Q 01/05

Which undiagnosed condition helped get Bob Weir expelled from nearly every school he attended?

A) Dyslexia

B) Partial deafness

C) Color blindness

D) A stutter

Answer · why

A) Dyslexia

Dyslexia made classrooms a struggle for Bob Weir, yet one of the schools that threw him out, Fountain Valley in Colorado, is where he met his future l...

Q 02/05

Which instrument, heard outside a music store on New Year's Eve 1963, led Bob Weir to Jerry Garcia?

A) Fiddle

B) Mandolin

C) Banjo

D) Harmonica

Answer · why

C) Banjo

Banjo music drew the 16-year-old to Dana Morgan's Music Store, where Garcia, oblivious to the date, was waiting for his students. The two played all n...

Q 03/05

Which pop and blues guitarist joined Bob Weir and two Grateful Dead drummers to form Dead & Company?

A) Dave Matthews

B) John Mayer

C) Derek Trucks

D) Warren Haynes

Answer · why

B) John Mayer

John Mayer fell for the Dead after Pandora played him their song Althea in 2011. Four years later he invited Weir onto The Late Late Show while guest ...

Q 04/05

Bob Weir and Dead & Company played long residencies at Sphere, a giant domed arena in which city?

A) Los Angeles

B) Nashville

C) New York City

D) Las Vegas

Answer · why

D) Las Vegas

Las Vegas hosted 30 Sphere shows in 2024 and 18 more in 2025, all of them after the band had wrapped up what it billed as its final tour.

Q 05/05

Bob Weir beat 147 other celebrities in 2004 by best predicting the final score of which event?

A) The World Series

B) The Super Bowl

C) The NBA Finals

D) The Rose Bowl

Answer · why

B) The Super Bowl

The Super Bowl pick won him the Scripps Howard Super Sage Award: he called New England over Carolina 33–24, and the game finished 32–29.