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    The Ultimate Pink Floyd Trivia Test

    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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    Hah! I know #76. Gerald is a rather old but good mouse. I know a few others but I'll let you all contribute...

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    Quote Originally Posted by arturs View Post
    Hah! I know #76. Gerald is a rather old but good mouse. I know a few others but I'll let you all contribute...
    I missed that one, and then when I read the answer I wanted to kick myself.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ground and Sky's Ghost View Post
    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?
    I knew the answer to #60, but had no idea of #61...but I was able to guess the correct answer from the following questions!
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    60. Gerald Scarfe
    61. Jane Asher
    62. Paul McCartney
    63. Peter Asher
    64. Gordon somebody

    I actually have this program around here someplace from 1994, and I know the answers to most of the questions, and most of the ones I don't know, I sort of know the answers.

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    If we're allowed to post our answers: (otherwise I'll pull them)

    1. Early incarnations of Pink Floyd.
    2. Roy Harper
    3. Nick Mason
    4. Lisa...Doris...gaah!
    5. Dogs who sang with the Floyd
    6. Murray Head
    7.
    8. Alan Parker
    9. The Commitments
    10. Fame
    11. Isolation? Loneliness?
    12.
    13.
    14.
    15.
    16. Joe Boyd
    17. Floyd’s producer
    18.
    19.
    20. Oral sex
    21. Paul and Linda McCartney
    22. Stephan Grapelli
    23.
    24.
    25. David Gilmour
    26.
    27.
    28.
    29. Barbet Schroeder (sp?)
    30.
    31. Indigo
    32. Roger
    33. Abbey Road
    34. A newspaper headline about a woman fitted with a pacemaker
    35. Echoes
    36.
    37. Comfortably Numb
    38. Corporal Clegg
    39. Chapter 32
    40. Time
    41.
    42.
    43.
    44. Rudolf Nureyev
    45. Michelangelo Antonioni
    46. Proust’s ‘Remembrance of Time’s Past’
    47. A Piece for Assorted Lunatics
    48. Meddle
    49. The Alan Parsons Band
    50. Syd Barrett
    51. An inflatable pig
    52. Jimi Hendrix
    53. A nude woman (not that I can see her and god knows I’ve tried)
    54. Britannia Row
    55. Michael Kamen
    56. Wrote the score?
    57. The Beatles
    58. Sgt Pepper
    59. Abbey Road
    60. Gerald Scarfe
    61. Jane Asher
    62. Paul McCartney
    63.
    64.
    65. Several Species of Small Furry, etc.
    66. Bike
    67. The bell rung in the Houses of Parliament to summon MPs to vote
    68. Ely Cathedral
    69. Queen Elizabeth Hall
    70. 1968
    71.
    72.
    73. Graphic design studio, specifically album covers
    74. Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell
    75. Cambridge
    76. A mouse
    77.
    78.
    79.
    80. Syd Barrett

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    52. I guess I have to turn in my PF fanboy card

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    I've just remembered 4 - Claire Torry

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    Quote Originally Posted by Halmyre View Post
    If we're allowed to post our answers: (otherwise I'll pull them)

    1. Early incarnations of Pink Floyd.
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    Not quite. They were bands the members of Pink Floyd were in, before Pink Floyd. Jokers Wild was teh group David Gilmour was in, when he was still living in Cambridge, before he went off to Paris.
    45. Michelangelo Antonioni
    Roman Polanski, actually. Antonioni directed Zabriskie Point. It was Roland Petit's ballet company that was to have staged the Proust performance (actually, Petit and Floyd did do a few performances together, but they just used the band's existing music, rather than write something especially for the project).

    Oh and the answer to 79 is Sir Jimmy Young, a BBC DJ who was sort of notorious for his ramlbing monologues.If I remember correctly, the first Japanese tour was in 1971 and the support acts were Buffy Saint Marie (!) and 1910 Fruitgum Company (!!!).

    The Pink Floyd secretary (actually, she worked for Blackhill Enterprises, the band's original managers) was June Child, who later married Marc Bolan of T Rex fame.

    The "strange" figure on the A Saucerful Of Secrets cover is none other than Doctor Strange.

    Norman Smith was also known as Hurricane Smith. Under that alias, he actually scored hit singles on the UK charts. He's also famous for having engineered some of The Beatles records. Reportedly, it was The Beatles who gave him the nickname Normal, because he didn't "get" any of the more avant garde stuff they were doing (and you can imagine his reaction to something like A Saucerful Of Secrets).

    Another Brick In The Wall was banned in South Africa, because it was being used a protest anthem by striking students.

    Medicine Head was the band that did an album called Dark Side Of The Moon, which came out in 72, which is why when Pink Floyd first started performing their Dark Side Of The Moon, it was officially billed as Eclipse.

    The theme of Wish You Were Here is "Absence, literal or otherwise".

    Stephane Grappelli was recording with, I believe, Yehudi Menuhin at Abbey Road, when the band asked him to guest on Wish You Were Here.

    One of the headliners on the first Winterland show in 67 was Big Brother And The Holding Company. I had to look up who the other was, which turns out to be Richie Havens.

    I don't remember the name of the Lieutenant Governor of California, but I recall he was somehow involved in Zabriskie Point, but I forget in which capacity.

    Those are about the only ones I know off the top of my head, besides those that were already answered.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Halmyre View Post

    If we're allowed to post our answers: (otherwise I'll pull them)
    No problem with posting the answers - that's what I assumed people would do.

    Quote Originally Posted by Halmyre View Post

    53. A nude woman (not that I can see her and god knows I’ve tried)
    I had no idea what that question was even talking about until I Googled it. I've only ever owned Wish You Were Here in the first CD release and the Shine On boxed set version, and neither one of them had the red veil picture.

    But eventually I found this, which outlines where the woman is in the picture:

    https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4044...ecb12552_b.jpg

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    Quote Originally Posted by GuitarGeek View Post
    I don't remember the name of the Lieutenant Governor of California, but I recall he was somehow involved in Zabriskie Point, but I forget in which capacity.
    Further trivia: before his careers as a politician and as a record company executive, this person was a pop singer who had a hit with the same title as a Pink Floyd song. Which song?
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    Well, this thread seems to have run its course, so here are the official answers from the tour program:

    1. What do 'The Tea Set', 'Sigma Six', 'The Flowers' & 'Jokers Wild' all have in common?

    A: They were all bands one or more members of Pink Floyd were in prior to Pink Floyd.


    Whose are the vocals on:
    2. 'One of These Days'
    3. 'Have a Cigar'
    4. 'The Great Gig in the Sky' (studio version)

    A: 2. Nick Mason 3. Roy Harper 4. Clare Torry


    5. Who are Mademoiselle Nobs & Seamus, and what is their relationship with Pink Floyd?

    A: They are both singing dogs who have recorded with the band (on At Pompeii and Meddle)


    6. What other band released an album called The Dark Side of the Moon?
    7. What year did it come out?

    A: 6. Medicine Head 7. 1972


    8. Who directed The Wall?
    9. Name another musical film made by that director.
    10. OK, name another.

    A: 8. Alan Parker, 9 & 10. Fame and The Commitments


    11. What is the theme of Wish You Were Here?

    A: Absence, physical or mental


    12. Which member of Pink Floyd drove a van for a famous fashion house?
    13. Which fashion house?

    A: 12. David Gilmour 13. Ossie Clark's Quorum


    14. Which member of Pink Floyd attended a music college?
    15. Which college was it?

    A: 14. Richard Wright 15. The London College of Music


    16. Who produced 'Arnold Layne'?

    A: Joe Boyd


    17. Who is Norman Smith?
    18. What other name does he use?
    19. For what is this alias noted?

    A: 17. Producer of both Piper & Saucerful 18. Hurricane Smith 19. He had an English hit record called 'Oh Babe, What Would You Say?'


    20. What does 'Ummagumma' mean?

    A: Cambridgeshire slang for sex


    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.

    A: Paul & Linda McCartney


    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?

    A: 22. violinist Stephane Grappelli 23. Yehudi Menuhin


    24. In what country was 'Another Brick...' banned?

    A: South Africa


    25. Who was first considered as a replacement for Syd Barrett in 1967?

    A: Jeff Beck, but the band were too in awe of him to ask


    26. Which future Lieutenant Governor of California worked on a Pink Floyd soundtrack?
    27. Which soundtrack?
    28. Who directed that movie?

    A: 26. Mike Curb (as in 'gutter') 27. Zabriskie Point 28. Michaelangelo Antonioni


    29. Which director made More & La Vallée?
    30. Which successful Hollywood film did he later direct?

    A: 29. Barbet Schroeder 30. Barfly


    31. What is missing from Dark Side of the Moon's cover?

    A: The spectrum should have seven colors, the cover is missing indigo


    32. Is Syd Barrett's real name Roger, David, Nick or Rick?

    A: Roger, full name Roger Keith Barrett


    33. Was DSoM originally conceived in Abbey Road, St Augustine's Road or Rodeo Drive?

    A: St Augustine's Road


    34. Where did the title of Atom Heart Mother come from?

    A: A newspaper headline about a woman getting the first atomic powered pacemaker.


    In which song would you find:

    35. 'Coral Caves'

    A: Echoes (Meddle)


    36. 'Watching the Watcher'

    A: Set the Controls For the Heart of the Sun (Saucerful of Secrets)


    37. 'Distant ships smoke...'

    A: Comfortably Numb (The Wall)


    38. A wooden leg

    A: Corporal Clegg (Saucerful of Secrets)


    39. Reference to the I Ching

    A: Chapter 24 (Piper at the Gates of Dawn)


    40. 'Quiet desperation'

    A: 'Time' (Dark Side of the Moon)

    [Editor's Note: While the program gives the answer as "Time" ("Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way"), the phrase also appears in "Southampton Dock" from The Final Cut ("In quiet desperation, knuckles white upon the slippery reigns") So give yourself a point for either answer.]


    41. Who is the strange figure on the right hand side of the original vinyl cover of Saucerful?

    A: Doctor Strange from Marvel Comics


    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 a movie based on the ballet?
    46. What was the story to be based on?

    A: 42. Ballet de Marseilles 43. Roland Petit 44. Rudolf Nureyev 45. Roman Polanski 46. 'A la Recherche du Temps Perdu' by Marcel Proust


    47. What was DSoM originally called, when performed live?

    A: Eclipse [full title, "Eclipse: A Piece for Assorted Lunatics"]


    48. What was the previous studio album [to Dark Side] called [not counting film soundtracks]?

    A: Meddle


    49. What band did the engineer of DSoM go on to write for & produce?

    A: The Alan Parsons Project


    50. Who turned up at the studio during the recording of 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond'?

    A: Syd Barrett


    51. What escaped from Battersea power station?

    A: The inflatable pig that was being photographed for the Animals album cover


    52. Name either of the two other bands on the bill when Pink Floyd first played The Winterland Ballroom in 1967.

    A: Richie Havens or Big Brother & The Holding Company


    53. What's behind the red veil?

    A: A nude woman


    54. Where was Animals recorded?

    A: Britannia Row Studios


    55. Who was the orchestral arranger on The Wall?
    56. What is his connection with Sherwood forest?

    A: 55. Michael Kamen 56. he co-wrote 'Everything I do...' for Bryan Adams, used in the soundtrack for Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.


    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?

    A: 57. The Beatles 58. Sgt Pepper 59. Abbey Road Studios


    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 his partner called?

    A: 60. Gerald Scarfe 61. Jane Asher 62. Paul McCartney 63. Peter Asher 64. Gordon Waller (of Peter & Gordon)


    65. What is the longest song title in the Floyd repertoire?
    66. What is the shortest?

    A: 65. Several Species of Small Furry Animals gathered together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict 66. If


    67. What does the title of The Division Bell refer to?

    A: The bell that is rung in the Houses of Parliament to call the members to vote with either "ayes" or "noes".


    68. What is the building behind the statues on the cover of The Division Bell?

    A: Ely cathedral in Cambridgeshire, England


    69. Where were the Games For May held ?
    70. In which year did the Games for May happen?

    A: 69. The Royal Festival Hall London 70. 1967


    71. Which of Pink Floyd's secretaries later married a pop star?
    72. Who did she marry?

    A: 71. June Child 72. Marc Bolan of T-Rex


    73. What was Hipgnosis?
    74. What two people founded Hipgnosis?

    A: 73. The design company that produced all of Floyd's early artwork 74. Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell


    75. Where is Grantchester Meadows?

    A: Cambridge, England


    76. Who is Gerald, in relation to Pink Floyd lyrics?

    A: The mouse in 'Bike' from The Piper at the Gates of Dawn


    77. Who supported Floyd on their first Japanese gig?
    78. Which year was this?

    A: 77. Buffy Sainte Marie and The 1910 Fruit Gum Company 78. 1971


    79. Who inspired 'One Of These Days'?
    80. Who inspired 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond'?

    A: 79. English DJ Jimmy Young 80. Syd Barrett


    Scores:

    0-10 You probably thought you were going to a ball game, not a Pink Floyd concert.
    11-29 You really prefer Led Zeppelin, but they're not touring this year.
    30-50 Mr Average.
    51-60 You have few friends but all of the albums.
    61-79 This depth of knowledge is simply unhealthy. You must find other interests.
    80 You cheat. A career in politics beckons.
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    I got, with a bit of creative accounting, 44. Mr. Average? Yeah, thanks.

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    I guess I am an average fan. Wow, their average fan sure spends a LOT of money on them. I dont own a Tshirt though. Blows me away when I see a young boy or girl wearing one and they usually doesnt know what its from... Sure they could get a few more of those questions right.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Halmyre View Post
    53. A nude woman (not that I can see her and god knows I’ve tried)
    WYWH came with alternative shots of the four elements pictures. I've seen different takes of the hanshake/Fire element, the wind/Air element and the lagoon/Water elements. There is also a slight difference between the vinyl and CDs shots, but the most visible is the centering of the diver in the lagoon pisture.

    As for the naked woman behind the red vail, she's easily seen on my canadian vinyl shot, but much more difficult (you can only guess her) on the CD booklet. Obviously they tried the picture a few time (the cloud formations in the sky are very different).

    The only of the for picture I never saw changes in the the desert-sand/Earth element at the back of the sleeve, but probably because I rarely looked at it.

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