Q 01/05

Which Muppet surprised the 2019 Newport Folk Festival by duetting with My Morning Jacket's Jim James?

A) Miss Piggy

B) Kermit the Frog

C) Oscar the Grouch

D) Fozzie Bear

Answer · why

B) Kermit the Frog

Kermit the Frog sat on a stool at the front of the stage and sang the first verse of Rainbow Connection alone before calling Jim James out to share th...

Q 02/05

What disguise did Bob Dylan wear at the 2002 Newport Folk Festival, his first in 37 years?

A) White face paint

B) A mask and hooded cloak

C) Dark glasses and a surgical mask

D) A wig and fake beard

Answer · why

D) A wig and fake beard

A wig and fake beard, topped with a white cowboy hat, hid Dylan as he walked on. It read as a wry nod to the crowd of reporters who had come to docume...

Q 03/05

Which news announcement ended the 1969 Newport Folk Festival early, cutting short James Taylor's debut set?

A) The Moon landing

B) The Chappaquiddick crash

C) The Stonewall riots

D) The Manson murders

Answer · why

A) The Moon landing

The Moon landing was announced after James Taylor had played for only 15 minutes, and the festival's producer closed the night there instead of lettin...

Q 04/05

In 2022 the Newport Folk Festival added a small stage powered partly by festivalgoers doing what?

A) Turning hand cranks

B) Walking on treadmills

C) Riding stationary bikes

D) Jumping on sprung floor pads

Answer · why

C) Riding stationary bikes

Riding stationary bikes helps run the Bike Stage, with solar panels supplying the rest. The festival has also laid on a bike valet to coax people into...

Q 05/05

Which folk singer said he wanted to chop the microphone cable during Bob Dylan's amplified 1965 Newport set?

A) Pete Seeger

B) Woody Guthrie

C) Phil Ochs

D) Dave Van Ronk

Answer · why

A) Pete Seeger

Pete Seeger later insisted the distorted sound was his complaint, not the amplifiers: he wanted the crowd to hear Dylan's words. The tale that he swun...