From the Holler to Hollywood
Big Dreams on the Big Screen
Lyrics of Many Colors
Dolly Gives a Hoot
What would Dolly Say?
100

Dolly moved to this city the day after she graduated high school to pursue music.

What is Nashville?

100

Dolly starred as Doralee Rhodes alongside Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin in this 1980 workplace comedy.

What is 9 to 5?

100

This song was written about a bank teller, who’s “beauty is beyond compare with flaming locks of auburn hair”.

What is “Jolene”?

100

Dolly founded this program in 1995 to mail free books to children from birth to age five.

What is the Imagination library?

100

“If you want the rainbow, you gotta put up the ___.”

What is “rain”?

200

Dolly was born in this Tennessee mountain town in 1946.

What is Sevierville?

200

Dolly Parton earned praise for her role as sharp-witted Louisiana beauty salon owner, Truvy, in this 1989 Southern drama featuring an all-star female cast.

What is Steel Magnolias?

200

“Bitter-sweet memories” are all Dolly was taking with her after writing this 1974 hit for Porter Wagoner, which was later recorded by Whitney Houston.  

What is “I Will Always Love You”

200

Dolly donated $1 million to the Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Her contribution directly supported the research and development of this vaccine.

What is Covid 19?

200

“It costs a lot of money to look this ___.”

What is “cheap”?

300

This country music star discovered Dolly's talent and invited her to join his television show in 1967.

Who is Porter Wagoner?

300

In this 1982 musical comedy, Dolly Parton starred opposite Burt Reynolds as the owner of the Chicken Ranch, a business fighting to stay open amid political pressure and media attention.

What is The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas?

300

Dolly famously called coffee a “cup of ambition” in this 1980 hit written for the comedy film of the same name.

What is “9 to 5”?

300

Dolly Parton's Buddy Program reduced this in high school students by offering $500 to middle school students in Sevier County, Tennessee, if they and a chosen peer both graduated from high school.

What is the dropout rate?

300

“It’s hard to be a diamond in a ___ world.”

What is “rhinestone”?

400

Dolly recorded her first single, ___, when she was just 13.

What is Puppy Love?

400

Dolly paired with Sylvester Stallone in this 1984 comedy about a taxi driver trying to become a country music star.

What is Rhinestone?

400

Kenny and Dolly want you to “Sail away with me to another world” in this 1983 silky-smooth pop-country duet.

What is “Islands in the Stream”?

400

Dolly's Eagle Mountain Sanctuary at Dollywood provides a home for these birds that can no longer live in the wild.

What are bald eagles?

400

How long does it take to do her hair? She doesn’t know, she’s “____  ____!”

What is “Never there”?

500

Dolly was one of this many children in her family.

What is 12?

500

Dolly appears as herself in this 2005 movie starring Sandra Bullock

What is Miss Congeniality 2?

500

Dolly taught us “that one is only poor only if they choose to be” in this autobiographical song that describes her mother sewing a winter coat.

What is “Coat of Many Colors”

500

The "My People Fund" distributed millions of dollars to families affected by this 2016 disaster in East Tennessee.

What are the Gatlinburg wildfires

500

“Find out who you are. And do it on ___.”

What is “purpose”?