Q 01/05

Which animal is the only thing pictured on the front cover of Pink Floyd's 1970 album Atom Heart Mother?

A) A cow

B) A pig

C) A sheep

D) A horse

Answer · why

A) A cow

A cow named Lulubelle III is all the sleeve shows, with no band name or title. Designer Storm Thorgerson drove into the countryside and photographed t...

Q 02/05

Which horror film made Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells a worldwide hit by using its opening piano motif as a theme?

A) The Omen

B) Rosemary's Baby

C) The Exorcist

D) The Shining

Answer · why

C) The Exorcist

The Exorcist rescued a record that had been selling slowly. Mike Oldfield was 19 when recording began and played almost all of the instruments himself...

Q 03/05

Which band lost a 1989 Grammy to Jethro Tull in one of the award show's most famous upsets?

A) Megadeth

B) Metallica

C) Iron Maiden

D) Guns N' Roses

Answer · why

B) Metallica

Metallica got the last word in 1992: accepting a Grammy for their self-titled album, drummer Lars Ulrich jokingly thanked Jethro Tull for not releasin...

Q 04/05

Which drummer stepped up as lead singer of Genesis after a long search for a new frontman failed?

A) Bill Bruford

B) Carl Palmer

C) Nick Mason

D) Phil Collins

Answer · why

D) Phil Collins

Phil Collins had been singing backing vocals for the applicants during the auditions. He took the lead himself on the album A Trick of the Tail.

Q 05/05

Which classic film do fans play in sync with Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon, claiming the two match?

A) Gone with the Wind

B) The Wizard of Oz

C) Snow White

D) Citizen Kane

Answer · why

B) The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz pairing, nicknamed Dark Side of the Rainbow, spread after a 1995 newspaper article. Members of Pink Floyd have denied any connection ...