The Life and Music of Bob Dylan Trivia Questions

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1. 1.This protest anthem from 1963 asks how many roads a man must walk down and became one of Dylan's most iconic songs.

   • Blowin' in the Wind
   • The Times They Are a-Changin'
   • A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall
   • Masters of War

2. 2.Bob Dylan was born in this Midwestern state, known for its iron mining region and harsh winters.

   • Wisconsin
   • Minnesota
   • Michigan
   • Iowa

3. 3.In 2016, Dylan became the first songwriter to receive this prestigious international award for literature.

   • Pulitzer Prize
   • Man Booker Prize
   • Nobel Prize in Literature
   • National Book Award

4. 4.This was Bob Dylan's birth name before he legally changed it in 1962.

   • Robert Allen Zimmermann
   • David Robert Jones
   • Gordon Matthew Sumner
   • Robert Allen Zimmerman

5. 5.This 1965 hit featuring the lyrics about being on your own became Dylan's first major rock single.

   • Like a Rolling Stone
   • Subterranean Homesick Blues
   • Highway 61 Revisited
   • Positively 4th Street

6. 6.Dylan famously went electric at this Rhode Island music festival in 1965, causing controversy among folk purists.

   • Woodstock
   • Newport Folk Festival
   • Monterey Pop Festival
   • Isle of Wight Festival

7. 7.This distinctive musical instrument is most associated with Bob Dylan's early folk performances.

   • Banjo
   • Piano
   • Harmonica
   • Violin

8. 8.This New York City neighborhood was the center of the folk music scene where Dylan launched his career in the early 1960s.

   • Greenwich Village
   • Harlem
   • SoHo
   • Brooklyn Heights

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