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Love and Theft (Bob Dylan album) - Quiz
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  • 1. Which Japanese writer's book did Bob Dylan's 'Love and Theft' lyrics allegedly draw similarities from?
A) Yasunari Kawabata
B) Haruki Murakami
C) Junichi Saga
D) Ryu Murakami
  • 2. What is the title of Junichi Saga's book that was compared to 'Love and Theft'?
A) The Yakuza
B) Confessions of a Yakuza
C) The Samurai's Tale
D) Tokyo Underworld
  • 3. Who translated Junichi Saga's book into English?
A) Jay Rubin
B) John Bester
C) Philip Gabriel
D) Eugene Volokh
  • 4. What is the nature of Junichi Saga's reaction to the similarities between his book and 'Love and Theft'?
A) He demanded a public apology.
B) He felt honored rather than abused.
C) He felt angry and sued Dylan.
D) He was indifferent and ignored the issue.
  • 5. Which critic defended Bob Dylan by stating that all pop music is 'love and theft'?
A) Robert Christgau
B) Pitchfork
C) Rolling Stone
D) NME
  • 6. Which instrument did Larry Campbell play on 'Love and Theft'?
A) Trumpet
B) Saxophone
C) Trombone
D) Banjo
  • 7. Who was responsible for engineering the album 'Love and Theft'?
A) Larry Campbell
B) Chris Shaw
C) Augie Meyers
D) Bob Dylan
  • 8. Which track from 'Love and Theft' contains the line 'I'm not quite as cool or forgiving as I sound'?
A) Mississippi
B) Sugar Baby
C) Floater
D) Honest With Me
  • 9. What role did Bob Dylan have in the production of 'Love and Theft'?
A) Record production
B) Mastering
C) Sound mixing
D) Album cover design
  • 10. Which instrument did Augie Meyers play on 'Love and Theft'?
A) Accordion
B) Violin
C) Drums
D) Guitar
  • 11. Who played the upright bass on 'Love and Theft'?
A) Charlie Sexton
B) Tony Garnier
C) Augie Meyers
D) Larry Campbell
  • 12. What instrument did Clay Meyers play on 'Love and Theft'?
A) Piano
B) Hammond B3 organ
C) Mandolin
D) Bongos
  • 13. Which of the following is NOT a song title from 'Love and Theft'?
A) Mississippi
B) High Water (For Charley Patton)
C) Lonesome Day Blues
D) Sugar Baby
  • 14. Who played the drums on 'Love and Theft'?
A) Larry Campbell
B) Augie Meyers
C) Charlie Sexton
D) David Kemper
  • 15. Which instrument did Charlie Sexton play on 'Love and Theft'?
A) Banjo
B) Accordion
C) Drums
D) Guitar
  • 16. What is the role of Bob Dylan in 'Love and Theft'?
A) Drums, bass guitar
B) Vocals, guitar, piano, record production
C) Sound engineering
D) Album cover design
  • 17. Who directed the 30-second commercial featuring the song 'Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum' from the album 'Love and Theft'?
A) Kinka Usher
B) Eddie Gorodetsky
C) Kevin Mazur
D) David Gahr
  • 18. Which magazine ranked 'Love and Theft' as the No. 1 Album of the Decade in 2009?
A) The Village Voice
B) Rolling Stone
C) Newsweek
D) Glide Magazine
  • 19. What Grammy Award did 'Love and Theft' win?
A) Record of the Year
B) Best Contemporary Folk Album
C) Best Male Rock Vocal Performance
D) Album of the Year
  • 20. Who took the album's cover photograph of Dylan?
A) David Gahr
B) Geoff Gans
C) Kinka Usher
D) Kevin Mazur
  • 21. Which publication referred to 'Love and Theft' as Bob Dylan's immortality album?
A) Rolling Stone
B) USA Today
C) Los Angeles Times
D) The Village Voice
  • 22. Who was the magician featured in the commercial for 'Love and Theft'?
A) David Blaine
B) David Copperfield
C) Ricky Jay
D) Penn Jillette
  • 23. Which publication's critic, Jake Cole, referred to 'Love and Theft' as Dylan's most eclectic work in 2021?
A) Rolling Stone
B) The Village Voice
C) USA Today
D) Spectrum Culture
  • 24. In which year was 'Love and Theft' ranked seventh in Far Out magazine's list of Bob Dylan's 10 greatest albums?
A) 2019
B) 2018
C) 2017
D) 2020
  • 25. Who was the actress featured in the commercial for 'Love and Theft'?
A) Francine York
B) Julia Roberts
C) Meryl Streep
D) Scarlett Johansson
  • 26. Who was the writer from Dharma & Greg interviewed in the press conference for 'Love and Theft'?
A) Peter Tolan
B) Jon Pollack
C) Eddie Gorodetsky
D) David E. Kelley
  • 27. Which song from 'Love and Theft' was nominated for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance?
A) Summer Days
B) Lonesome Day Blues
C) Honest with Me
D) High Water (For Charley Patton)
  • 28. Which publication ranked 'Love and Theft' as the second best album of its decade?
A) The Village Voice
B) Rolling Stone
C) Newsweek
D) USA Today
  • 29. Which critic referred to 'Love and Theft' as Dylan's most eclectic work?
A) Edna Gundersen
B) Mikal Gilmore
C) Jake Cole
D) Robert Christgau
  • 30. What was the setting for the commercial featuring 'Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum'?
A) A tense poker game
B) A road trip
C) A concert stage
D) A recording studio
  • 31. Which publication's critic characterized 'Love and Theft' as an attic-sweeping of songs and themes?
A) The Village Voice
B) Ultimate Classic Rock
C) Rolling Stone
D) USA Today
  • 32. Which publication's critic referred to 'Love and Theft' as Dylan's greatest album?
A) The New York Times
B) The Village Voice
C) Rolling Stone
D) USA Today
  • 33. Which album inspired the title of Bob Dylan's 'Love and Theft'?
A) Fables of the Reconstruction by R.E.M.
B) The Anthology of American Folk Music by Harry Everett Smith
C) The Globe Sessions by Sheryl Crow
D) Love & Theft: Blackface Minstrelsy and the American Working Class by Eric Lott
  • 34. Which publication featured Greg Kot's comparison of 'Love and Theft' to R.E.M.'s 'Fables of the Reconstruction'?
A) Chicago Tribune
B) Rolling Stone
C) The Guardian
D) The New York Times
  • 35. Which song on 'Love and Theft' was later covered by Sheryl Crow?
A) Floater
B) Mississippi
C) High Water (for Charley Patton)
D) Sugar Baby
  • 36. Which band made 'Mississippi' a mainstay of their tours?
A) The Dixie Chicks
B) R.E.M.
C) U2
D) The Rolling Stones
  • 37. Which critic noted Dylan's singing style on 'Love and Theft' as shifting between humble and ironic?
A) Robert Christgau
B) Tim Riley
C) Greg Kot
D) Mikal Gilmore
  • 38. What does the song 'High Water (for Charley Patton)' symbolize?
A) The personal life of Bob Dylan.
B) The economic struggles of the American working class.
C) The rise of rock and roll music.
D) The South's racial history and cultural richness.
  • 39. Which song on 'Love and Theft' is described as having a 'reluctant soft-shoe charm'?
A) 'Floater'
B) 'Mississippi'
C) 'Sugar Baby'
D) 'Po' Boy'
  • 40. What themes did Bob Dylan summarize for 'Love and Theft' in an interview with Mikal Gilmore?
A) The history of American folk music.
B) Romantic relationships and personal struggles.
C) The influence of blues and country music.
D) Business, politics and war, and maybe love interest on the side.
  • 41. On what date was 'Love and Theft' released?
A) September 11, 1999
B) September 16, 2003
C) May 2001
D) September 11, 2001
  • 42. Which record label released 'Love and Theft'?
A) Warner Bros. Records
B) Sony Music
C) Universal Music Group
D) Columbia Records
  • 43. What was the highest chart position 'Love and Theft' achieved on the Billboard 200?
A) No. 10
B) No. 5
C) No. 1
D) No. 15
  • 44. Which country gave 'Love and Theft' its first No. 1 album for Bob Dylan?
A) United Kingdom
B) Sweden
C) Norway
D) United States
  • 45. Who was added to Bob Dylan's touring band for the 'Love and Theft' sessions?
A) Larry Campbell
B) Chris Shaw
C) Augie Meyers
D) David Kemper
  • 46. What was the name of the song that gave Dylan his first Oscar?
A) Po' Boy
B) Highway 61 Revisited
C) Love and Theft
D) Things Have Changed
  • 47. How many days did it take to record the twelve songs on 'Love and Theft'?
A) 6 days
B) 15 days
C) 12 days
D) 30 days
  • 48. Which style of music heavily influenced 'Love and Theft'?
A) Rock
B) Blues
C) Early Americana
D) Jazz
  • 49. In what year was 'Love and Theft' remixed into 5.1 surround sound?
A) 2005
B) 2001
C) 2003
D) 2000
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