The Pink Floyd quiz

Cafe Society
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Here, for your delectation, is a Pink Floyd quiz. I’ve tried to make the questions challenging. The answers are posted in another thread here.

It would be interesting to know which answers you actually know and which you looked up.

  1. At the beginning of the first track on their first album, a voice is heard who is not a member of the band. Who is it?

  2. At the end of the last track on their last studio album, two voices are heard who are not members of the band. Who are they?

  3. What is the name of the cow on the cover of Atom Heart Mother?

  4. The advertising campaign for Animals consisted of five words. What were they?

  5. What was the mouse’s name?

  6. What were the dogs’ names and who did one of them belong to?

  7. When did they use a teddy bear?

  8. The Pink Floyd have been involved with two schools. Which ones, and why?

  9. The Pink Floyd dressed up as 1st World War aviators to promote a song. Which one?

  10. The Pink Floyd - as a group - either recorded the soundtrack or contributed pieces of music to seven films. What are they? (Cinema released films only. This excludes films shown during live performances, videos and made for TV.)

  11. The Pink Floyd - as a group - accepted sponsorship twice. Who were the two sponsors?

  12. Only one of the four of them made money from the live performances of The Wall. Who and why?

  13. What was the name of the investment company that lost a large amount of the group’s money?

14.What is wrong with the cover of Dark Side Of The Moon?

15.Where was the photo of the group on the cover of A Saucerful Of Secrets taken?

  1. What is behind the red veil?

  2. Marooned was only played once on the Division Bell/Pulse tour. Where?

18.Who said: ‘I am full of dust and guitars’

  1. Who said: ‘Well, there it is. I think you can pass your verdict as well as I can. My verdict is that it is a little bit of a regression to childhood, but after all, why not?’

  2. What piece of Pink Floyd music was he referring to?

  3. Paul McCartney contributed to a Pink Floyd album, but his contribution was not used. Which album?

  4. Dark Side Of The Moon was briefly given another title before reverting back. What was it and why?

  5. Between Dark Side Of The Moon and Wish You Were Here, they started to make an album using unusual instruments. What was it called?

  6. When did they publicly have a tea break?

  7. Who likes marmalade?

  8. Who has been mad for fucking years?

  9. Nick Mason has only done the vocals on one track. Which one?

  10. Who played on Wish You Were Here, although as his contribution was mixed so low, he wasn’t credited?

  11. What is Stephen Hawking’s connection to the Pink Floyd?

  12. Syd Barrett, Nick Mason, David Gilmour and Rick Wright are each associated with which mode of transport?

  13. How much did Clare Torry get paid for her vocal on Great Gig In The Sky?

  14. Roy Harper didn’t get paid for his vocal on Have A Cigar, and he didn’t get what he asked for in lieu of payment either. What did he ask for?

  15. The melody from another Pink Floyd song is heard in the fadeout of Shine On You Crazy Diamond. What is it?

  16. What is the connection between Pink Floyd and a flashing red light?

  17. What connection has Mike Leonard with the group?

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thanks - i enjoyed that :slight_smile: got nearly half right, so not great, but not disastrous :slight_smile:

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Wow, guess I don’t know so much about them after all.

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Pooh! Four or five of those were easy! :wink:

Nine, you’re The Fan.

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That’s the nicest thing anyone has said to me. :smiley:

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I only knew one of them for sure. #34 is literally flashing on my mantle right now (and was before I opened the thread).

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I’m a Floyd fan, and I knew about of those! That’s some severe dedication there!

Off to look at the answers now…

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Only one I knew for sure was the mouses name,guessed a few others right.

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Jumping fuck! That’s a great quiz. I didn’t get very many right though. :frowning: