George Harrison Trivia

1. On what album was "My Sweet Lord" (1970) released?

From Quiz My Sweet Lord

Answer: All Things Must Pass

"All Things Must Pass" (1970) was released by George Harrison just a few months after the Beatles broke up. He was, in fact, the first member of the Beatles to release a solo album. It was, however, more than just a solo album; it was a triple album, with most of its works (23 tracks altogether) coming from songs that George had originally written for the Beatles. He was a very prolific songwriter, but so were John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Albums released by the Beatles typically only had one or two songs that George had written. Hit singles on the triple album included "My Sweet Lord" and "What Is Life". Before his death, the album was reissued in honor of the 30th anniversary of its release. The Recording Industry Association of America certified it six times platinum in 2001.

From Quiz George Harrison's Lesser Known Songs

Answer: Apple Scruffs

This is a song that he dedicated to the fans who stood day after day outside EMI Studios hoping for autographs and such. (They came up with this name themselves, by the way.) One of the nicest verses in the song is: "While the years they come and go Now, your love must surely show me That beyond all time and space We're together face to face, my Apple Scruffs Apple Scruffs, Apple Scruffs How I love you, how I love you." George really did appreciate his fans.

From Quiz In Memory of George Harrison

Answer: Paul McCartney

George met Paul while riding on the same school bus in Liverpool.

From Quiz George Harrison

Answer: Paul McCartney

George attended primary school at Dovedale Primary before becoming a student at the Liverpool Institute in 1954, where he met Paul.

From Quiz George Harrison : The Quiet Beatle

Answer: Friar Park

He had a recording studio set up on the grounds, and had one track "The Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp" relate to the builder of the estate. He hired 10 gardeners to keep up the grounds, including his two older brothers.

From Quiz The Solo Career Of George Harrison

Answer: Wonderwall Music

"Wonderwall Music" was the first solo album by any Beatle (1968) and features atmospheric Indian music.

From Quiz George Harrison's "Brainwashed" Album

Answer: Michelangelo Buonarotti

"Gazed at the ceiling from below, a splendid Michelangelo," he sings, referring to the painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome. Listen for this: at 1:33, when George begins the line "I wish somebody would tell me," the "I" sounds just like a guitar string is being picked. I think he finally turned into his guitar. Also, for those who are wondering, when he sings ýthree Hail Marys," he is not trying to make it sound like "Murray." George's voice may have sounded different throughout the album because of his throat cancer.

From Quiz In Memory of George Harrison

Answer: The Quarrymen

This was a Liverpool local band founded by John Lennon.

From Quiz George Harrison

Answer: The Quarrymen

George had already participated in some performances with the Rebels previous to his joining the Quarrymen, which already included his friend Paul, in 1958. At this point, Ringo Starr had not become the drummer for the group. He would replace Pete Best in that position by 1962.

From Quiz George Harrison : The Quiet Beatle

Answer: Raunchy

This information was provided on the first segment of the Beatles' "Anthology" video series.

From Quiz The Solo Career Of George Harrison

Answer: Badge

Due to contract problems, his name could not appear on the album, so George used the pseudonym of L'Angelo Misterioso. Eric Clapton played lead guitar on the Beatles song "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" written by George. George's first wife Patti Boyd eventually left him for Eric Clapton.

From Quiz George Harrison's "Brainwashed" Album

Answer: My soul

This song features the first of two references to animal feces in the album ("Canadian geese crap along the bank;" the other being probably too profane to mention, but it is in the song "Brainwashed"). I actually have the same birthday as George, born 44 years to the minute after he was.

From Quiz In Memory of George Harrison

Answer: 16

He started sitting in with the band at 15 but became an official member at 16.

From Quiz George Harrison

Answer: Pattie Boyd

He married Patti Boyd in 1966 and divorced her in 1977. Eric Clapton, one of George's best friends, wrote a tribute song to Patti Boyd which became a mega-hit, namely 'Layla'. Clapton married Patti Boyd a couple years after her divorce with George. George re-married too...with Olivia Arias, whom he stayed with until his death.

From Quiz George Harrison : The Quiet Beatle

Answer: He was underage to work after midnight

George was only seventeen, and the law required he be eighteen to work in the clubs after midnight.

From Quiz The Solo Career Of George Harrison

Answer: Movie Producer

George was the executive producer of "Monty Python's Life Of Brian", "Time Bandits", and "Shanghai Surprise".

From Quiz George Harrison

Answer: The Quiet One

From Quiz George Harrison : The Quiet Beatle

Answer: He was introduced to it during the filming of "Help!" where there was an Indian music group playing in a restaurant

George recounts this version in "The Beatles Anthology". Other sources indicate David Crosby of the Byrds introduced him to the instrument. It is true he felt "Norwegian Wood" needed something different, but this was well after he was introduced to the sitar.

From Quiz The Solo Career Of George Harrison

Answer: Marwa Blues

George won a Grammy in 2004 for Best Pop Instrumental Performance for the song "Marwa Blues".

From Quiz George Harrison's "Brainwashed" Album

Answer: The devil

This is the first line: "On the street of villians, taken for a ride, you can have the devil as a guide."

From Quiz In Memory of George Harrison

Answer: Lonnie Donegan

As a child George's favorite musician, whom he would listen too often, was British skiffle king Lonnie Donegan.

From Quiz George Harrison

Answer: Sitar

The Sitar is a stringed instrument with a very distinctive sound. George helped popularize the instrument in the west. George also later wrote an introduction to a biography of Ravi Shankar.

From Quiz My Sweet Lord

Answer: Uncredited

Alan White who played with "Yes", once claimed that he had been one of the drummers on the song, and there has also been talk that Peter Frampton may have added acoustic guitar after the initial session. Some sources claim that John Lennon played rhythm guitar. None of those claims have ever been substantiated. It is very easy to hear the influences of Indian music on the song, including a zither, and George, who played slide-guitar, used it to simulate other traditional Indian string instruments. The person who played the zither, however, was left uncredited.

From Quiz The Solo Career Of George Harrison

Answer: Dream Away

"Dream Away" appeared in the movie "Time Bandits" and George Harrison was the executive producer of the film.

From Quiz George Harrison's "Brainwashed" Album

Answer: It is the album's only instrumental

"Marwa Blues" is a 3-minute 41-second instrumental featuring guitars, keyboards, finger cymbals, drums, and a string arrangement. George did compose it and also played the slide guitar. Several songs on the album do not feature the ukulele. This song opens the DVD featured in the Special Edition set.

From Quiz In Memory of George Harrison

Answer: My Sweet Lord

Unfortunately he lost ... the song 'He's so Fine' was made popular by The Chiffons in 1962 (personally,I don't see the resemblance).

From Quiz George Harrison : The Quiet Beatle

Answer: Grand Prix racing

George attended his first Grand Prix race at age 12, and was one of only 100 people to purchase the McLaren F1 road car.

From Quiz George Harrison's Lesser Known Songs

Answer: Cheer Down

George later released "The Dark Horse Years 1976-1992", which is a set of eight remastered CDs and a DVD with the interview with George that I've mentioned throughout this quiz, six videos, film excerpts from the "Live In Japan" concert, and a few scenes from the Madonna/Sean Penn movie "Shanghai Surprise". The CDs included are: "33 & 1/3", "George Harrison", "Cloud 9", "Gone Troppo", "Somewhere In England" and the entire "Live In Japan" concert. The videos included are: "This Song", "Crackerbox Palace", two different versions of "Got My Mind Set On You" (the library one is better, in my opinion; and, no, it's not George who does the back flip from the chair and the disco dance, but many people think it's him, which George thought was really hilarious! "I don't dance," he said in the interview. "I'm amazed at how many people think it's me!" Look closely-the man is younger, heavier and has longer, darker and more curly hair than George), "When We Was Fab", and my personal favorite, "This Is Love." A must have for the truly devoted George Harrison fan! (Watch the "Live in Japan" concert excerpt when the band is doing the song "Taxman". A blonde back-up singer sticks her tongue out at the camera! Really childish!)

From Quiz The Solo Career Of George Harrison

Answer: Nelson Wilbury

George Harrison (aka: Nelson Wilbury) was Lead vocals, guitars, and backing vocals for the Traveling Wilburys. The other nicknames of the Traveling Wilburys were: Otis Wilbury (Jeff Lynne), Lefty Wilbury (Roy Orbison), Lucky Wilbury (Bob Dylan), and Charlie T. Jnr (Tom Petty).

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