- 1. Which year was Patti Smith born?
A) 1976
B) 1956
C) 1966
D) 1946
- 2. Where was Patti Smith born?
A) New York
B) London
C) Los Angeles
D) Chicago
- 3. What is Patti Smith's primary artistic medium?
A) Dance
B) Music
C) Photography
D) Painting
- 4. Which book is a memoir written by Patti Smith?
A) The Bell Jar
B) Wild
C) On the Road
D) Just Kids
- 5. In what year did Patti Smith release her debut album 'Horses'?
A) 1985
B) 1995
C) 1965
D) 1975
- 6. Which famous artist photographed Patti Smith for the cover of her album 'Horses'?
A) Robert Mapplethorpe
B) Annie Leibovitz
C) Andy Warhol
D) Cindy Sherman
- 7. What prestigious award did Patti Smith receive in 2010?
A) Pulitzer Prize
B) Grammy
C) National Book Award
D) Oscar
- 8. Patti Smith is known for drawing inspiration from which artistic movement?
A) Cubism
B) Surrealism
C) Minimalism
D) Beat Generation
- 9. Which of these famous writers is a close friend of Patti Smith?
A) Haruki Murakami
B) Sam Shepard
C) Toni Morrison
D) Stephen King
- 10. What is the title of Patti Smith's second studio album, released in 1976?
A) Horses
B) Pretenders
C) R.E.M.
D) Radio Ethiopia
- 11. What was the title of Patti Smith's first poetry collection?
A) Leaves of Grass
B) Ariel
C) Seventh Heaven
D) The Waste Land
- 12. Patti Smith was inducted into which Hall of Fame in 2007?
A) Science Fiction Hall of Fame
B) Country Music Hall of Fame
C) Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
D) Basketball Hall of Fame
- 13. Patti Smith's hit song 'Because the Night' was co-written by which musician?
A) Bruce Springsteen
B) John Lennon
C) Bob Dylan
D) David Bowie
- 14. Which city is closely associated with Patti Smith, influencing much of her early work?
A) Paris
B) New York City
C) London
D) Los Angeles
- 15. Which famous punk rock musician produced Patti Smith's album 'Easter'?
A) Joey Ramone
B) Johnny Rotten
C) Jimmy Iovine
D) Dee Dee Ramone
- 16. Which legendary punk rock club in New York City did Patti Smith frequent?
A) Whisky a Go Go
B) Roxy Theatre
C) The Fillmore
D) CBGB
- 17. Which rock band was Patti Smith heavily influenced by?
A) The Velvet Underground
B) Led Zeppelin
C) The Beatles
D) Nirvana
- 18. What instrument does Patti Smith primarily play during live performances?
A) Piano
B) Drums
C) Guitar
D) Violin
- 19. What is the title of Patti Smith's debut album released in 1975?
A) Gloria: In Excelsis Deo
B) Because the Night
C) Horses
D) Just Kids
- 20. Which song co-written with Bruce Springsteen became Patti Smith's most widely known?
A) Gloria
B) Because the Night
C) People Have the Power
D) Dancing Barefoot
- 21. In which year was Patti Smith inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
A) 2010
B) 2007
C) 2011
D) 2005
- 22. What is Patti Smith's rank on Rolling Stone magazine's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time?
A) 47th
B) 10th
C) 1st
D) 85th
- 23. Which college did Patti Smith briefly attend?
A) New York University
B) Columbia University
C) University of Chicago
D) Glassboro State College (now Rowan University)
- 24. What was the name of the one-act play Patti Smith co-wrote with Sam Shepard?
A) Island
B) Robert Having His Nipple Pierced
C) Cowboy Mouth
D) Femme Fatale
- 25. Which band considered Patti Smith as their lead singer?
A) The Rolling Stones
B) Blue Öyster Cult
C) The Beatles
D) Led Zeppelin
- 26. For which song did Patti Smith contribute lyrics inspired by her poems to Blue Öyster Cult?
A) Godzilla
B) (Don't Fear) The Reaper
C) Burnin' for You
D) Debbie Denise
- 27. Where did Patti Smith perform her first public poetry performance with Lenny Kaye?
A) For Gerard Malanga
B) The Poetry Project
C) Max's Kansas City
D) Hotel Chelsea
- 28. What year did Patti Smith and her sister move to Paris for performances?
A) 1964
B) 1980
C) 1969
D) 1975
- 29. What was the A-side of The Patti Smith Group's first single titled?
A) "Gloria"
B) "I Wake Up Screaming"
C) "Because the Night"
D) "Hey Joe/Piss Factory"
- 30. Which literary figure was a significant influence on Patti Smith during her younger years?
A) Arthur Rimbaud
B) Allen Ginsberg
C) Bob Dylan
D) William Blake
- 31. Which record label signed The Patti Smith Group after they were spotted by Clive Davis?
A) Columbia Records
B) Arista Records
C) RCA Records
D) Warner Bros. Records
- 32. Who produced The Patti Smith Group's debut album, Horses?
A) John Cale
B) Lenny Kaye
C) Sam Wagstaff
D) Clive Davis
- 33. Which band influenced Radio Ethiopia, according to Patti Smith?
A) The Doors
B) Velvet Underground
C) MC5
D) Television
- 34. What injury did Patti Smith sustain while touring in support of Radio Ethiopia?
A) She broke several cervical vertebrae after falling from a stage.
B) She suffered a concussion from a fall.
C) She sprained her ankle while dancing.
D) She injured her wrist during a performance.
- 35. Which Patti Smith Group album was their most commercially successful?
A) Horses
B) Easter
C) Wave
D) Radio Ethiopia
- 36. Which song did Patti Smith perform with U2 at their Paris show in December 2015?
A) "People Have the Power"
B) "1959"
C) "Bad"
D) "E-Bow the Letter"
- 37. In which year did Patti Smith release her album 'Dream of Life'?
A) 1996
B) 2004
C) 2012
D) 1988
- 38. Which song from the album 'Gone Again' is a tribute to Kurt Cobain?
A) "E-Bow the Letter"
B) "About a Boy"
C) "Glitter in Their Eyes"
D) "1959"
- 39. Which song did Patti Smith perform at the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony in 2016?
A) "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall"
B) "Bad"
C) "People Have the Power"
D) "Elegie"
- 40. What was the theme of Patti Smith's solo art exhibition 'Strange Messenger'?
A) Kurt Cobain tribute
B) Patti Smith's solo art
C) Motherhood songs
D) Bob Dylan collaboration
- 41. Which album was released by Patti Smith as an all-covers album?
A) 'Gone Again'
B) 'Peace and Noise'
C) 'Twelve'
D) 'Trampin''
- 42. Which album did Patti Smith release in 2012?
A) 'Banga'
B) 'Peace and Noise'
C) 'The Coral Sea'
D) 'Twelve'
- 43. Which festival did Patti Smith curate in London on June 25, 2005?
A) Florence Open Air Concert
B) Meltdown festival
C) CBGB anniversary festival
D) Stockholm Music Festival
- 44. Which song did Patti Smith perform at her first live performance of 'Horses' in its entirety?
A) Performed 'Horses' live
B) '1959'
C) 'Elegie'
D) 'About a Boy'
- 45. Which album did Patti Smith release on Columbia Records in 2004?
A) 'Gone Again'
B) 'Banga'
C) 'Trampin''
D) 'Peace and Noise'
- 46. What was the theme of Patti Smith's album 'Trampin'' released in 2004?
A) Motherhood
B) Italian music
C) Tribute to Kurt Cobain
D) Punk rock history
- 47. Which song did Patti Smith record for 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire' soundtrack?
A) "Words of Love"
B) "Are You Experienced?"
C) "Capitol Letter"
D) "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
- 48. Which album did Patti Smith release in collaboration with Kevin Shields?
A) 'Twelve'
B) 'Banga'
C) 'Peace and Noise'
D) 'The Coral Sea'
- 49. In what year did Patti Smith begin devoting time to 'pure photography'?
A) 1987
B) 2001
C) 2010
D) 1994
- 50. What was the name of the exhibition at Trolley Gallery, London from November 2006 to January 2007?
A) 'Pure Photography'
B) 'Land 250'
C) 'Double Blind'
D) 'Sur les Traces'
- 51. Which experimental group does Patti Smith collaborate with on the project Correspondences?
A) Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain
B) Magnum Photos
C) Soundwalk Collective
D) Trolley Gallery
- 52. Where was the first museum exhibition of Smith's photography, Camera Solo, held?
A) In the U.S.
B) London
C) New Brunswick, New Jersey
D) Paris
- 53. What did Patti Smith's memoir 'Year of the Monkey' receive from Kirkus Reviews?
A) Criticism for lack of depth
B) Praise for its photography
C) A negative review
D) It was described as a captivating, redemptive chronicle
- 54. What did Patti Smith work on in 2011 that was set in London?
A) A new album
B) A photography exhibition
C) A crime novel
D) An autobiography
- 55. In which film did Patti Smith make her cameo appearance in 2010?
A) Song to Song
B) Turn in the Wound
C) Film Socialisme
D) Horses: Patti Smith and Her Band
- 56. In which TV series did Patti Smith make her television acting debut?
A) Mad Men
B) Breaking Bad
C) Law & Order: Criminal Intent
D) The Sopranos
- 57. What was the title of the episode in which Patti Smith appeared on 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent'?
A) Icarus
B) Revelation
C) Justice
D) The Truth
- 58. Who directed the film 'Song to Song', in which Patti Smith appeared as herself?
A) Abel Ferrara
B) Jean-Luc Godard
C) Darren Aronofsky
D) Terrence Malick
- 59. Which band did Patti Smith perform with at the Detroit show of The Joshua Tree 2017 tour?
A) U2
B) Pink Floyd
C) Coldplay
D) The Rolling Stones
- 60. At which venue did Patti Smith perform in San Francisco in January 2019?
A) AT&T Park
B) Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
C) The Fillmore
D) Oracle Arena
- 61. In which year did Patti Smith contribute 'Memorial Tribute (Live)' to the AIDS-benefit album No Alternative?
A) 1993
B) 2000
C) 2004
D) 2015
- 62. Which political party did Patti Smith support in the 2000 U.S. presidential election?
A) Democratic Party
B) Green Party
C) Republican Party
D) Libertarian Party
- 63. For whom did Patti Smith write a short preface for a book released in March 2008?
A) John Kerry
B) Ralph Nader
C) Murat Kurnaz
D) Rachel Corrie
- 64. Which venue did Patti Smith perform at after the murder of Rachel Corrie in 2003?
A) Festival Hall
B) DAR Constitution Hall
C) Austin, Texas venue
D) Carnegie Hall
- 65. What song did Patti Smith dedicate to Rachel Corrie?
A) Peaceable Kingdom
B) Without Chains
C) Wing
D) People Have the Power
- 66. In which year did Patti Smith perform at the opening of COP26?
A) 2020
B) 2021
C) 2019
D) 2018
- 67. Which organization does Patti Smith support annually with performances at their benefit?
A) Passages bookshop
B) Tibet House US
C) American Museum of Tort Law
D) Green Party
- 68. What was the predominant issue Patti Smith regards as important in our time?
A) Iraq War
B) Climate change
C) AIDS
D) Guantanamo Bay detentions
- 69. Which artist mentioned in the text was influenced by Patti Smith's 'Rock N Roll Nigger'?
A) Florence Welch
B) Shirley Manson
C) Courtney Love
D) Michael Stipe
- 70. Which band dedicated their debut single to Patti Smith?
A) Hole
B) R.E.M.
C) The Waterboys
D) U2
- 71. Who produced the final Patti Smith Group album, 'Wave'?
A) Todd Rundgren
B) Shirley Manson
C) Elliot Page
D) Michael Stipe
- 72. Which song by Hole alludes to Patti Smith's 'Kimberly'?
A) "Doll Parts"
B) "Celebrity Skin"
C) "Violet"
D) "Miss World"
- 73. Which band released an album called 'Hidros 3 (to Patti Smith)'?
A) U2
B) Sonic Youth
C) R.E.M.
D) The Go-Betweens
- 74. Which song did KT Tunstall release as a tribute to Patti Smith?
A) "Suddenly I See"
B) "Hold On"
C) "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree"
D) "Other Side of the World"
- 75. Which band dedicated a song to Patti Smith in their album 'The Friends of Rachel Worth'?
A) The Go-Betweens
B) R.E.M.
C) Hole
D) U2
- 76. Which artist cited Patti Smith's album 'Horses' as a major influence?
A) Orville Peck
B) Shirley Manson
C) KT Tunstall
D) Florence Welch
- 77. Which song by Florence and the Machine was dedicated to Patti Smith?
A) "Dog Days Are Over"
B) "Patricia"
C) "What Kind of Man"
D) "Shake It Out"
- 78. Which artist frequently replicates famous Patti Smith photos in photo shoots?
A) Elliot Page
B) Orville Peck
C) Maria Doyle Kennedy
D) KT Tunstall
- 79. When was Patti Smith named a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres?
A) 2023
B) November 2020
C) March 2012
D) July 2005
- 80. Who did Patti Smith dedicate her Rock and Roll Hall of Fame award to?
A) Her late husband, Fred
B) Steven Sebring
C) Mapplethorpe
D) Yoko Ono
- 81. Which song did Patti Smith perform at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony?
A) 'People Have the Power'
B) 'Because the Night'
C) 'Dancing Barefoot'
D) The Rolling Stones' 'Gimme Shelter'
- 82. In which year was Patti Smith one of the Polar Music Prize winners?
A) 2011
B) 2024
C) 2005
D) 2023
- 83. Which institution awarded Patti Smith an honorary doctorate in fine arts in 2012?
A) Columbia University
B) Pratt Institute
C) Washington University in St. Louis
D) Rowan University
- 84. What event led to the cancellation of Patti Smith receiving the International Humanities Prize in 2020?
A) The COVID-19 pandemic
B) Technical difficulties
C) Personal reasons
D) A scheduling conflict
- 85. In which year was Patti Smith nominated for induction to the Songwriters Hall of Fame?
A) 2011
B) 2023
C) 2008
D) 2012
- 86. What rank did Rolling Stone give Patti Smith on their list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time?
A) Number 50
B) Number 200
C) Number 117
D) Not listed
- 87. What religion was Patti Smith raised in?
A) Catholic
B) Jehovah's Witness
C) Buddhist
D) Tibetan Buddhism
- 88. Which song by Patti Smith includes the lyrics 'Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine'?
A) 'Because the Night'
B) 'Gloria' cover by Them
C) 'Elegie'
D) 'Dancing Barefoot'
- 89. At what age did Patti Smith develop an interest in Tibetan Buddhism?
A) Around 11 or 12
B) In her twenties
C) In her thirties
D) As a teenager
- 90. Who invited Patti Smith to play at the Vatican Christmas concert in 2014?
A) The Dalai Lama
B) Pope Francis
C) Pope Benedict XVI
D) The Archbishop of Canterbury
- 91. How did Patti Smith describe Francis of Assisi in 2021?
A) An inspiration for her songwriting.
B) 'Truly the environmentalist saint.'
C) A symbol of religious dogma.
D) A controversial figure.
- 92. What was Patti Smith's opinion on the sexualization of women in music in 2014?
A) It should be completely avoided.
B) It is a form of artistic expression.
C) It is necessary for commercial success.
D) 'I don't feel it's my place to judge.'
- 93. How does Anwen Crawford describe Patti Smith's attitude to genius?
A) Supportive of democratizing art.
B) Neutral towards gender issues.
C) 'Pre-feminist, if not anti-feminist.'
D) Fully aligned with feminist ideals.
- 94. In which year did Patti Smith leave Glassboro State College?
A) 1967
B) 1980
C) 1972
D) 1994
- 95. What was the name of the bookstore where Patti Smith worked in Manhattan?
A) Scribner's
B) Shakespeare and Company
C) Barnes & Noble
D) Borders
- 96. Who was Patti Smith's friend and poet at Scribner's bookstore?
A) Bob Dylan
B) Lou Reed
C) Janet Hamill
D) Allen Lanier
- 97. Which song by Patti Smith is dedicated to Fred 'Sonic' Smith and inspired by Jeanne Hébuterne?
A) "Gloria"
B) "Dancing Barefoot"
C) "People Have the Power"
D) "Because the Night"
- 98. Who is Patti Smith's son who married Meg White?
A) Frederick
B) Todd
C) Jackson
D) Allen
- 99. Which instrument does Patti Smith play in addition to vocals and guitar?
A) Clarinet
B) Bass
C) Keyboards
D) Drums
- 100. Who was a member of the Patti Smith Group from 1974 to 1977 and died in 1990?
A) Oliver Ray
B) Richard Sohl
C) Fred 'Sonic' Smith
D) Ivan Král
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