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Lollapalooza Trivia Questions

How much do you really know about Lollapalooza? Below are 8 true or false statements. Click each one to reveal the answer and explanation.

1.

Lollapalooza is a free festival that relies on corporate donations.

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✗ FALSE

Lollapalooza is a ticketed event. General admission passes are sold, and tickets have been required since its early days.

2.

Lollapalooza originally served as a farewell tour for the band Jane's Addiction.

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Perry Farrell created Lollapalooza in 1991 as a farewell tour for Jane's Addiction. It later evolved into an annual destination festival in Chicago.

3.

Lollapalooza was a traveling festival from 1991 to 1997 before becoming a Chicago-based event.

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Lollapalooza toured multiple cities each year from 1991 to 1997. In 2005, it returned as a single-location festival in Chicago's Grant Park.

4.

Lollapalooza was first held in Chicago's Grant Park in 1991.

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Lollapalooza began as a touring festival in 1991, not in Chicago. Grant Park became its permanent home only in 2005.

5.

Lollapalooza was founded by Michael Lang, co-creator of Woodstock.

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Lollapalooza was created by Perry Farrell, lead singer of Jane's Addiction. Michael Lang co-founded Woodstock but had no role in Lollapalooza.

6.

Lollapalooza launched a Berlin edition in 2015.

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Lollapalooza expanded internationally with editions in Brazil, Chile, Argentina, and Berlin, which began in 2015. The Berlin festival is held annually.

7.

Lollapalooza's name comes from a Jane's Addiction song.

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The name Lollapalooza is a 19th-century slang word. No Jane's Addiction song has that title; Perry Farrell chose the word from a dictionary.

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Lollapalooza's name is derived from a 19th-century American slang term meaning something excellent.

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Lollapalooza is an old slang word for something outstanding. Perry Farrell adopted the term for the music festival, inspired by its meaning.

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