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1. How many times was Jerry Garcia court-martialed while he was in the U.S. Army?
2. What was the name of the first official Grateful Dead fan club?
3. The Dead's recording studio in San Rafael was nicknamed 'Club Front' because it was on Front Street. What was the first album recorded there?
4. What is the room that houses the band's tape archive, also at Club Front, called?
5. 'Uncle Bobo' was the nickname bestowed on Bill Graham by which member of the Grateful Dead?
6. From 1971 on Jerry Garcia usually played one of three guitars built for him by Doug Irwin. Which of the following is not the name of one of Irwin's guitars?
7. Which of the following band members actually managed to graduate from high school?
8. In the early 1970's Dan Healy, Owsley Stanley, and other engineers designed a custom sound system for the Dead. It stood three stories high and was dubbed the 'Wall of Sound'. How many speakers did the wall contain?
9. True or false: The Further Festival got its name from a bus.
10. What was Albert Hoffman's 'contribution' to the Grateful Dead scene?
11. What is the significance of Sebastopol, California's Analy High School in Grateful Dead history?
12. Which of the following was NOT one of Bob Weir's 'cowboy songs'?
13. Jerry Garcia was missing half of the middle finger on his right hand. How did he lose it?
14. Which friend of the Grateful Dead family participated as a volunteer in the CIA-funded experiments involving the use of LSD?
15. Who was the Grateful Dead's lighting designer from 1972 on?
16. What was the name of the Grateful Dead's in-house publishing company?
17. In the US, "Dupree's Diamond News", "Relix", and "the Golden Road" were some of the main Dead-themed magazines. What was the name of Europe's Grateful Dead magazine?
18. What is the main Grateful Dead related newsgroup on USENET?
19. 'Reckoning' and 'Dead Set' were live albums, the first acoustic and the second electric, recorded in the fall of 1980. They were recorded during long stands at two venues. One was the Warfield Theater in San Francisco- what was the other venue?
20. One of my favorite song lyrics was, "They're a band beyond description". What song did it come from?
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