Dolly Parton
Dolly teamed up with Kenny Rogers in 1983 for this massive, Bee Gees-penned duet.
What is "Islands in the Stream"?
Dolly has been married to this low-profile asphalt paving businessman since 1966.
Who is Carl Dean?
This "Coal Miner's Daughter" became one of country music's most decorated and controversial female artists of the 1960s and 70s.
Who is Loretta Lynn?
This weekly country music stage concert, founded in 1925, moved from the Ryman Auditorium to its own dedicated house on the Cumberland River in 1974.
What is the Grand Ole Opry?
Harper Lee won a Pulitzer Prize for this 1960 Southern Gothic novel about racial injustice and childhood in Alabama.
What is To Kill a Mockingbird?
Dolly played a country singer who tries to turn a New York City cabbie, played by Sylvester Stallone, into a music star in this 1984 movie.
What is "Rhinestone"?
Founded in 1995, Dolly's literacy program mails free, high-quality books to children from birth until they begin school.
What is the Imagination Library?
This outlaw country pioneer wrote "On the Road Again" and is easily recognized by his signature braids and worn-out guitar, "Trigger."
Who is Willie Nelson?
Located in downtown Nashville, this historic red-brick auditorium is affectionately known as the "Mother Church of Country Music."
What is the Ryman Auditorium?
Her sweeping, controversial 1936 historical novel Gone with the Wind famously chronicles the American Civil War from a Georgia plantation.
Who is Margaret Mitchell?
Matching her large family size, Dolly grew up as one of this many children.
What is 12 (or she had 11 brothers and sisters)?
In 1997, scientists famously named this first-ever cloned mammal after Dolly Parton.
What is Dolly the Sheep?
Widely regarded as the "King of Country Music," this Texas artist has achieved a record-shattering 60 number-one singles.
Who is George Strait?
This historic district is named for the concentrated area of music publishers, recording studios, and video production houses centered around 16th and 17th Avenues South.
What is Music Row?
This 1989 film based on a Robert Harling play tells a bittersweet story of female friendship in a small Louisiana parish.
What is Steel Magnolias?
This is Dolly Parton’s middle name, which she shares with her mother, Avie.
What is Rebecca?
In 2016, Dolly established this fund to provide monthly cash assistance to Tennessee families who lost their homes in the Great Smoky Mountain wildfires.
What is the My People Fund?
John Denver co-wrote this nostalgic 1971 anthem about driving home through the Blue Ridge Mountains.
What is "Take Me Home, Country Roads"?
Nashville's NFL team plays its home games along the East Bank of the Cumberland River at Nissan Stadium.
Who are the Tennessee Titans?
Winston Groom's Southern-fried novel about a slow-witted but kind Alabamian became an Oscar-winning 1994 film starring Tom Hanks.
What is Forrest Gump?
Dolly gained national fame in 1967 when she was hired as the co-star on this country music artist's syndicated television show.
Who is Porter Wagoner?
In 1987, Dolly joined forces with Emmylou Harris and this artist to release the highly acclaimed, multi-platinum album Trio.
Who is Linda Ronstadt?
This 1979 Charlie Daniels Band classic features a musical duel between a young fiddle player named Johnny and the Devil.
What is "The Devil Went Down to Georgia"?
Founded in 1873, this prestigious private research university is named after the shipping and railroad tycoon who provided its initial $1 million endowment.
What is Vanderbilt University?
Fannie Flagg's novel about life, love, and a mysterious murder at a Whistle Stop, Alabama cafe became this beloved 1991 movie.
What is Fried Green Tomatoes?