Classic Folk Music

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Instructions: Folk music artists and songs from the 1950s-1970s

1.
Which folk singer-songwriter wrote 'Blowin' in the Wind' and 'The Times They Are a-Changin''?
A
Pete Seeger
B
Woody Guthrie
C
Phil Ochs
D
Bob Dylan
2.
What famous folk duo released the album 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' in 1970?
A
Simon & Garfunkel
B
Peter, Paul and Mary
C
The Kingston Trio
D
The Everly Brothers
3.
Which folk singer wrote 'This Land Is Your Land,' often considered an unofficial American anthem?
A
Burl Ives
B
Leadbelly
C
Pete Seeger
D
Woody Guthrie
4.
What folk trio had a massive hit with 'Tom Dooley' in 1958?
A
Peter, Paul and Mary
B
The Weavers
C
The Kingston Trio
D
The Chad Mitchell Trio
5.
Which Canadian folk singer wrote 'Both Sides Now' and 'Big Yellow Taxi'?
A
Joni Mitchell
B
Judy Collins
C
Gordon Lightfoot
D
Buffy Sainte-Marie
6.
Peter, Paul and Mary had a hit with which song that became an anthem of the civil rights movement?
A
Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
B
Puff, the Magic Dragon
C
Leaving on a Jet Plane
D
If I Had a Hammer
7.
What 1959 Newport festival became the premier showcase for folk music in America?
A
Cambridge Folk Festival
B
Woodstock Folk Festival
C
Newport Folk Festival
D
Philadelphia Folk Festival
8.
Which folk singer and activist was known for songs like 'We Shall Overcome' and 'Where Have All the Flowers Gone?'
A
Tom Paxton
B
Pete Seeger
C
Dave Van Ronk
D
Bob Dylan
9.
What controversial act did Bob Dylan perform at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival?
A
He played an electric guitar
B
He walked off stage mid-song
C
He sang protest songs against the president
D
He refused to perform
10.
Which folk singer known for her crystal-clear soprano voice recorded 'Both Sides Now' before Joni Mitchell?
A
Odetta
B
Joan Baez
C
Mary Travers
D
Judy Collins
11.
What Joan Baez song about a young man drafted into the Vietnam War became a powerful antiwar anthem?
A
Where Are You Now, My Son?
B
Diamonds & Rust
C
Saigon Bride
D
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
12.
Which Greenwich Village neighborhood in New York City was the center of the 1960s folk music revival?
A
Greenwich Village
B
SoHo
C
Harlem
D
Brooklyn Heights
13.
Which Canadian folk artist wrote and performed 'If You Could Read My Mind' in 1970?
A
Neil Young
B
Bruce Cockburn
C
Gordon Lightfoot
D
Leonard Cohen
14.
What stringed instrument is most commonly associated with American folk music?
A
Acoustic guitar
B
Fiddle
C
Mandolin
D
Banjo
15.
Which folk group, featuring Ronnie Gilbert and Lee Hays, was blacklisted during the McCarthy era?
A
The Brothers Four
B
The Limelighters
C
The Weavers
D
The Kingston Trio

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