1. A dictionary
   A Ouija board
2. A psychic

Jerry Garcia reportedly opened the book to a random page.

1. 97 million
   35 million
2. 20 million

They are one of the best-selling bands from the 1960s.

1. "Truckin"
   "Friend of the Devil"
2. "Uncle John's Band"

It was all about life on the road.

1. 18
   12
2. 9

They were an eclectic group of musicians.

1. 1965
   1959
2. 1957

The band was born in California.

1. Lucy
   The Fortress
2. Wall of Sound

It was a massive system that made their music audible for everyone.

1. 1
   4
2. 8

The lack of hits didn't hinder the band's upward trajectory.

1. Wandering Wizards
   Magic Men
2. Warlocks

They changed it when they realized the name was already taken.

1. 250
   500
2. 700

Amazingly, they played a new setlist at nearly every show.

1. "Anthem of the Sun"
   "Steal Your Face"
2. "History of the Grateful Dead, Volume One (Bear's Choice)"

Like the so-called dancing bears, this artwork became as legendary as the band.

1. Alcohol abuse
   Cancer
2. Heart attack

He played his last show with the group in 1972.

1. Marching
   Singing
2. Falling down

He thought it was clear that the bears were marching instead of dancing.

1. "Casey Jones"
   "Truckin"
2. "Touch of Grey"

The music video was extremely popular on MTV.

1. They struggled with drug abuse.
   They had family obligations.
2. They were injured in a car accident.

But Keith did die in a car wreck not long after their departure.

1. "American Reality"
   "American Brutality"
2. "American Hearts"

The album has gone double platinum.

1. The Moody Blues
   The Beatles
2. The Rolling Stones

Like everyone else, they were drawn to The Beatles.

1. Piloting
   Bomb loading
2. Computer programming

He was sent to Vietnam even though he was against the war.

1. 19 minutes
   50 minutes
2. 90 minutes

The studio version was less than three minutes long.

1. 8
   4
2. 2

He clearly wasn't cut out for military life.

1. Psychedelic chemicals
   Pain response
2. Smoking

The research was secretly funded by the CIA.

1. "Make it With You"
   "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"
2. "When a Man Loves a Woman"

She and her husband introduced themselves to the band after one of their concerts.

1. 3200
   2300
2. 1700

That's more than 75 shows per year for three decades.

1. "Steal Your Face"'
   "American Beauty"
2. "Workingman's Dead"

It was the band's fifth studio album.

1. 25 million
   43 million
2. 82 million

Nearly 80,000 people attended one show.

1. A fan attacked him.
   He cut his own throat.
2. He was stabbed by a serial killer.

He'd battled depression for more than a decade.

1. The family dog bit him.
   His brother chopped it off with an ax.
2. He ran with scissors.

This surely resulted in some sibling resentment

1. Brent Myland
   Jerry Garcia
2. Bob Weir

The 1990 death was a startling event in a band that copiously used drugs.

1. 0
   2
2. 5

He essentially learned how to play on the fly.

1. 604
   290
2. 146

That was more than 70 tons of speakers, man.

1. 1993
   1995
2. 1999

It was the end of an era for an iconic band.