Dolly Parton Quiz: Guess the Song & Test Your Trivia

Start with the Dolly Parton trap: the hits most people credit to someone else. 'I Will Always Love You' was hers in 1974, eighteen years before Whitney Houston's version, and 'Jolene' has been remade by everyone from rock bands to pop stars. In a guess-the-song round, the skill is hearing the melody and naming Dolly as the source, not the cover artist who made it a bigger radio hit.

These are the near-automatic answers, the songs Dolly owns outright. '9 to 5' topped the pop chart and earned an Oscar nomination, 'Coat of Many Colors' tells her childhood in a single verse, and the Kenny Rogers duet 'Islands in the Stream' is a sing-along from its first note. Expect a Dolly Parton quiz to start here before the catalog turns tricky.

Dolly rarely stays in one lane, which trips players expecting pure country. 'Here You Come Again' and '9 to 5' are polished pop crossovers, while the 'Trio' album with Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris leans into close mountain harmony. Placing a song by its production, twangy or slick, is a real test of how well you know her range.

Late in her career Dolly went back to the mountains. Albums like 'The Grass Is Blue' and 'Little Sparrow' strip the sound to banjo and fiddle, and 'Travelin' Thru' earned her a second Oscar nomination. Catch these from a few bars, add the trivia about her one-room Tennessee childhood and her 1999 Country Music Hall of Fame induction, and few Dolly questions will surprise you.