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Paul Simon is a native of what city?
Newark
Newark
Jefferson City
Jefferson City
Chicago
Chicago
San Francisco
San Francisco
What year was Bridge over Troubled Water released?
1969
1969
1960
1960
1970
1970
1956
1956
Bridge over Troubled Water reached no1 in the single charts in how many countries?
9
9
73
73
7
7
1
1
Hey Schoolgirl was released when by Paul Simon?
1977
1977
2001
2001
1957
1957
1967
1967
Which single reached the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Charts?
50 Ways To Leave Your Lover
50 Ways To Leave Your Lover
Graceland
Graceland
Loves Me Like A Rock
Loves Me Like A Rock
Kodachrome
Kodachrome
That’s Where I Belong’ first appeared on what album?
The Rhythm Of The Saints
The Rhythm Of The Saints
Graceland
Graceland
You’re The One
You’re The One
So Beautiful Or So What
So Beautiful Or So What
Paul Simon re-recorded what song with Annie Lennox in 1995?
Walking On Broken Glass
Walking On Broken Glass
Something So Right
Something So Right
Precious
Precious
Universal Child
Universal Child
Spirit Voices’ first appeared on what album?
Hearts And Bones
Hearts And Bones
The Rhythm Of The Saints
The Rhythm Of The Saints
Graceland
Graceland
The Paul Simon Song Book
The Paul Simon Song Book
How old was Paul Simon when he first met Art Garfunkel?
20
20
18
18
11
11
15
15
Homeless’ first appeared on what album?
The Paul Simon Song Book
The Paul Simon Song Book
Graceland
Graceland
One-Trick Pony
One-Trick Pony
Surprise
Surprise
What athlete did Paul Simon challenge to a basketball game on a 1975 episode of ‘Saturday Night Live’?
Spencer Hawyood
Spencer Hawyood
Vin Baker
Vin Baker
Terry Cummings
Terry Cummings
Connie Hawkins
Connie Hawkins
Scarborough Fair is a song about a city in which country?
Wales
Wales
England
England
Eire
Eire
France
France
What is Paul Simon’s middle name?
Jonas
Jonas
Henry
Henry
James
James
Frederic
Frederic
What month was Paul Simon born?
June
June
May
May
March
March
October
October
What is the name of Paul Simon’s eldest son?
Gabriel
Gabriel
Adrian
Adrian
Steven
Steven
Harper
Harper
Bridge over Troubled Water was the ____ album from Simon & Garfunkel?
3rd
3rd
4th
4th
5th
5th
1st
1st
David Bowie covered which Paul Simon song in 2001?
America
America
Sound of Silence
Sound of Silence
Homeward Bound
Homeward Bound
Cecilia
Cecilia
Where did Paul Simon record the album ‘The Rhythm of the Saints’?
Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Kingston
Kingston
Nashville
Nashville
Rio De Janeiro
Rio De Janeiro
Who is mooching for quarters with a guitar outside of Rockefeller Center at the start of the ‘SNL’ hosted by Paul Simon in 1976?
John Belushi
John Belushi
Bill Murray
Bill Murray
Gilda Radner
Gilda Radner
Chevy Chase
Chevy Chase
What is the name of the first song that Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel wrote when they were still children?
I Love Her
I Love Her
Remember When
Remember When
She’s Mine
She’s Mine
The Girl For Me
The Girl For Me
Paul Simon recorded the album ‘Graceland’ in what country?
England
England
South Africa
South Africa
Germany
Germany
Haiti
Haiti
Paul Simon co-wrote and performed with what Australian pop group fronted by Bruce Woodley?
Elsewhere
Elsewhere
The Fantastic Leslie
The Fantastic Leslie
Dash And Will
Dash And Will
The Seekers
The Seekers
In what year was the Simon & Garfunkel album ‘Bookends’ released?
19867
19867
1968
1968
1970
1970
1969
1969
The Vamps covered which Paul Simon song in their debut album?
Sound of Silence
Sound of Silence
America
America
Homeward Bound
Homeward Bound
Cecilia
Cecilia
Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard’ first appeared on what Paul Simon solo album?
Hearts And Bones
Hearts And Bones
The Paul Simon Song Book
The Paul Simon Song Book
There Goes Rhymin’ Simon
There Goes Rhymin’ Simon
Paul Simon
Paul Simon
What is the highest chart position that the album ‘Graceland’ reached after its release?
6
6
5
5
3
3
4
4
Hearts and Bones was inspired by which actress?
Carrie Fisher
Carrie Fisher
Katharine Ross
Katharine Ross
Glen Close
Glen Close
Anne Bancroft
Anne Bancroft
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