Follow That Road Trivia Quiz

Answer: red dirt

"Red Dirt Road," the title track of Brooks & Dunn's 2003 album by the same name, recounts first events from the singer's life like having a beer and wrecking his car. Brooks & Dunn performed this song at the Daytona International Speedway at a 2003 concert in tribute to Dale Earnhardt.

Answer: country

The road in Taylor's "Country Road" single refers to one that ran close to a Massachusetts hospital where Taylor was being treated for depression in 1965. One take on the meaning of the song is that it is good to withdraw from the problems of life and leave their solving to a higher power like Jesus. In 1971, "Country Road" became number 37 on the Billboard pop singles chart.

Answer: everyday

"Everyday Is a Winding Road" was a featured single on Crow's 1996 album "Sheryl Crow." The song did well in both the U.S. and U.K. and was a 1998 Grammy nomination for Record of the Year. It has been used in car commercials and can be heard in the movies "Erin Brockovich" and "Phenomenon."

Answer: six days

The song "Six Days on the Road" was written by Carl Montgomery. While it isn't the first song about the trucking life, it is considered a hallmark song of American truckers. Dudley sang about all the things drivers have to deal with - cops, loneliness, and too much coffee and cigarettes.

Answer: middle

"Middle of the Road" was well received and stayed at number two for four weeks in the U.S. in January 1984. Hynde explained that the song title references Tao Te Ching which to her is "the middle way." The song encompasses her observations of those who have money and those who don't, as well as changes taking place within herself.

Answer: thunder

"Rolling Stone Magazine" has ranked Springsteen's "Thunder Road" as number 86 on its "500 Greatest Songs of All Time." An early version of the song was titled "Wings for Wheels" and was first done in 1975. The rewritten and retitled song is about a girl named Mary, her boyfriend, and their attempt to get a better life.

Answer: nowhere

After its single release in 1985, "Road to Nowhere" made it to number 25 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks. Writer David Byrne said he wanted to write a song that gave a "resigned, even joyful look at doom" because death and the end of the world are always out there in the future.

Answer: ice cream

Yankovic's "I Love Rocky Road" is about a man who can't get enough rocky road ice cream. During the making of the video, mashed potatoes were used because the stage lights melted the ice cream. Al sings the line "If I get fat and lose my teeth, that's fine with me," and then proves his point by smiling and showing that he's indeed on the way to losing his teeth.

Answer: king

Miller's "King of the Road" reached number one in 1965 on both the U.S. "Billboard" Hot Country Singles and U.S. Billboard Easy Listening. Miller has said the song developed after he had seen a sign on a barn that read "trailers for sale or rent" which became the first line of the song.

Answer: winding

In June 1970, McCartney's "The Long and Winding Road" was the last number one hit for the Beatles in the U.S. It also has the distinction of being the last released single while all four Beatles were living. After production, Phil Spector made changes to the track which greatly angered McCartney leading McCartney to site this in his legal proceedings as one of the reasons for breaking up the Beatles group.