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by Howard Rachelson
1. Pictured, right: The Beatles performed their last live concert on Aug. 29, 1966, 1 before a crowd of 25,000 people, at what Bay Area venue? 2. Pictured, right: On Feb. 9, 1964, the Beatles’ first performance on what TV show was viewed by 73 million people, giving it the highest ratings in TV history up to that time? 3. Identify these Beatles albums: 3a. What’s the proper name of the 1968 Beatles album most commonly known as the White Album? 3b. Which 1966 album did the Beatles name after the motion of a record turntable (not a weapon)? 3c. What 1969 album was named for the London street where the Apple Studios 2 were located? 4. Pictured, below: In the early 1960s, the Beatles refined their skills playing in nightclubs in what two cities (in two different countries)? 5. The Beatles won an Academy Award one time in their career, for Best Original Song Score, from what 1970 movie? 6. Pictured, below: In a 1966 London newspaper interview, John Lennon made what controversial statement, causing a ban of Beatles music and public burnings of their records and memorabilia by some ultra-conservatives in America? 7. Name these fictional characters from these Beatles songs: 7a. She “picks up the rice in a church where a wedding has been” 7b. He sang “With a Little Help from My Friends” on the Sgt. Pepper album 7c. The three grandchildren on your knee, in the song “When I’m Sixty-Four” 7d. A man who thought he was a loner, who left his home in Tucson, Arizona, for some California grass, in “Get Back” 7e. He can see the sun going down, and the eyes in his head see the world spinning round 7f. She worked as a parking monitor 7g. Beatles asked her,“Won’t you come out to play?” 8. In 1969, the first top-40 hit single by a solo Beatle was adored as an 4 anti-war anthem by its followers and ridiculed by its political foes. Give the singer and song title. 9. What line did the Beatles sing in French, in the song “Michelle”? 10. As a youth in Liverpool, John Lennon and friends played in the trees behind a Salvation Army orphanage, in a garden-like location that influenced the title of one of the Beatles’ biggest hits. What was it? 11. Name the five full-length 6 Beatles films. 12. In 1963, what R&B song became the Beatles’ longest-running top-40 hit that they did not write? BONUS QUESTION: On Feb. 4, 2008, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of this song, and the 50th anniversary of NASA, what Beatles song was beamed directly into outer space, toward Polaris, the North Star, 431 light years away?
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