Bob Dylan quiz

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1. 1 Easy

   Which 1964 Bob Dylan anthem warned parents that their children were beyond their command?

   Answer: The Times They Are a-Changin'

   Why: Dylan rejected the generation gap reading in 1965: those age words, he said, were only a way to separate 'aliveness from deadness'.

2. 2 Medium

   What release gave Bob Dylan his first number-one album on the US Billboard 200?

   Answer: Planet Waves

   Why: Recorded with the Band in November 1973, Planet Waves carries 'Forever Young' twice, in two different versions on facing sides.

3. 3 Easy

   Which British singer had a massive hit covering Bob Dylan's 'Make You Feel My Love'?

   Answer: Adele

   Why: Billy Joel released the song in August 1997, weeks before Dylan's own version on Time Out of Mind; over 450 artists have since recorded it.

4. 4 Easy

   In which Minnesota city was Bob Dylan born in 1941?

   Answer: Duluth

   Why: Dylan lived in Duluth until age six, when his family relocated to the iron mining town of Hibbing.

5. 5 Easy

   What hard rock band recorded a famous 1990s cover of 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door'?

   Answer: Guns N' Roses

   Why: They played it at the 1992 Freddie Mercury Tribute at Wembley, to 72,000 fans and an estimated one billion TV viewers.

6. 6 Easy

   How did Bob Dylan outrage folk purists at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival?

   Answer: Playing electric guitar

   Why: Pete Seeger later wrote that what enraged him was not the electricity but the distorted sound: nobody could make out the words of 'Maggie's Farm'.