Q 01/05

In 1966, John Lennon set off American record burnings by calling the Beatles more popular than whom?

A) Elvis

B) Jesus

C) The Queen

D) The Pope

Answer · why

B) Jesus

Jesus was the comparison, made to a London newspaper with little reaction in Britain. Southern US radio stations organized public burnings of Beatles ...

Q 02/05

Which singer did Lennon join on stage in 1974, as promised if their single reached number one?

A) David Bowie

B) Mick Jagger

C) Elton John

D) Stevie Wonder

Answer · why

C) Elton John

Elton John had played piano on Whatever Gets You thru the Night, a song whose prospects its writer doubted. It became Lennon's only solo US chart-topp...

Q 03/05

Which honor did John Lennon return to the Queen in 1969 in protest over Biafra and Vietnam?

A) His MBE medal

B) His OBE medal

C) His CBE medal

D) His knighthood

Answer · why

A) His MBE medal

His MBE medal went back with a note that also, perhaps jokingly, protested his single Cold Turkey slipping down the charts. The gesture changed nothin...

Q 04/05

In which city did John Lennon and Yoko Ono hold their 1969 honeymoon bed-in for the world's press?

A) Paris

B) Vienna

C) Copenhagen

D) Amsterdam

Answer · why

D) Amsterdam

Amsterdam hosted the first week in bed for peace, in a Hilton suite open to reporters from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. A second followed in Montreal after...

Q 05/05

Which Beatles ballad was written to comfort John Lennon's son Julian during his parents' divorce?

A) Hey Jude

B) Let It Be

C) Yesterday

D) Blackbird

Answer · why

A) Hey Jude

Hey Jude began life as Hey Jules, sketched on a drive to visit the five-year-old. Its writer swapped the name simply because Jude sounded a bit better...