Q 01/05

Burning Man has been held since 1990 in the Black Rock Desert of which US state?

A) Arizona

B) Nevada

C) Utah

D) New Mexico

Answer · why

B) Nevada

The temporary Black Rock City rises about 100 miles north-northeast of the nearest airport city and vanishes again each September.

Q 02/05

The event's name comes from burning a large wooden effigy on the Saturday evening before which holiday?

A) Labor Day

B) Thanksgiving

C) Halloween

D) Independence Day

Answer · why

A) Labor Day

The event spans the nine days leading up to and including the holiday; the Temple burns the following night.

Q 03/05

Burning Man began in 1986 with a solstice bonfire at which San Francisco spot?

A) Ocean Beach

B) Baker Beach

C) China Beach

D) Crissy Field

Answer · why

B) Baker Beach

Larry Harvey and Jerry James burned an 8-foot wooden man and a smaller wooden dog there on 22 June.

Q 04/05

The first Man burned in 1986 was how tall?

A) 8 feet

B) 15 feet

C) 30 feet

D) 40 feet

Answer · why

A) 8 feet

It hit 15 feet the next year, 30 feet in 1988 and settled at 40 feet from 1989 to 2013.

Q 05/05

Larry Harvey formally named the event 'Burning Man' in 1988 partly to head off comparisons with what?

A) The Wicker Man

B) Guy Fawkes Night

C) Zozobra

D) The Beltane fires

Answer · why

A) The Wicker Man

He said he had not seen the 1973 cult film until years later and that it did not inspire the ritual.