Results: Dolly Parton---Country Music Superstar
Published on 05/29/2016
On Monday, May 30, Dolly Parton and her husband Carl Dean will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary by renewing their vows and throwing a big party. It'll be the wedding they never had when they were in their early 20s. “I’ll have a beautiful weddin' dress, ’cause I didn’t have a big, long weddin' dress when we got married, and we’ve got a suit for him, so we’re going to dress up and take a bunch of pictures.”
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Dolly, who was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1999 and the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2001, is one of the world's most celebrated country music singer-songwriters. She has won nine Grammy awards and twice been nominated for best song at the Oscars. Which of these songs have you ever heard?
"I Will Always Love You"
58%
805 votes
"Jolene"
55%
759 votes
"Nine to Five"
64%
881 votes
"Coat of Many Colors"
42%
578 votes
"Here You Come Again"
42%
585 votes
"Islands in the Stream"
48%
668 votes
"My Tennessee Mountain Home"
28%
391 votes
"Joshua"
20%
280 votes
"Dumb Blonde"
12%
165 votes
None of the Above
16%
227 votes
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Dolly has acted both on TV and in films. Her biggest movie roles came during the 1980s. With which of these movies are you familiar?
"Nine to Five"
65%
898 votes
"Steel Magnolias"
59%
811 votes
"A Smoky Mountain Christmas" (TV Movie)
29%
403 votes
"Rhinestone"
24%
328 votes
"The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas"
44%
613 votes
None of the Above
21%
285 votes
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Dolly was born in 1946, in Locust Ridge, in Sevier County, TN, close to Pigeon Forge where she opened her Dollywood theme park in 1986. She also sponsors several dinner theater venues there. Have you ever been to Pigeon Forge or Gatlinburg in the Smoky Mountains?
Yes
17%
231 votes
No
68%
934 votes
Not Applicable
16%
218 votes
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These are some of my favorite quotes from Dolly. Which of these have you heard?
"I look just like the girls next door . . . if you happen to live next door to an amusement park."
12%
170 votes
"It costs a lot of money to look this cheap."
30%
420 votes
"If I see something sagging, bagging, or dragging, I'll get it nipped, tucked, or sucked."
21%
296 votes
"People always ask me how long it takes to do my hair. I don't know; I'm never there."
15%
205 votes
"I'm not offended by dumb blonde jokes because I know that I'm not dumb. I also know I'm not blonde."
21%
296 votes
None of the Above
51%
709 votes
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Dolly's Parton's Imagination Library began in 1995 as a program to give a book each month to every preschool child in Sevier County, TN. It has grown to the point that currently over 1600 local communities in the US, Canada, the UK, and Australia provide the Imagination Library to over 750,000 children each and every month. Over 60,000,000 books have been given to children in the 21 years since its inception. Were you aware of Dolly's literacy program before this survey?
Yes
19%
268 votes
No
59%
821 votes
Undecided
4%
61 votes
Not Applicable
17%
233 votes
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