Q 01/05

Which rock star plays a TV reporter whose microphone is stolen mid-interview in the Rutles film All You Need Is Cash?

A) Eric Clapton

B) Bruce Springsteen

C) George Harrison

D) David Bowie

Answer · why

C) George Harrison

George Harrison backed the Rutles from the start, urging Eric Idle and Neil Innes to make a film that would deflate the myths around his old band.

Q 02/05

In the Rutles film All You Need Is Cash, which American singer introduces the band to tea, causing a scandal?

A) Bob Dylan

B) Elvis Presley

C) Jimi Hendrix

D) Brian Wilson

Answer · why

A) Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan gets the credit for the tea that shaped the Rutles' greatest work, and the outcry begins when Dirk McQuickly publicly admits to enjoying it,...

Q 03/05

Rutles manager Leggy Mountbatten disliked the band's music in All You Need Is Cash but signed them for their what?

A) Haircuts

B) Accents

C) Boots

D) Trousers

Answer · why

D) Trousers

Trousers were the attraction: Leggy Mountbatten spotted the Rutles at Liverpool's Cavern Club and thought little of their playing, as his mother recal...

Q 04/05

Rutles songwriter Neil Innes won a share of the royalties from Whatever, a 1994 hit for which Britpop band?

A) Blur

B) Pulp

C) Oasis

D) Suede

Answer · why

C) Oasis

Oasis settled out of court because Whatever borrowed part of the melody of Innes's song How Sweet to Be an Idiot; the Rutles' Shangri-La later made a ...

Q 05/05

Leggy Mountbatten, the manager who signs the Rutles in All You Need Is Cash, is a parody of which Beatles figure?

A) Brian Epstein

B) Dick James

C) Neil Aspinall

D) Mal Evans

Answer · why

A) Brian Epstein

Brian Epstein is the model, and the joke runs in the family: the manager's mother, Iris Mountbatten, is a parody of Queenie Epstein.