Q 01/05

Which punk band bashed dummies of the Backstreet Boys with a plastic bat during a Friday set at Woodstock '99?

A) Green Day

B) The Offspring

C) Less Than Jake

D) Blink-182

Answer · why

B) The Offspring

The Offspring lined up five dummies wearing the boy band's faces, and the crowd joined in by pelting them with plastic bottles.

Q 02/05

What did activists hand out at Woodstock '99 on Sunday that fans then used to start bonfires?

A) Sparklers

B) Glow sticks

C) Candles

D) Lighters

Answer · why

C) Candles

Candles came from an anti-gun-violence group called PAX, whose vigil plan had never been cleared with local firefighters.

Q 03/05

Which rap act kicked beach balls with $100 bills taped to them into the Woodstock '99 crowd to protest high prices?

A) Insane Clown Posse

B) Bone Thugs-n-Harmony

C) Cypress Hill

D) A Tribe Called Quest

Answer · why

A) Insane Clown Posse

Insane Clown Posse watched fans scrap over the cash, and a year later the duo launched a festival of their own, the Gathering of the Juggalos.

Q 04/05

What kind of site hosted Woodstock '99, chosen partly because promoters thought a wall could keep gate-crashers out?

A) A working dairy farm

B) A closed motor speedway

C) A former Air Force base

D) A disused state fairground

Answer · why

C) A former Air Force base

A former Air Force base, Griffiss had shut in 1995, and its vast stretches of shadeless concrete and asphalt trapped the heat day and night.

Q 05/05

Which band's Saturday set at Woodstock '99 is widely blamed for sparking violence as fans tore plywood from the walls?

A) Coal Chamber

B) Papa Roach

C) Powerman 5000

D) Limp Bizkit

Answer · why

D) Limp Bizkit

Limp Bizkit were asked mid-set to calm the crowd, but their frontman told fans not to mellow out and later crowd-surfed on a torn-off panel.