Here's something to kill some time while you're quarantined.
This is from the replica 1994 Division Bell Tour Program that was included in the Later Years boxed set.
I thought I was a pretty serious fanboy, but I only got 36 out of 80.
I'll post the answers in a couple days if they haven't all already been figured out by then.
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The Ultimate Pink Floyd Trivia Test
1. What do 'The Tea Set', 'Sigma Six', 'The Flowers' & 'Jokers Wild' all have in common?
Whose are the vocals on:
2. 'One of These Days'
3. 'Have a Cigar'
4. 'The Great Gig in the Sky' (studio version)
5. Who are Mademoiselle Nobs & Seamus, and what is their relationship with Pink Floyd?
6. What other band released an album called The Dark Side of the Moon?
7. What year did it come out?
8. Who directed The Wall?
9. Name another musical film made by that director.
10. OK, name another.
11. What is the theme of Wish You Were Here?
12. Which member of Pink Floyd drove a van for a famous fashion house?
13. Which fashion house?
14. Which member of Pink Floyd attended a music college?
15. Which college was it?
16. Who produced 'Arnold Layne'?
17. Who is Norman Smith?
18. What other name does he use?
19. For what is this alias noted?
20. What does 'Ummagumma' mean?
21. Name the pair of famous people who provided spoken material for DSoM, but were rejected in favour of, among others, Jerry the Irish doorman.
22. Who played on a session for WYWH, but was not used on the final album?
23. With whom was he recording at the time in EMI studios?
24. In what country was 'Another Brick...' banned?
25. Who was first considered as a replacement for Syd Barrett in 1967?
26. Which future Lieutenant Governor of California worked on a Pink Floyd soundtrack?
27. Which soundtrack?
28. Who directed that movie?
29. Which director made More & La Vallée?
30. Which successful Hollywood film did he later direct?
31. What is missing from Dark Side of the Moon's cover?
32. Is Syd Barrett's real name Roger, David, Nick or Rick?
33. Was DSoM originally conceived in Abbey Road, St Augustine's Road or Rodeo Drive?
34. Where did the title of Atom Heart Mother come from?
In which song would you find:
35. 'Coral Caves'
36. 'Watching the Watcher'
37. 'Distant ships smoke...'
38. A wooden leg
39. Reference to the I Ching
40. 'Quiet desperation'
41. Who is the strange figure on the right hand side of the original vinyl cover of Saucerful?
42. Which ballet company did Pink Floyd play live for?
43. Who was its director?
44. Who initially agreed to dance the lead role?
45. Who intended to direct the proposed movie?
46. What was the story to be based on?
47. What was DSoM originally called, when performed live?
48. What was the previous studio album [to Dark Side] called [not counting film soundtracks]?
49. What band did the engineer of DSoM go on to write for & produce?
50. Who turned up at the studio during the recording of 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond'?
51. What escaped from Battersea power station?
52. Name either of the two other bands on the bill when Pink Floyd first played The Winterland Ballroom in 1967.
53. What's behind the red veil? [referring to artwork for Wish You Were Here]
54. Where was Animals recorded?
55. Who was the orchestral arranger on The Wall?
56. What is his connection with Sherwood forest?
57. Who was recording in a nearby room while Pink Floyd recorded Piper at the Gates of Dawn?
58. What album were they recording?
59. What studio was it?
60. Which artist animated The Wall?
61. Who is he married to?
62. Who was her previous boy friend?
63. Who is her brother?
64. What was the brother's partner called?
65. What is the longest song title in the Floyd repertoire?
66. What is the shortest?
67. What does the title of The Division Bell refer to?
68. What is the building behind the statues on the cover of The Division Bell?
69. Where were the Games For May held?
70. In which year did the Games for May happen?
71. Which of Pink Floyd's secretaries later married a pop star?
72. Who did she marry?
73. What was Hipgnosis?
74. What two people founded Hipgnosis?
75. Where is Grantchester Meadows?
76. Who is Gerald, in relation to Pink Floyd lyrics?
77. Who supported Floyd on their first Japanese gig?
78. Which year was this?
79. Who inspired 'One Of These Days'?
80. Who inspired 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond'?
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