Help Me With Grateful Dead Trivia

[lbpesq]

My band, "Dead Enough", will be playing at Grateful Dead Night for the Oakland Ballers minor league baseball team on July 25th.  I'm also helping put the program together.    They've asked me to come up with trivia questions to ask people in the stands between innings.   I'm shooting for questions that will interest Deadheads, but not so esoteric that only the extreme fanatics will know the answers.  Here are some I've thought I'd throw out here and welcome responses, comments, and suggestions for other trivia questions.

Here we go:

Name three venues the Dead played in the East bay?                                                                                                                 
(Oakland Coliseum; Oakland Auditorium Arena (Oracle); Kaiser Auditorium; Berkeley Community Theater; Greek Theater)


Name three of Jerry’s named guitars:                                                                                                                                         
(Alligator; Wolf; Rosebud;Tiger; Bolt; Top Hat)


Before they were the Grateful Dead, they were:                                                                                                                                     
a)    The Warlocks
b)    The Emergency Crew
c)     Mother McCree’s Uptown Jug Champions
d)     All of the above (correct)

Who was the Grateful Dead’s original soundman?
a)    Owsley “Bear” Stanley, III  (correct)
b)    Dan Healy
c)    Bob Matthews

Who made Phil Lesh’s Quadrophonic “Mission Control” bass?
a)    Guild
b)    Alembic (correct - duh!)
c)     Fender


Who is Bird Song about?
a)    Larry Bird
b)    Charlie Parker
c)    Janis Joplin (correct)


Which song did Phil Lesh write for his father?
a)    Unbroken Chain
b)    Box of Rain  (correct)
c)    Pride of Cucamonga


Name three people who played keyboard for the Dead
(Ron “Pigpen” McKernan; Tom Constanten; Keith Godchaux; Brent Mydland; Vince Welnick; Bruce Hornsby)


Youngest member of the Grateful Dead
a)     Bob Weir  (correct)
b)    Mickey Hart
c)    Bill Kreutzmann

Bill, tgo

[cozmik_cowboy]

Who was the Dead's longest-serving roadie?

a)  Steve Parrish
b)  Kidd Candelario
c)  Ram Rod Shurtliff (correct)
d)  John Hagan

What did the band members consider to be their worst album?

a)  Built To Last
b)  The Grateful Dead
c)  Terrapin Station
d)  Steal Your Face (correct)

Who was the Dead's first roadie?

a)  Ram Rod Shurtliff
b)  Steve Parrish
c)  Rex Jackson
d)  Laird Grant (correct)

Who is the only non-performer ever inducted into the Rock'N'Roll Hall Of Fame as a band member?

a)  Ram Rod Shurtliff
b)  Robert Hunter (correct)
c)  Bill Graham
d)  Owsley "Bear" Stanley III

Have fun!

Peter

[Quasar1]

True or False---

The Dead played "Altamont Raceway" in 1969

a) True
b) False

Jerry's real name is Jerome

a) True
b) False

Ann Coulter is a Deadhead

a) True
b) False

 "Ace", Bob Weir’s first solo album in 1972 featured every member of the Dead

a) True
b) False


"Me and My Uncle" is the most played live song in the band's history

a) True
b) False
 

The Dead recorded their first album mostly high on cold medicine

a) True
b) False

[cozmik_cowboy]

True or False---

The Dead played "Altamont Raceway" in 1969

a) True
b) False

Jerry's real name is Jerome

a) True
b) False

Ann Coulter is a Deadhead

a) True
b) False

 "Ace", Bob Weir’s first solo album in 1972 featured every member of the Dead

a) True
b) False


"Me and My Uncle" is the most played live song in the band's history

a) True
b) False
 

The Dead recorded their first album mostly high on cold medicine

a) True
b) False

F - they hid in their equipment ruck
T
? - Allegedly, but I don't buy it......
F - Pig didn't play
? - Don't know, but it wouldn't surprise me
F - it was Dexatrim (per Jerome)

Peter

[lbpesq]

Me and My Uncle was an early part of the repertoire and remained in the rotation throughout.  Most played original tune was Sugar Mag.   Another trivia question, who wrote Me and My Uncle?  There’s a agreat story behind it!

Bill, tgo

[cozmik_cowboy]

Me and My Uncle was an early part of the repertoire and remained in the rotation throughout.  Most played original tune was Sugar Mag.   Another trivia question, who wrote Me and My Uncle?  There’s a agreat story behind it!

Bill, tgo

John Phillips - while blind drunk on tekillya.
Judy Collins was there, loved it, and ran out & recorded it.  When John heard it, he asked who wrote it; she said "You did."  He denied it - no memory of it whatsoever.  Though he later did say that his memory got clearer with every royalty check.......

Peter (who agrees - a great story!)

[David Houck]

Me and My Uncle was an early part of the repertoire and remained in the rotation throughout ... Another trivia question, who wrote Me and My Uncle?  There’s a a great story behind it!

Had to look it up; an interesting story indeed.

[cje]

What was the Grateful Dead’s only Billboard Top 10 hit? (Touch of Grey)


Guess the Deadhead:
BILL WALTON
Bill O’Reilly
Bill Gates

[Quasar1]

Round 2 

True or Fase---

The Dead never won a "Grammy"

a) True
b) False

The band bought a jungle in Costa Rica

a) True
b) False

Pigpen was the original frontman, not Jerry

a) True
b) False

New Wave gals "the Bangles" once opened for Jerry
 
a) True
b) False


The band would practice in complete darkness, till they had songs down.

a) True
b) False

It took over 30 years for "Live Dead" to attain gold certification

a) True
b) False

Jerry left his first wife while out for a pack of smokes

a) True
b) False

Jerry produced Jefferson Airplane's second album, "Surrealistic Pillow"

a) True
b) False