Q 01/05

Which James Bond film's title song did Paul McCartney write and record with Wings in 1973?

A) Goldfinger

B) Live and Let Die

C) Diamonds Are Forever

D) The Man with the Golden Gun

Answer · why

B) Live and Let Die

Live and Let Die came fast: McCartney read Ian Fleming's novel, began the song the same day, and recorded it with Wings and his old Beatles producer G...

Q 02/05

Which river gave its name to the early-1960s beat scene that produced the Beatles?

A) The Thames

B) The Tyne

C) The Mersey

D) The Clyde

Answer · why

C) The Mersey

The Mersey runs past Liverpool, and 'Mersey Beat' began in 1961 as the title of a local music paper; founder Bill Harry said the beat he had in mind w...

Q 03/05

Which original bass guitarist left the Beatles to pursue a career as a painter?

A) Pete Best

B) Norman Chapman

C) Johnny Hutchinson

D) Stuart Sutcliffe

Answer · why

D) Stuart Sutcliffe

Stuart Sutcliffe owned a bass only because his bandmates talked him into it after he sold a painting for £65; he quit in 1961 to study art and died of...

Q 04/05

Which single gave the Beatles their first number one on the official UK Singles Chart?

A) I Feel Fine

B) I Want to Hold Your Hand

C) She Loves You

D) From Me to You

Answer · why

D) From Me to You

'From Me to You' stayed on top for seven weeks; the band's previous single had led other papers' charts but peaked at number two on the Record Retaile...

Q 05/05

Which Beatles song opens with the line 'all my troubles seemed so far away'?

A) Let It Be

B) Hey Jude

C) Yesterday

D) Eleanor Rigby

Answer · why

C) Yesterday

'Yesterday' arrived so complete that Paul McCartney spent about a month asking people in the music business whether they had heard the tune before, su...