Q 01/05

In which US city was the band Santana formed in 1966?

A) San Francisco

B) Los Angeles

C) Sacramento

D) Oakland

Answer · why

A) San Francisco

San Francisco is where Carlos washed dishes full-time and busked for change while soaking up the hippie scene, until he could quit the job and start t...

Q 02/05

Carlos Santana was born in Autlán de Navarro, in which Mexican state?

A) Sonora

B) Sinaloa

C) Jalisco

D) Chihuahua

Answer · why

C) Jalisco

Jalisco was home until the family moved to the border city of Tijuana, where Carlos, a mariachi musician's son, discovered American blues and rock and...

Q 03/05

Four months after Woodstock, Santana opened which infamous free concert headlined by the Rolling Stones?

A) Monterey Pop

B) Altamont

C) Hyde Park

D) Isle of Wight

Answer · why

B) Altamont

Altamont turned violent as the day wore on: Hells Angels acting as security fought with the crowd, and a fan was stabbed to death while the Stones pla...

Q 04/05

Which instrumental from Santana's Woodstock set became a highlight of the festival film?

A) Jingo

B) Samba Pa Ti

C) Incident at Neshabur

D) Soul Sacrifice

Answer · why

D) Soul Sacrifice

Soul Sacrifice turned on a drum solo by Michael Shrieve, who had just turned 20, and the band played it to that crowd before it had released a single ...

Q 05/05

'Black Magic Woman', Santana's 1970 hit, was originally written and recorded by which band?

A) Cream

B) The Yardbirds

C) Jefferson Airplane

D) Fleetwood Mac

Answer · why

D) Fleetwood Mac

Fleetwood Mac's 1968 original reached only No. 37 in Britain and missed the US chart, while Santana's cover climbed to No. 4 and became the better-kno...