Test Your Joni Mitchell Knowledge Quiz
Question 1 |
In what year was Joni Mitchell inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
1980 | |
1985 | |
1997 | |
2001 | |
2005 |
Question 1 Explanation:
Joni Mitchell was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997.
Question 2 |
What was the title of Joni Mitchell's debut album?
Clouds | |
Song to a Seagull | |
Blue | |
Ladies of the Canyon | |
Court and Spark |
Question 2 Explanation:
Joni Mitchell’s debut album, Song to a Seagull, was released in 1968.
Question 3 |
Joni Mitchell began exploring jazz-influenced music in which album?
Blue | |
Court and Spark | |
For the Roses | |
Clouds | |
Mingus |
Question 3 Explanation:
Joni Mitchell incorporated jazz influences in Court and Spark, released in 1974.
Question 4 |
Joni Mitchell received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in which year?
1999 | |
2002 | |
2005 | |
2007 | |
2010 |
Question 4 Explanation:
Joni Mitchell was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002.
Question 5 |
In which Canadian city did Joni Mitchell grow up and consider her hometown?
Toronto | |
Vancouver | |
Saskatoon | |
Montreal | |
Calgary |
Question 5 Explanation:
Joni Mitchell considers Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, her hometown.
Question 6 |
Which illness did Joni Mitchell contract at the age of nine?
Measles | |
Chickenpox | |
Polio | |
Tuberculosis | |
Scarlet Fever |
Question 6 Explanation:
Joni Mitchell contracted polio at the age of nine, which influenced her later guitar technique.
Question 7 |
Joni Mitchell taught herself guitar using a songbook by which folk musician?
Bob Dylan | |
Woody Guthrie | |
Pete Seeger | |
Joan Baez | |
Lead Belly |
Question 7 Explanation:
Joni Mitchell taught herself guitar using a Pete Seeger songbook.
Question 8 |
Joni Mitchell’s vocal range shifted from mezzo-soprano to what by 1975?
Alto | |
Tenor | |
Contralto | |
Soprano | |
Baritone |
Question 8 Explanation:
Joni Mitchell’s vocal range shifted to a wide-ranging contralto around 1975.
Question 9 |
Which television program featured Joni Mitchell several times in the mid-1960s?
American Bandstand | |
The Midnight Special | |
Let's Sing Out | |
Soul Train | |
The Ed Sullivan Show |
Question 9 Explanation:
Joni Mitchell appeared on the CBC television program Let's Sing Out in 1965 and 1966.
Question 10 |
Which music label did Joni Mitchell sign with for her debut album?
Columbia Records | |
Reprise Records | |
Warner Bros. Records | |
Atlantic Records | |
Elektra Records |
Question 10 Explanation:
Joni Mitchell signed with Reprise Records for her debut album, Song to a Seagull.
Question 11 |
hat song on Don Juan's Reckless Daughter was a 16-minute epic influenced by Mitchell’s memories of childhood and classical music study?
"Dreamland" | |
"Jericho" | |
"Paprika Plains" | |
"Overture/Cotton Avenue" | |
"The Tenth World" |
Question 11 Explanation:
"Paprika Plains" is a 16-minute epic that stretched the boundaries of pop, drawing from Mitchell’s childhood memories and classical music studies.
Question 12 |
What was the title of the live album and concert film released by Joni Mitchell in 1980?
Refuge of the Roads | |
Mingus | |
Shadows and Light | |
Wild Things Run Fast | |
Dog Eat Dog |
Question 12 Explanation:
Shadows and Light was the title of the live album and concert film released in September 1980.
There are 12 questions to complete.
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