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Quiz about All Along the Watchtower
Quiz about All Along the Watchtower

All Along the Watchtower Trivia Quiz


This is a requested quiz, based on the theme "All Along the Watchtower". The song has made numerous appearances in television and movies over the year, as well as other areas of popular culture.

A multiple-choice quiz by parrotman2006. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
321,356
Updated
Jul 23 22
# Qns
10
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Avg Score
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Question 1 of 10
1. Who wrote the song "All Along the Watchtower"?
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Question 2 of 10
2. In the graphic novel "Watchmen" by Alan Moore, which chapter ends with a quote from "All Along the Watchtower" by Bob Dylan?
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Question 3 of 10
3. The 2009 film "Watchmen" features a quite memorable use of "All Along the Watchtower". The song begins as Doctor Manhattan and Silk Spectre II finish a conversation in what location?
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Question 4 of 10
4. "All Along the Watchtower" played a central role in the mythology of which Sci-Fi Channel series, featuring in the finales of both season 3 and season 4?
(Hint: The music is heard by Colonel Tigh and Chief Tyrol.)
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Question 5 of 10
5. "All Along the Watchtower" was featured in the third season opener of the Fox series "Prison Break" named "Orientation". In what country did Michael Scofield's orientation take place?
(Hint: It was the setting for most of the third season)
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Question 6 of 10
6. Two episodes of "The Simpsons" feature "All Along the Watchtower" during montage segments set during the 1960s. What family member, who become a fugitive from justice, does Homer reunite with in those episodes?
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Question 7 of 10
7. In which Season 1 episode of "The X-Files" does Fox Mulder bring up "All Along the Watchtower"?
(Hint: He asks a killer with psychic abilities to channel Bob Dylan.)
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Question 8 of 10
8. What first-time director used "All Along The Watchtower" on the soundtrack of his 1993 film "A Bronx Tale"?
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Question 9 of 10
9. Which version of the video game "Guitar Hero" contains the song "All Along the Watchtower"?
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Question 10 of 10
10. When Rolling Stone Magazine released their list of "Greatest Rock and Roll Songs of All Time" in 2004, where did "All Along the Watchtower" (recorded by Jimi Hendrix) place?
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Who wrote the song "All Along the Watchtower"?

Answer: Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan first recorded "All Along the Watchtower" on November 6, 1967, and the song was released by Columbia Records on December 27. Hendrix recorded his version during the summer of 1968 and released it September 21, 1968. The song reached #20 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was admitted to the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001.

"All Along the Watchtower" has been covered by many artists over the last forty years. Some of the most prominent include Richie Havens, The Dave Matthews Band, U2, Neil Young, the Grateful Dead, Phil Lesh and Pearl Jam.

For the record, Hendrix did not write the song, but did do the famous cover of it. Following Hendrix's cover, Dylan would perform it in the style of Hendrix.
"John Wesley Harding" was the name of the Dylan album the song first appeared on and Albert Grossman was Bob Dylan's agent.
2. In the graphic novel "Watchmen" by Alan Moore, which chapter ends with a quote from "All Along the Watchtower" by Bob Dylan?

Answer: Two Riders were Approaching

Two Riders Were Approaching details how Nite Owl and Rorschach discover that Adrian Veidt is behind the conspiracy, including the murder of The Comedian.
It ends with them approaching the lair of Ozymandias in Antarctica.

"Watchmen" is the widely regarded as the greatest graphic novel ever published, and was on "Time Magazine's" List of 100 Best Novels.
3. The 2009 film "Watchmen" features a quite memorable use of "All Along the Watchtower". The song begins as Doctor Manhattan and Silk Spectre II finish a conversation in what location?

Answer: Mars

Most of the song is used as Nite Owl and Rorschach approach Adrian Veidt's lair in Antarctica, which is the exact section of the graphic novel called "Two Riders were Approaching." Indeed, that very line is sung as the two approach the building.

On Mars, the destruction of the crystal palace that Doctor Manhattan had created leaves a large smiley face on the surface.
4. "All Along the Watchtower" played a central role in the mythology of which Sci-Fi Channel series, featuring in the finales of both season 3 and season 4? (Hint: The music is heard by Colonel Tigh and Chief Tyrol.)

Answer: Battlestar Galactica

The song is featured in Episodes 3.20, "Crossroads, Part II", and 4.22, "Daybreak, Part II" (the series finale).
In "Crossroads", cast members repeat lines from the song at several points, including "There must some kind of way out of here."
In "Daybreak", the numerical representation of the tune provides the coordinates to lead the armada to Earth, 150,000 years in the past.
5. "All Along the Watchtower" was featured in the third season opener of the Fox series "Prison Break" named "Orientation". In what country did Michael Scofield's orientation take place? (Hint: It was the setting for most of the third season)

Answer: Panama

Penitenciarķa Federal de Sona (Sona Federal Penitentiary) in Panama is the setting for most of Season 3 of "Prison Break". It is based on an infamous prison in Brazil called Carandiru, the site of a massacre in 1992. Most of the actual filming took place in Dallas, Texas.
6. Two episodes of "The Simpsons" feature "All Along the Watchtower" during montage segments set during the 1960s. What family member, who become a fugitive from justice, does Homer reunite with in those episodes?

Answer: His Mother Mona

His mother Mona, played by Glenn Close in episodes #7.8, "Mother Simpson" and #15.2, "My Mother the Carjacker". Close's performance as Mona was named one of the 25 best guest appearances on "The Simpsons" by Imagine Games Network.
7. In which Season 1 episode of "The X-Files" does Fox Mulder bring up "All Along the Watchtower"? (Hint: He asks a killer with psychic abilities to channel Bob Dylan.)

Answer: Beyond The Sea

The episode "Beyond the Sea" was a milestone for "The X-Files" as it featured the death of Agent Dana Scully's father. The episode was written by Glen Morgan and James Wong, who were staff writers on the show; together, they wrote fourteen episodes, including "Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man".
8. What first-time director used "All Along The Watchtower" on the soundtrack of his 1993 film "A Bronx Tale"?

Answer: Robert DeNiro

The film is based loosely on an auto-biographical play written by Palminteri. Despite the title, virtually all of the filming took place in Astoria and Jackson Heights, neighborhoods in Queens. Palminteri and Pesci starred in "A Bronx Tale".
9. Which version of the video game "Guitar Hero" contains the song "All Along the Watchtower"?

Answer: Guitar Hero 5

The version by Bob Dylan is found in "Guitar Hero 5" in Venue 1, The 13th Rail. Other songs in Venue 1 include "Sympathy for the Devil" by the Rolling Stones, "In My Place" by Coldplay and "Gamma Ray" by Beck. Venue 1 is the only venue which is unlocked at the start of the game.
10. When Rolling Stone Magazine released their list of "Greatest Rock and Roll Songs of All Time" in 2004, where did "All Along the Watchtower" (recorded by Jimi Hendrix) place?

Answer: 48

"Watchtower" was named #48.

#14 was "Blowin' In The Wind" (Bob Dylan).
#17 was "Purple Haze" (Jimi Hendrix).
#59 was "The Times They Are A-Changing" (Bob Dylan), which is also featured on the soundtrack for the 2009 film "Watchmen".
Source: Author parrotman2006

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