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Beatles: White Album Trivia Quiz

Sgt Pepper's? HA! In my opinion the White Album (aka "The Beatles") is the best album. Here are some questions about the material in the songs.

A multiple-choice quiz by elvarlythin. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
elvarlythin

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
151,537

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
3611

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. First line on the album: Where did the speaker in "Back in the USSR" just fly in from? ("Flew in from________ BOAC...." Hint

Liverpool

San Francisco

New York City

Miami Beach

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Question 2 of 10

2. What's Desmond and Molly's last name in "Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da"? Hint

Smith

Jones

Brown

Anderson

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Question 3 of 10

3. What's the line in "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill" that is said by John Lennon, followed by different voices (right before the chorus)? Hint

All Together Now...

The Girl with Kaleidoscope Eyes...

And the Band begins to play...

All the Children Sing...

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Question 4 of 10

4. "I look at you all, see the love there that's ________". Hint

dying

sleeping

weeping

sighing

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Question 5 of 10

5. What did "the man in the crowd with the multicolored mirror on his hobnail boots" eat and donate to the National Trust in "Happiness is a Warm Gun"? Hint

the hairy remains of his cat

the boots worn by his brother

a marble bust of the queen

a soap impression of his wife

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Question 6 of 10

6. Piggies: "...clutching forks and knives to ________"? Hint

eat their bacon

eat their pancakes

finish their lunches

slice the turkey

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Question 7 of 10

7. Why couldn't Ringo's date in "Don't Pass Me By" come to his house? Hint

Her cat died and she was at its funeral

She was visiting her mother and forgot to tell him

She was at a play and she forgot

She was in a car crash and lost her hair

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Question 8 of 10

8. What's the only thing Paul can think of to convince whoever it is to "do it in the road"? Hint

His friend said it would be fun

The road's really pretty clean

No one will be watching them

It's better than doing it inside

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Question 9 of 10

9. The deeper you go, the __________ (Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except For Me and My Monkey)? Hint

higher you fly

better you are

higher you climb

finer you sigh

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Question 10 of 10

10. Is this the line from Helter Skelter? "Tell me, tell, me tell me the answer, you may not be a lover but you're sure a dancer"?

Yes

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. First line on the album: Where did the speaker in "Back in the USSR" just fly in from? ("Flew in from________ BOAC...."

Answer: Miami Beach

The BOAC is the British Overseas Airways Corporation.

2. What's Desmond and Molly's last name in "Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da"?

Answer: Jones

I first heard this song on the 80s TV show "Life Goes On" about the family of a young man with Downs Syndrome.

3. What's the line in "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill" that is said by John Lennon, followed by different voices (right before the chorus)?

Answer: All the Children Sing...

This song is actually a true story....his name was Richard A. Cooke III, and he really did shoot a tiger while hunting with his mother...

4. "I look at you all, see the love there that's ________".

Answer: sleeping

George wrote this based on the first lines of a book that he picked off the shelf: "gently weeps".

5. What did "the man in the crowd with the multicolored mirror on his hobnail boots" eat and donate to the National Trust in "Happiness is a Warm Gun"?

Answer: a soap impression of his wife

John was in fact parodying the US gun lobby, not sympathizing with it.

6. Piggies: "...clutching forks and knives to ________"?

Answer: eat their bacon

George only intended this song as humorous social commentary. It's quite a shame that it took on such negative connotations.

7. Why couldn't Ringo's date in "Don't Pass Me By" come to his house?

Answer: She was in a car crash and lost her hair

How does one lose one's hair in a car crash? Ringo actually wrote this in 1964, but it wasn't recorded until here in '68.

8. What's the only thing Paul can think of to convince whoever it is to "do it in the road"?

Answer: No one will be watching them

Yes, this is Paul's song, albeit written in John's style.

9. The deeper you go, the __________ (Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except For Me and My Monkey)?

Answer: higher you fly

Written by John about his relationship with Yoko. Take it easy...this public service announcement brought to you by the Beatles...

10. Is this the line from Helter Skelter? "Tell me, tell, me tell me the answer, you may not be a lover but you're sure a dancer"?

Answer: No

Great song, and by the way, the lyrics are about an amusement park ride , not murder, despite the use of the words "helter skelter" in the Charles Mansion kllings. The line is 'Tell me, tell me, tell me the answer, you may be a lover but you ain't no dancer'.

Source: Author elvarlythin

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