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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Ahead daze might
Answer: A Hard Day's Night
"A Hard Day's Night" was a hit for the Fab Four in 1964, topping both the US and UK charts.
The song was the title track of the movie of the same name. The title "A Hard Day's Night" came from a chance comment from Ringo after the group had worked through the day and into the evening.
2. Eel an oar dig me
Answer: Eleanor Rigby
The Beatles wrote the last verse of "Eleanor Rigby" at the recording session. The song featured on the 1966 "Revolver" album. "Eleanor Rigby" is unusual because the Beatles played none of the instruments on this one. An octet of string playing musicians, violins, violas and cellos, give the track its atmospherically haunting quality.
3. Vapour trap bite her
Answer: Paperback Writer
Paul McCartney was inspired to write "Paperback Writer" when he helped friends to set up a bookshop. The Beatles used some innovative recording techniques to get a heavy bass beat on this track. "Paperback Writer" topped the charts in both the US and the UK in 1966.
4. Low sea enter sty myth dire bonds
Answer: Lucy In the Sky with Diamonds
This track featured on the seminal 1967 "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album. It was rumoured that "Lucy In the Sky with Diamonds" was about the drug LSD, but John Lennon always explained that it was inspired by a picture drawn by his son Julian.
5. Eye flaunt twofold jaw Rand
Answer: I Want To Hold Your Hand
This is the song that broke through for the and Beatles in the US, and became the fastest selling single by a UK band in the States. "I Want To Hold Your Hand" was a 1963 chart topper in many nations. It was the first Beatles song to be recorded on stereo format.
6. Know hair nan
Answer: Nowhere Man
"Nowhere Man" featured on the 1965 "Rubber Soul" album and was a #3 chart single for the Beatles in the US. John Lennon was struggling to write a song and was getting 'nowhere' with it. He made the most of adversity by writing a song about his dilemma... and thus "Nowhere Man" was created.
7. Hate jays awake
Answer: Eight Days a Week
A 1963 chart topper, "Eight Days a Week" featured in the movie "Help".
It was the first pop song to feature a fade in on the intro. "Eight Days a Week" featured on the "Beatles For Sale" album.
8. Dressed to play
Answer: Yesterday
A 1965 chart topper, "Yesterday" appeared on the Beatles "Help" album. This Paul McCartney composition has probably spawned more cover versions than any other pop song. The tune came to Paul while the group was in Paris, during European tour. "Yesterday" was given the working title "Scrambled Eggs" until he later wrote the lyrics while on vacation in Portugal.
Although credited to the Beatles this was a solo effort as Paul was the only member of the group member at the recording session.
9. Petite bee
Answer: Let it be
This song was written by Paul McCartney in memory of his mother who died when her was 14 years-old. "Let It Be" featured on the 1970 album of the same name. It was the last album the Beatles recorded together. A chart topper in the US "Let It Be" peaked at #2 in the UK charts.
10. Weaken circuit tout
Answer: We Can Work it Out
A 1965 hit for the Beatles "We Can Work it Out" was a chart topper on both sides of the Atlantic. This great single had "Day Tripper" on the flip side.
Paul McCartney took lead vocal on "We Can Work it Out" which he wrote after having relationship problems with his girlfriend Jane Asher.
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