The Beatles Quiz!

[Shrimp]

Here's an extra question.
In the song A Day in the Life.
John wrote " but I just had to look, having read the book"
What book was he referring too?

Educated guess, " All Quiet on the Western Front".

 

[urban genie]

Here's an extra question.
In the song A Day in the Life.
John wrote " but I just had to look, having read the book"
What book was he referring too?

How I won the war

 

[Maintainin]

Here's an extra question.
In the song A Day in the Life.
John wrote " but I just had to look, having read the book"
What book was he referring too?

Candles, Carts & Carbolic ? ! ?





Don't Blow Out The Candle ? ! ?

 

[Bill Walker]

How I won the war

Yep.
He was in the movie so he read the book.

 

[BlueHammer85]

Maintainin 17
urban genie 16
Bill Walker 12
Shrimp 9
Shuffs 5
bigstanhibbert 5
Millo 3
Shirley 3
Mad Eyed Screamer 3
Whichonespink 2
JOGAMIGMOG 2
norman 2
David El Mago Silva 1
dublinblue12 1
Adebayor's Skidmarks 1
Mr Blue Moon 1
mancity1 1
Exeter Blue I am here 1
meltonblue 1


88) What was Cynthia Lennon’s surname before getting Married ?

 

[Maintainin]

Powell ?

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Maintainin 17
urban genie 16
Bill Walker 12
Shrimp 9
Shuffs 5
bigstanhibbert 5
Millo 3
Shirley 3
Mad Eyed Screamer 3
Whichonespink 2
JOGAMIGMOG 2
norman 2
David El Mago Silva 1
dublinblue12 1
Adebayor's Skidmarks 1
Mr Blue Moon 1
mancity1 1
Exeter Blue I am here 1
meltonblue 1


88) What was Cynthia Lennon’s surname before getting Married ?

Klopp

 

[BlueHammer85]

Powell ?

Correct !

Cynthia Lennon obituary | John Lennon | The Guardian

First wife of the Beatle John Lennon who never escaped his shadow

amp.theguardian.com

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Candles, Carts & Carbolic ? ! ?


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Don't Blow Out The Candle ? ! ?

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Books about Liverpool and candles? Who'd have thought....

 

[BlueHammer85]

Maintainin 18
urban genie 16
Bill Walker 12
Shrimp 9
Shuffs 5
bigstanhibbert 5
Millo 3
Shirley 3
Mad Eyed Screamer 3
Whichonespink 2
JOGAMIGMOG 2
norman 2
David El Mago Silva 1
dublinblue12 1
Adebayor's Skidmarks 1
Mr Blue Moon 1
mancity1 1
Exeter Blue I am here 1
meltonblue 1


89) What was the B side to ‘Hello Goodbye’ ?

 

[Shrimp]

Maintainin 18
urban genie 16
Bill Walker 12
Shrimp 9
Shuffs 5
bigstanhibbert 5
Millo 3
Shirley 3
Mad Eyed Screamer 3
Whichonespink 2
JOGAMIGMOG 2
norman 2
David El Mago Silva 1
dublinblue12 1
Adebayor's Skidmarks 1
Mr Blue Moon 1
mancity1 1
Exeter Blue I am here 1
meltonblue 1


89) What was the B side to ‘Hello Goodbye’ ?

I am the Walrus

 

[BlueHammer85]

I am the Walrus

Correct !

 

[BlueHammer85]

Maintainin 18
urban genie 16
Bill Walker 12
Shrimp 10
Shuffs 5
bigstanhibbert 5
Millo 3
Shirley 3
Mad Eyed Screamer 3
Whichonespink 2
JOGAMIGMOG 2
norman 2
David El Mago Silva 1
dublinblue12 1
Adebayor's Skidmarks 1
Mr Blue Moon 1
mancity1 1
Exeter Blue I am here 1
meltonblue 1


90) Name the Beatles song chosen on BBC show ‘Desert Island Discs’

Ed McBain ‘’ I felt Abbey Road was The Beatles at their peak, My wife and I patched onto this as our theme song for our continuing love affair ‘’

 

[bigstanhibbert]

Something

 

[Maintainin]

Blackbird ?

 

[JOGAMIGMOG]

Oh Darling

 

[BlueHammer85]

Something

Correct !

27:30

Desert Island Discs - Ed McBain - BBC Sounds

Roy Plomley's castaway is the writer Ed McBain

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[BlueHammer85]

Maintainin 18
urban genie 16
Bill Walker 12
Shrimp 10
bigstanhibbert 6
Shuffs 5
Millo 3
Shirley 3
Mad Eyed Screamer 3
Whichonespink 2
JOGAMIGMOG 2
norman 2
David El Mago Silva 1
dublinblue12 1
Adebayor's Skidmarks 1
Mr Blue Moon 1
mancity1 1
Exeter Blue I am here 1
meltonblue 1


91) In 1963 what was the title of the 15-week radio series devoted to The Beatles, broadcast in the summer on the BBC ?

 

[bigstanhibbert]

An alternative to the song Pop Goes The Weazel - Pop Go The Beatles

 

[BlueHammer85]

An alternative to the song Pop Goes The Weazel - Pop Go The Beatles

Correct!

When the Beatles Had Their Own BBC Show, a Lot of People Hated It

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