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Quiz about If Youre Going to San Francisco

If You're Going to San Francisco Quiz

Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair for this trip to Haight-Ashbury, the Fillmore West and other sites and sounds of the City by the Bay in its musical heyday.

A multiple-choice quiz by HFunk13. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
HFunk13

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
420,706

Updated
Aug 11 25

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
71

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Question 1 of 10

1. Before joining Jefferson Airplane, for which band did Grace Slick sing? Hint

The Oxford Circle

The Great Society

The Ashes

The Vejtables

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Question 2 of 10

2. This band backed Chuck Berry on his "Live At the Fillmore Auditorium" album, recorded in 1967 in San Francisco. Hint

Blues Project

Steve Miller Band

Butterfield Blues Band

Quicksilver Messenger Service

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Question 3 of 10

3. On which record label was the Grateful Dead's first single, "Stealin'" b/w "Don't Ease Me In," released, in 1966? Hint

Autumn

Scorpio

Fantasy

Warner Bros.

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Question 4 of 10

4. Jefferson Airplane drummer Spencer Dryden was related to which of these celebrities? Hint

Erroll Flynn

Charlie Chaplin

Gary Cooper

Joan Crawford

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Question 5 of 10

5. After leaving Quicksilver Messenger Service, bassist David Freiberg founded which band? Hint

Journey

Jefferson Starship

Hot Tuna

New Riders Of The Purple Sage

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Question 6 of 10

6. Janis Joplin was a member of the San Francisco band Big Brother & the Holding Company. In what state was she born? Hint

Alabama

Texas

California

Colorado

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which Country Joe & the Fish song is featured in the "Monterey Pop" film as originally released? Hint

Eastern Jam

I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die

Section 43

Flying High

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Question 8 of 10

8. The Grateful Dead's original name was the Warlocks. Who was the last member to join? Hint

Bill Kreutzmann

Phil Lesh

Ron "Pigpen" McKernan

Bob Weir

9. Moby Grape had the distinction of Columbia Records releasing five singles simultaneously from the band's debut album in 1967. Which was the only one of those 45s to crack Billboard's Top 100? Hint

"Omaha" b/w "Someday"

"Fall on You" b/w "Changes"

"Hey Grandma" b/w "Come In The Morning"

"Sitting By the Window" b/w "Indifference"

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which band originally recorded "Black Magic Woman," which San Francisco-based Santana covered on 1970's "Abraxas" album? Hint

John Mayall's Bluesbreakers

Fleetwood Mac

The Yardbirds

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Before joining Jefferson Airplane, for which band did Grace Slick sing?

Answer: The Great Society

Grace's husband, Jerry Slick, and brother-in-law, Darby Slick, also were members of the band.

2. This band backed Chuck Berry on his "Live At the Fillmore Auditorium" album, recorded in 1967 in San Francisco.

Answer: Steve Miller Band

The album was recorded the same month as the Monterey International Pop Festival, where all the named bands performed. Chuck didn't.

3. On which record label was the Grateful Dead's first single, "Stealin'" b/w "Don't Ease Me In," released, in 1966?

Answer: Scorpio

Jerry Garcia sang lead on both these cover versions of tunes from the 1920s.

4. Jefferson Airplane drummer Spencer Dryden was related to which of these celebrities?

Answer: Charlie Chaplin

Spencer's father, Wheeler Dryden, was Charlie's half-brother, according to the band's website.

5. After leaving Quicksilver Messenger Service, bassist David Freiberg founded which band?

Answer: Jefferson Starship

David sang co-lead on Jefferson Airplane's final live performances in 1972 (prior to the brief 1989 reunion) and then recorded an album with Grace Slick and Paul Kantner called "Baron Von Tollbooth and the Chrome Nun."

6. Janis Joplin was a member of the San Francisco band Big Brother & the Holding Company. In what state was she born?

Answer: Texas

Janis was from Port Arthur, Texas. She hitchhiked to San Francisco with future Bay Area impresario Chet Helms in 1963, according to his 2005 obituary in The Guardian.

7. Which Country Joe & the Fish song is featured in the "Monterey Pop" film as originally released?

Answer: Section 43

The psychedelic instrumental first appeared on the limited-pressing Rag Baby EP 02, preceding a longer version on the band's first long player, "Electric Music for the Mind and Body."

8. The Grateful Dead's original name was the Warlocks. Who was the last member to join?

Answer: Phil Lesh

Phil replaced Dana Morgan Jr., son of the owner of the music store where Jerry Garcia worked, on bass guitar, an instrument Lesh never had played before.

9. Moby Grape had the distinction of Columbia Records releasing five singles simultaneously from the band's debut album in 1967. Which was the only one of those 45s to crack Billboard's Top 100?

Answer: "Omaha" b/w "Someday"

"Omaha" was composed by Alexander "Skip" Spence, a Moby Grape guitarist who previously played drums for Jefferson Airplane.

10. Which band originally recorded "Black Magic Woman," which San Francisco-based Santana covered on 1970's "Abraxas" album?

Answer: Fleetwood Mac

Fleetwood Mac's version, composed by Peter Green, was released in 1968, seven years before Steve Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham helped propel the band to new heights with the release of the LP "Fleetwood Mac."

Source: Author HFunk13

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