Love Story (Taylor Swift song) - Quiz
Love Story Taylor Swift song
  • 1. Who directed the music video for "Love Story"?
A) Taylor Swift
B) Trey Fanjoy
C) Justin Gaston
D) Sandi Spika
  • 2. Which historical eras inspired Taylor Swift for the video's style?
A) Ancient Rome, Middle Ages, and Victorian
B) Victorian, Edwardian, and Baroque
C) Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Regency
D) Renaissance, Enlightenment, and Regency
  • 3. How long did Swift spend searching for the male lead?
A) Six months
B) Fifteen minutes
C) One year
D) Two days
  • 4. Who was chosen to play the male lead in the music video?
A) Trey Fanjoy
B) Cumberland University dancer
C) Justin Gaston
D) Sandi Spika
  • 5. On which television series was Justin Gaston competing when he was recommended to Swift?
A) CMT Top 20 Countdown
B) Nashville Star
C) The Voice
D) American Idol
  • 6. In which state was the music video filmed?
A) Georgia
B) Kentucky
C) Texas
D) Tennessee
  • 7. How many days did it take to film the music video?
A) One week
B) Fifteen minutes
C) Six months
D) Two days
  • 8. In what month and year was the music video filmed?
A) August 2007
B) August 2008
C) September 2008
D) November 2008
  • 9. What is the name of the castle used as the video's setting?
A) Nashville Castle
B) Castle Gwynn
C) Renaissance Castle
D) Cumberland Castle
  • 10. In what year was Castle Gwynn built?
A) 1973
B) 1700
C) 2008
D) 1800
  • 11. Castle Gwynn is part of which annual event?
A) Tennessee Renaissance Festival
B) Middle Ages Fair
C) Cumberland Dance Festival
D) Nashville Star Showcase
  • 12. Who designed Swift's dress for the balcony scene?
A) Trey Fanjoy
B) Jacquard Fabrics
C) Justin Gaston
D) Sandi Spika
  • 13. Which company supplied most of the wardrobe for the video?
A) Nashville Star Apparel
B) Jacquard Fabrics
C) CMT Wardrobe
D) Sandi Spika Designs
  • 14. What was filmed on the first day of production?
A) Balcony and ballroom scenes
B) Ballroom scene and field scenes
C) Only the balcony scene
D) Balcony and field scenes
  • 15. Where did the 20 dancers in the ballroom scene come from?
A) Nashville Star
B) Cumberland University
C) Tennessee Renaissance Festival
D) Jacquard Fabrics
  • 16. How long before filming did Swift learn the choreography for the ballroom scene?
A) One hour
B) 15 minutes
C) Two days
D) Six months
  • 17. Who were invited to fly to Nashville and film the video with Swift?
A) Dancers from Cumberland University
B) Contestants from Nashville Star
C) Fans who were university students from other states
D) Family members and friends
  • 18. On what date did "Love Story" premiere?
A) September 12, 2007
B) August 12, 2008
C) September 12, 2008
D) November 12, 2008
  • 19. Which network premiered the music video?
A) Great American Country
B) VH1
C) CMT
D) MTV
  • 20. When was behind-the-scenes footage aired on Great American Country?
A) September 12, 2008
B) November 12, 2008
C) August 20, 2008
D) December 12, 2008
  • 21. What position did 'Love Story' debut at on the Billboard Hot 100?
A) Number five
B) Number 25
C) Number four
D) Number 16
  • 22. What position did 'Love Story' debut at on the Hot Country Songs chart?
A) Number 25
B) Number 16
C) Number five
D) Number one
  • 23. What peak position did 'Love Story' reach on the Billboard Hot 100?
A) Number four
B) Number five
C) Number 16
D) Number one
  • 24. How many weeks did 'Love Story' spend on the Billboard Hot 100 chart?
A) 49 weeks
B) Two weeks
C) 2009 weeks
D) Six weeks
  • 25. On what date did 'Love Story' reach number one on the Pop Songs chart?
A) October 2022
B) February 28, 2009
C) September 27, 2008
D) January 17, 2009
  • 26. Which Shania Twain song did 'Love Story' surpass as the highest-charting country crossover to pop radio?
A) You're Still the One
B) Radio Songs
C) Teardrops on My Guitar
D) Love Story
  • 27. What was the peak chart position of Shania Twain's 'You're Still the One' on pop radio?
A) Number three
B) Number four
C) Number one
D) Number 16
  • 28. What peak position did 'Love Story' reach on the Adult Contemporary chart?
A) Number ten
B) Number one
C) Number three
D) Number four
  • 29. Which earlier song by Taylor Swift was paired with 'Love Story' to make her the first artist in the 2000s decade to have two titles reach the top 10 of four airplay charts?
A) Love Story
B) You're Still the One
C) Teardrops on My Guitar
D) Radio Songs
  • 30. Which year-end chart did 'Love Story' top in 2009?
A) European Hot 100 Singles
B) Radio Songs chart
C) Hot Country Songs
D) Billboard Hot 100
  • 31. By what month and year was 'Love Story' the first country song to sell three million downloads?
A) October 2022
B) February 2021
C) September 2008
D) February 2009
  • 32. How many times was 'Love Story' certified platinum by the RIAA in 2015?
A) Double platinum
B) Eight-times platinum
C) Fifteen-times platinum
D) Four-times platinum
  • 33. What was 'Love Story' considered in the United States by October 2022 regarding Taylor Swift?
A) Her first country song
B) Her lowest-charting crossover
C) Her highest-selling single in the nation
D) Her first number-one single
  • 34. In which country was 'Love Story' Taylor Swift's first number-one single?
A) United Kingdom
B) Canada
C) New Zealand
D) Australia
  • 35. How was 'Love Story' certified by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)?
A) Fifteen-times platinum
B) Four-times platinum
C) Eight-times platinum
D) Double platinum
  • 36. What was the peak chart position of 'Love Story' in Japan?
A) Four
B) Two
C) Three
D) One
  • 37. What was the peak chart position of 'Love Story' in Canada?
A) Two
B) Six
C) Three
D) Four
  • 38. What peak position did 'Love Story' reach on the European Hot 100 Singles chart?
A) Number four
B) Number seven
C) Number ten
D) Number six
  • 39. What peak position did 'Love Story' reach in Norway?
A) Number seven
B) Number ten
C) Number six
D) Number four
  • 40. How was 'Love Story' certified in the United Kingdom?
A) Eight-times platinum
B) Four-times platinum
C) Fifteen-times platinum
D) Double platinum
  • 41. How was 'Love Story' certified in Canada?
A) Eight-times platinum
B) Double platinum
C) Platinum
D) Four-times platinum
  • 42. What rank was 'Love Story' among the most-downloaded singles of 2009?
A) First
B) Sixth
C) Tenth
D) Fourth
  • 43. What were the estimated worldwide sales of 'Love Story' by February 2021?
A) 6.2 million copies
B) 18 million units
C) 3 million units
D) 6.5 million copies
  • 44. What genre of music is 'Love Story' classified as?
A) Electronic dance
B) Hip hop
C) Hard rock
D) Country pop
  • 45. What is the tempo of 'Love Story'?
A) 120 beats per minute
B) 105 beats per minute
C) 90 beats per minute
D) 140 beats per minute
  • 46. What time signature is the song in?
A) 68 time
B) 44 time
C) 34 time
D) 128 time
  • 47. What key is 'Love Story' set in initially?
A) C major
B) A major
C) D major
D) G major
  • 48. Who described the single as 'pure pop with a minimalist vibe'?
A) Iris H. Tuan
B) Deborah Evans Price
C) Kristen He
D) Jon Bream
  • 49. According to The New York Times, the song could easily be what kind of music?
A) A classical opera
B) An emo rocker
C) A traditional bluegrass tune
D) A heavy metal ballad
  • 50. How are Taylor Swift's vocals described in the song?
A) With a deep jazz growl
B) With a slight twang
C) With an operatic vibrato
D) With heavy auto-tune
  • 51. Whose perspective is the song narrated from, save for the final refrain?
A) Juliet's perspective
B) Juliet's father's perspective
C) Romeo's perspective
D) An omniscient narrator's perspective
  • 52. Whose disapproval causes challenges in Romeo and Juliet's courtship in the song?
A) The local town mayor
B) Friar Laurence
C) Romeo's mother
D) Juliet's father
  • 53. Which literary work is referenced by the lyric 'Cause you were Romeo, I was a scarlet letter'?
A) Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
B) Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter
C) Herman Melville's Moby-Dick
D) Bram Stoker's Dracula
  • 54. What did Taylor Swift say was her favorite lyric in the song?
A) 'We were both young when I first saw you'
B) 'This love is difficult, but it's real'
C) 'I talked to your dad, go pick out a white dress'
D) 'Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone'
  • 55. Whose perspective is the final refrain narrated from?
A) A narrator outside the story
B) Romeo's perspective
C) Juliet's father's perspective
D) Juliet's perspective
  • 56. What event does Romeo tell of in the final refrain after seeking her father's approval?
A) His plan to run away to another country
B) His marriage proposal to Juliet
C) His intention to leave town forever
D) His decision to challenge Juliet's father to a duel
  • 57. Who agreed with Tuan about the song's resonance while adding that 'one doesn't have to be a lovestruck teen' to enjoy it?
A) Jon Bream
B) Katie Barclay
C) Deborah Evans Price
D) Kristen He
  • 58. Who is the singer-songwriter of "Love Story"?
A) Taylor Swift
B) William Shakespeare
C) Justin Gaston
D) Nathan Chapman
  • 59. On which album is "Love Story" released as the lead single?
A) Lover
B) Taylor Swift
C) Romeo and Juliet
D) Fearless
  • 60. Which record label released "Love Story"?
A) Sony Music
B) Universal Music Group
C) Big Machine Records
D) Columbia Records
  • 61. Who produced the song alongside Taylor Swift?
A) Trey Fanjoy
B) Nathan Chapman
C) Dolly Parton
D) Justin Gaston
  • 62. Which artist is the only other person to top the Hot Country Songs chart with both the original and re-recorded versions of a song?
A) Shania Twain
B) Faith Hill
C) Dolly Parton
D) Reba McEntire
  • 63. Which Taylor Swift single made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and sing a Hot Country Songs number-one single?
A) "Lover"
B) "Love Story"
C) "Our Song"
D) "Fearless"
  • 64. Who dominated the 2000s country-music market before Swift's success?
A) Pop music producers
B) Adult male musicians
C) Teenage female artists
D) British rock bands
  • 65. At what point in the production of Fearless did Swift develop "Love Story"?
A) Before she moved to Nashville
B) Late into the production
C) At the very beginning
D) After the album was already released
  • 66. Did Taylor Swift ever date the boy who inspired the song?
A) No, she never dated him
B) Yes, they dated for two years
C) Yes, they were secretly married
D) They were childhood friends who dated briefly
  • 67. What was the reaction of Swift's family and friends when she introduced the boy to them?
A) They suggested they get married
B) They loved him immediately
C) They all said they didn't like him
D) They remained completely neutral
  • 68. Which studio album by Taylor Swift is about her first experience of very real love?
A) Red
B) Fearless
C) Taylor Swift
D) Lover
  • 69. At which studio was the song's album version recorded?
A) Republic Studios
B) Abbey Road Studios
C) MasterMix Studios
D) Blackbird Studio
  • 70. What specific microphone did Taylor Swift choose to use for recording her vocals?
A) Neumann U87
B) AKG C414
C) Avantone CV-12
D) Shure SM58
  • 71. Who built the Avantone CV-12 multi-pattern tube microphone used by Swift?
A) Ray Kennedy
B) Nathan Chapman
C) Chad Carlson
D) Hank Williams
  • 72. How many acoustic guitars did Nathan Chapman play and overdub on the track?
A) Nine
B) Twelve
C) Five
D) Three
  • 73. Who recorded the track using Pro Tools?
A) Drew Bollman
B) Justin Niebank
C) Chad Carlson
D) Richard Edgeler
  • 74. What console was used by Justin Niebank to mix the track?
A) SSL Duality console
B) Solid State Logic 9080 K series console
C) Neve 88RS console
D) Trident A Range console
  • 75. What studio monitors were used during the mixing process?
A) KRK Rokit studio monitors
B) Yamaha NS-10 studio monitors
C) Genelec 1032 studio monitors
D) Adam Audio studio monitors
  • 76. Who mastered 'Love Story' along with the rest of Fearless?
A) Hank Williams
B) Chad Carlson
C) Justin Niebank
D) Nathan Chapman
  • 77. At which studio was Fearless mastered?
A) MasterMix Studios
B) Blackbird Studio
C) Abbey Road Studios
D) Republic Studios
  • 78. What software did Nathan Chapman use to edit Niebank's mix for US pop radio?
A) FL Studio
B) Pro Tools
C) Apple Logic
D) Ableton Live
  • 79. What tool did Chapman use to overlay the original drums with an electronic drum loop for the pop version?
A) Ultrabeat
B) Solid State Logic console
C) Amplitube Stomp I/O
D) Genelec monitors
  • 80. Through what equipment were the additional electric guitars for the pop version recorded?
A) Amplitube Stomp I/O
B) Pro Tools HD
C) Avantone CV-12
D) Genelec 1032
  • 81. Who described the electric guitars on the pop version as 'suitably gargantuan'?
A) Hank Williams
B) Justin Niebank
C) Chad Carlson
D) Keith Harris
  • 82. For which publication did Keith Harris write his description of the electric guitars?
A) Music Week
B) Pitchfork
C) Rolling Stone
D) Billboard
  • 83. The UK release of 'Love Story' came out how long prior to the international edition of Fearless?
A) A month prior
B) Two weeks prior
C) A week prior
D) A day prior
  • 84. What position did Blender place 'Love Story' on its 2008 year-end list?
A) 48
B) 2
C) 15
D) 73
  • 85. Which publication placed 'Love Story' at number 48 on its Pazz & Jop critics' poll?
A) USA Today
B) Billboard
C) The Village Voice
D) Slant Magazine
  • 86. Who from the St. Petersburg Times selected 'Love Story' as an album highlight?
A) Sean Daly
B) Rob Sheffield
C) James Reed
D) Jonathan Keefe
  • 87. Which critic from AllMusic selected the track as an album highlight?
A) Fraser McAlpine
B) Stephen Thomas Erlewine
C) Elysa Gardner
D) Deborah Evans Price
  • 88. Which critic from The Boston Globe deemed 'Love Story' an example of Swift's songwriting abilities at a young age?
A) Roisin O'Connor
B) Nate Jones
C) Hannah Mylrea
D) James Reed
  • 89. Who from USA Today appreciated the song for earnestly portraying teenage feelings rather than being a mouthpiece for older pros?
A) Stephen Thomas Erlewine
B) Sean Daly
C) Elysa Gardner
D) Rob Sheffield
  • 90. What was the title of Swift's 2006 debut country-music single mentioned in the text?
A) Fearless
B) Tim McGraw
C) Love Story
D) Blank Space
  • 91. Which reviewer found the references to Romeo and Juliet 'point-missing' and The Scarlet Letter 'inexplicable'?
A) Fraser McAlpine
B) Jonathan Keefe
C) James E. Perone
D) Jon Bream
  • 92. Who regarded 'Love Story' as evidence of Swift's status as 'the twenty-first-century's most popular songwriter of failed love affairs'?
A) Robert N. Watson
B) Alexis Petridis
C) Roisin O'Connor
D) Annie Zaleski
  • 93. Which music journalist wrote that 'Love Story' deserves to be 'a love story for the ages'?
A) Jane Song
B) Deborah Evans Price
C) Annie Zaleski
D) Hannah Mylrea
  • 94. In which year was 'Love Story' included in Taste of Country's 'Top 100 Country Songs'?
A) 2008
B) 2016
C) 2022
D) 2020
  • 95. Where did Hannah Mylrea from NME rank 'Love Story' out of 160 Swift songs in 2020?
A) First
B) Fifteenth
C) Fifth
D) Eleventh
  • 96. Where did Jane Song from Paste rank 'Love Story' out of 158 songs in 2020?
A) 53rd
B) 11th
C) 13th
D) 15th
  • 97. Where did Nate Jones from Vulture rank 'Love Story' out of 245 songs in 2024?
A) 11th
B) 15th
C) 5th
D) 13th
  • 98. Who placed 'Love Story' second on a 2019 ranking of Swift's 44 singles?
A) Jon Bream
B) Fraser McAlpine
C) Jonathan Keefe
D) Alexis Petridis
  • 99. Which song was ranked first above 'Love Story' on Alexis Petridis's 2019 ranking of Swift's singles?
A) Tim McGraw
B) Blank Space
C) Fearless
D) The Scarlet Letter
  • 100. In what year was Swift's single 'Blank Space' released, according to the text?
A) 2014
B) 2016
C) 2006
D) 2008
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