Q 01/05
A) Pilton Manor Farm
B) Pennard Farm
C) Worthy Farm
D) Avalon Farm
Answer · why
It sits between the villages of Pilton and Pylle in Somerset, about six miles east of the town of Glastonbury.
Q 02/05
A) Michael Eavis
B) Andrew Kerr
C) Bill Harkin
D) Arabella Churchill
Answer · why
A Methodist-raised dairy farmer born in Pilton in 1935, he was knighted at Windsor Castle in early 2024.
Q 03/05
A) Led Zeppelin at Bath in 1970
B) Pink Floyd in Hyde Park
C) The Beatles on the Apple rooftop
D) Bob Dylan on the Isle of Wight
Answer · why
He saw the open-air show at the nearby Bath and West Showground and staged his own event that September.
Q 04/05
A) 10 shillings
B) £5
C) £1
D) £2 10s
Answer · why
About 1,500 people came on Saturday 19 September 1970 to the event then called the Pilton Festival.
Q 05/05
A) Tyrannosaurus Rex
B) Hawkwind
C) Al Stewart
D) Fairport Convention
Answer · why
Marc Bolan's band, later T. Rex, topped a bill that also included Stackridge, who returned in 2008.
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