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

The album was released in March 1973, first in the US on 1 March, more than a year after the band first played the whole suite live in January 1972.

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

Hipgnosis, the studio of Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell, presented the band several designs; all four members chose the prism, which George Hardie...

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

'Money' peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100, the band's first US hit single; Cash Box placed it at number 10, and the single edit cut most of...

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

'Money' is mostly in 7/4, an unusual meter for a rock hit; the band shifts to a straight 4/4 for the guitar solo before returning to 7/4 at the end.

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

Dick Parry, a Cambridge friend of the band's guitarist, played the saxophone solos on 'Money' and returned to play on Wish You Were Here.