Days Between Trivia: A Special Jerry Garcia Edition

Test your knowledge on Garcia's guitars, side projects, and deep cuts

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Relix Daily
August 09, 2026

August 9, 2026

A Whiz of a Quiz from Dr. Dean Budnick

It’s all Jerry Garcia this week. While typically every answer in the Sunday Quiz can be found via the link above to a story that ran over the past seven days, I’ve done something different on this anniversary of Jerry’s passing. The first and last questions stand on their own, paired with a feature I hope you’ll enjoy.

QUESTION 1

What is Jerry Garcia’s middle name?

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QUESTION 2

Gary Lyons produced The Grateful Dead’s Go to Heaven. Which of these artists, also produced by Lyons, did Jerry Garcia name when describing what drew him to Lyons’ work?

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Relix presents a curated sale honoring Jerry Garcia, not only as a musician, but as an icon whose image became folk art for a generation. These lots trace Garcia's cultural afterlife through the objects fans made, mailed, wore, and kept, the tributes that commemorate the guitarist who became a legend and trace that remarkable path.

QUESTION 3

What horn player joined the Jerry Garcia Band at Poplar Creek Music Theatre on Sept. 16, 1989, as heard on GarciaLive Volume 13?

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Own a piece of music history with this rare Grateful Dead Soldier Field Ticket & Backstage Pass Set from the band’s final performances with Jerry Garcia. This 4-piece set includes one ticket and one backstage pass for each night, July 8 and 9, 1995, when the Dead took the stage at Soldier Field in Chicago for what would become Jerry Garcia's final performances and the last Grateful Dead shows.

QUESTION 5

What was the last song that Jerry Garcia performed with the Grateful Dead (at Soldier Field in Chicago on 7/9/95)?

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