I Hate The Beatles Trivia Quiz

Answer: Peter and Gordon

Peter Asher and Gordon Weller had a hit in 1964 with "World Without Love". The song was deemed not suitable for The Beatles so Paul McCartney gave it to Peter and Gordon, but not before it had been offered to and rejected by Billy J. Kramer. It reached number one in both the United Kingdom and America.

Answer: Marmalade

Originally recorded by The Beatles on "The White Album", the song was covered by Marmalade. They were a Scottish group, and when "Ob La Di Ob La Da" went to number one they became the first group from Scotland ever to top the UK charts.
They followed up with their own song, "Reflections Of My Life", but then suffered personnel changes and bad publicity which led to a slow decline.

Answer: Peter Sellers

In 1965 Peter Sellers released a spoof single of "A Hard Day's Night". Done in the style of Laurence Olivier playing Richard III it was a top twenty hit, and was widely regarded as a novelty record. It has since come to be regarded as a work of comic genius.

Answer: Billy J. Kramer and The Dakotas

The song is "Bad To Me" and was a UK number one in 1963. In 1964 it became the first Beatles song not sung by The Beatles to appear in the Billboard 100 Top 40. Managed by Brian Epstein, who also managed The Beatles, the group's first record was "Do You Want To Know A Secret", also a Lennon and McCartney song.

Answer: The Fourmost

This song was never recorded by The Beatles, although they did play it in their unsuccessful Decca audition. It is believed to be the first song ever written by John Lennon. The Fourmost recorded it in 1963 and had a UK number nine hit with it.

Answer: The Rolling Stones

The song is "I Wanna Be Your Man". Legend has it that Andrew Oldham, manager of The Rolling Stones, met Lennon and McCartney in the street and told them he desperately needed a song for single release. Lennon and McCartney then accompanied him back to the recording studio and finished off the song, which they were already working on, in a corner of the room.

It was the Rolling Stones second single and their first hit, reaching number twelve.

Answer: Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald has covered several Lennon and McCartney songs. In addition to "Hey Jude" she has done album recordings of "Something", "A Hard Day's Night" and "Got To Get You Into My Life". She also used to regularly include "Hey Jude" in her live performances.

Answer: Greg Hawkes

Hawkes started experimenting with the ukulele in 2001. In 2008 he created the sound of a ukulele orchestra by means of multi-tracking to record an album of 15 Beatles songs. He calls the effect he has created "UKEsymphonic". Tracks include "Penny Lane", "Yellow Submarine" and "Eleanor Rigby".

Answer: Siouxsie and The Banshees

Recorded by The Beatles in 1968 on "The White Album", this cover version became the biggest hit Siouxsie and The Banshees had had, reaching number three in the United Kingdom. It was one of their rare singles that was not taken from an album.

Answer: William Shatner

This cover version appeared on Shatner's first album "The Transformed Man" released (or escaped) in 1968. The album was parodied, laughed at and criticised, but despite this Mr. Shatner continued his musical career. His version of "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" was chosen by George Clooney as a disc he would take with him if marooned on a desert island - as an incentive to escape.