Q 01/05

The Doors took their name from a Huxley book that itself referenced a line by which poet?

A) William Blake

B) John Keats

C) Percy Shelley

D) Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Answer · why

A) William Blake

Huxley's The Doors of Perception (1954) describes his experiment with mescaline.

Q 02/05

On the beach in which city did Jim Morrison and Ray Manzarek run into each other in July 1965?

A) Malibu

B) Santa Monica

C) Venice

D) Long Beach

Answer · why

B) Santa Monica

They met in front of Manzarek's house on Fraser Avenue; Morrison confessed he had been writing songs.

Q 03/05

Which record executive signed the Doors in August 1966 after watching two sets at the Whisky a Go Go?

A) Jac Holzman

B) Ahmet Ertegun

C) Clive Davis

D) Mo Ostin

Answer · why

A) Jac Holzman

He ran Elektra Records and came at the suggestion of Arthur Lee of Love; the club fired the band three days after the signing.

Q 04/05

Which Los Angeles band's singer recommended that Elektra's president go and see the Doors?

A) The Byrds

B) Buffalo Springfield

C) The Turtles

D) Love

Answer · why

D) Love

Arthur Lee's group was already on Elektra; the Doors would soon eclipse them as the label's biggest act.

Q 05/05

The Doors' debut album was recorded at which Hollywood studio and released in January 1967?

A) Gold Star

B) Western Recorders

C) Capitol Studios

D) Sunset Sound

Answer · why

D) Sunset Sound

Its first single, 'Break On Through', stalled at number 126 but became a concert staple.