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Psychedelic History Trivia Quiz

Are those who don't learn from history doomed to repeat it? That would be such a bummer.

A multiple-choice quiz by uglybird. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
uglybird

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
391,386

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

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313

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. How did the term "psychedelic" originate? Hint

In 1946, Margaret Atwood coined the term to describe Tristan Tzara's sculpture "Lenin's Tomb".

It was Timothy Leary, dearie.

In 1956, a Canadian British expatriate psychiatrist coined the term to denote hallucinogenic drugs at a meeting of the New York Academy of Sciences.

In 1962, Bill W., a cofounder of alcoholics anonymous, coined the term to describe his experiences while experiencing delirium tremens.

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Question 2 of 10

2. Aldous Huxley, the British author, took a mind-altering drug under the supervision of the person who originated the term "psychedelic. Which drug did Aldous take? Hint

Psilocybin

PCP

LSD

Mescaline

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Question 3 of 10

3. After experiencing a mind altering drug, Aldous Huxley wrote an essay that took its title from a poem by which poet? Hint

Robert Frost

William Blake

E. E. Cummings

William Butler Yeats

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which organization gave LSD to the mentally ill and to prostitutes? Hint

The phone company

Lyndon Johnson

The John Birch Society

The CIA

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which one of the following bands was named after a reference to a hallucinogenic drug? Hint

The Youngbloods

The Mothers of Invention

The Doors

The Quicksilver Messenger Service

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Question 6 of 10

6. LSD became illegal in the United States in what year? Hint

1968

1948

1938

1978

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Question 7 of 10

7. The word "psychedelic" first appeared in what type of song? Hint

Beatle's song from the late 60s

Jug band tune from the early 60s

An acid rock tune performed on the first Iron Butterfly Album in the late 1960s

A number from the rock musical "Hair" in the mid-1960s

8. Every quiz should have a question designed to prevent the taker from getting an easy 10. August Owsley Stanley III manufactured LSD in quantity during the years it was legal. Which rocker penned the words, "I'll go to Frisco, buy a wig, and sleep on Owsley's floor"? Hint

Jerry Garcia

Frank Zappa

Grace Slick

Paul Simon

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Question 9 of 10

9. In 2017, which psychedelic drug did the FDA call "a breakthrough drug" for traumatic stress? Hint

Peyote

LSD

MDMA

Mescaline

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Question 10 of 10

10. In the 1950's, psychedelic drugs were purported to do what things?
Hint

Both mimic and treat schizophrenia

Treat schizophrenia

Mimic schizophrenia

Neither mimic nor treat schizophrenia

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. How did the term "psychedelic" originate?

Answer: In 1956, a Canadian British expatriate psychiatrist coined the term to denote hallucinogenic drugs at a meeting of the New York Academy of Sciences.

Humphry Osmond coined the term "psychedelic" intending it to signify a revealing of the mind. He emigrated to Canada and became the director of a psychiatric hospital. He was impressed with the similarity between the effects of psychedelic substances and the symptoms of schizophrenia.

2. Aldous Huxley, the British author, took a mind-altering drug under the supervision of the person who originated the term "psychedelic. Which drug did Aldous take?

Answer: Mescaline

Huxley corresponded with Humphry Osborn. During a visit to Southern California where Huxley was then residing, Osborn supervised the administration of the drug to Huxley. It was a "trip" with a "guide".

3. After experiencing a mind altering drug, Aldous Huxley wrote an essay that took its title from a poem by which poet?

Answer: William Blake

Huxley took his title from a line in William Blake's poem, "A Marriage of Heaven and Hell."

4. Which organization gave LSD to the mentally ill and to prostitutes?

Answer: The CIA

The CIA's MKUltra program records were partially purged in the 70s.

5. Which one of the following bands was named after a reference to a hallucinogenic drug?

Answer: The Doors

Huxley wrote an essay on LSD entitled "The Doors of Perception" that inspired the name taken by The Doors.

6. LSD became illegal in the United States in what year?

Answer: 1968

Outside the Fillmore Auditorium concerts in San Francisco, LSD laced sugar cubes were passed out prior to concerts legally until 1968.

7. The word "psychedelic" first appeared in what type of song?

Answer: Jug band tune from the early 60s

The Holy Modal Rounders, a jug band, inserted the term "psychedelic" into a commonly performed jug band tune.

Answer: Frank Zappa

Ok, perhaps the obvious sarcasm of the lyric gave that one away. The song's following lines were, "Walked past the wig store, danced at the Fillmore. I'm completely stoned. I'm hippy, and I'm trippy. I'm a gypsy on my own. I'll stay a week and get the crabs and take a bus back home. I'm really just a phony but forgive me 'cause I'm stoned."

9. In 2017, which psychedelic drug did the FDA call "a breakthrough drug" for traumatic stress?

Answer: MDMA

Amazing! Nothing like this has ever happened before...

10. In the 1950's, psychedelic drugs were purported to do what things?

Answer: Both mimic and treat schizophrenia

With present day regulation of research done on human subjects, I'm confident that the Humphry Osborn experience will never be repeated.

Source: Author uglybird

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