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TRIVIA CHALLENGE #11: In Their Own Words

By Gerhard den Hollander • Javascript by Rick Karhu

This issue's trivia is slightly different from the usual fare. Whereas we normally try to match the trivia column up with the theme of Spare Bricks, this time around I failed to come up with any questions about acoustic Floyd that were challenging, fun to do, and/or caused the "wow, I never knew that" feeling that we try to achieve with the trivia quiz.

So this time around you are faced with a number of quotes, most from the Floyds themselves, and you are challenged to pick the right answer from the 4 possible options.

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Note: Icons are updated when you hit the "My Score" button at the bottom of the quiz.

HINT: many of these answers can be found in other parts of Spare Bricks.

1. An album review stated: "I hate fast cars, I hated Pink Floyd, and I hate this record. And I bet the film is a pile of shit too." Which album?

2. Flutist James Galway was once quoted as saying: "Every musician should know [this album]. If they don't they should be ashamed of themselves. It's one of the greatest things written in the history of Rock." Which album?

3. "Who gives a fuck?" Who said this, and when?

4. A Record Collector review stated: "The inclusion of Saucerful and Lapse is tantamount to sheer bloody-mindedness." They were reviewing what?

5. A review again: "Magnificent! Unfortunate, then, that the remaining hour should bring all the joy of chewing on a bucket of gravel." What was being reviewed here?

6. A review way back when in the Floyd fanzine The Amazing Pudding mentioned an unreleased Syd Barrett tune "Flossy The Pig" used a background for the movie "Lesbian Nuns on Big Motorbikes"

7. A movie was described as "A flaccid fandango of pretentious poop about a bunch of boulevard hippies seeking Shangri-La [...]" Which movie?

8. The Floyd tune announced as "Baby Blue Shuffle in D Major" would later be recorded under the title...

9. "I'm not awfuly good at this silly sort of thing, but sometimes, when the inspiration strikes, I can get down with the best of them." Who said this and when?

10. "We did 16 tracks [..] in 5 sessions, which for us is silly. And we suffered from it. Actually I quite like it." Who and what?

11. "For me [this] is the central song of [The Wall]. It is about not letting anything become more important then friends, wives, children, other people." Which song was Roger Waters referring to?

12. The song "Coming Back To Live" refers to "This dangerous but irresistible pastime". According to David Gilmour that is:

13. "We were basically told the road has been destroyed, the bridges are washed away, and [the police] are going to arrest us for the slightest infringement." What was Nick Mason talking about?

14. Peter Jenner described it as "The Ultimate Self Diagnosis of a state of schizophrenia" What was he talking about?

15. Who described which solo effort as "An odd spinoff from an aging dinosaur"?

16. Which song did Roger Waters announce onstage as "This one is called 'Looking Through the Knotholes in Granny's Wooden Leg"?

17. Roger described another song as "a poignant appraisal of the contemporary social situation". Which one?

18. Who said "I asked Pete Townsend for help because I was running short on time and even shorter on inspiration" and about what?

19. Who said "I cannot imaging anyone liking Syd's albums. I mean, musically they are atrocious."

20. "It's the name of my boat. That's what it was called when I got it" Which name? Whose boat?