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