The Darkside Of The Wall Trivia Quiz

Answer: Sigma 6

It was in 1965 when Syd Barrett, Bob Close, Rick Wright, Nick Mason, and Roger Waters formed the band 'Sigma 6'.

Answer: Syd Barrett

The band had also called themselves 'The Screaming Abdabs', 'The Meggadeaths' and 'The Architectural Abdabs'. It was Syd Barrett who came up with the name 'The Pink Floyd Sound', inspired by two jazz artists Pink Anderson and Floyd Council.

Answer: Dave Gilmour

Syd was heavily involved into LSD and was having trouble dealing with all the pressure of being a star. So the band brought in Syd's friend, guitarist Dave Gilmour. Syd was eventually dropped from the band in 1968.

Answer: 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond'

Syd's 1968 departure inspired the song 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond' from the 1975 'Wish You Were Here' album.

Answer: 723 weeks

It stayed on Billboard's top 200 album chart until April 23, 1988, and after that they changed the format so that once an album dropped off, it could not return. It stayed there for about 723 weeks--the longest of any album.

Answer: 9

'Shine On You Crazy Diamond' is broken up into two separate sections, with the first section made up of 'Parts 1-5' and the last section made up of 'Parts 6-9'. The album songs are: 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond - (Parts I, II, III, IV, V)','Welcome To The Machine', 'Have A Cigar', 'Wish You Were Here', 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond - (Parts VI, VII, VIII, IX)'.

Answer: Cows

The album features the songs 'Pigs On The Wing (Part One)', 'Dogs', 'Pigs (Three Different Ones)', 'Sheep', 'Pigs On The Wing (Part Two)'. A cow is featured on the cover of their 1970 album 'Atom Heart Mother'.

Answer: Jeff Porcaro

Nick Mason was having problems laying down the drum tracks to the song, so Dave Gilmour hired Jeff Porcaro to help on that song. Roger Waters liked the idea and was thinking of getting rid of Nick, but eventually pushed keyboardist Rick Wright to quit.

Answer: They were lyrics to a Pink Floyd song

The poetry that 'Young Pink' was caught with during 'The Happiest Days of Our Lives' scene is the second verse from 'Money', from 'The Dark Side of the Moon' album.

Answer: All 3 Of Them

'What Shall We Do Now?' was a song that was dropped from the studio album at the last minute but included in the film version of 'The Wall'. 'The Last Few Bricks' is a medley containing elements of songs heard in the first part of the show, to allow stage-hands time to complete construction of the massive cardboard brick wall that was a main feature of the performances .

The 'Master of Ceremonies' segments was an announcer who introduced the band before they performed both versions of 'In the Flesh?'.

Answer: Rick Wright

The material for 'The Final Cut' had been written by Waters for 'The Wall' and rejected at that time by the rest of the group. Rick Wright had left the band, due to pressure from Waters, and Gilmour and Mason were reduced to the status of mere session musicians.

Answer: Eric Waters

The album was dedicated to Eric Fletcher Waters (1913-1944), Roger's father who died in WWII.

Answer: Music From 'The Body'

Roger was working on this 1970's project with Ron Geesin. He needed a band, and as the other Pink Floyd members were on holiday he called them to play as session musicians. Water's first solo album after leaving Pink Floyd was the 1984 'The Pros And Cons Of Hitchhiking', which was originally presented to the band but rejected in favour of doing 'The Wall'.

Answer: Stephen Hawking

It's Stephen Hawking 'voice' on 'Keep Talking'. He is the one who says 'For millions of years mankind lived just like animals. Then something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination. We learned to talk.'

Answer: 1996

On Jan. 17, 1996, 'Pink Floyd' was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Gilmour, Mason and Wright were in attendance but Waters and Barrett were not.