The Early Hippies

1. Who is this?

The comic book character Mr. Natural made his debut in 1967. He was the creation of Robert Crumb, the artist behind Zap Comix, Fritz the Cat and the Keep On Truckin' men.

Explanation

The comic book character Mr. Natural made his debut in 1967. He was the creation of Robert Crumb, the artist behind Zap Comix, Fritz the Cat and the Keep On Truckin' men.

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2. Fill in the blank: Turn on, ---------------, drop out.

The mantra of psychedelia was popularized by Timothy Leary, who said he got it from Marshall McLuhan, the scholar of media theory.

Explanation

The mantra of psychedelia was popularized by Timothy Leary, who said he got it from Marshall McLuhan, the scholar of media theory.

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3. This Summer of Love icon attended Palo Alto High and Castilleja, worked as a model at I. Magnin and joked about naming her daughter god, "with a small g, because we want her to be humble." Who is she?

Slick's daughter with Jefferson Airplane bandmate Paul Kantner was actually named China.

Explanation

Slick's daughter with Jefferson Airplane bandmate Paul Kantner was actually named China.

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4. If you are going to San Francisco, be sure to wear:

Your love outside your clothes

Sunshine for all you see

Some flowers in your hair

Your power underwear

So says the 1967 hit song written by John Phillips and recorded by Scott McKenzie.

Explanation

So says the 1967 hit song written by John Phillips and recorded by Scott McKenzie.

5. The Altamont Free Concert is the centerpiece of the movie:

Monterey Pop

Gimme Shelter

Don't Look Back

Easy Rider

The 1970 documentary "Gimme Shelter" follows the Rolling Stones' 1969 U.S. tour. At the Dec. 6 concert at Altamont Raceway (it was originally to take place in San Jose), a concertgoer was fatally stabbed in a skirmish with a Hells Angel member providing security at the stage.

Explanation

The 1970 documentary "Gimme Shelter" follows the Rolling Stones' 1969 U.S. tour. At the Dec. 6 concert at Altamont Raceway (it was originally to take place in San Jose), a concertgoer was fatally stabbed in a skirmish with a Hells Angel member providing security at the stage.

6. The counterculture It Girl Carolyn Adams (aka Mountain Girl) had children with:

Stanley Mouse and Wavy Gravy

Peter Coyote and Paul Kantner

Ken Kesey and Jerry Garcia

Neal Cassady and Neil Young

7. The Beatles song "Come Together" was inspired by whose gubernatorial campaign against Ronald Reagan?

Timothy Leary

Allen Ginsberg

Helen Gahagan Douglas

Gary Snyder

Leary's campaign in the 1970 race was halted when he was imprisoned on a 10-year sentence for possession of marijuana. He escaped from prison in San Luis Obispo and fled the country. Captured in Afghanistan in 1973, he served three more years in the California prisons before being released by Gov. Jerry Brown.

Explanation

Leary's campaign in the 1970 race was halted when he was imprisoned on a 10-year sentence for possession of marijuana. He escaped from prison in San Luis Obispo and fled the country. Captured in Afghanistan in 1973, he served three more years in the California prisons before being released by Gov. Jerry Brown.

8. The January 1967 counterculture gathering in San Francisco's Golden Gate park was called:

The Love-In

The Human Be-In

The Trip

Further

9. The "anarchist guerrilla street theater group" based in the Haight-Ashbury (and famous for its whole-wheat loaves baked in coffee cans) was called:

Let It Burn

The Diggers

Bread and Roses

Shields & Yarnell

10. The Family Dog collective was a spinoff of early psychedlic music experimentation at the Red Dog Saloon in:

Felton

Mill Valley

Grass Valley

Virginia City

The Red Dog is still in operation in the old silver mining town near Carson City, Nev. The nascent musical acts showcased in the mid-1960s included the Grateful Dead, Big Brother and the Holding Company and Jefferson Airplane.

Explanation

The Red Dog is still in operation in the old silver mining town near Carson City, Nev. The nascent musical acts showcased in the mid-1960s included the Grateful Dead, Big Brother and the Holding Company and Jefferson Airplane.

The Early Hippies

1. Who is this?

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What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. Fill in the blank: Turn on, ---------------, drop out.

3. This Summer of Love icon attended Palo Alto High and Castilleja, worked as a model at I. Magnin and joked about naming her daughter god, "with a small g, because we want her to be humble." Who is she?

4. If you are going to San Francisco, be sure to wear:

5. The Altamont Free Concert is the centerpiece of the movie:

6. The counterculture It Girl Carolyn Adams (aka Mountain Girl) had children with:

7. The Beatles song "Come Together" was inspired by whose gubernatorial campaign against Ronald Reagan?

8. The January 1967 counterculture gathering in San Francisco's Golden Gate park was called:

9. The "anarchist guerrilla street theater group" based in the Haight-Ashbury (and famous for its whole-wheat loaves baked in coffee cans) was called:

10. The Family Dog collective was a spinoff of early psychedlic music experimentation at the Red Dog Saloon in: