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Quiz about Grace Slick
Quiz about Grace Slick

Grace Slick Trivia Quiz


Grace is my favorite singer from the Psychedelic era as well as a personal friend. I'd like to dedicate this quiz to her as she turns seventy.

A multiple-choice quiz by maskman22. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
maskman22
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
314,840
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
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Avg Score
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Question 1 of 10
1. Which Grace Slick composition is based on a story by Lewis Carroll? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Which Grace Slick song was parodied by Jim Carrey in "The Cable Guy"? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. "But ___ still finds it a nice thing to do,
To lie about nude in the sand,
Drawing pictures of mountains that look like bumps,
And thrashing the air with his hands." What name fits in the blank?

Answer: (One Word---think shampoo.)
Question 4 of 10
4. What title person in this Grace Slick penned song 'lived on propaganda'? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. What band did Grace Slick appear in prior to Jefferson Airplane?


Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. In 1970, Grace Slick was invited to the US White House for a luncheon with Tricia, the daughter of President Nixon. They both had graduated from Finch University. Who was Grace's guest? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. At Woodstock in 1969 Grace Slick was above the 'hippie age of distrust', 30.


Question 8 of 10
8. Grace Slick recorded several solo albums. Which of these was not a solo? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Grace Slick had ancestors who sailed on The Mayflower.


Question 10 of 10
10. Since retiring from singing in 1988 what has Grace Slick been doing? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Which Grace Slick composition is based on a story by Lewis Carroll?

Answer: White Rabbit

"White Rabbit" is based on Lewis Carrol's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"(1865). It was on 'Jefferson Airplane's' album 'Surrealistic Pillow' in 1967.

Many of the images in the book are included in the song; Alice's change in size after ingesting an unknown liquid, the hookah-smoking caterpillar, the Red Queen, White Knight and the Dormouse are all included, and tied in to the prevalent drug references of the era. Slick has mentioned in interviews that the song was in response to parents asking why their children were taking drugs. She said that books such as "Alice in Wonderland," may have encouraged them to experiment. The song was released as a single and peaked in the eight spot on the Billboard Hot 100.
2. Which Grace Slick song was parodied by Jim Carrey in "The Cable Guy"?

Answer: Somebody To Love

Carry parodies the song during a party, imitating Slick's vibrato by pulling on his throat. He didn't even come close to her voice. The song was not written by Grace, but by her brother-in-law who played guitar in the band she was in before Jefferson Airplane.
3. "But ___ still finds it a nice thing to do, To lie about nude in the sand, Drawing pictures of mountains that look like bumps, And thrashing the air with his hands." What name fits in the blank?

Answer: Lather

The song's lyrics refer to a man named who just hit his thirtieth birthday. Lather realizes that the world expects him to grow up before he wants to. The song was written for Jefferson Airplane drummer Spencer Dryden's 30th birthday. The lyric referred to in the question pertains to an incident when Jefferson Airplane bassist Jack Casady was arrested nude on a beach while on drugs.
4. What title person in this Grace Slick penned song 'lived on propaganda'?

Answer: Crazy Miranda

"Crazy Miranda
lives on propaganda she believes anything she reads
it could be one side or the other
Free Press or Time Life covers
she follows newsprint anywhere it leads
but still she can't seem to read and nobody
knows nobody knows what she needs it could be love
All the pretty ladies textbooks
tell her how to have the "next look"
The Bible tells her stay as plain as you are
she wants all the pretty boys beside her
to write some pretty words to guide her
to tell her than they love her body as well as her mind
she wants some kind of sign--a sign of love
oh never mind--she's not your kind."
5. What band did Grace Slick appear in prior to Jefferson Airplane?

Answer: Great Society

The Great Society was a 1960s San Francisco rock band. It was the original band that performed the songs "White Rabbit" and "Somebody To Love" which were popularized by the Jefferson Airplane. The other founding band members were her then-husband Jerry Slick on drums, his brother Darby Slick on guitar, David Miner on vocals and guitar, Bard DuPont on bass, and Peter Vandergelder on saxophone.

The Great Society was often an opening band for the Jefferson Airplane and when the first female singer for Airplane, Signe Toly Anderson, left the band, they invited Grace to join.
6. In 1970, Grace Slick was invited to the US White House for a luncheon with Tricia, the daughter of President Nixon. They both had graduated from Finch University. Who was Grace's guest?

Answer: Abbie Hoffman

Grace was invited to the White House because she went to Finch, the problem was that she was invited under her maiden name...Grace Wing. She was stopped at the gate when the Secret Service recognized her and Hoffman, a known political protester. It was a good thing because in her purse, Grace allegedly had doses of LSD. She had intended to put them in President Nixon's beverage.
7. At Woodstock in 1969 Grace Slick was above the 'hippie age of distrust', 30.

Answer: False

The original Woodstock was in August of 1969. Grace was born on October 30, 1939, so she was still 29.
8. Grace Slick recorded several solo albums. Which of these was not a solo?

Answer: Baron von Tollbooth and the Chrome Nun

Grace recorded four solo albums; 'Manhole' released in 1973, 'Dreams' in 1980, 'Welcome to the Wrecking Ball' in 1981, and 'Software' in 1984. The albums were for the most part unmemorable, with 'Dreams' attaining the highest US chart position at number 32. Grace co-produced them and wrote most of the songs, and was joined by former Airplane band members and artists such as David Crosby.
9. Grace Slick had ancestors who sailed on The Mayflower.

Answer: True

Grace Barnett Wing (October 30, 1930) was the child of Ivan W. Wing and Virginia Barnett who was a direct descendant of Mayflower passengers. Grace was married to Gerald "Jerry" Slick from 1961 to 1971. She then married Skip Johnson from 1976 to 1994.
10. Since retiring from singing in 1988 what has Grace Slick been doing?

Answer: Painting

Grace has been painting. She is a successful artist with many of her subjects having to do with the song 'White Rabbit'. She also has done some fantastic portraits of 60s musicians such as Janis Joplin and Jerry Garcia. She shows her art at many galleries and has even sold lithographs on QVC, a TV shopping network.
Source: Author maskman22

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