Q 01/05

On whose dairy farm was the 1969 Woodstock festival held?

A) Elliot Tiber

B) Michael Lang

C) Max Yasgur

D) Alan Gerry

Answer · why

C) Max Yasgur

His speech to the crowd about half a million young people having three days of fun and music with no trouble drew a huge ovation. He died in 1973.

Q 02/05

Woodstock was not actually held in Woodstock. Which New York town hosted it?

A) Wallkill

B) Bethel

C) Saugerties

D) Woodstock

Answer · why

B) Bethel

The site is about 60 miles from the town of Woodstock. Wallkill had been the planned venue until local permit conditions made it impossible.

Q 03/05

In which month and year did Woodstock take place?

A) August 1969

B) July 1967

C) June 1970

D) August 1968

Answer · why

A) August 1969

It ran from Friday the 15th to the morning of Monday the 18th, a month after the Apollo 11 Moon landing.

Q 04/05

How was Woodstock billed on its posters?

A) The Summer of Love Festival

B) A Gathering of the Tribes

C) The Great Catskills Jamboree

D) An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music

Answer · why

D) An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music

More than 460,000 people turned up. The town had been assured no more than 50,000 would come.

Q 05/05

Why did Woodstock end up as a free concert?

A) The promoters wanted it free from the start

B) The fences and ticket booths were never finished

C) A court ordered the gates opened

D) Rain washed the ticket booths away

Answer · why

B) The fences and ticket booths were never finished

Three days out, the promoters had to choose between finishing the fences or the stage. They chose the stage, and people simply walked in.