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1. Everyone knows that after The Beatles disbanded in April of 1970, Paul McCartney had, arguably, the greatest success of all the group's members, and his nine number one hits and thirteen other top ten entries on the U.S. Billboard charts support this statement. But, can you tell me which ex-Beatle had the second most number one hits on the U.S. charts according to Billboard from 1970-1989?
2. In 1973, three of the four ex-Beatles had a number one hit on the U.S. Billboard pop chart. Which ex-member was the only one who missed out on making it to the top that year?
3. After the group disbanded in 1970, which ex-member was the first to have a number one hit on the U.S. Billborad pop chart?
4. For most of the decade of the 1970s, an ex-Beatle managed to have at least one song go to number one on the U.S. Billboard pop chart. How many years during that ten year span did this incident not occur?
5. Paul McCartney had a top 40 hit on the U.S. Billboard pop chart every year from 1970-1986, except one. In which year did McCartney not place a song in the top 40 on the U.S. Billboard pop chart?
6. All four ex-members had at least one top 20 hit on the U.S. Billboard pop chart during the 1980's.
7. Which former member of the band was the only one to have placed two number one hits on the U.S. Billboard pop chart in the same year?
8. Which of the following songs by John Lennon made it all the way to number one on the U.S. Billboard pop chart?
9. Between 1971-1983, Paul McCartney had nine number one hits on the U.S. Billboard pop chart. Of the following hits which spent multiple weeks at number one, which song stayed there the longest?
10. Which ex-Beatle was the last one to have had a number one hit on the U.S. Billboard pop chart during the 1980s?
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