Question 1

The red-circle pattern on Jon Fishman's signature blue dress is popularly described as what pastry?

Accepted Answer

Donuts. Fish's blue muumuu with red donut-shaped rings is so iconic that Phish tried to trademark the pattern in 2015.

Question 2

In 2015, Trey Anastasio played lead guitar for which legendary band's "Fare Thee Well" 50th-anniversary shows?

Accepted Answer

Grateful Dead. Trey handled lead guitar and vocals for all five Fare Thee Well shows, two in Santa Clara and three in Chicago.

Question 3

In 2015, Phish tried to trademark what?

Accepted Answer

The pattern on Fishman's dress. Fish plays in a blue muumuu with red rings, but the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office tentatively turned down the attempt.

Question 4

Which pianist and singer joined Trey Anastasio and keyboardist Jeff Chimenti as guest musicians at the 2015 'Fare Thee Well' shows?

Accepted Answer

Bruce Hornsby. The shows' pay-per-view broadcast topped 400,000 subscriptions, a record for a music event.

Question 5

Phish's winter destination shows at the Barceló Maya resort take place in which country?

Accepted Answer

Mexico. The first Riviera Maya getaway, announced in 2015, was a three-day beach weekend in mid-January. The band has gone back to Mexico many winters since.

Question 6

From 2012 to 2015, Page McConnell toured now and then with members of The Meters under what name?

Accepted Answer

The Meter Men. The Meter Men paired Page with three original Meters: guitarist Leo Nocentelli, bassist George Porter Jr. and drummer Zigaboo Modeliste.

Question 7

Trey's 2015 album Paper Wheels earned a Grammy nomination in which category?

Accepted Answer

Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package. Paper Wheels was Trey's eleventh studio album and followed Traveler, both on his Rubber Jungle Records label.

Question 8

Mike Gordon's "Mock Song," which surfaced at Magnaball in 2015 after a 12-year absence, first appeared on which album?

Accepted Answer

Round Room. Before Magnaball, Mike's song had been played live just once, back in July 2003.

Question 9

At Magnaball in 2015, Phish played its ambient late-night set from behind what?

Accepted Answer

A drive-in movie screen. Fans watched silhouettes and projections on the screen while the band played hidden behind it.

Question 10

Played 200+ times from 1990 to 1994 and then shelved as a standalone song for two decades, "The Landlady" earned what fan label?

Accepted Answer

The "Most Common Not Seen" song. It finally returned as a standalone song at Dick's on September 6, 2015, after 768 Phish shows without one.

Question 11

Walter Holland's 2015 book on Phish's A Live One belongs to which Bloomsbury series of short books about single albums?

Accepted Answer

33 1/3. Holland picked A Live One because it was the band's best-selling album and its first to go platinum.

Question 12

According to phish.net's books page, what kind of book is Jurgen Fauth's 2015 title The Ashakiran Tape?

Accepted Answer

A mystery novel set in the Phish scene. Phish.net even ran an excerpt from the self-published novel.

Question 13

According to phish.net's jam chart, the 25-minute "Down with Disease" from January 3, 2015 in Miami won which honor?

Accepted Answer

2014 Jam of the Year. Though played on January 3, 2015, it still counted for the 2014 award because it was part of the 2014 New Year's run in Miami.

Question 14

For the New Year's Eve 2015 gag, Phish opened the third set on a stage in the middle of the arena floor under a funnel-shaped screen. Which song were they playing?

Accepted Answer

No Men In No Man's Land. White sheets fell as the song broke down into ambient jamming, and then the band went back to the main stage for "Auld Lang Syne."

Question 15

"Blaze On" made its Phish debut on July 21, 2015, in which city?

Accepted Answer

Bend, OR. Three nights after the debut in Bend, the song's second performance in Mountain View already stretched to nearly 15 minutes, with spacey effects the jam chart ties to Pluto.

Question 16

Which song opened Phish's Magnaball festival on August 21, 2015, with the band skipping the usual resolve to F and staying in B-flat?

Accepted Answer

Simple. The jam chart says the band held off on the usual key change, which made for a fuzzy, pulsing groove to start the Watkins Glen weekend.

Question 17

The 2015 box set Amsterdam captures three 1997 Phish shows at which famous Amsterdam club?

Accepted Answer

Paradiso. The eight-CD set includes the February 17, 1997 show plus both July 1997 nights.

Question 18

Phish's first-ever resort concert event, three nights on the beach in Mexico's Riviera Maya, took place in January of which year?

Accepted Answer

2016. The all-inclusive getaway was announced in September 2015 and took over a mile-long stretch of Caribbean beach.

Question 19

The Grateful Dead's 'Fare Thee Well' shows in summer 2015, with Trey Anastasio on lead guitar, were split between Levi's Stadium in California and which Chicago stadium?

Accepted Answer

Soldier Field. The first Chicago night drew 70,764 fans, an attendance record for the stadium.

Question 20

In 2015, Rolling Stone ranked which Phish release No. 42 on its list of the greatest live albums of all time?

Accepted Answer

New Year's Eve 1995 - Live at Madison Square Garden. The three-set show was recorded on December 31, 1995 and released in full in 2005.

Question 21

On the final night of Phish's 2015 Dick's run, the first letters of an eight-song encore spelled what?

Accepted Answer

Thank You. The encore was stuffed with rarities, and Trey joked that 'Harpua only counts once.'

Question 22

For New Year's Eve 2015 at Madison Square Garden, Phish jammed on a platform at the back of the floor while a screen came down around the band. What shape did it form?

Accepted Answer

An hourglass. The jam was on "No Men In No Man's Land" and ran past 20 minutes, with psychedelic images projected onto the screen. The band then hurried back to the main stage for "Auld Lang Syne."

Question 23

At Magnaball in 2015, the Studio X game show "Survey Says" quizzed teams of fans on Phish. It was a take on which TV game show?

Accepted Answer

Family Feud. The answers came from a survey fans filled out ahead of time. A second game, "Subtle Sounds," asked contestants to name Phish songs from just a few notes.

Question 24

Benjy Eisen, keynote speaker at the 2024 Phish Studies Conference, co-wrote which Grateful Dead memoir?

Accepted Answer

Deal. Eisen wrote the 2015 book with Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann, published by St. Martin's Press.

Question 25

At Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio on August 7, 2015, a 19-minute 'Tweezer' mellowed into which song?

Accepted Answer

The Lizards. Phish.net's jam chart describes the jam as covering a lot of ground before easing gently into the Gamehendge classic.

Question 26

On Magnaball's second day (August 22, 2015), the 'Tweezer' that closed the second set dissolved into which song?

Accepted Answer

Prince Caspian. Caspian carried a Tweezer tease, and the band drifted back into Tweezer jamming afterward.

Question 27

During the 'Twist' on Magnaball's final day (August 23, 2015), a heavy metal theme briefly morphed into which Led Zeppelin song?

Accepted Answer

Immigrant Song. That Twist moved through a 'Drive-In'-style space before landing in 'Weekapaug Groove.'

Question 28

At Merriweather Post Pavilion on August 15, 2015, 'Piper' came out of 'Steam' and later segued into which song?

Accepted Answer

Tweezer. Phish.net's jam chart describes a dark, probing middle section before a rocking peak.

Question 29

At the summer 2015 tour opener in Bend, Oregon (July 21), Mike Gordon wore a shirt with what slogan, a nod to Bob Weir at Fare Thee Well?

Accepted Answer

Let Trey Sing. The show was Phish's first in more than six months and also debuted 'Blaze On.'

Question 30

On Magnaball's second day (August 22, 2015), 'Cities' moved into which jam, played for the first time since November 13, 1998?

Accepted Answer

Mind Left Body Jam. The gap was 475 shows, and Trey's licks inside 'Cities' gave the return away.

Phish 2015 Trivia