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Roger Waters' " Radio KAOS" Trivia Quiz

Roger Waters' best solo album after leaving Pink Floyd. This quiz will cover the songs and the backstory included on the lyrics pages.

A multiple-choice quiz by JayGetsBuzzed. Estimated time: 5 mins.

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JayGetsBuzzed

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97,735

Updated
Dec 03 21

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10

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Question 1 of 10

1. "This is K-A-O-S, you and I are listening to chaos in.." Where? Hint

San Ysidro

San Francisco

Los Angeles

San Diego

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Question 2 of 10

2. Benny, Billy's normal twin brother, is a coal miner where? Hint

Georgia

Portugal

Wales

Pennsylvainia

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Question 3 of 10

3. Benny breaks into a HiFi shop and steals something. What does he steal? Hint

An early cell phone

A stereo

A computer

A cordless phone

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Question 4 of 10

4. Billy is actually quite smart. How can he communicate with the outside world? Hint

By singing

Morse Code

Telepathy

Radio waves

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Question 5 of 10

5. Finish the lyric: "You wake up in the morning, get something for the pot, wonder why the sun makes the rocks feel hot, draw on the walls, eat, get laid back in.."

Answer: (4 Words)

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Question 6 of 10

6. "I hate fish, but I think most of all I hate fresh fish, like trout, I hate fresh trout. My least hated favorite fish would have to be.." Hint

Flounder

Salmon

Guppies

Sole

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Question 7 of 10

7. According to Billy, how many minutes were left before the bombs hit? Hint

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Question 8 of 10

8. This album was originally released with one less song than the final version. Which song was added after Live Aid? Hint

The Tide is Turning

Sunset Strip

Home

Who Needs Information

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Question 9 of 10

9. Billy stays in California with his Great Uncle David. What did Uncle Dave do during World War II? Hint

He was a Captain of a Battleship

He was a Ranger in the 181st Airborne

Being only 10, he ran a paper route

He worked on the Manhattan Project

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Question 10 of 10

10. And finally, who played the voice of Great Uncle Dave's Great Dane? Hint

Beethoven, the Great Dane

James T. Kirk

Terrance, the Poodle

Stuart, the Spaniel

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "This is K-A-O-S, you and I are listening to chaos in.." Where?

Answer: Los Angeles

Good old Jim, the D.J., opens the album with this line, the first in the song "Radio Waves".

2. Benny, Billy's normal twin brother, is a coal miner where?

Answer: Wales

Where he is married to Molly, and takes care of his (apparently) vegetable brother.

3. Benny breaks into a HiFi shop and steals something. What does he steal?

Answer: A cordless phone

When the police come to question Benny about the death of a cab driver, he hides the phone under Billy's wheelchair cushion. Billy is shocked to find that he can make contact to the outside world through the phone.

4. Billy is actually quite smart. How can he communicate with the outside world?

Answer: Radio waves

"Hello I'm Billy." "O.K." " I hear Radio Waves, in my head." "You hear Radio Waves in your head. Ah. Is there a request that you have tonight for KAOS?" Also from the song "Radio Waves".

5. Finish the lyric: "You wake up in the morning, get something for the pot, wonder why the sun makes the rocks feel hot, draw on the walls, eat, get laid back in.."

Answer: the good old days

This is the opening line of the song "Me or Him".

6. "I hate fish, but I think most of all I hate fresh fish, like trout, I hate fresh trout. My least hated favorite fish would have to be.."

Answer: Sole

"That way you don't have to see the eyes. Sole has no eyes." This is part of the segue between "Sunset Strip" and "Home".

7. According to Billy, how many minutes were left before the bombs hit?

Answer: 4

"They presses the button Jim." "They pressed the button Billy? What button?" "The big red one." "You mean THE button?" "Goodbye Jim." "Goodbye! Oh yes this ain't au revoir, it's goodbye." From the song "Four Minutes".

8. This album was originally released with one less song than the final version. Which song was added after Live Aid?

Answer: The Tide is Turning

This album was originally made as a diatribe against nuclear weapons and the general disintergration of the civilized world, but after the Live-Aid concert Roger Waters decided to add this final song in recogniton of the slow recovery of world relations.

9. Billy stays in California with his Great Uncle David. What did Uncle Dave do during World War II?

Answer: He worked on the Manhattan Project

Now, being an old man, he is haunted by his assistance in the creation of the Atomic Bomb.

10. And finally, who played the voice of Great Uncle Dave's Great Dane?

Answer: Stuart, the Spaniel

O.K. I had to throw one little Star Trek blurb in here. Stuart played the voice of the unnamed Great Dane, with the assistance of an AKAI 900 sampler, and a DX7 to "make him sound bigger".

Source: Author JayGetsBuzzed

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