The Beatles Through The Years Trivia Quiz

Answer: Johnny Hutchinson

The Beatles passed the audition but they were to back Johnny Gentle on a tour of Scotland (from 20th to 28th May 1960) . It was their first proper engagement as professionals and they decided to adopt stage names (except Tommy Moore): John Lennon became Long John Silver (though some fans deny it, but McCartney in the Anthology DVD declares that John was Long John), Paul McCartney was Paul Ramon (because it sounded French but as far as I'm concerned it sounds more Spanish), George Harrison would be Carl Harrison (after Carl Perkins) and Stuart Sutcliffe was known as Stu De Stael ( in reference to Nicholas De Stael the Russian painter).

Answer: Tommy Kent

Tommy Kent (Guntram Kühbeck was his birth name) once brought Kaempfaert to the Top Ten so that he may see Tony Sheridan. Kaempfaert offered Sheridan the chance to record an album. Sheridan said yes and he asked the Beatles to back him . That's how they recorded seven songs (including Lennon-Harrison's "Cry For A Shadow") on 22nd and 23rd June 1961 as The Beat Brothers.

This was their very first professionnal recording session.

Answer: MV Royal Iris

Those concerts (called "Riverboat Shuffles") were presented by the Cavern Club owner Ray McFall . Not only The Beatles were booked, but also artists like Acker Bilk and Johnny Kidd and the Pirates.

Answer: Aeolian Hall (London)

Only four shows were scheduled but due to the increasing success of the Beatles, a further eleven were recorded (the last one having been on 3rd September 1963 for a broadcast on 24th September 1963).

Answer: Otto Demmlar

The Beatles didn't like those versions. They thought (rightly so) that they could sell records in English all over the world and they were proved to be right, weren't they ?

Answer: A Talent For Loving

The Beatles were not keen on acting in another film, having been slightly disappointed by "Help" (they had the feeling that they had been guest stars in their own movie), so they rejected it . "A Talent For Loving" was released in 1969 with Richard Widmark as main character . Imagine the Beatles in a Western : it could have been fun .

Answer: Don Manolo Elizalde

He was a local businessman (his name sounded like a godfather's, don't you think so ?). They were nearly killed at the airport on the way back to England because they had not gone to first lady Imelda Marcos' reception. She therefore felt humiliated. Actually nobody ever told them that they were invited. Finally they made it to the plane and they never were to fly back to the Philippines.

Answer: "Release Me" by Engelbert Humperdinck

It was such a relief (curiously) not to be number one , having been under pressure for all those years . But the relief was of short duration because their next single ("All You Need Is Love") reached of course the top and so on .

Answer: Mahesh Prasad Varma

The sojourn to Rishikesh didn't go as well as expected . Ringo said it was like a Butlin's camp and he stayed just 11 days, Paul stayed a little over a month saying he could meditate in London as well and John as well as George left after two months . John was angry about Maharishi, having heard (probably through "Magic Alex" who felt jealous about the increasing influence that Maharishi had on John) that he had hit on Mia Farrow and other girls . So John asked Maharishi if it was true and facing Maharishi's incomprehension he decided to leave.

At New-Dehli airport he wrote a song called "Maharishi". This song was to be known later as "Sexy Sadie" .

Answer: Timothy Leary

Leary was arrested on drug charges and therefore Lennon kept his song for the Beatles. Lennon said he was like a tailor and Leary was a customer who'd ordered a suit and never paid for it, so he had to sell it to another customer . Leary's slogan for his campaign was "come together join the party, all I can tell you is you gotta be free" .