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1.

The Grateful Dead sang "Ridin' that train high on" what?

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Answer: Cocaine
2.

What was the only top ten single by The Grateful Dead?

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Answer: Touch Of Grey
3.

What instrument does the Grateful Dead's Phil Lesh play?

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Answer: Bass
4.

What was the original name of The Grateful Dead?

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Answer: The Warlocks
5.

The Grateful Dead made money for amplifiers and equipment in the 60's by selling what?

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Answer: Acid
6.

What is the name of Bobby Weir's dog, to whom he refers on the "Reckoning" album?

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Answer: Otis
7.

What was the street address of the Grateful Dead's house in San Francisco?

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Answer: 710 Ashbury
8.

On what Grateful Dead album cover is there a house of cards?

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Answer: Built To Last
9.

In 1972 the Grateful Dead toured on which continent?

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Answer: Europe
10.

Who was the first Grateful Dead keyboard player to die?

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Answer: Ron "Pig Pen" McKernan
11.

Which member of the Grateful Dead married Donna Jean?

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Answer: Keith Godchaux
12.

Besides Robert Hunter, who was the other main lyrical/songwriting for the Dead, working mostly with Bob Weir?

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Answer: John Barlow
13.

Who was "drivin' that train, high on cocaine" in a Grateful Dead song?

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Answer: Casey Jones
14.

What Grateful Dead song contains the line "Sat down to my supper, twas a bottle of red whiskey"?

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Answer: Dire Wolf
15.

At a Grateful Dead show, what is the row of cars set up by vendors in the parking lot called?

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Answer: Shakedown Street
16.

What was the real name of Jerry Garcia's wife who went by the handle "Mountain Girl"?

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Answer: Carolyn Adams
17.

The "Miracle Seekers" are looking for what at a Grateful Dead show?

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Answer: A Ticket
18.

What would you finish the Grateful Dead song title "Man Smart" with?

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Answer: Woman Smarter
19.

In the Grateful Dead song "He's Gone", what was in the drain ditch?

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Answer: Rat
20.

What color t-shirt was Jerry Garcia most often seen wearing on stage?

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Answer: Black
21.

Which band member was with the Dead since he was sixteen?

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Answer: Bob Weir
22.

How many Top Ten hits did the Grateful Dead have?

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Answer: 1
23.

What ice cream company named one of their flavors after the Grateful Dead's lead singer?

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Answer: Ben And Jerry's
24.

What rhythm guitarist helped found the Grateful Dead?

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Answer: Bob Weir
25.

What did Grateful Dead founding member, Jerry Garcia, die of?

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Answer: Cardiac Arrest
26.

What Grateful Dead song includes the lyric "Please forget you knew my name"?

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Answer: Sugaree
27.

Who hosted the early acid tests where the Dead played?

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Answer: The Merry Pranksters
28.

What famous saxophone player plays with the Grateful Dead on "Without a Net"?

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Answer: Branford Marsalis
29.

Name the Grateful Dead song, "When there is no pebble tossed"?

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Answer: Ripple
30.

The Grateful Dead lyric "I had a hard run, running from you" finishes how?

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Answer: Window
31.

Which song usually followed "Scarlet Begonias" during Grateful Dead concerts?

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Answer: Fire On The Mountain
32.

What is Grateful Dead member Pigpen's real name?

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Answer: Ron McKernan
33.

In what Grateful Dead song can you find the lyrics "Rolling in the rushes down by the riverside"?

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Answer: Sugar Magnolia
34.

Who are the Dead singing about with "Wherever he goes the people all complain"?

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Answer: Saint Stephen
35.

"Mama, Mama many worlds I've come" is in what Grateful Dead song?

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Answer: Broke Down Palace
36.

"Flight of the seabirds, scattered like lost words, wheel to the storm and fly" is from what Grateful Dead tune?

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Answer: Cassidy
37.

What was the second band name of The Grateful Dead?

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Answer: The Warlock Of Palo Alto
38.

Which Grateful Dead member's father stole over a million dollars from the band?

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Answer: Mickey's
39.

What song do the lyrics "Julie catch a rabbit by it's hair" come from?

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Answer: Row Jimmy
40.

What year were the Grateful Dead formed?

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Answer: 1965
41.

What is the name of the only song released on a studio album with Keith Godchaux singing lead vocals?

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Answer: Let Me Sing Your Blues Away
42.

By 2007, how many people had ever been members of the Grateful Dead?

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Answer: 12
43.

What kind of guitar did Jerry Garcia play from the late seventies until his death?

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Answer: Doug Irwin
44.

What song has the Grateful Dead played live the most times?

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Answer: Me And My Uncle
45.

Where were the Grateful Dead arrested on marijuana charges?

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Answer: New Orleans
46.

"I'd rather drink muddy water, sleep in a hollow log" is in which Grateful Dead song?

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Answer: I Know You Rider
47.

Which guitar did Jerry Garcia play at his last show?

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Answer: Rosebud
48.

What was the Grateful Dead's first single?

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Answer: The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)
49.

Which keyboardist played with the Grateful Dead on "Aoxomoxoa" and "Live Dead"?

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Answer: Tom Constanten
50.

Who wrote more songs on the 1989 album "Built To Last"?

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Answer: Brent Mydland
51.

What was the name of the bluegrass band that Jerry Garcia played in with mandolinist, David Grisman?

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Answer: Old And In The Way
52.

What was the name of the Grateful Dead's long-time tape archivist?

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Answer: Dick Latvala
53.

What was the last Grateful Dead studio album released before Jerry Garcia died?

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Answer: Built To Last
54.

Who is the only member of the Dead who is a classically trained orchestra musician and composer?

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Answer: Phil Lesh
55.

Who is the only member of the original Dead who was an adopted child?

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Answer: Bob Weir
56.

Who was told in a Grateful Dead song "I'm a roving son, I was born to be a bachelor"?

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Answer: Althea
57.

During what year did Bob Dylan tour with the Grateful Dead?

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Answer: 1987
58.

How does the Grateful Dead lyric "Livin" on reds, vitamin C and" end?

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Answer: Cocaine
59.

Which song do the Grateful Dead lyrics "the bus came by and I got on" belong to?

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Answer: The Other One
60.

In the Grateful Dead song "Casey Jones" what drug is Casey high on?

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Answer: Cocaine
61.

What Grateful Dead song is the words "splintered sunlight" from?

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Answer: Box Of Rain
62.

What Grateful Dead member sings "Samba in the Rain"?

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Answer: Vince Welnick
63.

Which person never played with the Grateful Dead?

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Answer: Miles Davis
64.

Name two of the three venues the Grateful Dead played during their 1980 acoustic/electric shows?

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Answer: The Warfield Theater And Radio City Music Hall
65.

Who produced the Grateful Dead album "Shakedown Street"?

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Answer: Lowell George
66.

The Grateful Dead are mentioned in which book?

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Answer: Misery By Stephen King
67.

What was the last venue the Grateful Dead played in?

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Answer: Soldier Field
68.

How did the Grateful Dead discover the dancing bear logo?

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Answer: The Bear Cartoon Was Painted On Acid Tabs
69.

What song did the Grateful Dead open with at Soldier Field for their last show?

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Answer: Touch Of Grey
70.

Whose likeness was often put on Grateful Dead taper tickets in the 1980's?

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Answer: Richard Nixon
71.

Who read/performed a "farewell rap" for Bill Graham on October 31, 1991, live on stage with the Grateful Dead?

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Answer: Ken Kesey
72.

Which tune by the Grateful Dead has the lyrics "I left St. Louis, the city of blues"?

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Answer: Black Throated Wind
73.

Where did the original Grateful Dead play their last concert, and in which year?

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Answer: Chicago In 1995
74.

How many shows did the Grateful Dead play in 1975?

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Answer: 4
75.

What type of guitar has Bob Weir used from the mid-eighties until now?

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Answer: Modulus
76.

In the song, who played the game all fall down, all go under?

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Answer: Baby Louise
77.

Which was the first album the Grateful Dead released on their own record label?

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Answer: Wake Of The Flood
78.

What's the name of the Warlocks' (the name the Grateful Dead started with) studio demo?

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Answer: The Emergency Crew
79.

Who played with the Grateful Dead on April 27, 1971 at the Filmore East?

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Answer: The Beach Boys
80.

"You needn't guild the lily, offer jewels to the sunset" is a line from which Grateful Dead song?

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Answer: Doin' That Rag
81.

Which was the first album in history to be recorded with a 16 track mixer?

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Answer: Live Dead
82.

Who never wrote a song performed by the Grateful Dead?

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Answer: Willie Nelson
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