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Pink Floyd Trivia Questions

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

1.

The line 'And then one day you find ten years have got behind you' is from 'Time'.

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This lyric appears in the song 'Time' from 'The Dark Side of the Moon,' reflecting on the passage of life.

2.

Syd Barrett was fired from Pink Floyd for being too commercial.

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Easy
✗ FALSE

Barrett left due to severe mental health issues and LSD use, not commercialism. His behavior became erratic and unmanageable.

3.

Richard Wright was the only band member to never sing lead on a Pink Floyd album.

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Medium
✗ FALSE

Wright sang lead on several songs, including 'Echoes' and 'Us and Them,' and also contributed backing vocals.

4.

The pig on the cover of 'Animals' was actually a giant inflatable that flew away.

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During the cover shoot, the inflatable pig broke loose and drifted into flight paths, causing Heathrow to cancel flights.

5.

Pink Floyd's 'The Dark Side of the Moon' syncs perfectly with 'The Wizard of Oz'.

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Medium
✗ FALSE

The sync is a popular myth. Band members deny intentional alignment, and timings shift between different versions of the film and album, making a perfect sync impossible.

6.

The only female voice on 'The Dark Side of the Moon' belongs to Clare Torry.

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Hard
✗ FALSE

Clare Torry does the iconic vocals on 'The Great Gig in the Sky,' but the album also features female backing vocalists Doris Troy, Lesley Duncan, Liza Strike, and Barry St. John on other tracks, so she is not the only female voice.

7.

Pink Floyd's concert film 'Live at Pompeii' was shot in an amphitheater without an audience in 1971.

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In October 1971, the band filmed performances at the Roman amphitheater in Pompeii, Italy, with no live audience, for the documentary released in 1972.

8.

Pink Floyd's 'Atom Heart Mother' was originally titled 'The Amazing Pudding'.

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The working title was 'The Amazing Pudding' before Ron Geesin helped orchestrate it. The band later disliked the final album.

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