Q 01/05

In what year was The Dark Side of the Moon released?

A) 1969

B) 1971

C) 1972

D) 1973

Answer · why

D) 1973

It came out in the US on 1 March and in the UK on 16 March, more than a year after the band had first played the whole suite live.

Q 02/05

The prism sleeve was designed by which design studio, which had also done the band's cow and ear covers?

A) Pushead

B) Hipgnosis

C) Peter Saville Associates

D) Roger Dean's studio

Answer · why

B) Hipgnosis

Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell offered seven designs; all four members pointed at the prism.

Q 03/05

'Money', the band's first US hit, peaked at which position on the Billboard Hot 100?

A) 13

B) 17

C) 21

D) 25

Answer · why

A) 13

Cash Box had it three places higher, at number 10; the single edit chopped out most of the sax and guitar solos.

Q 04/05

Most of 'Money' is written in which unusual time signature?

A) 5/4

B) 6/8

C) 7/4

D) 9/8

Answer · why

C) 7/4

Waters wrote the riff on an acoustic guitar and said the odd meter suited the song's bluesy feel; the guitar solo switches to a straight 4/4.

Q 05/05

Which saxophonist, an old friend of David Gilmour, was booked to play on the album?

A) Mel Collins

B) Dick Parry

C) Bobby Keys

D) Andy Mackay

Answer · why

B) Dick Parry

The band did not know many other musicians, so they simply asked someone Gilmour knew; he later played on Wish You Were Here too.