1. Ronnie Dunn’s other embarrassing tattoo:
2. Worst song currently on the charts:
3. Suggested song title for Justin Moore:
4. Songwriter you’d most like to see get a bunch of mainstream cuts:
5. Real reason for Carrie Underwood’s ACM Entertainer snub:
6. Single biggest problem with country music in 2011:
7. Sugarland’s next album:
8. Next legend to chart via duet with a current star:
9. Least favorite country-ish subgenre:
10. Where most of your music listening happens:
11. Thought that commonly goes through Billy Ray Cyrus’ mind:
12. Poor choice to play Garth Brooks in biopic:
13. Flash forward! Rodney Atkins in 2020:
14. Something the JaneDear Girls wouldn’t say:
15. Surprising (made-up) fact about Jamey Johnson:
16. Words of wisdom for Gretchen Wilson:
17. Best album you’ve heard this year:
18. On a scale of 1 to 10, your interest level in Brad Paisley’s next album:
19. Favorite Buck Owens song:
20. Someone whose taste in music usually matches your own:
21. If Hazel Smith and Alison Bonaguro boxed, who would win:
22. Disney/Pixar character resembled by country star:

BONUS: Suggest a good prompt for next time:

So, here’s a whole new set of 25 country-related questions/prompts designed to elicit an intriguing array of responses from you, the country music faithful. Some serious questions, some not-so-serious questions, a couple dumb ones that were thrown in just to bring the total to 25 (no shame). To participate, simply copy and paste the list of questions into the comment box and fill in as many answers as you’d like. The first comment will be me, then it’s all you guys (and girls). Judging from past questionnaires, it’s sure to be a hoot.

1. Song that makes you change the station immediately:
2. Something Little Jimmy Dickens wouldn’t say:
3. Artist you’ve warmed up to recently:
4. John Rich’s next project:
5. Justin Moore’s back-up plan:
6. Less likable with every interview:
7. Fair price for a concert ticket:
8. Good song by someone with a mustache (no beard):
9. Poor choice to play Charley Pride in biopic:
10. Never makes the same album twice:
11. Words of wisdom for Lady Antebellum:
12. What Martina McBride’s been up to:
13. Best album you’ve heard so far in 2010:
14. Soundalikes:
15. Name of Cody Canada’s next kid (Dierks Cobain + Willy Vedder + ?):
16. Overexposed cover song:
17. Favorite George Strait song:
18. If I gave you $10 to spend on music right now, you’d buy:
19. Flash forward! Brad Paisley in 2030:
20. Thought that commonly goes through Toby Keith’s mind:
21. Song about stubbornness:
22. Miles walked per day in Big Vinny‘s Meet Me Halfway challenge:
23. Favorite country(ish) subgenre:
24. Fun thing to do at screening of Kenny Chesney 3-D concert film:
25. Your theme song for today:

And away we go…

1. Poor choice to play Merle in Haggard biopic:
2. Age at which Cash Rich will come to hate his name:
3. Gloriana’s shelf life:
4. Songwriter whose name guarantees quality:
5. Not on Jimmy Wayne’s iPod:
6. Unlikely to star in own Reba-style sitcom:
7. Wildly overrated artist/band:
8. Next country star to cover Nickelback:
9. Good album with one terrible misstep:
10. Surprising (made-up) fact about Kenny Chesney:
11. Hackneyed three-act story song:
12. Your single favorite instrument:
13. Something Kris Kristofferson wouldn’t say:
14. Unconvincing rebuttal to a negative review:
15. Song about burning something:
16. Words of wisdom for Reba:
17. On a scale of 1 to 10, sexiness of line “watch the cup I’m spitting my dip inside”:
18. On a scale of 0 to 2, how many seconds Jake Owen would last on a bull:
19. Probably won’t be returning Country California’s calls:
20. Someone whose music you need to investigate further:
21. Why Jim Malec hates Carrie Underwood so much:
22. Next celebrity to record vanity country project:
23. Thought that commonly goes through Justin Moore’s head:
24. Foreign object discovered in Jamey Johnson’s beard:
25. Recommend a song:

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Now, the questionnaire…

1. Why Kenny Chesney is really taking 2010 off:
2. Song that’s unintentionally hilarious:
3. Probably doesn’t have to worry about stalkers:
4. Big lie told by a country song:
5. Poor career choice for Julianne Hough:
6. Artist whose live show did not meet your expectations:
7. Song that exemplifies what people don’t like about country music:
8. Artist with unerring song sense (not Strait):
9. Favorite song by least favorite artist:
10. Words of wisdom for Jason Aldean:
11. Older (45+) artist you’d like to see back on a major label:
12. Best song about food:
13. Something Brad Paisley wouldn’t say:
14. Fair price to pay for a CD:
15. Next young-ish artist to join the Opry:
16. Sugarland’s next subversive, genre-expanding move:
17. On a scale of 1 to 10, likelihood of John Rich beating Kanye West in a cage match:
18. The last album you bought:
19. The next album you’ll buy:
20. Why Jessica Simpson thinks her country career didn’t work out:
21. Fun thing to do at a Gloriana concert:
22. Song you wouldn’t want dedicated to you:
23. Nickname for Jamey Johnson:
24. Unlikely to make Alison Bonaguro’s year-end ‘best of’ list:
25. Recommend a song:

Thanks to all of my cowriters on this questionnaire: David Jones, J.R. Journey, Mike K., Mike M., OTWG, and Rick. I actually received too many good suggestions, so don’t be offended if some of yours didn’t make it. They might still show up in future editions. In fact, some of them surely will. Without further ado…

1. Who’s gonna fill their shoes:
2. Blandest current country superstar:
3. Title of possible Kix Brooks solo album:
4. Artist at the top of your personal Badass-O-Meter:
5. The ’90s equivalent of Chuck Wicks:
6. Unlikely duet partner for George Strait:
7. Artist least likely to inspire his/her own cover band:
8. Thought that commonly goes through Willie Nelson’s mind:
9. Song you love that ruins your “country” cred:
10. Blame soccer moms for something:
11. Artist best suited to hosting network variety show:
12. Suggested baby name(s) for Chuck Wicks and Julianne Hough:
13. Best song in the country Top 40 right now (options):
14. Most obnoxious song in the country Top 40 right now:
15. John Rich’s next duet partner:
16. The last song you heard (be honest):
17. Age at which you should stop referring to yourself as LeVox:
18. Lyrics to live by:
19. Words of wisdom for Billy Ray Cyrus:
20. Favorite harmony singer:
21. Song that tries to be funny but isn’t:
22. Older artist (60+) singing better than ever:
23. Artist people pay lip service to in order to seem cool:
24. Something Taylor Swift wouldn’t say:
25. Good song by someone with a mullet:

26. Shameless bonus: Suggest a question for the next questionnaire:

1. Should never get a fragrance deal:
2. Suggested nickname for Kristian Bush:
3. Words of wisdom for Miranda Lambert:
4. Disastrous choice to play June Carter in stage adaptation of Walk the Line:
5. Due for a big comeback:
6. Something John Rich wouldn’t say:
7. Flash forward! Toby Keith in 2029:
8. Next country singer to become lounge singer:
9. Two singers with eerily similar voices:
10. One word to describe Hank III:
11. Least impressive ’90s hat act:
12. Someone you still need to see in concert:
13. Star whose fans will lynch you for mild criticism:
14. Non-country song often covered by country artists:
15. Chuck Wicks’ pre-show ritual:
16. Personality gets in way of music (not John Rich):
17. Most annoying concert behavior (by audience):
18. Alternative career for Jimmy Wayne:
19. Surprising announcement from Shania Twain:
20. Couldn’t go pop with a mouth full of firecrackers:
21. That thing that always happens in the third verse of a touching song:
22. Warning sign that an album is going to suck:
23. Number of Oak Ridge Boys you can name off the top of your head:
24. On a scale of 1 to 10, your level of interest in knowing the names of the others:

1. Song that makes you turn off the radio:
2. Worst imaginable duet partner:
3. Most likely to remake a Michael Bolton song:
4. Singer you’ve followed for the longest time:
5. Least convincing outlaw poser:
6. Could release anything and you’d buy it:
7. Could part the sea and you wouldn’t care:
8. Female guilty of oversinging:
9. Male guilty of oversinging:
10. Should stop trying to write own songs:
11. Least likely to stagedive:
12. Number of country blogs you read daily:
13. Records the same thing over and over:
14. Most distracting hairstyle:
15. Favorite John Rich anecdote:
16. Unfairly the subject of much mockery:
17. The opposite of Dale Watson:
18. Wouldn’t stand a chance at a regular job:
19. Suggested nickname for Dave Haywood:
20. Words of wisdom for Kenny Chesney:
21. Poorest treatment of a controversial subject:
22. Song topic that really needs to be retired:
23. Next artist to go all patriotic when hits start drying up:
24. Age at which you should take the Taylor Swift poster off your wall:
25. Likely “special guest” at Rascal Flatts show: