Dolly Parton: 10 questions to test your Dolly-knowledge

Quiz: To celebrate the news that the country legend will be playing at this year's Glastonbury, find out your level of Parton-expertise with these trivial teasers
  
  


  1. Where was Dolly born?

    1. Texas

    2. Tennessee

    3. Alabama

    4. Arkansas

  2. Dolly owns a theme park in the US town of Pigeon Forge. What's it called?

    1. Dolly World

    2. Dollywood

    3. The Dolly Parton Theme Park

    4. Dolly: World of Adventures

  3. In 1983 Dolly and Kenny Rogers scored a hit duet with which Bee Gees-penned song?

    1. Islands in the Stream

    2. For Whom the Bell Tolls

    3. You Win Again

    4. Fanny

  4. Which of these pop stars is Dolly's goddaughter?

    1. Taylor Swift

    2. Katy Perry

    3. Miley Cyrus

    4. Kacey Musgraves

  5. Dolly is married to the limelight-shunning Carl Thomas Dean. What line of business is he in?

    1. The music business

    2. The tree surgery business

    3. The waste disposal business

    4. The asphalt road-surface-paving business

  6. Who wrote Dolly's hit 9 to 5?

    1. Dolly Parton

    2. Sheena Easton

    3. Tammy Wynette

    4. Donna Summer

  7. 9 to 5 was nominated for the Best Original Song Oscar in 1981. What did it lose out to?

    1. Arthur's Theme from Arthur

    2. Fame from Fame

    3. Up Where We Belong from An Officer and a Gentleman

    4. The Rainbow Connection from The Muppet Movie

  8. What was the name of Dolly's character in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas?

    1. Mona Stangley

    2. Mina Stingley

    3. Martha Shrimply

    4. Michael Stepney

  9. In the early 90s Revlon offered a Dolly Parton signature line of wigs

    1. True

    2. False

  10. Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be cloned from an adult somatic cell, was named after Dolly Parton

    1. True

    2. False

Solutions

1:B, 2:B, 3:A, 4:C, 5:D, 6:A, 7:B, 8:A, 9:A, 10:A

Scores

  1. 4 and above.

    Oh dear, not a great score

  2. 5 and above.

    A pretty good score

  3. 8 and above.

    Great score! You're a Dolly Parton expert

 

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