In 2007 Strait headlined a 23-date arena tour with Ronnie Milsap and which then-newcomer?
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift, then 17 and promoting her debut album, opened Strait's 2007 arena tour alongside Ronnie Milsap; the same year 'Wrapped' became his 55th number one across all charts.
Q 28Which 2008 album won Strait his first Grammy, for Best Country Album?
Troubadour
Troubadour won Best Country Album at the 2009 ceremony, his first Grammy after nearly three decades of chart-topping records.
Q 29Which previous holder presented Strait with the ACM's Artist of the Decade award in 2009?
Garth Brooks
Garth Brooks, the Artist of the Decade for the 1990s, presented the award in April 2009; the ACM marked it with an all-star tribute concert, aired on CBS, in which other stars covered Strait's songs.
Q 30Whose long-standing record for the most number ones on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart did Strait break?
Conway Twitty
Conway Twitty had held the record for twenty years when Strait drew level with 'She Let Herself Go', then passed him eight months later with 'Give It Away'.