Michael, Row Your Boat Ashore Trivia Quiz

Answer: St. Helena Island, South Carolina

Abolitionist Charles Pickard Ware had gone to South Carolina to supervise some former slaves who had been left behind after their white masters had fled due to the impending arrival of the U.S. Navy which was planning a blockade off the shore of St. Helena Island, one of the "sea islands" off the southern U.S. Atlantic coastline.

As his cousin had heard them singing the song as they rowed across Station Creek, Charles later wrote the lyrics down.

Many, many people have since sung this song, or one of the various versions of it through the years, perhaps most notably, The Weavers (featuring Pete Seeger), Harry Bellafonte and The Kingston Trio.

Answer: Peter, Paul and Mary

Peter Yarrow, Paul Stookey and Mary Travers comprised the folk trio better known as Peter, Paul and Mary. One of their biggest hits was the Bob Dylan song "Blowin' in the Wind", although they sang other tunes that he had written as well. They were greatly influenced by folk musicians Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie (Arlo Guthrie's father).

Answer: Joan Baez

Joan Baez' first album was the self-titled "Joan Baez". Later she released "Joan Baez, Vol. 2". All the other choices that were presented were also titles of some of her later works.

Born on Staten Island, New York, in 1941, the decade of the 1960s provided her with ample material to work with. That was the era of the Civil Rights Movement, anti-war sentiments concerning American involvement in Vietnam, and a host of other moments of angst, including the assassinations of some of the nation's leaders.

Answer: Judy Collins

Judy Collins was a native of Seattle, Washington. She, like many other folk musicians of the time, was greatly influenced by the works of her predecessors in the genre. Singers like Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger piqued her interest early on, and soon she joined their ranks as a folk singer in her own right.

With hits like her cover of Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now" and Ian Tyson's "Someday Soon", Judy became a favorite of a generation that was in search of answers to some of life's hard questions.

Answer: Pete Seeger

Lyrics to the socially satirical "Little Boxes" -

"Little boxes, little boxes
Little boxes on the hillside
Little boxes made of ticky-tacky

Little boxes
Little boxes
Little boxes all the same;

There's a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one
And they're all made out of ticky-tacky
And they all look just the same.

And the people in the houses all go to the university
Where they all get put in boxes, little boxes all the same
And there's doctors and there's lawyers
And business executives
And they're all made out of ticky-tacky and they all look just the same.

And they all play on the golf course and drink their martini dry
And they all have pretty children and the children go to school
And the children go to summer camp
And then to the university
And they all get put in boxes, and they all come out just the same."

Answer: The Byrds

The U.S. media coined the term "folk rock" in conjunction with the release of The Byrd's mega-hit, "Mr. Tambourine Man". A group of session musicians who later became known as The Wrecking Crew assisted in recording the song.

While the single had been released a few months ahead of the album of the same name, it became a number one hit, whereas the album itself only did slightly poorer, coming in at number six on the music charts.

Answer: The Brothers Four

"Greenfields" made it to the number two slot on the U.S. charts, but only made it to the number 40 position on the U.K. charts; however it managed to become a number one hit in Norway.

The group derived its name from a fraternity that they had all joined in 1956 when they attended the University of Washington in Seattle; the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity in which they all became "brothers".

Answer: We Five

The song "You Were On My Mind" reached number one on the Cashbox chart, number three on the Billboard Hot 100, and number one on the Adult Contemporary chart in the U.S.

Originally known as a band called The Ridgerunners, the folk group, We Five consisted of members Michael Stewart, Beverly Bivens, Jerry Burgan, Peter Fullerton and Bob Jones.

Answer: One

While there were many war protest songs throughout the U.S. during the era of the Vietnam War, "The Ballad Of The Green Beret" not only became a number one hit on the Billboard charts, it also grew to be a cross-over smash hit, reaching number one on Billboard's Easy Listening charts and number two on Billboard's Country survey.

Army Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler and a WW2 veteran, Robin Moore, wrote this song while Staff Sergeant Sadler was recuperating from a leg wound that he had received in combat while on duty as a medic in Vietnam.

Answer: John Phillips, Michelle Phillips, Denny Doherty and Cass Elliot

The Magic Circle was almost the name the group chose before finally settling on the name by which they became famous. Cass Elliot, Denny Doherty, and the husband-and-wife duo of John and Michelle Phillips comprised the folk group of "The Mamas and the Papas."