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A prism splitting light into a rainbow appears on which album cover?
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- 1. A prism splitting light into a rainbow appears on which album cover?
- A. The Dark Side of the Moon (answer)
- B. Wish You Were Here
- C. Abbey Road
- D. Rumours
Pink Floyd's cover was designed by the studio Hipgnosis. - 2. A baby swimming towards a dollar bill is on which album cover?
- A. Nevermind (answer)
- B. Ten
- C. In Utero
- D. Siamese Dream
Nirvana released 'Nevermind' in 1991. - 3. ABBA's name comes from what?
- A. A Swedish word for music
- B. The members' first initials (answer)
- C. A fish canning company
- D. A street in Stockholm
Agnetha, Bjorn, Benny and Anni-Frid. A Swedish seafood company already had the name, and agreed to share it. - 4. Duran Duran took their name from a character in which film?
- A. Barbarella (answer)
- B. Blade Runner
- C. Star Wars
- D. Goldfinger
Dr Durand Durand is the villain in the 1968 science fiction film. - 5. Which band is named after a 1920s blues musician pairing, Pink Anderson and Floyd Council?
- A. Pink Floyd (answer)
- B. The Pink Panthers
- C. Floyd Rose
- D. Pink Fairies
Syd Barrett combined the two names. - 6. Four band members crossing a zebra crossing appear on which album cover?
- A. Abbey Road (answer)
- B. Revolver
- C. Help!
- D. Let It Be
The crossing outside the studio in London is a listed site. - 7. Led Zeppelin's name came from a joke that the band would go down like what?
- A. A lead balloon (answer)
- B. A sinking ship
- C. A stone
- D. A brick
The spelling was changed from 'lead' so people would pronounce it correctly. - 8. What is pictured on the cover of Oasis's 'Definitely Maybe'?
- A. The band in a living room (answer)
- B. A motorway
- C. A football
- D. A guitar on fire
It was photographed in guitarist Bonehead's house in Manchester. - 9. The band Radiohead named themselves after a song by which band?
- A. Talking Heads (answer)
- B. The Smiths
- C. R.E.M.
- D. Joy Division
'Radio Head' is a track on Talking Heads' 1986 album 'True Stories'. - 10. The Beatles' name was partly inspired by which band?
- A. Buddy Holly and the Crickets (answer)
- B. The Everly Brothers
- C. Bill Haley and His Comets
- D. The Shadows
The insect theme nodded to the Crickets, with 'beat' worked into the spelling. - 11. Which artist's album '25' followed '19' and '21'?
- A. Adele (answer)
- B. Ed Sheeran
- C. Taylor Swift
- D. Sam Smith
Each album is named after Adele's age at the time of writing. - 12. Ed Sheeran's albums are mostly named after what?
- A. Mathematical symbols (answer)
- B. Colours
- C. Cities
- D. Planets
Examples include '+', 'x', '÷' and '='.
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