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QUESTION 1: What was George Harrison playing in the "Blue Jay Way" music video?
ANSWER: George played a piece of paper on the floor that was printed out to look like a keyboard, a cello, and with a football.
QUESTION 2: Where did Paul McCartney take his first LSD trip with John Lennon?
ANSWER: 7 Cavendish Avenue, St. John's Wood, London NW8 (in 1968).
QUESTION 3: When Lennon went to Yoko's exhibition at the Indica Gallery, which single word did he read on the ceiling, what did he use to read it, and what was he standing on?
ANSWER: He read the word 'yes' on the ceiling, using a magnifying glass, standing on a ladder.
QUESTION 4: What was filmed in the "I Am The Walrus" video during the part where John say "Expert, taxpert, choking smokers..."?
QUESTION 5: In the Cirque de Soliel production Love, which song was reversed - a capella?
ANSWER: Sun King, from the Abbey Road album.
QUESTION 6: What was the address of the first London flat where The Beatles lived together?
ANSWER: Apartment 'L', 57 Green Street, Mayfair.
QUESTION 7: What are the seagull noises on Tomorrow Never Knows?
ANSWER: McCartney laughing/shouting, and then the tape was speeded-up.
QUESTION 8: Which bass did Paul McCartney first play on stage?
ANSWER: Stuart Sutcliffe's Höfner 500/5 model (President) which McCartney played upside down.
QUESTION 9: What was Paul McCartney's first serious girlfriend in Liverpool called?
ANSWER: Dot Rhone.
QUESTION 10: What was the name of the Art Gallery in Liverpool where Stuart Sutcliffe exhibited his paintings?
ANSWER: The Walker Art Gallery.
QUESTION 11: Lennon and McCartney wrote songs in a cellar in central London. Which street was it in?
ANSWER: The music room in the Jane Asher's house in Wimpole Street.
QUESTION 12: Which venereal disease did one or two (or all) of The Beatles contract/get in Hamburg?
ANSWER: Gonorrhea, aka The Clap.
QUESTION 13: When and how did Ingrid Pederson find out that she was related to a Beatle?
ANSWER: John Lennon's half-sister, Ingrid, found out she was related to him in 1966, when she got her birth certificate before getting married.
QUESTION 14: What was the scariest song that the Beatles did, and why did it make Ringo not even attempt to speak in a Dutch accent for almost a year?
ANSWER: Yellow Submarine, Boys, or I Wanna Be Your Man. (You will have to ask Arcayne about these).
QUESTION 15: How many half-brothers and half-sisters does John Lennon have?
ANSWER: 2 + 3: Robin and David Lennon, Julia and Jacqueline Dykins, and Ingrid Pedersen (aka Victoria Lennon).
QUESTION 16:A Beatles' assistant once had a problem with a pebble and glass. Who, when, and why?
ANSWER: Mal Evans, in 1963, on the way back to Liverpool. The windscreen was cracked by a pebble so Evans smashed a hole in it.
QUESTION 17:Who is/was Ron Decline, and how does he connect with the Beatles' story?
ANSWER: Allen Klein. In 1978, he was parodied by John Belushi as "Ron Decline" in the TV film All You Need Is Cash .
QUESTION 18:Where and with whom did Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Ringo Starr first record together?
ANSWER: With Lou Walters (of Rory Storm and The Hurricanes) in Hamburg.
QUESTION 19:Which three former Iron curtain countries are connected with The Beatles in an Israeli kind of way?
ANSWER: Brian Epstein (grandfather from Lithuania) Allen Klein (family from Hungary) Lee Eastman (formerly Epstein - family from Russia). They were all managers, and had Jewish parentage.
QUESTION 20: How does the Post Office (United Kingdom) connect Julia Lennon with Paul McCartney?
ANSWER: Eric Clague drove the car that killed Lennon's mother, but later delivered mail to McCartney's house.
QUESTION 21: Why did Lennon's father once dance with a mannequin?
ANSWER: He broke a shop window when he was drunk, and was later arrested.
QUESTION 22: Which newspaper apologised to Magic Alex, and why?
ANSWER: The Independent, for claiming that Mardas had been fired from a company which he was head of.
QUESTION 23: What prompted John Lennon to wear a toilet seat around his neck on stage in Hamburg?
ANSWER: John Lennon was drunk at the time.
QUESTION 24: What did John Lennon say to McCartney, Harrison and Starr on the zebra crossing during the Abbey Road photo session?
ANSWER: