Bridge over Troubled Water - Quiz
Bridge over Troubled Water
  • 1. What number studio album is Bridge over Troubled Water for Simon & Garfunkel?
A) Third
B) Second
C) Fifth and final
D) First
  • 2. When was Bridge over Troubled Water released?
A) January 26, 1970
B) March 8, 2011
C) January 26, 1968
D) December 31, 1969
  • 3. Which record label released the album?
A) Capitol Records
B) Warner Bros. Records
C) RCA Records
D) Columbia Records
  • 4. Who took an acting role in the film Catch-22?
A) Art Garfunkel
B) Roy Halee
C) Mike Nichols
D) Paul Simon
  • 5. Who wrote all the tracks on the album except 'Bye Bye Love'?
A) Art Garfunkel
B) Roy Halee
C) Paul Simon
D) Felice Bryant
  • 6. Who originally wrote the song 'Bye Bye Love'?
A) Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
B) Claude Jeter
C) Simon & Garfunkel
D) Daniel Alomía Robles
  • 7. Who produced the album Bridge over Troubled Water?
A) Roy Halee
B) Mike Nichols
C) Paul Simon
D) Jimmie Haskell
  • 8. Which previous album did Bridge over Troubled Water follow a similar musical pattern to?
A) Catch-22
B) Bookends
C) The Graduate Soundtrack
D) Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
  • 9. When was the 40th Anniversary Edition of the album released?
A) March 8, 2001
B) March 8, 2011
C) January 26, 1970
D) January 26, 2010
  • 10. What politically themed TV special was included in the 40th Anniversary Edition?
A) Songs of America
B) The Graduate
C) The Harmony Game
D) Catch-22
  • 11. What is the name of the documentary included in the 40th Anniversary Edition?
A) The Wrecking Crew
B) Bridge over Troubled Water
C) Songs of America
D) The Harmony Game
  • 12. Which demo tapes are covered in the 2001 reissue?
A) Cecilia and The Boxer
B) Feuilles-O and Bridge over Troubled Water
C) Homeward Bound and Let It Be
D) Bye Bye Love and El Cóndor Pasa
  • 13. How many Grammy Awards did the album receive at the 1971 Grammy Awards?
A) Six
B) Five
C) Seven
D) Four
  • 14. Which major award did the album win at the 1971 Grammy Awards?
A) Record of the Year
B) Song of the Year
C) Album of the Year
D) Best New Artist
  • 15. How many copies has the album sold worldwide?
A) Over 10 million
B) Over 25 million
C) Over 3 million
D) Over 2 million
E) Over 50 million
  • 16. What rank did the album receive on Rolling Stone's 2020 list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time?
A) 172
B) 1
C) 500
D) 4
  • 17. What character did Art Garfunkel play in the film Catch-22?
A) Dunbar
B) Mike Nichols
C) Buck Henry
D) Captain Nately
  • 18. Who was the screenwriter for the film Catch-22 who wrote Paul Simon's part out?
A) Paul Zollo
B) Buck Henry
C) Mike Nichols
D) Jorge Milchberg
  • 19. In what year did Art Garfunkel give an interview to Paul Zollo in SongTalk magazine?
A) 1969
B) 2011
C) 1990
D) 1970
  • 20. When did Garfunkel's filming for Catch-22 begin?
A) January 1970
B) January 1969
C) Summer 1969
D) March 1968
  • 21. What was Bridge over Troubled Water the first album by the duo to credit in the liner notes?
A) The mixing engineers
B) The film directors
C) The backing musicians
D) The record label executives
  • 22. Who played guitars as a backing musician on the album?
A) Hal Blaine
B) Fred Carter Jr.
C) Larry Knechtel
D) Joe Osborn
  • 23. Who played drums as a backing musician on the album?
A) Joe Osborn
B) Hal Blaine
C) Fred Carter Jr.
D) Larry Knechtel
  • 24. Who played bass as a backing musician on the album?
A) Larry Knechtel
B) Hal Blaine
C) Joe Osborn
D) Fred Carter Jr.
  • 25. Who played keyboards as a backing musician on the album?
A) Hal Blaine
B) Joe Osborn
C) Fred Carter Jr.
D) Larry Knechtel
  • 26. What collective name were the studio session musicians later known by?
A) The Wrecking Crew
B) Los Incas
C) The Swan Silvertones
D) The Righteous Brothers
  • 27. Which major festival did the duo decline invitations to perform at because they were recording the album?
A) Newport Folk Festival
B) Woodstock Festival
C) Monterey Pop Festival
D) Isle of Wight Festival
  • 28. What specific piano sound did Simon want on 'Bridge over Troubled Water'?
A) Rockabilly piano sound
B) Classical piano sound
C) Jazz piano sound
D) Gospel piano sound
  • 29. How many verses long was 'Bridge over Troubled Water' initially?
A) One verse
B) Two verses
C) Four verses
D) Three verses
  • 30. How many bass guitar parts did Joe Osborn play on the title track?
A) Four bass guitar parts
B) One bass guitar part
C) Two bass guitar parts
D) Three bass guitar parts
  • 31. Where did Hal Blaine record the drums to achieve a hall effect?
A) In a small vocal booth
B) Outdoors
C) In an echo chamber
D) In a cathedral
  • 32. What instrument section rounded off the title track?
A) A string section
B) A percussion section
C) A woodwind section
D) A horn section
  • 33. What was the title track falsely labeled as by an arranger?
A) Like a Pitcher of Water
B) Mary Don't You Weep
C) Feuilles-O
D) Old Man River
  • 34. Whose vocal technique in 'Old Man River' inspired the vocal style in 'Bridge over Troubled Water'?
A) Claude Jeter's technique
B) Elvis Presley's technique
C) Johnny Cash's technique
D) Phil Spector's technique
  • 35. Which song by the Righteous Brothers featured Phil Spector's technique?
A) Mary Don't You Weep
B) Bye Bye Love
C) Let It Be
D) Old Man River
  • 36. Which Beatles song did Simon admit 'Bridge over Troubled Water' sounded very similar to?
A) Hey Jude
B) Yesterday
C) Let It Be Me
D) Let It Be
  • 37. Which gospel group and song influenced 'Bridge over Troubled Water'?
A) The Righteous Brothers and 'Old Man River'
B) Los Incas and 'El Cóndor Pasa'
C) The Wrecking Crew and 'Bookends'
D) The Swan Silvertones and 'Mary Don't You Weep'
  • 38. Whose line inspired the name of the title track?
A) Felice Bryant
B) Daniel Alomía Robles
C) Claude Jeter
D) Phil Spector
  • 39. What did Paul Simon hand to Claude Jeter as compensation?
A) Sheet music
B) A gold record
C) A check
D) A guitar
  • 40. Who was 'Bridge over Troubled Water' addressed to?
A) Roy Halee
B) Art Garfunkel
C) Peggy's sister
D) Simon's wife Peggy
  • 41. What does the 'silver girl' in the song actually refer to?
A) A drugged hypodermic needle
B) A fictional character in a novel
C) A silver musical instrument
D) Peggy and her first gray hairs
  • 42. What did Garfunkel initially suggest Simon should do instead of him singing lead?
A) Sing falsetto
B) Play the piano
C) Play the xylophone
D) Sing in his normal voice
  • 43. What key did Simon initially compose the title track in?
A) G major
B) E-flat major
C) D major
D) C major
  • 44. Who transposed the title track to E-flat major to suit Garfunkel's voice?
A) Larry Knechtel
B) Roy Halee
C) Jorge Milchberg
D) Jimmie Haskell
  • 45. What type of song is 'El Cóndor Pasa (If I Could)'?
A) A gospel song based on African-American spirituals
B) A rockabilly song based on Everly Brothers style
C) A jazz song based on bossa nova rhythms
D) A Peruvian song based on traditional Andean music
  • 46. From whom did Simon receive erroneous information regarding the collection of royalties for 'El Cóndor Pasa'?
A) Claude Jeter
B) Jorge Milchberg of Los Incas
C) Daniel Alomía Robles
D) Armando Robles Godoy
  • 47. Who actually wrote 'El Cóndor Pasa'?
A) Art Garfunkel
B) Jorge Milchberg
C) Paul Simon
D) Daniel Alomía Robles
  • 48. Who filed a successful lawsuit in 1970 regarding the copyright of 'El Cóndor Pasa'?
A) Roy Halee
B) Armando Robles Godoy
C) Jorge Milchberg
D) Claude Jeter
  • 49. In what year was the successful lawsuit for 'El Cóndor Pasa' filed?
A) 1970
B) 1971
C) 1968
D) 1990
  • 50. Where did Simon, Peggy, and Garfunkel rent a house in the summer of 1969?
A) Woodstock
B) Peru
C) New York City
D) Blue Jay Way in Los Angeles
  • 51. What device did Garfunkel have that provided a reverberation effect during the Blue Jay Way sessions?
A) A Sony reel-to-reel tape deck
B) A vinyl cutting lathe
C) An echo chamber
D) A cassette recorder
  • 52. Which instrument did Paul Simon play on 'Cecilia' as a first-time percussionist?
A) The congas
B) The piano
C) The xylophone
D) The drums
  • 53. What random opening line did Simon begin with when writing 'Cecilia'?
A) If I could, I surely would
B) I'll be your bridge over deep water
C) You're breaking my heart. I'm down on my knees.
D) So long already, Artie
  • 54. Who played guitar alongside Paul Simon on the song 'Cecilia'?
A) Joe Osborn
B) His brother Eddie
C) Fred Carter Jr.
D) Larry Knechtel
  • 55. What is the song 'Cecilia' about?
A) A tribute to an architect
B) Exhausting tours in the music industry
C) An unfaithful girl who invites another lover to her bed
D) A river crossing in times of trouble
  • 56. Who suggested that the name 'Cecilia' may be derived from the patron saint of music?
A) David Browne
B) Anthony Heilbut
C) Paul Zollo
D) Buck Henry
  • 57. Which musical style features in 'Keep the Customer Satisfied'?
A) Rockabilly style of the Everly Brothers
B) Latin jazz and bossa nova
C) Traditional Andean music
D) Gospel piano style
  • 58. What theme does 'Keep the Customer Satisfied' share with the earlier song 'Homeward Bound'?
A) Political protest
B) Exhausting tours
C) Unfaithful romance
D) Architectural design
  • 59. What career did Art Garfunkel originally want to train for?
A) Actor
B) Producer
C) Architect
D) Arranger
  • 60. What guitar style does Simon play on 'So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright'?
A) Folk rock
B) Latin jazz and bossa nova
C) Rockabilly
D) Gospel
  • 61. Which instruments contribute to the South American sound in 'So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright'?
A) Reel-to-reel decks
B) Xylophones
C) Congas
D) Horns
  • 62. Which two songs from the album were listed on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time?
A) Cecilia and El Cóndor Pasa
B) Keep the Customer Satisfied and So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright
C) Bye Bye Love and Bookends
D) Bridge over Troubled Water and The Boxer
  • 63. When did Simon & Garfunkel decide to split up and part company?
A) In 1971
B) In 2011
C) In 1968
D) Later in 1970
  • 64. What did Art Garfunkel continue to pursue after the duo split up?
A) His film career
B) Intense music production
C) Gospel record producing
D) Solo architecture
  • 65. What did Paul Simon work on intensely after the duo split up?
A) Directing movies
B) Architectural design
C) Acting in feature films
D) Music
  • 66. What was the position of Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme on the US Billboard 200?
A) Number two
B) Number four
C) Number one
D) Number seventeen
  • 67. What was the position of the soundtrack album for The Graduate on the US Billboard 200?
A) Number two
B) Number 172
C) Number four
D) Number one
  • 68. How many copies did Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme sell in the United States?
A) 3 million copies
B) 25 million copies
C) 50 million copies
D) 2 million copies
  • 69. How many copies did Bookends and The Graduate soundtrack sell in the US each?
A) 3 million copies each
B) 1 million copies each
C) 25 million copies each
D) 2 million copies each
  • 70. Who directed the film The Graduate?
A) Buck Henry
B) Paul Zollo
C) Mike Nichols
D) Roy Halee
  • 71. Which novel is the film Catch-22 based on?
A) The Harmony Game
B) Bookends
C) Songs of America
D) Catch-22
  • 72. What was Paul Simon originally supposed to play in the film Catch-22?
A) Dunbar
B) Frank Lloyd Wright
C) Captain Nately
D) Cecilia
  • 73. How long did Garfunkel's filming for Catch-22 last approximately?
A) About two months
B) About one month
C) About eight months
D) About two years
  • 74. According to Garfunkel, how long would they typically spend in the studio working on songs before pausing?
A) One full year
B) Eight straight months
C) One single week
D) The better part of two months
  • 75. Who is gospel producer and historian mentioned in the text?
A) David Browne
B) Jorge Milchberg
C) Anthony Heilbut
D) Jimmie Haskell
  • 76. In what country did Bridge over Troubled Water top the charts?
A) Over ten countries
B) Only in Peru
C) Only in the United States
D) Only in the United Kingdom
  • 77. At the time of its release, what record did the album hold regarding sales?
A) The best-selling soundtrack ever
B) The best-selling folk rock album ever
C) The best-selling instrumental album ever
D) The best-selling album ever
  • 78. What elements were partly abandoned to incorporate rock, R&B, gospel, and jazz into the album?
A) Their electronic synthesizer style
B) Their classical orchestra style
C) Their traditional folk rock style
D) Their a cappella vocal style
  • 79. How was contemporary critical reception to Bridge over Troubled Water initially described?
A) Mixed
B) Laudatory
C) Disastrous
D) Non-existent
  • 80. How are retrospective reviews of Bridge over Troubled Water described?
A) Indifferent
B) Mixed
C) Laudatory
D) Unfavorable
  • 81. What formats was the album mixed and released in?
A) Vinyl and cassette only
B) Stereo and quadraphonic
C) Quadraphonic and surround 5.1 only
D) Mono and stereo only
  • 82. What was the name of the song by Los Incas that provided the instrumental recording for 'El Cóndor Pasa'?
A) Feuilles-O
B) Mary Don't You Weep
C) El Cóndor Pasa
D) Old Man River
  • 83. What type of career did Paul Simon pursue after the duo parted company?
A) Working intensely with music
B) Directing television specials
C) Acting in feature films
D) Studying architecture
  • 84. What did Simon write for 'Bridge over Troubled Water' after Garfunkel requested a third verse?
A) A horn arrangement
B) A string quartet score
C) More lyrics
D) A bass line
  • 85. What error did the arranger make regarding Art Garfunkel's name on the title track tape?
A) Listed him as Roy Halee
B) Wrote it incorrectly as GarFunkel
C) Omitted his name entirely
D) Spelled it as Art Simon
  • 86. What was unsatisfactory during the early production of the title track?
A) The gospel piano sound
B) The bass guitar parts
C) The string part
D) The drum echo chamber
  • 87. Where did the duo return to record the vocals for the title track?
A) Woodstock
B) Peru
C) Los Angeles
D) New York
  • 88. How long did it take to finalize the song 'Bridge over Troubled Water'?
A) After two months
B) After eight months
C) After three days
D) After one year
  • 89. What was the musical genre pattern of the album described as?
A) Their most traditional folk release
B) Most effortless record and their most ambitious
C) Strictly traditional folk rock
D) Purely rockabilly and jazz
  • 90. What object did Simon and Garfunkel experiment with during the Blue Jay Way sessions to create unusual sounds?
A) A falling bundle of drum sticks
B) Architectural drafting tools
C) A Peruvian flute
D) A silver hypodermic needle
  • 91. What tempo does 'Cecilia' have compared to the duo's prior songs?
A) A shifting tempo
B) An unusually fast tempo
C) An unusually slow tempo
D) A standard ballad tempo
  • 92. In what year was 'The Boxer' partly written by Simon?
A) 1968
B) 1970
C) 1967
D) 1969
  • 93. What position did 'The Boxer' debut at on the WLS 89 Hit Parade?
A) No. 89
B) No. 1
C) No. 16
D) No. 38
  • 94. What brand of guitars did Simon and Fred Carter Jr. play on 'The Boxer'?
A) Martin guitars
B) Taylor guitars
C) Gibson guitars
D) Fender guitars
  • 95. Who played the double bass and tuba on 'The Boxer'?
A) Charlie McCoy
B) Bob Moore
C) Pete Drake
D) Fred Carter Jr.
  • 96. Who played the harmonica on 'The Boxer'?
A) Bob Moore
B) Pete Drake
C) Charlie McCoy
D) Blaine
  • 97. Who played the pedal steel guitar, Dobro, and a piccolo flute on 'The Boxer'?
A) Pete Drake
B) Bob Moore
C) Charlie McCoy
D) Fred Carter Jr.
  • 98. Simon & Garfunkel became the first musicians to use what type of recording technology on 'The Boxer'?
A) 16-track recording
B) 8-track recording
C) Stereo recording
D) Digital recording
  • 99. Which 2017 action comedy film is named after the song 'Baby Driver'?
A) Pete Drake's Baby Driver
B) Charlie McCoy's Baby Driver
C) Edgar Wright's Baby Driver
D) Bob Moore's Baby Driver
  • 100. Where does the song 'Baby Driver' play in Edgar Wright's 2017 film?
A) During the opening scene
B) During the title card
C) At the end credits
D) In the middle of a car chase
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