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My view was that the Trivia Contest could serve as a way to learn more things about Bob. Even if you didn't know the answers, by playing you could learn things.
What follows are 21 questions I'd prepared for this year's Duluth Dylan Fest.
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1. Which Author Does Not Yet Have a Book in Print About Bob Dylan?
a. Harvard Professor Richard F. Thomas
b. Duluth Blogger Ed Newman
c. Rolling Stone Music Critic Greil Marcus
d. Horror Fiction Writer Stephen King
2. Since the beginning of the Never-Ending-Tour Dylan has averaged how many concerts per year?
a. 31
b. 131
c. 81
d. 100
3. What did Dylan say publicly after he survived his health crisis in 1997?
a. “Thank you, Jesus.”
b. “I thought I was going to see Elvis.”
c. “When in Rome do as the Romans do.”
d. “I may have to cancel tonight’s show.”
4. What nationality is Bob Dylan?
a. Half Jewish, Half German
b. Half Jewish, One-Fourth Italian, One-Fourth Spanish
c. Half Jewish, One-Fourth Lithuanian, One-Fourth Mixed
d. Half Jewish, and the other half Jewish
5. Dylan’s father, Abe Zimmerman was a graduate from Central High School in Duluth in 1929. He especially liked baseball, basketball and golf. He used to golf at both the Enger and Lester River Golf Courses. Why didn’t he golf at the Northland Country Club?
a. It was too expensive.
b. It was too challenging.
c. It was anti-Semitic.
d. He could never get a tee time.
6. In 1964 Dylan wrote a piece of prose titled 11 Outlined Epitaphs in which he recalls a number of features from his early memories of Duluth. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in 11 Outlined Epitaphs?
a. The honkin’ foghorns
b. The blinking lighthouse
c. The rainy mist
d. The rocky cliffs
a. Capricorn
b. Virgo
c. Gemini
d. Cancer
8. There were four movie theaters owned in part by Robert Zimmerman’s uncles. The young Bobby Zimmerman enjoyed going to the movies, and later wrote a song called Brownsville Girl that references Gregory Peck. What Gregory Peck movie does this song refer to, which young Dylan undoubtedly saw.
a. The Paradine Case
b. The Gunfighter
c. Moby Dick
d. To Kill a Mockingbird
9. How old was Bobby Zimmerman when his family moved from Duluth’s Central Hillside to the one-industry union town of Hibbing?
a. 8
b. 7
c. 6
d. 5
10. In the late 40s when the Zimmermans were settled in Hibbing, the leading cause of death for people ages 15 to 44 was….
a. Guns
b. Polio
c. Tuberculosis
d. Flu
11. Which artist has NOT been recorded performing Buddy Holly’s song “Not Fade Away”?
a. Rolling Stones
b. Johnny Mathis
c. Bob Dylan
d. Grateful Dead
12. The most recent Bootleg Series is titled More Blood, More Tracks. Which features outtakes from Blood on the Tracks. Which of these songs from that album did not get recorded in Minnesota?
a. Tangled Up In Blue
b. Idiot Wind
c. Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts
d. Simple Twist of Fate
13. Which of the following artists did NOT do a cover version of Dylan’s “If Not For You” from his album New Morning?
a. Sarah Vaughn
b. George Harrison
c. Elton John
d. Olivia Newton-John
14. What was the name of the Hibbing High School Yearbook when Bobby Zimmerman was in school there?
a. The Parasite
b. The Hematite
c. The Hermaphrodite
d. The Anthracite
15. Which of these characters was in the song Desolation Row?
a. Louis the King
b. T.S. Eliot
c. Mack the Finger
d. Georgia Sam
16. In what Blonde On Blonde song will you find the line, “Jewels and binoculars hang from the head of the mule.”
a. To Ramona
b. Fourth Time Around
c. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
d. Visions of Johanna
17. The civil rights protest song “Only a Pawn in their Game” is about the murder of what important civil rights leader?
a. Emmett Till
b. Medgar Evers
c. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
d. Malcolm X
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| Photo: Bill Pagel Archives. Warfield Theater SF, 1979. |
18. In which album from Dylan’s Gospel Trilogy period did the song Dead Man, Dead Man appear?
a. Slow Train Coming
b. Saved
c. Shot of Love
d. World Gone Wrong
19. The album Greatest Hits Volume 3 selected which song from Dylan’s album Blood on the Tracks?
a. Tangled Up In Blue
b. Hurricane
c. Changing of the Guard
d. Ring Them Bells
20. Which Song from Greatest Hits Volume 3 is also the title of the album it appears on?
a. Silvio
b. Knocked Out Loaded
c. Jokerman
d. Under the Red Sky
21. To find the schedule for this year's 2019 Duluth Dylan Fest, you should go to what website?
a. BobDylan.com
b. BobDylanWay.com
c. BobLinks.com
d. Highway61Revisited.com
YOU CAN ALSO FIND THIS YEAR'S SCHEDULE HERE.
Now that wasn't so bad, was it? With the exception of question one, most answers can be found online fairly easily. The answer to question one is d, Stephen King.
ANSWERS BELOW IN THE COMMENTS
I'm a fan and knew half of the answers, which is abut what a good quiz should offer. You learn a few things and still feel like you're pretty good. Thanks for the game.
ReplyDeletePlease post the answers
ReplyDeleteWhy not just supply the answers? A bit annoying
ReplyDeleteYou're right.... probably shoulda...
ReplyDelete1 d
2 d
3 b
4 d
5 c
6 b
7 c
8 b
9 c
10 c
11 b
12 d
13 c
14 b
15 b
16 d
17 b
18 c
19 a
20 d
21 b
This was great; you’re a fan’s fan!
ReplyDeleteOK, here are two for you -
ReplyDelete1) in the summer of 1974 I visited the town of hibbing, talked to a couple of his high school classmates, and also, on the phone from her favorite bar (she was not there that night), his cousin on his mother's side, who kept in touch with Bob, who at that time was spending a lot of time on his farm in Minnesota. What is this cousin's name? I know Bob's mother, Beatty, joined the Rolling Thunder Revue for part of the 1975-76 tour,, I think this cousin did, also.
2) I visited his homestead, which is on a street now named "Bob Dylan Way,"within walking distance of Hibbing High School (in 1974, many of the townsfolk seemed wary of their prodigal son's fame, the idea of naming a street after Bob Zimmerman to them would have seemed laughable). What was the name of the street during the years Bob and his family lived there?
Amber: Thanks for the note. You grasped my intent.
ReplyDeleteJohn: Good questions. The second one is easy. I have a photo of the 1956 Hibbing phone book with the listings under Z. A Zimmerman lived at 2425 E 7 Av
Your first question will be trickier but I will answer it...
thnx
I got 14 right so a bit better than half about 10 I knew right off the others were educated guesses if I'm honest, good quiz.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing,
ReplyDeleteIt's very informative for me, I really enjoy this content.
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