Whose Line Was it Anyway? The Beatles II Quiz

Answer: George Harrison

"I don't wanna kiss or hold your hand" is a lyric from "I'm Happy Just To Dance With You". It was written by Lennon/McCartney and sung by George Harrison.

It was first released as track four on side one of The Beatles' 1964 UK album "A Hard Day's Night". Released in the USA as the B-Side of "I'll Cry Instead", it peaked at number 95 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1964.

"I'm Happy Just To Dance With You" was only the second of two Lennon/McCartney songs sung by George Harrison, the first being "Do You Want To Know A Secret". Years later John Lennon said that he would never have sung it himself and Paul McCartney said that it was just a formula song.

Answer: John Lennon

"Don't get to hear them play a tango" is a lyric from "Rock And Roll Music". It was written by Chuck Berry and sung by John Lennon.

It was first released by The Beatles as track four on their 1964 UK album "Beatles For Sale" and was released in the USA on the "Beatles '65" album. It was released as a single in some European countries and Australia with "I'm A Loser" as the B-Side and was number one in Finland, Norway, Sweden and Australia.

Chuck Berry's original version peaked at number eight on the Billboard Top 100 in 1957. It did not chart in the UK.

Answer: Ringo Starr

"Then I know that you will plainly see" is a lyric from "Act Naturally". It was written by Johnny Russell/Lavonia Inez Morrison and sung by Ringo Starr.

"Act Naturally" was track eight on The Beatles 1965 album "Help!" In the USA, it was released as the B-Side of the single "Yesterday" and it peaked at number 47 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1965. The original version by Buck Owens and The Buckaroos was number one for four weeks on the Billboard Country Chart in 1963.

The US version of the album is the soundtrack of the movie "Help!", combining the first seven songs from the UK album with instrumental music from the movie.

Answer: John Lennon

"Catch you with another man that's the end'a, little girl" is a lyric from "Run For Your Life". It was written by John Lennon but credited to Lennon/McCartney and sung by John Lennon.

"Run For Your Life" was track 14 on The Beatles' 1965 UK album "Rubber Soul". Although the US version of "Rubber Soul" has only 12 tracks, "Run For Your Life" is on it as track 12. John Lennon has stated that it was his least favourite Beatles song and also that it was one of George Harrison's favourites from the "Rubber Soul" album.

"Rubber Soul" was released on the 3 December 1965, which was the same day as the release of The Beatles' single "We Can Work It Out/"Day Tripper". Both went to number one.

Answer: John Lennon

"The band begins at ten to six" is a lyric from "Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite". It was written by John Lennon but credited to Lennon/McCartney and sung by John Lennon.

"Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite" was track number seven on The Beatles 1967 UK album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". The BBC banned it from their airwaves along with "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" and "A Day In The Life" because of supposed drug references in the songs.

"Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite" was inspired by a 19th century circus poster for Pablo Fanque's Circus. John Lennon purchased the poster in a local antiques shop when The Beatles were making promotional films for "Strawberry Fields Forever" in Sevenoaks, Kent, England.

Answer: Paul McCartney

"Listen to the music playing in your head" is a lyric from "Lady Madonna". It was written by Paul McCartney but credited to Lennon/McCartney and sung by Paul McCartney.

"Lady Madonna" was number one for two weeks on the UK Singles Chart for The Beatles in 1968. It peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 the same year. It was the last release by The Beatles on Parlophone in the UK and on Capitol in the USA. All subsequent new releases, starting with "Hey Jude" were released on their own Apple record label but still distributed by EMI.

The lyrics mention every day of the week except Saturday, which McCartney claimed that he never noticed until writing the words out for an American TV show years later.

Answer: Paul McCartney

"The movement you need is on your shoulder" is a lyric from "Hey Jude" It was written by Paul McCartney but credited to Lennon/McCartney and sung by Paul McCartney.

"Hey Jude" was number one for two weeks on the UK Singles Chart for The Beatles in 1968. It was number one for nine weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 the same year. In the USA, it tied with "The Theme From "A Summer Place" by Percy Faith, for most weeks at number one in the '60s.

The Beatles were not alone on this record, there were 10 violins, three violas, three cellos, two double basses, two flutes, two clarinets, one bass clarinet, one bassoon, one contrabassoon, four trumpets, two horns, four trombones, and one percussion instrument.

Answer: Ringo Starr

"You were in a car crash and you lost your hair" is a lyric from "Don't Pass Me By". It was written by Richard Starkey (in 1962) and sung by Ringo Starr.

"Don't Pass Me By" was track 14 on side one of The Beatles' 1968 double album "The Beatles" (The White Album). No singles were released from the album in the UK or USA; the album was number one on the UK album chart and on the Billboard album chart. It was the only double album to be released by The Beatles.

Ringo had a second track on the album, the John Lennon penned "Goodnight". Ringo was backed by an orchestra and none of The Beatles played on the song.

Answer: George Harrison

"With your long blond hair and your eyes of blue" is a lyric from "It's All Too Much". It was written by George Harrison and sung by George Harrison.

"It's All Too Much" was George's contribution to acid-rock and has been recorded by groups such as Journey and The Grateful Dead. It was track five on side one of The Beatles' 1969 UK album "Yellow Submarine". Side two of the album contained the movie's orchestral soundtrack by the group's producer, George Martin. It peaked at number three on the UK album chart and number two on the Billboard album chart.

It was the only one of the 12 offical UK Beatles' albums not to reach number one in the UK.

Answer: Paul McCartney

"Why leave me standing here, let me know the way" is a lyric from "The Long And Winding Road". It was written by Paul McCartney but credited to Lennon/McCartney and sung by Paul McCartney.

"The Long And Winding Road" was released as a single in the USA and was number one for two weeks on the Billboard Hot 100. It was the 20th and last Beatles' number one hit in the USA. It was not released as a single in the UK but was track 10 on the Beatles' 1970 twelfth and final UK studio album "Let It Be". The Beatles' era ended in 1976 when their recording contract with EMI ran out.

Paul McCartney was not happy with the addition of orchestral and choral overdubs by producer Phil Spector. He cited this in the high court as one of the reasons for the split up of The Beatles.