Country Music Lyrics
Good Luck Charms
Iconic Screen Kisses
Nannies, Babysitters and Governesses
Forgive Your Foes
Cowgirls
Palindromes
100

Brad Paisley sings a song that extolls the many virtues of this broad category of beverage.

'Cause since the day I left Milwaukee
Lynchburg and Bordeaux, France
I been making a fool out of folks just like you
And helping white people dance
I am medicine and I am poison
I can help you up or make you fall
You had some of the best times you'll never remember with me  

What is Alcohol?

100

Hanging this equine footwear over your entryway is used to ward off evil, but only if its arranged with the open side facing up so the luck doesn't leak out. This legend comes from Ireland, where the devil asked a blacksmith to create them for him. 

What is a horseshoe?

100

The iconic screen kiss in this movie featured Burt Lancaster and Debra Kerr ("rhymes with Star") on Halona Beach Cove on the island of Oahu. 

What is From Here to Eternity?

100
This nanny flew in to help the Banks children who placed their own advertisement. "If you won't scold or dominate us, we will never give you cause to hate us." Mr. Banks tossed their ad in the fire.
100

These two classic actresses openly detested each other, having fought over roles and men for the better part of 30 years, before starring as warring sisters in the 1962 horror film Whatever Happened to Baby Jane.

Who are Bette Davis and Joan Crawford?

100

In the realm of Hollywood cowgirls, this one reigns supreme. Best known for her role as the cowgirl sidekick to Roy Rogers, she carved out a niche for herself as a talented actress and singer.  

Who is Dale Evans?

100

This three-letter palindrome doesn't sound like much, but is actually a religious figure who is known for donning a habit in convents and taking solemn vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience

What is a NUN?

200

AP Carter, patriarch of the Carter Family, was a song collector; as a travelling salesman, he would learn, re-work and possibly most important, write down the folk songs of Apalachia.  He reworked a church hymn to ask this musical question, about a man who mourns his mother.

By and by, Lord, By and by.  There's a better home a waitin', in the sky lord, in the sky. 

What is "Will The Circle Be Unbroken?"

200

In Thailand, figurines in this shape are considered lucky, no matter what position the trunk is in. Reared up on its hind legs signifies power and protection. If you have two of them in your home, you'll want them to face each other.

What are elephants?

200

This movie, from 1987, takes place at a resort in the Catskills. Baby and Johnny couldn't be further apart from each other until he teaches her to Mambo. The share their first kiss after a rough night on stage. 

What is Dirty Dancing?

200

In this movie from 1965, Fraulein Maria comes in from the hills and a convent to care for the seven children of Capt. Georg von Trapp and ends up falling in love (more with the children than the captain himself)

What is the Sound of Music?

200

Cousins Mike Love and Brian Wilson came to blows over the direction this band was going. Wilson wanted to branch out in to new sounds, like the Pet Sounds album while Love wanted to stick with their wholesome California-loving surfer image. 

Who are the Beach Boys?

200

Before she was the first woman on the Supreme Court, this cowgirl grew up on a ranch in Arizona, riding horses, shooting and learning about the land. The National Cowgirl Hall of Fame in Fort Worth, Texas has her Supreme Court robe on display. 

Who is Sandra Day O'Connor?

200

These are the two palindromic nicknames for your father. 

What are DAD and POP?

300

So deep: In a Randy Travis' song,  he's done looking around. He's found his person and plans to love them, as the title say, Forever and Ever, Amen. 

Oh, baby, I'm gonna love you forever
Forever and ever amen
As long as old men sit and talk about the weather
As long as old women sit and talk about (these)
 

300

This 6-letter S word, also known as the humble dung beetle, has long been a symbol of renewal and rebirth in Egypt. It also helps with general fortune and spiritual transformation. 

What is a scarab?

300

She was the original uptown girl; he was a lovable drifter. But when these two crazy pups came together over a very long piece of spaghetti in this 1955 animated film, it was forever. 

What is Lady and the Tramp?

300

Nana, a prim Newfoundland dog, is the nursemaid to Wendy, Michael and John Darling in this play written by JM Barrie about a boy who wouldn't grow up

What is Peter Pan?

300

A rivalry between these two inventors can be easily described as the battle between the electrical currents they discovered - AC versus DC. Nikola Tesla worked for this rival inventor for a time, while trying to convince him that direct current is limiting. Tired of being belittled by his coworker, Tesla quit and sold his various inventions elsewhere. 

Who is Thomas Edison?

300

Two cowgirl singers share this first name. Ms. Montana was a 1930s barn dance star and sang "I Want to Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart" while Ms. Cline found fame singing "Walkin' After Midnight" and "I Fall to Pieces" among her many hits. 

What is Patsy?

300

The Central American country that finishes this sentence

A man, a plan, a canal . . ." 

What is Panama?

400

Recorded by Elvis Presley, Brenda Lee and The Pet Shop Boys, it became Willie Nelson's signature song as soon as he got a hold of it. 

Maybe I didn't hold you
All those lonely, lonely times
And I guess I never told you
I'm so happy that you're mine
Little things I should have said and done
I just never took the time

What is Always on My Mind?



400

Long before these oak droppings were considered good luck in England, they were associated with magic between two witches. When passing each other in the woods, witches would hand one to each other to let one another know who they were and that they were safe in one another’s company.

What is an Acorn?

400

"You need kissing badly. You should be kissed, and often. And by someone who knows how."  Rhett Butler lays it all out for Scarlett O'Hara in this epic 1939 film.

 

What is Gone With the Wind?

400

This actor plays an actor who dresses up as Euphegenia Doubtfire, to look after his three children after his wife requests a divorce.  As is his way, he improvised a lot of his lines which had to be cut to get a child friendly rating. 

Who is Robin Williams?

400

German brothers Adolf and Rudolf Dassler founded a modest shoe company in their mother's basement. Eventually, fame (and bickering wives) caused the brothers to disolve their partnership. Rudi went on to find Puma shoes, while Adolph created this more eponymous shoe company. 

What is Adidas?

400

Pearl Hart was a Canadian-born outlaw of the American Old West. She committed one of the last robberies of this mode of transportation in the United States; her crime and subsequent imprisonment earned her national fame.

What is a stage coach?

400

A wicked ovoid fruit, an immoral martini garnish

What is an EVIL OLIVE?

500

In 2008, country artist Jamey Johnson sang about going through his grandfather's old photos.

This one is my favorite one
This is me and Grandma in the summer sun
All dressed up the day we said our vows
You can't tell it here but it was hot that June
And that rose was red and her eyes were blue
And just look at that smile, I was so proud

That's the story of my life
Right there in black and white

And if it looks like we were scared to death, just a couple of kids just trying to save each other, you should have seen it (like this)

500

The origin of this as a good luck charm comes from the Celtics. They believed that animals in the Oryctolagus genus lived so deeply underground that they had an ability to speak with the spirits from the underworld.  For the charms to be fully effective, there are specific rules to follow, involving placement on the animal's body and that it be removed under the New Moon.

What is a rabbit's foot?

500

In this Ang Lee film from 2005, cowboys Jack and Ennis (Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger) are forced to keep their love a secret. But when they reunite 4 years later,  the kiss they share shows that their love for each other is still very much alive. 


What is Brokeback Mountain?

500

In this 1874 novel by Charlotte Bronte, the titular heroine is an orphan, employed as a governess who  becomes romantically involved with her employer, the mysterious and moody Edward Rochester. 

What is Jane Eyre?

500

These brothers, first names Ernest and Julio, had a billion dollar wine empire and a smoldering family feud that went to court in the 1980s. After losing their parents to a murder/suicide, their younger brother Joseph became their ward and went to work in their winery. Joseph was fired and started his own line of cheeses, Ernest and Julio sued him for brand infringement.  

Who are the Gallo Brothers?

500

A film from 1969 starring John Wayne and remade in 2010 with Jeff Bridges, it tells the story of a young girl named Mattie who hires an aging and alcoholic US Marshall named Rooster Cogburn to track down her father's killer. Based on the 1968 novel by Charles Portis.

What is True Grit?

500

A brand-named Acetaminophen that is all by itself.

What a LONELY TYLENOL?