37 Beatles Trivia Questions and Answers
Questions about John, Paul, George and Ringo: the albums, the lyrics, the films and the people around the band. Some are easy for anyone who owns the records, and a few will stretch a real fan. Answers are shown under each question.
There are 37 questions on this page. They are free to use for quiz nights, classrooms and pub quizzes, and each one links to its own page.
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1.The song Yesterday was released on which Beatles album?
Answer: HELP
Open this question2.Growing up in Liverpool, young John Lennon played with his friends in these thickly wooded gardens and later named a song after them. The gates to these gardens have become a shrine for Beatles fans from all over the world. What's the name?
Answer: STRAWBERRY FIELDS
Open this question3.Which one of the Beatles, in 1968, was first to release a solo album? Was it Ringo, George, John, or Paul?
Answer: GEORGE HARRISON
Open this question4.What's the proper name of the Beatles album most commonly called the "White Album"?
Answer: "THE BEATLES"
Open this question5.What was the name of the 1984 musical film written by and starring Paul McCartney?
Answer: GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROAD STREET
Open this question6.The title of a book about Charles Manson was taken from the title of a Beatles song. What was it?
Answer: HELTER SKELTER
Open this question7.You know that famous Abbey Road album cover, the one with the beatles crossing Abbey Road from left to right in the photo. Which Beatle is first in line, on the far right, wearing a white suit?
Answer: JOHN LENNON
Open this question8.Which Beatles song contains a verse sung in French?
Answer: MICHELLE
Open this question9.Before the Beatles formed their own record label, Apple Records, in 1968, they had most of their hits on one record label in Britain and a different label in the U.S.. Can you name these two record labels?
Answer: PARLOPHONE / CAPITOL
Open this question10.What are the first names of John Lennon's two sons?
Answer: JULIAN / SEAN
Open this question11.John Lennon's parents gave him a middle name which was the same as a politician's name. What was it?
Answer: WINSTON
Open this question12.The Beatles won the Academy Award only once in their career - for the song score of what 1970 film?
Answer: LET IT BE
Open this question13.Paul McCartney's song, "Hey Jude," was dedicated to and named for which young person?
Answer: JULIAN LENNON, John's son
Open this question14.In the Beatles' song, Michelle, what was the line sung in French?
Answer: "SONT LES MOTS QUI VONT TRES BIEN ENSEMBLE" these are words which go together well, my michelle...
Open this question15.In the first celebrity fundraiser, in 1971, musical stars Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, and Ringo Starr joined event coordinator and former Beatle George Harrison to raise money for hungry residents of what starving nation?
Answer: BANGLADESH
Open this question16.According to the Beatles, what were the names of the three grandchildren sitting on their knees in the song, When I'm Sixty-Four?
Answer: VERA, CHUCK AND DAVE
Open this question17.Which Indian musician taught Beatle George Harrison to play the sitar?
Answer: RAVI SHANKAR
Open this question18.He was one of the founding members of the Beatles, but was fired from the group in August 1962, before the fab four made their first recording. What was his name?
Answer: PETE BEST drummer
Open this question19.Which musician teamed up with his wife and Denny Laine to form a musical group in the early 1970's, and what was the name of that group?
Answer: PAUL McCARTNEY / WINGS
Open this question20.In Great Britain on October 5, 1962, the Beatles released their first single record, which reached # 17 on the British charts. What was the title?
Answer: LOVE ME DO - flip side, P.S. I Love You
Open this question21.Which band released the album Abbey Road?
Answer: The Beatles
Open this question22.Which song features the words, "Newspaper taxis appear on the shore"?
Answer: LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS
Open this question23.In which English city were the Beatles formed in 1960?
Answer: Liverpool
Open this question24.Who managed the Beatles from 1961 until his death in 1967?
Answer: Brian Epstein
Open this question25.Which record producer was commonly called the "fifth Beatle" because of his extensive involvement in each of the Beatles' original albums?
Answer: George Martin
Open this question26.Which drummer did Ringo Starr replace in the Beatles in 1962?
Answer: Pete Best
Open this question27.What is the real name of Ringo Starr?
Answer: Richard Starkey
Open this question28.What was the Beatles' first single, released in Britain in October 1962?
Answer: Love Me Do
Open this question29.In which Liverpool club did the Beatles play nearly 300 times between 1961 and 1963?
Answer: The Cavern Club
Open this question30.In which German city did the Beatles play long club engagements between 1960 and 1962?
Answer: Hamburg
Open this question31.Who was the original bass guitarist of the Beatles, a painter who died in April 1962?
Answer: Stuart Sutcliffe
Open this question32.What was the name of the skiffle group that John Lennon formed in 1956, which later grew into the Beatles?
Answer: The Quarrymen
Open this question33.Which two artists designed the cover of the Beatles' album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"?
Answer: Peter Blake and Jann Haworth
Open this question34.On which American television show did the Beatles make three appearances in February 1964, among their first before an American audience?
Answer: The Ed Sullivan Show
Open this question35.On January 30, 1969, the Beatles played a concert on the roof of which company's headquarters in Savile Row, London?
Answer: Apple Corps
Open this question36.By what name is the Beatles' 1968 double album, officially titled "The Beatles", commonly known?
Answer: The White Album
Open this question37.In which San Francisco stadium did the Beatles play their last commercial concert, in August 1966?
Answer: Candlestick Park
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