I Want To Hold Your Walrus Trivia Quiz

Answer: "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" and "Eleanor Rigby"

"A girl with kaleidoscope eyes..." is from "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" and "...wearing a face that she keeps in a jar by the door" is from "Eleanor Rigby".

The first verse to "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" is as follows:
"Picture yourself in a boat on a river
With tangerine trees and marmalade skies
Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly
A girl with kaleidoscope eyes".

The song was written by John Lennon (though also credited to Paul McCartney) and featured on the 1967 album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". There has long been speculation that the song was written about the drug LSD, though John Lennon always maintained that it was actually inspired by a drawing his son Julian had brought home from nursery school. Paul McCartnery, however, in 2004 stated that the song was in fact about drugs.

The first verse to "Eleanor Rigby" is as follows:
"Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been
Lives in a dream
Waits at the window, wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door
Who is it for?".

The song was written by Paul McCartney (though also credited to John Lennon) and featured on the 1966 album "Revolver". It was also released as a double single in 1966 with "Yellow Submarine".

Answer: "Octopus' Garden" and "I am the Walrus"

"I'd ask my friends to come and see..." is from "Octopus' Garden" and "...you let your knickers down" is from "I am the Walrus".

"Octopus' Garden" was written by Ringo Starr and released on the 1969 album "Abbey Road". It was Starr's second solo composition for The Beatles and his only composition on this album. The chorus is as follows:

"I'd ask my friends to come and see
An octopus's garden with me
I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus's garden in the shade".

"I am the Walrus" was written in 1969, primarily by John Lennon. Lennon suggested that the Walrus was a reference to the Lewis Carrol poem from "Alice in Wonderland", "The Walrus and the Carpenter". It was released as a B-side single to A-side single "Hello, Goodbye" in 1967. The verse from which the above line comes is as follows:

"Yellow matter custard dripping from a dead dog's eye
Crabalocker fishwife pornographic priestess
Boy you been a naughty girl, you let your knickers down
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen
I am the walrus, goo goo goo joob".

Answer: "Let it Be" and "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"

"In my hour of darkness..." is from "Let it Be" and "...I look at the world and I notice it's turning" is from "While My Guitar Gently Weeps".

The opening verse of "Let it Be" is as follows:
"When I find myself in times of trouble
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
And in my hour of darkness
She is standing right in front of me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be".

"Let it Be" was released in 1970 as the title track to the album "Let it Be" which was eventually released in the same year.

"While My Guitar Gently Weeps" was written by George Harrison and released by The Beatles in 1968 as part of their eponymous album "The White Album". The album recording featured Eric Clapton on lead guitar, though he was not originally credited. The verse from which these lyrics are taken is as follows:

"I look at the world and I notice it's turning
While my guitar gently weeps
With every mistake we must surely be learning
Still my guitar gently weeps".

Answer: "Back in the U.S.S.R." and "Dig It"

"Georgia's always on my mind..." is from "Back in the U.S.S.R." and "...like the FBI and the CIA" is from "Dig It".

"Back in the U.S.S.R." was written in 1968 and featured as the opening track on the eponymous "White Album". Paul McCartney has suggested that the title was a homage to Chuck Berry's "Back in the U.S.A.". The verse from which these lyrics come is as follows:

"Well the Ukraine girls really knock me out
They leave the West behind
And Moscow girls make me sing and shout
That Georgia's always on my mind".

"Dig It" was one of the few songs to be credited to all of The Beatles as writers. It was featured on the 1970 album "Let it Be". The version released on that album lasted just 51 seconds and was only a section of the full 15 minute jam-session version that The Beatles has recorded earlier in January 1969. The lyrics to the "Let it Be" album version are as follows:

"Like a rolling stone
Like a rolling stone
Ah like a rolling stone
Like the FBI and the CIA
And the BBC, BB King
And Doris Day
Matt Busby
Dig it, dig it, dig it
Dig it, dig it, dig it, dig it, dig it, dig it, dig it, dig it".

Answer: "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" and "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!"

"We'd like to take you home with us..." is from "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" whilst "... through a hogshead of real fire" is from "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite".

"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" was originally released in 1968 on The Beatles' album of the same name. The album also featured a reprise of this song. The concept of the album was of a fictional band called the "Lonely Hearts Club Band", role-played by The Beatles, performing the album in front of an audience. The lyrics from which this quote comes are as follows:

"It's wonderful to be here
It's certainly a thrill
You're such a lovely audience
We'd like to take you home with us
We'd love to take you home".

"Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!" was first released in 1967 on the same album. It was inspired by a circus advertising poster that John Lennon bought in 1967 and is arranged so that the music gives a carnival/circus atmosphere. The verse from which the quote is taken are as follows:

"Over men and horses hoops and garters
Lastly through a hogshead of real fire!
In this way Mr. Kite will challenge the world".

Answer: "Twist and Shout" and "A Hard Day's Night"

"You know you look so good..." is from "Twist and Shout" whilst "...so why on earth should I moan" is from "A Hard Day's Night".

"Twist and Shout" was written by Phil Medley and Bert Russell. It was originally recorded by The Top Notes in 1961 as "Shake it up Baby" and then covered by the Isley brothers in 1962 under the title "Twist and Shout". The Beatles released a cover of the song on their 1963 debut album "Please Please Me". It was also released as a single in the US in 1964 with "There's a Place" as its B-side. The relevant verse is as follows:

"Well, work it on out, honey (Work it on out)
You know you look so good (Look so good)
You know you got me goin', now (Got me goin')
Just like I knew you would (Like I knew you would)".

"A Hard Day's Night" was a Beatles original, written by John Lennon (though, like many other songs, credited to both Lennon and McCartney). It was released originally on the movie soundtrack of the same name in 1964. The relevant section of lyrics is as follows:

"So why on earth should I moan, cos when I get you alone
You know I feel OK
When I'm home everything seems to be right
When I'm home feeling you holding me tight, tight, yeah"

Answer: "It's All Too Much" and "Yellow Submarine"

"Sail me on a silver sun..." is from "It's All Too Much" and "...'til we found the sea of green" is from Yellow Submarine".

George Harrison's "It's All Too Much" had originally been planned to feature on the album "Magical Mystery Tour" in 1967 but was pushed back. Instead, it first appeared on the 1969 "Yellow Submarine" album. The verse from which the lyrics are taken is as follows:

"Sail me on a silver sun, where I know that I'm free
Show me that I'm everywhere, and get me home for tea".

Ringo Starr provided lead vocals for McCartney's "Yellow Submarine". Written in 1966, it was released as part of the 1966 "Revolver" album and as a double A-side single with "Eleanor Rigby". The relevant verse is as follows:

"So we sailed up to the sun
Till we found the sea of green
And we lived beneath the waves
In our yellow submarine".

Answer: "Glass Onion" and "Revolution 9"

"I told you about the fool on the hill..." is from "Glass Onion" and "...wearing some brown underpants" is from Revolution 9".

"Revolution 9" appeared on the 1968 "White Album". It is over eight minutes long and is therefore the longest track officially released by The Beatles. The full line from which this quote was taken is as follows:

"Then there's this Welsh Rarebit wearing some brown underpants".

"Glass Onion" was also featured on the "White Album" in 1968. It refers to a number of previous Beatles' songs, including "Strawberry Fields Forever", "I Am the Walrus" and "The Fool on the Hill". The full verse from which the quote was taken is as follows:

"I told you about the fool on the hill
I tell you man he living there still
Well here's another place you can be
Listen to me
Fixing a hole in the ocean
Trying to make a dove-tail joint, yeah
Looking through a glass onion".

Answer: "Maggie Mae" and "Mean Mr Mustard"

"A homeward bounder..." is from Maggie Mae and "...saving up to buy some clothes" is from "Mean Mr Mustard".

"Maggie Mae" is a traditional Liverpudlian sailors' song about a "lady of the night" that robs a sailor. The Beatles recorded a short, 40 second version of this song in 1969 and it was featured on the "Let It Be" album released in 1970. The lyrics to this recording are as follows:

"Oh dirty Maggie Mae they have taken her away
And she never walk down Lime Street any more
Oh the judge he guilty found her for robbing a homeward bounder
That dirty no good robbing Maggie Mae
This is a part of Liverpool, they returned me to
Two pounds ten a week, that was my pay".

Released on the 1969 album "Abbey Road", "Mean Mr Mustard" was recorded as a continuous piece with "Sun King" and tells the story of a miser. The first verse's lyrics are as follows:

"Mean Mister Mustard sleeps in the park
Shaves in the dark trying to save paper
Sleeps in a hole in the road
Saving up to buy some clothes
Keeps a ten-bob note up his nose
Such a mean old man
Such a mean old man"

Answer: "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" and "Mr Moonlight"

"I want you to be my bride..." is from "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" and "'cause we love you" is from "Mr Moonlight".

"Dizzy Miss Lizzy" was originally written and recorded by Larry Williams in 1958. The Beatles covered the song on their album "Help!" in 1968. The relevant verse is as follows:

"Run and tell your mama
I want you to be my bride
Run and tell your brother
Baby, don't run and hide
You make me dizzy, Miss Lizzy
Girl I want to marry you".

Originally written by Roy Lee Johnson and recorded by Piano Red (known as Dr. Feelgood and the Interns) in 1962, the song was covered by both The Beatles and The Hollies at similar times in 1964. The Beatles' recording was featured on the 1964 albums "Beatles for Sale" (United Kingdom) and "Beatles '65 (United States).

The opening verse is as follows:

"Mr. Moonlight
You came to me one summer night
And from your beam you made my dream
And from the world you sent my girl
And from above you sent us love
And now she is mine
I think you're fine
Cos we love you, Mr. Moonlight"