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1. Meet The Beatles - Fast facts about all four members of the Beatles.
2. Beatles Timeline - Biographical highlights of the Beatles.
3. Beatles Trivia Game - Are you a true Beatles fan or just a wannabe?
4. Beatles Picture Movie Trivia - Can you name the Beatles' movie given a still frame from the film?
5. Beatle Song Jumbles - Unscramble these famous Beatles' songs.
6. Beatles Song Trivia - Just how well do you know your Beatles' music? Find out here.
7. Beatles Trivia Facts - Little known facts about the Beatles.
8. Beatles Poll - Are the beatles your favourite group?
9. Beatles Quiz - Printable trivia questions.
10. Beatles Song Quiz - Printable song trivia questions.
11. Beatles' Last Concert - Venue and set list.
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14. Beatles Quotes - What the Beatles had to say.
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Paul McCartney

Birth Name: James Paul McCartney
Born: 18 June 1942 (1942-06-18) Liverpool, England
Instruments: Bass guitar, vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, drums




John Lennon

Birth Name: John Winston Lennon
Born: 9 October 1940(1940-10-09)Liverpool, England
Died: 8 December 1980 (aged 40)
Instruments: Guitar, Harmonica, Piano, Bass, Vocals



Ringo Starr

Birth Name: Richard Starkey
Born: 7 July 1940 (1940-07-07) Liverpool, England
Instruments: Drums, Percussion, Vocals




George Harrison

Birth Name: George Harrison
Born: 25 February 1943(1943-02-25) Liverpool, England
Died: 29 November 2001 (aged 58)
Instruments: Guitar, Ukelele, Sitar, Piano

1957 - At the age of sixteen, John Lennon forms the Quarry Men with friends from his school, Quarry Bank Grammar.


July 6, 1957 - After meeting Paul McCartney during a Quarry Men performance at Woolton Parish Church fete, John invites him to join the band.


February 1958 - George Harrison joins the Quarry Men.


January 1960 - A friend of John's from Liverpool College of Art, Stu Sutcliffe is asked to join the group as the bass guitarist. The band decides to change its name to Silver Beatles.

August 1960 - Pete Best becomes the group's drummer. The group makes a final change to their name and are now known as simply the Beatles. They go on to play various venues in Hamburg including such clubs as Indra, Kaiserkeller, Top Ten and Star.

December 27, 1960 - The Beatles return to Liverpool and play at Litherland Town Hall. With their popularity becoming secure, they go on to play gigs North West of Britain for the next two years.


April 1961 - Stuart Sutcliffe decides to quit the Beatles.



November 1961 - Brian Epstein becomes the Beatles' manager.



January 1, 1962 - The Beatles audition unsuccessfully for Decca Records in London.


April 10, 1962 - Stuart Sutcliffe dies of a cerebral hemorrhage.



June 6, 1962 - After auditioning for George Martin, a producer at EMI, he signs them. He goes to be their producer for their entire career.


August 16, 1962 - Pete Best is dismissed from the Beatles.


August 18, 1962 - Ringo Starr joins the band.


October 5, 1962 - "Love Me Do", the Beatles' first single, is released in the United Kingdom. It rises to #17 on the British charts.

January 11, 1963 - The Beatles' second single, "Please Please Me," is released in the U.K.. On February 22 it reaches number one on the British charts and stays there for two weeks.


February 11, 1963 - The Beatles record their first full album, "Please Please Me." The complete recording only took them one day.

March 22, 1963 - The album "Please Please Me" is released in the U.K. and becomes a huge success. It remains number one on the UK charts for 29 weeks.


July 12, 1963 - The album "Please Please Me" is released in the United States under the title of, "Introducing the Beatles".


October 1963 - Beatlemania spreads throughout Europe.


October 13, 1963 - Beatles appear on ITV's "Sunday Night at the London Palladium" which is televised to over 15 million viewers.

November 4, 1963 - Performing for the Queen Mother, Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon, the Beatles play at the Royal Command Performance. Before starting the song "Twist and Shout", John entertains the crowd with a comment, "Will the people in the cheaper seats clap their hands? And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry."

November 22, 1963 - The Beatles release "With the Beatles" in the U.K., It reaches the number one spot on the British charts and stays there for 21 weeks.


November 29, 1963 - The single "I Want To Hold Your Hand" is released in the U.K. and immediately hits number one on the charts.

December 26 , 1963 - "I Want To Hold Your Hand" is released in the United States and spends seven weeks in the number one spot on the charts.

January 20, 1964 - "Meet the Beatles" is released in the United States. It remains in the number one position on Billboard's chart for 11 weeks.


February 7, 1964 - The Beatles arrive in the United States.


February 9, 1964 - The Beatles perform on "The Ed Sullivan Show". According to the Nielsen ratings, they are watched by over 73 million people. During the show they perform five songs, "She Loves You," "I Saw Her Standing There," "All My Loving," "Till There Was You" and "I Want To Hold Your Hand."


February 11, 1964 - The Beatles perform at the Washington Coliseum in Washington, D.C.

February 12, 1964 - The Beatles perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City.


February 16, 1964 - The Beatles make their second appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show." They perform "From Me to You," "This Boy," "All My Loving," "I Saw Her Standing There" and closed with "I Want to Hold Your Hand."

February 23, 1964 - The Beatles appear for the third time on "The Ed Sullivan Show," this time with a taped performance "Twist and Shout" and "Please Please Me" and closed the show once again with "I Want To Hold Your Hand".

March 2, 1964 - The Beatles begin filming their first film, "A Hard Day's Night." They take eight weeks to complete it.

March 31, 1964 - The Beatles hold the top five slots on Billboard's chart: (1) Can't Buy Me Love, (2) Twist and Shout, (3) She Loves You, (4) I Want To Hold Your Hand (5) Please Please Me.


April 4, 1964 - The Beatles hold 14 slots on Billboard's Hot 100 chart.


July 6, 1964 - "A Hard Day's Night" premieres in London.


July 10, 1964 - The album "A Hard Day's Night" is released in the United Kingdom. It shortly reaches number one on the charts. In August the album is released in the United States where it also reaches number one.

August 11, 1964 - "A Hard Day's Night" opens in America.

August 19, 1964 - The Beatles begin a USA/Canada tour with a concert at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California.


December 4, 1964 - The album "Beatles For Sale" is released in the U.K. and as with previous releases it hits number one.

February 23, 1965 - Shooting begins on the Beatles' second film, "Help!"


June 12, 1965 - The Beatles are named Members of the British Empire by the Queen, and in October they are presented with medals at Buckingham Palace.

July 29, 1965 - The Beatles second movie, "Help" opens in London.

August 6, 1965 - The album, "Help" is released in the U.K. and reaches number one both in the U.K. and the United States.


August 15, 1965 - The Beatles perform at New York's Shea Stadium. The concert grosses $304,000 U.S. dollars. The Beatles' share was $160,000.

December 3, 1965 - The album, "Rubber Soul" is released in the U.K. and reaches number one both in the U.K. and the United States.


August 5, 1966 - The album, "Revolver" is released in the U.K. and reaches number one both in the U.K. and the United States.


August 29, 1966 - The Beatles perform their last live concert, in San Francisco, California.

June 1, 1967 - The album, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" is released in the U.K. and reaches number one both in the U.K. and the United States. It also receives four Grammy Awards including Best Album.

June 25, 1967 - The Beatles perform "All You Need is Love" in "Our World," a two-hour satellite television program transmitted live by satellite to five continents and 24 countries.

August 27, 1967 - Brian Epstein dies. The Beatles are told of his death while they are visiting Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Bangor, Wales.


November 27, 1967 - The album, "Magical Mystery Tour" is released in the U.S. and hits number one. It is released in the U.K. eleven days later missing three of the songs found on the U.S. release.

December 26, 1967 - "Magical Mystery Tour," an hour-long television special airs in the U.K.

February 1968 - The Beatles spent a few weeks in Rishikesh, India, to attend a seminar hosted by Maharishi.

May 14, 1968 - John and Paul appear on "The Tonight Show" to announce that their new company, Apple.

July 17, 1968 - "Yellow Submarine" premieres in London. It opens in America several months later.

November 22, 1968 - The album, "The Beatles" (better known as the White Album) is released and reaches number one both in the U.K. and the United States.

January 13, 1969 - The soundtrack album, "Yellow Submarine" is released in the U.S. and reaches number two both in the U.K. and the United States. Number one is still held by the White Album.

January 30, 1969 - The Beatles perform together for the last time live on the roof of Apple's London office. The performance can be seen in the movie documentary "Let It Be."

September, 1969 - John decides to leave the Beatles, but he does not announce it publicly because of current contract negotiations with EMI.

September 26, 1969 - The Beatles last album, "Abbey Road" is released in the U.K. and reaches number one both in the U.K. and the United States.

April 10, 1970 - Paul announces that he has left the Beatles.

May 8, 1970 - The Beatles last album, "Let It Be" which unknown to many was recorded before "Abbey Road"

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• In 1962 a contest was held by the Mersyside Newspaper to see who was the most popular band in Liverpool. The Beatles won the contest by calling in and posing as different people voting for themselves.



• The Beatles got their name from a line in the movie "The Wild Ones". Lee Marvin's character had a line in the movie where he referred to the women in the gang as "beetles." The Beatles changed the 'ee' to 'ea' so it was like the musical term 'beat'.



• "Hey Jude" is the Beatles' most commercially successful single.



• In 1962 the Beatles made the group's TV debut performing Roy Orbison's "Dream Baby" on the BBC show "Teenager's Turn."



• In 1972, "Let It Be" was the first Beatles' song to be released in the Soviet Union.



• Paul McCartney got the idea for the song Lovely Rita, (Meter Maid) after getting a parking ticket from a female warden while illegally parked at Abbey Road.



• The song "Yesterday" was originally offered by Paul to the artist Chris Farlowe however, he was not interested in recording it stating it was too soft for his tastes.



• Most know that Paul McCartney is left handed which is apparent when he is seen holding his Hoffner bass left handed. Interestingly enough, Ringo is also left handed which may be cause for his "original" drumming style.



• John Lennon wrote the Beatles song "Dear Prudence" when Mia Farrow's sister, Prudence, wouldn't "come out and play" with Mia and the Beatles at a religious retreat in India.



• For the "Yellow Submarine" movie, actors were used to voice the Beatles' lines.

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From the following names, which cannot be found in the title of a Beatles' song? Cynthia, Yoko, Pam, or Julia.

What does Paul claim to quit in the Beatles' song, 'She Came in through the Bathroom Window'?

Who is second in line on the 'Abbey Road' album cover?

In what Beatles' song would you find the Eggman?

Who was the first Beatle to get married?

What Beatles' song has the characters Desmond and Molly?

What was John Lennon's primary instrument?

What was the working title for the song "Yesterday"?

The Beatles' song Octopus's Garden featured who singing lead vocals?

Where did George Harrison first meet his future wife, Patti Boyd?



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In which Beatles' song was Edgar Allen Poe mentioned?

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On August 29th, 1966 at 8:00 PM the Beatles took the stage which was setup on the second base line at Candlestick Park, for what would be the last (paid) concert they where ever to perform. The concert lasted 33 minutes with the Beatles performing 11 songs.

The setlist was as follows:

Chuck Berry's Rock And Roll Music
She's A Woman
If I Needed Someone
Day Tripper
Baby's In Black
I Feel Fine
Yesterday
I Wanna Be Your Man
Nowhere Man
Paperback Writer
Little Richard's Long Tall Sally

"The Beatles will exist without us." - George Harrison

"At the beginning I was annoyed with [John], jealous because of Yoko, and afraid about the breakup of a great musical partnership. It took me a year to realize they were in love." - Paul McCartney

"You have to be a bastard to make it, and that's a fact. And the Beatles are the biggest bastards on earth." - John Lennon

"The biggest break in my career was getting into the Beatles in 1962. The second biggest break since then was getting out of them." - George Harrison

"Possession isn't nine-tenths of the law its nine-tenths of the problem." - John Lennon

"We thought that if we lasted for two to three years that would be fantastic." - Ringo Starr

"Life is what happens to you when you're busy making other plans" - John Lennon

"As far as I'm concerned, there won't be a Beatles reunion as long as John Lennon remains dead." - George Harrison

"Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn't argue with that; I'm right and will be proved right. We're more popular than Jesus now; I don't know which will go first - rock and roll or Christianity." - John Lennon

"I'm really glad that most of our songs were about love, peace and understanding." - Paul McCartney

"Love is like a flower, give it time and it will grow" - John Lennon

"There is one thing I used to regret and feel guilty about. When Ringo joined us I used to act all big time with him because I'd been in the business a bit longer and felt superior. I was a know-all. I'd been in the sixth form and thought I'd read a bit, you know. I began putting him off me, and me off me." - Paul McCartney

"Lots of people who complained about us receiving the MBE received theirs for heroism in the war-for killing people. We received ours for entertaining other people. I'd say we deserve ours more." - John Lennon

"The nicest thing is to open the newspapers and not to find yourself in them." - George Harrison

"One of my great memories of John is from when we were having some argument. I was disagreeing and we were calling each other names. We let it settle for a second and then he lowered his glasses and he said: "It's only me." And then he put his glasses back on again. To me, that was John. Those were the moments when I actually saw him without the facade, the armor, which I loved as well, like anyone else. It was a beautiful suit of armor. But it was wonderful when he let the visor down and you'd just see the John Lennon that he was frightened to reveal to the world." - Paul McCartney

"The Beatles are not merely awful. They are so unbelievably horrible, so appallingly unmusical, so dogmatically insensitive to the magic of the art, that they qualify as crowned heads of anti-music." - William F. Buckley Jr.

"They were doing things nobody was doing. Their chords were outrageous, just
outrageous, and their harmonies made it all valid. Everybody else thought they were for the teenyboppers, that they were gonna pass right away. But it was obvious to me that they had staying power. I knew they were pointing to the direction where music had to go." - Bob Dylan

"John had his thing, and Paul had his, and together there were two different things all together. But they fit." - Billy Preston

"If I could be in any band, I think it would have to be The Beatles. That would have been a lot of fun." - Jason Behr

"Ringo says the Beatles can never play together again because John Lennon is dead. Come on, it didn't stop them before, I mean they did Abbey Road, and Paul was dead the whole time!" - John Henson

"We gotta put out these goddam mop-haired little bastards from England. Jesus Christ, The Beatles! What a name! And that hair! It's gonna ruin Capitol, I'm telling you! It's gonna ruin us!" - Glenn Wallachs, cofounder of Capitol Records.

"You can't be greater than Elvis, change things as much as The Beatles, or be as original as Led Zeppelin. All you can do is rip them off." - Billy Corgan

"George is mainly famous for being the quiet one, which of course is a big joke because he never stops talking..." - Eric Idle

"I was never quite sure whether George Harrison liked me taking pictures of him, because he usually had such a serious face. But one day he saw me pointing my camera at him, and he started hamming it up by putting tambourines on his head, so I guess he didn't mind...I must say I never really got to know George. We talked a lot and I went down to his house in Esher for meals, but looking back I can't remember what we talked about. I suppose I was so busy getting to know Paul." - Linda McCartney

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Help! (Parlophone, 1965)
Rubber Soul (Parlophone, 1965)
Revolver (Parlophone, 1966)
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Magical Mystery Tour (U.S. only. Released as a Double EP in the UK) (Capitol, 1967)
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