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Becky's Island Music Trivia Quiz #12 - 5/16/01

The Quiet One

Answers

1. Was George the youngest Beatle?: Yes
2. What other Beatle did George attend the Liverpool Institute with?
: Paul McCartney
3. What cover song on "Please Please Me" featured George's first lead vocal?
: "Chains"
4. And what song was George's first composition on a Beatles album?
: "Don't Bother Me"
5. Did George write any songs on the "A Hard Day's Night" soundtrack?
: No
6. In the movie "A Hard Day's Night," what was George asked to evaluate?
: Shirts
7. What was the first George song to open a Beatles' album?
: "Taxman," on "Revolver"
8. What was his only songwriting contribution to "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band?"
: "Within You Without You"
9. Who taught George to play the sitar?
: Ravi Shankar
10. What George-written Beatles song contains the lines "Clutching forks and knives, to eat their bacon"?
: "Piggies"
11. "Here Comes The Sun" appeared on which Beatles album?: "Abbey Road"
12. George's first wife Pattie Boyd divorced him to marry another famous singer and guitarist. Who was he?
: Eric Clapton
13. What was the appropriate title of George's first solo album after the Beatles broke up?
"All Things Must Pass"
14. For what country did George organize a benefit concert in August 1971?
: Bangladesh
15. Which of George's solo hits got him involved in a plagiarism suit, and what song was he accused of plagiarizing?
: "My Sweet Lord," which was accused of being a copy of "He's So Fine"
16. Who produced George's big 1987 comeback album, "Cloud Nine?"
: Jeff Lynne
17. What happened to George on December 30, 1999?
: Someone broke into his house and stabbed him.

Bonus: What was the name of the George parody character in "The Rutles," and who played him?: Stig O'Hara, played by Ricky Fataar

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