How Pink Floyd Are You?

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How much do you know about Pink Floyd? Not just the Pink Floyd of the "Dark Side of the Moon" and "The Wall," but the "Embryo" Pink Floyd at "Childhood's End" with a "Paintbox" and a "Bike" playing with the "Massed Gadgets of Hercules?" Take a look and try your hand...

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1. What is your age?
Under 18 Years Old
18 to 24 Years Old
25 to 30 Years Old
31 to 40 Years Old
41 to 50 Years Old
51 to 60 Years Old
Over 60 Years Old
2. What is your gender?
Male
Female
3. There have been five regular members in Pink Floyd. They are:
Walter, Lee, James, Terry, & Danny
Pete, George, Paul, Ringo, & John
Chris, Rich, Johnny, Jeff, & Steve
Syd, Roger, Nick, Richard, & David
Jimmy, Robert, John, John, & Peter
4. The band released its first single in:
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
5. That first single was:
Arnold Layne, about a pantie thief, hit the Top 20.
The Gnome, about a garden statue, was panned.
Astronomy Domine, an instrumental, caused mass flashbacks.
Scream Thy Last Scream, a nighclub crowd-pleaser, Chipmunks cover tune.
See Emily Play, a bubblegum pop ditty, written by Paul McCartney.
6. Pink Floyd's fourth official release was 1969's Ummagumma, an equal mix of live & studio recordings. Ummagumma is slang for:
Psilocybin.
An orgasm.
High fructose syrup.
Arson.
Madcap laughs.
7. Which is the only member to have belonged to all incarnations of the band.
Barrett
Gilmour
Mason
Waters
Wright
8. Dark Side of the Moon fell off the Billboard album chart in
1975
1973
1994
1982
1987
9. Mademoiselle Knobs is available only
in the UK.
as the B side to Apples and Oranges.
on Barrett's 4th solo album.
in Live at Pompeii.
as a bootleg.
10. Careful With that Axe, Eugene has also been known as
Murderotic Woman
Beset by Creatures of the Deep
Come In, Number 51, Your Time Is Up
2 & 3, above
all of the above
11. The name Pink Floyd comes from
a flamboyant London painter.
a popular '60s-vintage psychedelic drug.
Piedmont bluesmen Floyd Council & Pinkney Anderson.
Barrett's favorite children's book.
a Cambridge nightspot.
12. Waters once said "Steve ... [has] very little idea ... what the music's about." About whom was he talking?
Steve Johnson, the graphic artist who designed the Meddle cover.
Steve Miller, American blues, rock & pop guitarist.
Steve O'Rourke, Pink Floyd's manager.
Steve Marcus, jazz saxophonist & fusion pioneer.
Steve Martin, occasional singer & vocal stylist.
13. What was the original name of (the song) Atom Heart Mother, and what was the name of the subject of the album cover?
The Amazing Pudding & Lulubelle III
The Massed Gadgets of Auximenes & Picdadilly Faire
Behold the Temple of Light & Reg
Vegetable Man & The Wind In the Willows
Incarnation of a Flower Child & Marianne Faithful
14. In the film, The Wall, Pink reads poetry in a bathroom stall after the song Stop! The poetry includes lyrics from
Moment of Clarity
Wish You Were Here
Your Possible Pasts
1 & 3
2 & 3
15. Wright did not appear on which Pink Floyd album?
Animals
The Wall
The Final Cut
A Momentary Lapse of Reason
The Division Bell
16. Lead vocals on the studio cut of Have a Cigar were sung by
Barrett
Waters
Harper
Wright
Gilmour
17. Mason receives vocal credit on
Is There Anybody Out There?
One of These Days
Any Colour You Like
Spanish Theme
Pow R. Toc H.
18. Which album was not a soundtrack?
Obscured by Clouds
More
Zabriskie Point
Echoes
They all were soundtracks.
19. To whom is Waters talking in Not Now, John (from The Final Cut)?
John Barleycorn
Long John Baldry
John Lennon
Pope John Paul II
John Hammer
20. According to Lost for Words, Gilmour reached out to Waters, who said:
I'm busy.
Let's talk later.
I'm not interested.
Go F#&! yourself.
How've you been, buddy?

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