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This is NOT a Pink Floyd Quiz...

Some Pink Floyd songs have the weirdest things in their lyrics. This quiz is about the things, not the songs, so if you've never listened to Floyd in your life, fear not! You can still do well.

A multiple-choice quiz by Rowena8482. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
Rowena8482

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
309,200

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

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924

Question 1 of 10

1. The song "High Hopes" has the lyric "The ringing of the Division Bell has begun", but what is The Division Bell? Hint

The bell that calls the Cardinals to Conclave to elect a new Pope

The bell that dings to signal a new round in a boxing match

A bell rung to call Members of Parliament to the vote

A bell rung on the floor of the London Stock Exchange to signal a fall in the markets of more than 2 full percentage points

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Question 2 of 10

2. The voice at the beginning of the song "Keep Talking" is instantly recognisable as Professor Stephen Hawking. He also did the voice for his own appearance in an episode of "The Simpsons", but is it true that he is the only person ever to appear as himself in an episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation"?

True

False

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Question 3 of 10

3. The lyrics to the song "Julia Dream" just wouldn't have the same ring to them if they mentioned a scaly Dasypus or scaly Cabassous. Which animal species fit in much better with their English name rather than their Latin ones?

Hint

Python

Echidna

Armadillo

Octopus

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Question 4 of 10

4. "The Gunner's Dream" commemorates the dreadful events of July 20th 1982, when a terrorist bomb went off as the men and horses of the Household Cavalry were on their way to the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace.
Can you remember the name of the heroic horse who recovered from his numerous wounds after major surgery, and went on to serve for another two years afterwards? Hint

Marlbrough

Sefton

Ayresome

Carleton

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Question 5 of 10

5. The song "Careful with that Axe, Eugene" is often erroneously thought to have been written about the childhood accident in which Jerry Garcia (of The Grateful Dead) lost the tip of a finger.
Which of these people was NOT actually named Eugene (or a variation thereof) by their parents? Hint

Gene Simmons (of KISS)

Pope Pius XII

Buzz Aldrin (Astronaut)

Gene Shoemaker (Astronomer)

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Question 6 of 10

6. The song "Let There be More Light" mentions the town of Mildenhall in Suffolk, England.
Which children's author wrote the nonfictional "The Mildenhall Treasure"; an account of the finding of a hoard of Roman silver, discovered near the town in 1942? Hint

Roald Dahl

W. E. Johns

Enid Blyton

Richmal Crompton

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Question 7 of 10

7. "Take Your Filthy Hands off my Desert" is a very short track which references the Falklands Conflict of 1982.
The General Belgrano was an Argentine cruiser which was sunk during the hostilities, having previously survived the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour in 1941. What was her name at the time? Hint

Boise

Phoenix

Springfield

Frankfort

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Question 8 of 10

8. The song "Welcome to the Machine" mentions the book "Scouting for Boys". Written by Robert Baden-Powell in 1908, it was one of the world's best selling books of the 20th Century.
Which of the following books did NOT outsell "Scouting for Boys" in the 20th Century? Hint

The Bible

The Little Red Book of Chairman Mao

The Koran

Roget's Thesaurus

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Question 9 of 10

9. The final lyrics of "The Final Cut" album are
"...and now the weather. Tomorrow will be cloudy with scattered showers
spreading from the east ... with an expected high of 4000 degrees
Celsius"
at the very end of the song "Two Suns in the Sunset".
The Celsius scale for measuring temperature is named for Anders Celsius, the scientist who first proposed it, in 1742.
What was his nationality? Hint

Spanish

German

Swedish

Russian

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Question 10 of 10

10. Possibly one of Pink Floyd's best known songs is "Wish you Were Here". The lyrics say
"We're just two lost souls,
Swimming in a fish bowl,
year after year".
Which child of a famous politician wrote the autobiographical book "Swim on Part in the Goldfish Bowl"? Hint

Euan Blair

Patti Reagan

Carol Thatcher

Chelsea Clinton

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The song "High Hopes" has the lyric "The ringing of the Division Bell has begun", but what is The Division Bell?

Answer: A bell rung to call Members of Parliament to the vote

The original English Division Bell rings to tell Members of Parliament to go to the Chamber for a vote. The sound is transmitted all round Westminster to ensure nobody misses it, and once it has rung Members have eight minutes to get to the Chamber.
The Australian legislature also has a Division Bell to summon Members to form a quorum.

Answer: True

Professor Hawking played himself as a hologram, playing cards with Data, Einstein, and Newton in the episode entitled "Descent Part 1".
Both "High Hopes" and "Keep Talking" are featured on the "Division Bell" album, released in 1994.

Answer: Armadillo

The actual lyric is
"Waiting for the velvet bride
Will the scaly armadillo
Find me where I'm hiding"
"Julia Dream" is on the "Relics" album, released in 1971.
The word armadillo means "small armoured man" in Spanish.

4. "The Gunner's Dream" commemorates the dreadful events of July 20th 1982, when a terrorist bomb went off as the men and horses of the Household Cavalry were on their way to the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace. Can you remember the name of the heroic horse who recovered from his numerous wounds after major surgery, and went on to serve for another two years afterwards?

Answer: Sefton

Eleven men and seven horses were killed by the bomb that day. Sefton's injuries included a severely damaged jugular vein, and shrapnel embedded to the bone in over 30 places on his body. He was feted as a hero by the British people, and was awarded the title of "Horse of the Year" later on in 1982. He retired from active service in 1984 and lived to the ripe old age of 30.
The lyrics of "The Gunner's Dream" are
"You can relax, on both sides of the track
And maniacs, don't blow holes,
In Bandsmen by remote control,"
and the track features on "The Final Cut" album, released in 1983.

5. The song "Careful with that Axe, Eugene" is often erroneously thought to have been written about the childhood accident in which Jerry Garcia (of The Grateful Dead) lost the tip of a finger. Which of these people was NOT actually named Eugene (or a variation thereof) by their parents?

Answer: Gene Simmons (of KISS)

Israeli American rock star Gene Simmons was actually born Chaim Witz. He took the name Gene Simmons in the 1960s, after going through several other changes of name.
Pope Pius XII (Pope from 1939 - 58) had the given name Eugenio, Buzz Aldrin was Christened Edwin Eugene, and Gene Shoemaker's full name was Eugene Merle Shoemaker.
The song "Careful with that Axe, Eugene" is featured on Pink Floyd's "Relics" album (1971), and also as a live recording on their "Ummagumma" album (1969).

6. The song "Let There be More Light" mentions the town of Mildenhall in Suffolk, England. Which children's author wrote the nonfictional "The Mildenhall Treasure"; an account of the finding of a hoard of Roman silver, discovered near the town in 1942?

Answer: Roald Dahl

The track "Let There be More Light" is on the album "A Saucerful of Secrets", released in 1968.
"The Mildenhall Treasure" was first published in the newspaper the "Saturday Evening Post", and later in Dahl's collection "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar".
The Roman hoard dates from the 4th Century, and is now in the British Museum in London.

7. "Take Your Filthy Hands off my Desert" is a very short track which references the Falklands Conflict of 1982. The General Belgrano was an Argentine cruiser which was sunk during the hostilities, having previously survived the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour in 1941. What was her name at the time?

Answer: Phoenix

The USS Phoenix was built in New Jersey between 1935 and 1938, and was the third ship of that name for the US Navy.
As the General Belgrano she is the only ship ever to have been sunk by a nuclear submarine; the HMS Conqueror.
Almost 800 people were saved afterwards by Argentine and Chilean rescue vessels.
In all, sixteen ships were lost during the conflict, on both sides.
"Take Your Filthy Hands off my Desert" features on the album "The Final Cut" (1983).

8. The song "Welcome to the Machine" mentions the book "Scouting for Boys". Written by Robert Baden-Powell in 1908, it was one of the world's best selling books of the 20th Century. Which of the following books did NOT outsell "Scouting for Boys" in the 20th Century?

Answer: Roget's Thesaurus

"Welcome to the Machine" appears on the "Wish you Were Here" album, released in 1975.
Taking sales since publication, "Scouting for Boys" is actually the eighth bestselling book of all time. President Barack Obama was a member of the world's largest scouting movement when he was a member in Indonesia in his youth.

9. The final lyrics of "The Final Cut" album are "...and now the weather. Tomorrow will be cloudy with scattered showers spreading from the east ... with an expected high of 4000 degrees Celsius" at the very end of the song "Two Suns in the Sunset". The Celsius scale for measuring temperature is named for Anders Celsius, the scientist who first proposed it, in 1742. What was his nationality?

Answer: Swedish

When Celsius originated the scale named after him, it was in "reverse order" to the one we know today, with zero degrees as the boiling point of water, and 100 degrees as the freezing point. It was only after his death in 1744 that the scale we use today was used on thermometers then being made.

10. Possibly one of Pink Floyd's best known songs is "Wish you Were Here". The lyrics say "We're just two lost souls, Swimming in a fish bowl, year after year". Which child of a famous politician wrote the autobiographical book "Swim on Part in the Goldfish Bowl"?

Answer: Carol Thatcher

Carol Thatcher's book caused some controversy when it was published in 2008, as it talked about the poor health and onset of dementia in her mother, Margaret. Carol also made the news in 2005, when she was the winner of the UK reality television show "I'm a Celebrity...Get me out of Here!".
The "Wish you Were Here" album was released in 1975.

Source: Author Rowena8482

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