Topic: Quiz for the die-hard fans? (Read 5796 times)

Sun_King · « **on:** September 10, 2009, 08:38:32 PM »

Ok, I'm new here, but I do have several decades worth of loving this great band's music, so I'll try my luck at beating the experts? Hope these haven't been asked before here?

1. What is muttered in the background during final first phase of Hey Jude, as the words "Re-mem-ber, to let her in-to your skin... then you'll be-giiiii-n..." are sung?

2. Why did Lennon change the name of his song "Sexy Sadie" shortly before it's release?

3. Polythene Pam, the mythical character from Abbey Road, was "Killer Diller" in what?

4. What was Ringo referring to when he said, when asked why the Beatles wouldn't perform a concert, that "We don't do Benefits"?

5. Name the two songs that the Beatles played Fuzz Bass on?

6. In the unreleased song "What's the new, Mary Jane?", what does Mary have at the party?

No extra points for being a smartarse!!

Mairi · « **Reply #1 on:** September 10, 2009, 08:57:45 PM »

1. "Wrong chord, f*ing hell."
2. It was originally going to be called Maharishi, but he feared that would be libel.
3. When she's dressed to the hilt
6. a pain

Hello Goodbye · « **Reply #2 on:** September 10, 2009, 09:25:59 PM »

4. The Beatles refused to perform for the Queen of England at a British Olympic Appeal Fund show in 1968
5. Think For Yourself and Mean Mr. Mustard

Sun_King · « **Reply #3 on:** September 12, 2009, 07:57:43 PM »

Brilliant efforts, guys!

However, only no.4 remains unanswered correctly!!

fendertele · « **Reply #4 on:** September 13, 2009, 01:17:37 AM »

Was number 4 anything to do when they refused to play for the the first lady of the Philippines.

breedofrandy · « **Reply #5 on:** September 13, 2009, 08:58:37 AM »

Quote from: fendertele on September 13, 2009, 01:17:37 AM

Was number 4 anything to do when they refused to play for the the first lady of the Philippines.

Madame Marcos. They didn't show up for breakfest, I don't think they ever really knew about it until the day of. When they saw themselves not showing up for the breakfest on television.

Hello Goodbye · « **Reply #6 on:** October 05, 2009, 02:55:20 AM »

I think I was correct in my response to #4.

fendertele · « **Reply #7 on:** October 05, 2009, 03:03:17 AM »

not sure i think 5 was right as he said only number 4 remains after youre answer so i take it 5 was good but 4 still needed answering ? we shall never know unless he pops back

peterbell1 · « **Reply #8 on:** October 06, 2009, 11:05:23 AM »

I think Hello Goodbye had the correct response for #4.
At least according to this website (scroll down to 1968).....
http://history.absoluteelsewhere.net/April/april25.html

fendertele · « **Reply #9 on:** October 06, 2009, 03:54:07 PM »

yeah that'll be it then

now we just need someone to take over with a new set of Q's

peterbell1 · « **Reply #10 on:** October 06, 2009, 04:45:18 PM »

OK - I'll give it a go. Might be too easy though...

1.   On which Beatles song does Mal Evans play trumpet?
2.   Clapper and Algernon – what’s the Beatles link?
3.   John Lennon was named among the 100 Greatest Britons in a BBC poll in 2002. What position was he?
4.   Name Ringo’s three children.
5.   Songwriter Rudy Clark had a song covered by a solo Beatle – what was the song?
6.   What links The Beatles and Elias Howe?

breedofrandy · « **Reply #11 on:** October 06, 2009, 04:59:10 PM »

1. Helter Skelter?
4. Zac, Jason, and Lee
5. Got my mind set on you?
6. The Help! Movie?

That's what I've got now.

Hello Goodbye · « **Reply #12 on:** October 06, 2009, 06:52:32 PM »

2. Roy Kinnear played Algernon in Help! and Clapper in How I Won the War (in which John Lennon played Musketeer Gripweed).

peterbell1 · « **Reply #13 on:** October 06, 2009, 07:04:37 PM »

I knew it would be too easy!!
There's only #3 to get now.

The Help! film is the right answer for #6 - at the very end, the film has a dedication to "Elias Howe - inventor of the sewing machine" (or something along those lines). I watched Help! just the other day and noticed it for the first time.

fendertele · « **Reply #14 on:** October 06, 2009, 10:38:12 PM »

i remember watching it he was top 5 and macca was 11th i think he finished 5th as i remember being shocked when they anounced him first after the public vote

peterbell1 · « **Reply #15 on:** October 06, 2009, 11:14:42 PM »

I can tell you that George was #62 in the list of the 100 Greatest Britons, Paul was #19, and poor old Ringo wasn't featured at all.
John WASN'T at #5.

BlueMeanie · « **Reply #16 on:** October 06, 2009, 11:41:57 PM »

Lennon was 8 wasn't he? I seem to remember he was sandwiched between Elizabeth 1 and Henry VIII, or something like that.

I also remember being surprised that Bono and Bob Geldof were in the list, seeing as they're not British!

fendertele · « **Reply #17 on:** October 07, 2009, 01:05:49 AM »

yh he was defo top 10 as i remember being really angry that he beat out Paul

, as it was at the time when there wasa huge Lennon revival and imagine was everywhere and there was a lot of John is Cool and Paul isn't crap that came with the Gallaghers views

peterbell1 · « **Reply #18 on:** October 07, 2009, 08:21:34 AM »

Yep - John ended up at #8.
The full list is here...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_Greatest_Britons

For those outside the UK who maybe didn't see it, BBC viewers voted for their favourite Briton and then the top ten choices went into a second round, with each person getting an hour-long programme made about them. In each programme a "celebrity" fan put forward their case for why they thought this person should be chosen as the greatest Briton. The Lennon programme was narrated by British actor and comedian Alan Davies.

Here's the link to the programme on YouTube (part 1 of 6)...


BBC Great Britons John Lennon (part 1 of 6)

BlueMeanie · « **Reply #19 on:** October 07, 2009, 08:26:59 AM »

They showed it earlier this year on BBC Entertainment in Scandinavia. Which is how I remembered!

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