Q 01/05

Which group played its farewell concert, filmed by Martin Scorsese as The Last Waltz, on Thanksgiving Day 1976?

A) The Byrds

B) The Band

C) The Doors

D) The Kinks

Answer · why

B) The Band

The Band. Promoter Bill Graham served the Winterland crowd a turkey dinner before the music, and guests such as Bob Dylan and Neil Young joined the gr...

Q 02/05

Arlo Guthrie says Jimmy Carter's son found a copy of 'Alice's Restaurant' in which former president's White House record collection?

A) Lyndon Johnson

B) Gerald Ford

C) Richard Nixon

D) John F. Kennedy

Answer · why

C) Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon. Guthrie likes to add that the famous gap in the Watergate tapes runs about as long as his 18-minute song, though he insists he is 'not ...

Q 03/05

In which Massachusetts town did the Thanksgiving littering arrest in "Alice's Restaurant" take place?

A) Lenox

B) Amherst

C) Stockbridge

D) Williamstown

Answer · why

C) Stockbridge

Stockbridge. The dump was shut for the holiday, so Guthrie and a friend tipped the rubbish onto an old pile down a hillside; each paid a $25 fine and ...

Q 04/05

What was the nickname of the police chief who arrested Guthrie in "Alice's Restaurant"?

A) Sergeant Sam

B) Chief Buster

C) Deputy Dan

D) Officer Obie

Answer · why

D) Officer Obie

Officer Obie. The real chief, William Obanhein, went on to play himself in the 1969 film of the song, and he had already posed for the painter Norman ...

Q 05/05

Why, according to Guthrie, did "Alice's Restaurant" become a Thanksgiving radio tradition?

A) DJs used its length to take a break

B) Stations lost a bet with him

C) Listeners voted for it

D) It was cheap to license

Answer · why

A) DJs used its length to take a break

DJs used its length to take a break. Radio wasn't automated then, Guthrie says, and New York's WBAI once played the song so often that it raised money...