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