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1960s West Coast Scene
Friday Night Pub Quiz #17
1. Who was California Dreamin’ in 1966?
2. Who did Steve Stills join up with after Buffalo Springfield split up?
3. Which album was Janis Joplin working on when she died in 1970?
4. Author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, who organised the first Acid Test on 27 November 1965?
5. Which band did Skip Spence form when he left Jefferson Airplane after their first album?
6. Who was the Doors’ lead singer?
7. Who replaced Signe Toly Anderson as Jefferson Airplane’s lead singer in October 1966?
8. What was Love’s only American hit single in 1966? (No UK hit singles)
9. Which counterculture magazine was launched in San Francisco on 9 November 1967?
10. What was the colour of Jefferson Airplane’s rabbit in 1967?
11. Author of Howl, which beat poet was a regular performer alongside the West Coast bands at festivals and happenings?
12. Who set up the Fillmore West in 1968?
13. Who was the only member of the Byrds to play his instrument on their first hit, Mr Tambourine Man?
14. Which psychedelic, Texas-based band did Janis Joplin turn down before joining Big Brother and the Holding Company as lead singer in mid-1966?
15. Famous for their long meandering solos, what did the Warlocks change their name to, after their first recording session on 31 November 1965?
16. Which San Franciscan band released their debut album, Electric Music for Mind and Body in 1967?
17. Who was the leader of the Mamas & the Papas and one of the main organisers of the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967?
18. Who founded the Flying Burrito Brothers, after leaving the Byrds following the release of his only album with them, Sweetheart of the Rodeo?
19. The inspiration for the Doors name, who wrote the book Doors of Perception?
20. Which psychologist, author and advocate of LSD advised a legion of 1960s hippies to, “turn on, tune in, drop out”?
