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QUIZ

Wanted Man

Test your knowledge of Johnny Cash

By Sean Monkman

Johnny Cash, the Rebel, was a hell-raisin’ musician who wrecked a few hotel rooms in his day and battled the demons of drink and drugs. Johnny Cash, the Legend, created a body of work that crisscrossed the lines between country, folk, blues, rock and gospel. Johnny Cash, the Christian, let his faith shape his outlook on life. Johnny Cash, the husband, had a long and loving relationship with his wife June Carter Cash. Add it up, and it becomes clear that Johnny Cash, the man, was one of a kind. His fascinating life reached the big screen on Nov. 18, with director James Mangold’s Walk the Line.

1. What nickname is most often associated with Johnny Cash?
	The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
	The Man from Glad
	The Man in Black
	The Man with the Golden Arm
	The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit

2. Cash assembled his first band in the early ’50s, while serving in the United States Air Force and stationed in Landsberg, Germany. What was the group called?
	The Men in Black
	Johnny C and the Flyboys
	The Cash Money Millionaires
	The Landsberg Barbarians
	The Band Named Sue

3. How did Cash greet future wife June Carter when they first met, backstage at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry: “Hello, I’m Johnny Cash and...”?
	“I’m going to marry you someday”
	“maybe you want to get a beer later?”
	“care to join me in Louisville this weekend?”
	“I’m gonna be sick, I’m so nervous”
	“you are standing on my foot”

4. Before his death in 2003, Cash handpicked an actor to portray him in Walk the Line. Who?
	Joaquin Phoenix
	Chris Isaak
	Johnny Knoxville
	Mark Wahlberg
	Matthew McConaughey

5. What did Cash do onstage in London, Ont., in 1967, while playing to an audience of 5,000 fans?
	Mooned the crowd
	Passed out from “exhaustion”
	Slagged off the Beatles
	Proposed to June Carter
	Went electric

6. Cash struck a pose for photographer Jim Marshall — legend has it, in response to a picture request “for the warden” — before performing a 1970 gig at San Quentin Prison. What was Johnny doing in the picture?
	Flashing thumbs up
	Pointing at the camera
	Waving goodbye
	Forming his hand in the shape of a gun
	Flipping the bird

7. The Johnny Cash Show was a TV variety program that ran for 58 episodes on ABC from 1969 to 1971. What Canadian singer was the first guest on Cash’s debut show, accompanying him on a duet of I Still Miss Someone?
	Joni Mitchell
	Buffy Sainte-Marie
	Gordon Lightfoot
	Ian Tyson
	Stompin’ Tom Connors

8. Complete this Cash quote: “I wouldn’t let anybody influence me into thinking I was doing the wrong thing by singing about ______. ’Cause I’ve always done that. And I always will.”
	Death, hell and drugs
	Saints and sinners
	Money, booze and women
	My wife
	God

9. What role did Cash voice in the Simpsons episode “El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer),” in which Homer eats an insanity pepper and embarks on a hallucinatory spiritual journey?
	Purveyor of hand-carved spoons
	Chili cook-off judge
	Talking spirit coyote
	Lighthouse keeper
	Captain of a freighter carrying hot pants

10. Which statement is not true about Johnny Cash?
	His first dramatic film role was playing a killer in Door to Door Maniac
	His touring camper burst into flames in 1964 and burned 508 acres of California’s Los Padres National Forest
	He never served a prison sentence, but spent a total of seven nights in jail for various indiscretions
	Cash had his stomach ripped open and suffered five broken ribs during a fight with an ostrich named Waldo
	He shot a man in Reno just to watch him die