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Quiz about A Complete Unknown Bob Dylan Biopic

"A Complete Unknown" (Bob Dylan Biopic) Quiz

This great movie begins with a then 19-year old Bob Dylan starting out in his career. He starts as a folk singer and progresses into electronics, upsetting many of his early fans set in their ways about the purity of folk music versus rock and roll.

A multiple-choice quiz by fishmagnet. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
fishmagnet

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
422,851

Updated
Feb 13 26

# Qns
10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Why does Bob Dylan go to New York at the beginning of the movie? Hint

To start a rock and roll band

To perform in Times Square

To record a new album

To meet Woody Guthrie

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Question 2 of 10

2. What song does Bob sing during Open Mic Night at Folk City when he first met Joan Baez? Hint

I Was Young When I Left Home

Like a Rolling Stone

Song for Woody Guthrie

Fixin' To Die

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Question 3 of 10

3. Where does Bob first meet Sylvie? Hint

In the recording studio

At a folk bar

At the Riverside Church

At a peace rally

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Question 4 of 10

4. What song does Bob sing just before he meets Sylvie the first time? Hint

I Was Young When I Left Home

It Ain't Me Babe

Song for Woody Guthrie

All Over You

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Question 5 of 10

5. Where does Bob tell Sylvie that he used to work? Hint

In a circus

In a movie matinee

In a traveling freakshow

In a carnival

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Question 6 of 10

6. What is the musician's name that Bob goes to see playing at the Irish bar? Hint

Al Kooper

Bob Neuwirth

Pete Seeger

Albert Grossman

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Question 7 of 10

7. What's the name of the Irish bar that Bob goes into to see someone playing in a band that he just met? Hint

McAnn's

O'Leary's

O'Brien's

Irish Rose

8. After the scene of him playing at a festival, Bob walks up to the receptionist at Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) and says John Hammond said they had something for him. She hands him a bag of fan mail and an envelope. What is in the envelope? Hint

A recording contract

A check for $10,000

A confirmation that his album would be pressed

The name of the manager that he wants Bob to hire

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Question 9 of 10

9. What song is Bob Dylan singing for Woody Guthrie in the hospital when an intern comes in and stops him? Hint

Blowing in the Wind

Subterranean Homesick Blues

Like a Rolling Stone

Highway 61 Revisited

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Question 10 of 10

10. What is the name of the outdoor concert that Bob performs at in the movie? Hint

Woodstock

Rhode Island Concert Series

Monterey Music Festival

Newport Folk Festival

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Why does Bob Dylan go to New York at the beginning of the movie?

Answer: To meet Woody Guthrie

When he initially gets to New York, Bob is told that Woody was in a hospital in New Jersey so he has to go back to where he just came from to meet him. Woody is in Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital suffering from Huntington's Disease. Bob wants to meet Woody because he is hoping "to catch a spark" from him as he says it as to why he wanted to meet him.

2. What song does Bob sing during Open Mic Night at Folk City when he first met Joan Baez?

Answer: I Was Young When I Left Home

Bob's first live performance at Folk City is a big hit with the crowd. He is introduced by well-known folk singer Pete Seeger. Just before Bob goes on stage, Joan Baez does an amazing version of "House of the Rising Sun". Both Timothee Chalamet and the actress that portrayed Joan Baez (Monica Barbaro) actually sang the songs for themselves and both did a great job.

3. Where does Bob first meet Sylvie?

Answer: At the Riverside Church

Bob is singing at the All-Day Hootenanny held at the Riverside Church. When Bob gets off stage, he sees Sylvie sitting in the pews watching the live performances and he goes and sits behind her to strike up a conversation. They leave the church together and the relationship grows from there.

4. What song does Bob sing just before he meets Sylvie the first time?

Answer: All Over You

Bob sings one of his earliest songs titled "All Over You" and sees Sylvie in the church pews after he leaves the stage and immediately gets the urge to meet her so he sits behind her and strikes up a conversation. Suze Rotolo was Bob's real-life girlfriend portrayed as the character Sylvie in the movie. Bob and Sylvie were in a relationship on and off for about three years.

5. Where does Bob tell Sylvie that he used to work?

Answer: In a carnival

Bob offers Sylvie some peanuts when they first meet and that's when he tells her that he worked at a carnival. The background of Bob working in the carnival was actually more of a movie creator adding some fun and interesting details to a movie to make it entertaining more than fact.

6. What is the musician's name that Bob goes to see playing at the Irish bar?

Answer: Bob Neuwirth

Bob is at an event with other individuals from the folk scene where he sits and plays guitar with Pete Seeger. Bob seems to get agitated that he is just there to entertain rather than to socialize and he leaves. While he is in the elevator, Dylan meets Bob Neuwirth, who is carrying a guitar case and a conversation is struck up about Bob's frustrations.

7. What's the name of the Irish bar that Bob goes into to see someone playing in a band that he just met?

Answer: McAnn's

In the movie, as the two Bob's part ways, Dylan asks Neuwirth where he's going and Neuwirth responds that he's playing with some guys in a bar in the East Village. When Bob gets there and is trying to watch Neuwirth play, a woman recognizes him and makes a big scene, making it uncomfortable for him so he has to leave. In reality, the two Bobs met at a Folk Festival in Connecticut.

Answer: A check for $10,000

Bob is overwhelmed when he saw the receptionist place a large bag of fan mail on the counter and even more surprised when he opens the envelope and sees a large check written out to him. The $10,000 check he got was for music royalties. John Hammond was a legendary A&R man for Columbia Records that discovered Bob along with other greats like Aretha Franklin and Bruce Springsteen.

9. What song is Bob Dylan singing for Woody Guthrie in the hospital when an intern comes in and stops him?

Answer: Blowing in the Wind

Although it is difficult for Woody to respond because of his condition, you could tell that he is really into Bob's music and is enjoying it. Bob goes to the hospital to visit Woody a couple of times in the movie, and one time an intern comes in to stop him from playing because he says that Bob is bothering Woody's roommate, even though the roommate has been in a coma for six months.

10. What is the name of the outdoor concert that Bob performs at in the movie?

Answer: Newport Folk Festival

The Newport Folk Festival is a real event that started in 1959 and was held at Fort Adams State Park every year. Along with Bob Dylan, a lot of big-name artists played on the stage including Joan Baez, Johnny Cash, Pete Seeger, Peter Yarrow, Mary Travers and Paul Stookey.

Source: Author fishmagnet

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