The Beatles - Part 2

Choose an answer from the three choices offered after each question and then "Check Your Answers" at the end of the quiz.

1) What was the date The Beatles made their first live performance The Ed Sullivan Show. What was the date?

• February 6, 1964
• February 9, 1964
• February 11, 1964

2) On August 15, 1965, the Beatles performed the first major stadium concert in the history of rock & roll in New York to a crowd of 55,600. What was the stadium?

• Giants Stadium
• Shea Stadium
• Yankees Stadium

3) Who disapproved of The Beatles's anti-war activism and open use of drugs, later asking President Richard Nixon to ban all four members of the group from entering the United States?

• Elvis Presley
• Hubert Humphries
• John D. Rockefeller IV

4) On August 29, 1966, The Beatles performed their last concert before paying fans?

• Yankee Stadium, New York
• Wimble Stadium, London
• Candlestick Park, San Francisco

5) The Beatles returned to Abbey Road Studios on November 24, 1966 to begin the 129-day recording sessions for their eighth album, released on June 1, 1967. What is the album?

6) The band's business affairs began to unravel after manager Brian Epstein died of an accidental prescription drug overdose on August 27, 1967. How old was Brian Epstein?

• 25
• 32
• 45

7) The Beatles recorded their final album in the summer of 1969. What was the album’s title?

• Abbey Road
• The White Album
• Rubber Soul

• John Wayne Gasey
• Mark David Chapman
• David Grey

9) During the week of April 4, 1964, The Beatles held the top five positions on the Billboard singles chart. No one had ever done anything like this before, and it is doubtful that the conditions will ever exist for anyone to do it again. The songs were "Can't Buy Me Love", "Twist and Shout", "She Loves You", and "I Want to Hold Your Hand". What is the fifth song?

• “Please Please Me”
• “Will You be with Me Tonight”
• “I Can’t Wait ‘till Tonight”

10) The completion of the song “I Want You (She's So Heavy)” for the album on August 20, 1969 was the last time all four Beatles were together in the same studio. Who wrote the song?

• John Lennon as Lennon/McCartney
• Richard Starkey
• George Harrison

Check Your Answers

1. February 9, 1964.

2. Shea Stadium.

3. Elvis Presley.

4. Candlestick Park, San Francisco.

5. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

6. 32.

7. Abbey Road.

8. Mark David Chapman.

9. “Please Please Me”.

10. John Lennon as Lennon/McCartney.