Country Music Awards Next Week

Written by Eric Olsen
Published November 02, 2002
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Answer: B) Leon. The man we know as Kix Brooks has been entertaining Country Music audiences for over a decade as part of the high-energy duo Brooks & Dunn. He earned his current moniker as an active embryo, but his birth name Leon is a tie to his lineage. Brooks is the third Leon in his family, and his son is the fourth.

Which Entertainer of the Year nominee has previously won this category two separate times?

A) Brooks & Dunn
B) Alan Jackson
C) Toby Keith
D) George Strait

Answer: D) George Strait, who holds the record for the most CMA Award career nominations (currently at 70), won Entertainer of the Year in 1989 and 1990.

Which Entertainer of the Year nominee once owned a racehorse named Jack Branch?

A) Kenny Chesney
B) Alan Jackson
C) Toby Keith
D) George Strait

Answer: C) Toby Keith. The 11-time CMA Award nominee is an equestrian, who placed a quarter horse in the finals at a race in Ruidoso, N.M. earlier this year. But Keith's first racehorse was named Jack Branch.

Which 2002 CMA Entertainer of the Year hopeful has something in common with Subway pitchman Jared?

A) Kenny Chesney
B) Alan Jackson
C) Toby Keith
D) George Strait

Answer: A) Kenny Chesney adheres to a strict diet while on the road, striving to maintain his eight percent body fat. However, Chesney splurges on occasion to include Subway's lowfat turkey on whole wheat with lettuce and mustard - no mayonnaise and no pickles!

Which Entertainer of the Year nominee can boast performing with two generations of great women singers from the same family?

A) Kix Brooks
B) Kenny Chesney
C) Ronnie Dunn
D) George Strait

Answer: C) Ronnie Dunn. Brooks & Dunn will perform "Every River" on the CMA Awards this year with the help of Kim Richey and Bekka Bramlett. Dunn also performed with Bramlett's mother Bonnie Bramlett in the late 1970s while coming up in the clubs of Tulsa, Okla.

1995 CMA Entertainer of the Year Alan Jackson had an unusual childhood pet. Do you know which of the following Jackson called 'Peanut'?

A) A Peanut
B) A Rock
C) A Snake
D) A Spider Monkey

Answer: D) A Spider Monkey. Eight-time CMA Award winner Jackson once had a pet primate named Peanut.

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