Question 1

Phish's long-running Labor Day weekend residency at Dick's Sporting Goods Park takes place in which state?

Accepted Answer

Colorado. Dick's Sporting Goods Park is in Commerce City, Colorado, just outside Denver. Phish made a Labor Day run there an annual tradition beginning in 2011.

Question 2

Super Ball IX, Phish's July 2011 festival, was held at what kind of venue?

Accepted Answer

An auto racing track. Super Ball IX filled the Watkins Glen International road course in upstate New York over July 1-3, 2011.

Question 3

Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in New York, a Phish summer stop, sits on the site of which famous 1969 event?

Accepted Answer

Woodstock. When Phish played Bethel Woods in July 2022, it was the band's first show there since 2011. The first set that night was made up entirely of 1.0-era songs.

Question 4

Which Phish song appears on the main disc of the video game Rock Band 3?

Accepted Answer

Llama. "Llama" earned the game's top "Impossible" difficulty rating. "Stash" and "Tweezer" followed in 2011 as downloadable content.

Question 5

At Phish's first show at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in 2011, every song shared which first letter?

Accepted Answer

S. That stunt launched a tradition of playful setlist spelling at the Commerce City, Colorado venue.

Question 6

What does the "IX" in the name of Phish's 2011 festival Super Ball IX refer to?

Accepted Answer

It was Phish's ninth festival. The band's announcement even gave a pronunciation tip: say "Super Ball Nine," not "Super Ball Icks."

Question 7

Phish's October 20, 2010 show in Utica, New York, later released on DVD, is nicknamed after which song that the band teased all night?

Accepted Answer

Guyute. Fans call it "Guyutica." The 2011 DVD was shot in high definition and came out after the band's Alpine Valley 2010 set.

Question 8

Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, home of Phish's Labor Day runs, is the home stadium of which pro sports team?

Accepted Answer

Colorado Rapids. The soccer-specific stadium opened in 2007, and Phish has made it a Labor Day weekend tradition since 2011.

Question 9

At Super Ball IX in 2011, Phish played a set from a partially hidden stage inside what kind of building?

Accepted Answer

A self-storage building. Fans could hear but barely see the band, adding to the mystery of the late-night set.

Question 10

At a June 2011 show in Charlotte, Trey revealed that the face on the mysterious shirts he and Mike were wearing belonged to which musician?

Accepted Answer

David Mayfield. The reveal came during a second-set "Icculus," fitting for a song about reading the book.

Question 11

The 24-minute "Down with Disease" from June 3, 2011 in Clarkston, Michigan, includes a section based on which jazz classic?

Accepted Answer

A Love Supreme. The jam chart says many fans rank this John Coltrane-flavored "Disease" among the top jams of 3.0. It flows into "Fluffhead."

Question 12

In Chicago on August 16, 2011, a 21-minute 'Down with Disease' mellowed into space, rebuilt, and flowed into which song?

Accepted Answer

Twist. The jam chart describes this 'Disease' as multi-faceted, with mesmerizing and triumphant stretches before it dropped into space.

Question 13

In Mansfield, Massachusetts on June 7, 2011, a wide-ranging 'Rock and Roll' segued into which song, a transition fans hold in high regard?

Accepted Answer

The Mango Song. The jam chart calls this 17-minute version excellent, shifting between rhythmic, melodic, open and forceful passages.

Question 14

At The Gorge on August 5, 2011, Page played theremin in a 20-minute 'Rock and Roll' that ended with a seamless segue into which song?

Accepted Answer

Meatstick. Mike added eerie vocal effects to the darker stretches of this jam before the seamless landing.

Question 15

Super Ball IX (2011) was the first concert at Watkins Glen International since which famous 1973 rock event?

Accepted Answer

The Summer Jam at Watkins Glen. Super Ball IX was Phish's ninth festival, held over the Fourth of July weekend in 2011.

Question 16

In August 2011, Phish played a two-set headlining show on the Polo Fields of Golden Gate Park as part of which San Francisco festival?

Accepted Answer

Outside Lands. Phish.net's reviewer noted the first set packed in both 'Tweezer' and Mike's Groove, something not done in a first set since 1991.

Question 17

In September 2011, Phish played a benefit at the Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex Junction, Vermont, to help the state recover from flooding caused by which storm?

Accepted Answer

Hurricane Irene. Proceeds went to the WaterWheel Foundation and the Vermont Community Foundation after what was described as Vermont's worst flooding in a century.

Question 18

The 2011 box set Hampton/Winston-Salem '97 pairs shows at Hampton Coliseum with a show in which state?

Accepted Answer

North Carolina. The shows ran November 21-23, 1997, at Hampton Coliseum and the LJVM Coliseum.

Question 19

'Leaves' and 'Steam' got their studio versions on which Phish album?

Accepted Answer

Sigma Oasis. All nine songs on the album were played live before its release, and 'Steam' was the oldest, debuting in 2011.

Question 20

Phish's New Year's Eve 2011 gag, with instruments, lights and even audience members floating up into the air, was built around which song?

Accepted Answer

Steam. A steaming kettle started it, and an amp, a bass, lights, a planted fan and aerialists in the crowd floated up. After midnight, Trey and Mike rose on lifts during 'Down with Disease.'

Question 21

A fan sign campaign that began in 2009 finally got Phish to debut which cover song at Lake Tahoe in August 2011?

Accepted Answer

Rocket Man. Fans had carried a rocket-shaped sign with a day counter, and at Tahoe they handed out more than 1,200 little rockets on sticks. Page sang lead.

Question 22

A limited white-vinyl edition of the White Tape was first sold at which 2011 Phish festival?

Accepted Answer

Super Ball IX. The leftover copies were sold through Record Store Day's Black Friday promotion in November 2011.

Question 23

At Madison Square Garden on December 28, 2011, 'Tweezer' came out of 'Carini' and dissolved into which song?

Accepted Answer

My Friend, My Friend. The 'Carini' before it featured Fish shouting in the background before settling into serene space and the segue.

Question 24

At The Gorge on August 6, 2011, 'Tweezer' was sandwiched around which two songs before briefly returning?

Accepted Answer

Prince Caspian and Sand. The opening 'Tweezer' segment was a blistering, Mike-driven jam that drifted into space before the sandwich began.

Question 25

At Portsmouth, Virginia on June 19, 2011, a funky stop-start 'Sand' segued into which Allen Toussaint-penned cover?

Accepted Answer

Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley. The chart praises the focused group improvisation and a brief reprise of the jam before the song ended.

Question 26

At Super Ball IX on July 2, 2011, the third set opened with a 'Golden Age' that previewed that night's Storage Jam. Which song did it segue into?

Accepted Answer

Prince Caspian. The jam started out choppy and staccato before delays and effects crept in, hinting at the late-night set to come.

Question 27

Which Bob Marley song opened the final night of Super Ball IX on July 3, 2011, leading into 'AC/DC Bag'?

Accepted Answer

Soul Shakedown Party. That set kept rolling through 'The Curtain,' 'Colonel Forbin's Ascent' and 'Fly Famous Mockingbird.'

Question 28

Which Rolling Stones song made its Phish debut to close the first set at Super Ball IX on July 2, 2011?

Accepted Answer

Monkey Man. Mike's 'Suskind Hotel' debuted in the same set.

Question 29

During which song at Super Ball IX on July 2, 2011 did Phish introduce and award trophies to the winners of a road race held that day?

Accepted Answer

Runaway Jim. The race was called the Runaway Jim 5K, so the song choice was a natural fit.

Question 30

At Dick's on September 4, 2011, 'Rock and Roll' segued into which Beatles song, played for the first time since December 8, 1995?

Accepted Answer

Come Together. The band left it incomplete and moved on into 'Twist' and then 'Piper.'

Phish 2011 Trivia