Simon & Garfunkel Match Trivia Quiz

Answer: America

This song was on "Bookends", Simon and Garfunkel's fourth album in 1968. Paul Simon wrote this song about two young lovers who are travelling across the country in an attempt to find the real America. It is often seen as one of the pair's greatest songs. A 2014 poll in "Rolling Stone" had this song at number four on the list of Simon and Garfunkel songs.

Answer: The Boxer

"The Boxer" was a single that was released by the duo in 1969. It was written by Paul Simon and included on their 1970 album "Bridge Over Troubled Water". In the first part of the song, the lyrics are written in the first person and have the singer lamenting poverty and loneliness.

The final verse of the song switches to the third person and tells the story of a boxer fighting. The song peaked at Number Seven on the Billboard Hot 100 weekly list. It also did very well internationally where it peaked in the top ten in nine different countries.

Answer: 59th Street Bridge Song (Feeling Groovy)

This cheerful song came out on Simon and Garfunkel's 1966 album "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme". Even though the title of the song is "59th Street Bridge Song", those words appear nowhere in the lyrics. "Feeling Groovy", the subtitle, appears at the end of each verse in the song.

The 59th Street Bridge is an actual bridge in New York City. This is likely where Paul Simon came up with the title for this song that he wrote.

Answer: A Hazy Shade of Winter

Paul Simon wrote this song, and the pair released it as a single in 1966. It was later included on "Bookends", their fourth studio album. The song tells of an unsuccessful poet at the change of seasons from fall to winter. Their version made it to Number Thirteen on the Billboard Hot 100 weekly chart.

In 1987, The Bangles recorded this song for the film "Less Than Zero". Their version peaked at Number Two on the Billboard Hot 100 weekly chart in 1987-88.

Answer: Homeward Bound

Paul Simon wrote this song in 1964, and the duo recorded the song and released it as a single in January, 1966. Paul Simon had lived in England, returned to the US, then went back to England. His girlfriend stayed in the US and he was missing her one day while he was waiting for a train.

It was there that he started to write the song on a scrap piece of paper. There is a plaque on the train platform at the Widnes railway station that states that that was where Simon wrote the song. It was Simon and Garfunkel's second single, and peaked at Number Five on the Billboard Hot 100 weekly chart.

Answer: I Am a Rock

This song was written by Paul Simon in 1964-65. (Are you sensing a theme here? He is an amazing and prolific songwriter!) He performed it as a solo piece on his album "The Paul Simon Songbook" that he released in August, 1965. Simon and Garfunkel then re-recorded it in December, 1965.

It was placed on their album "Sounds of Silence" that was released in January, 1966. "I Am a Rock" was released a few times as a single. This song reached Number Three on the Billboard Hot 100 weekly chart.

Answer: The Sound of Silence

Simon and Garfunkel originally recorded this song, written by Simon, in 1964 for their debut album, "Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M." The album did not do well, so the pair split up at that point. The song started appearing on radio stations in Boston and in Florida in 1965.

The producer of the song heard of its popularity in those markets and decided to re-mix it and re-release it. Simon and Garfunkel weren't told of the re-mix until after it was re-released in 1965. It reached Number One on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in early January, 1966. Thankfully, Simon and Garfunkel reunited and put together their second album.

It was called "Sounds of Silence" (note the plural in the first word that is not in the original title of the song). The re-mix of the song appeared on this album.

Answer: Save the Life of My Child

"Save the Life of My Child" is on the Simon and Garfunkel album "Bookends". It was their fourth studio album, released in 1968, so at this point, the pair was very well known. This song is unlike many other songs written by Paul Simon. The lyrics are rather violent, and tell the story of a mother and child relationship, involving drugs in a crowded urban setting.

Answer: Patterns

This is another song that Paul Simon wrote for his pre-Simon and Garfunkel solo album entitled "The Paul Simon Songbook". Simon and Garfunkel recorded "Patterns" on their third studio album "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme", released in 1966. The song is about how life seems to be a maze that traps us and does not allow us to see the patterns that make up our lives.

Answer: Bridge Over Troubled Water

This is likely Simon and Garfunkel's most well-known song. It was released as a single in 1970, then appeared on their album of the same name later that year. Paul Simon wrote the song, but suggested that Art Garfunkel sing it solo, something that they did not typically do.

The beautiful song sat at Number One on the Billboard Hot 100 weekly chart for six weeks. It also won five Grammy Awards in 1971, including Record of the Year and Song of the Year. It has also been covered by many other artists over the years, including Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin, and Johnny Cash.