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JustPassingThrough
1. What is Paul McCartney's first name?

A. John
B. Peter
C. James-James--he was named after his father. Paul is his middle name.
D. Ringo

JustPassingThrough-2. Paul played all of the instruments on his first solo album, McCartney, and the drum tracks on several Beatles songs, including The Ballad of John and Yoko. What was the first instrument he ever played?

A. piano
B. cymbals
C. flute
D. trumpet-Paul's dad bought him a trumpet for his fifth birthday. At 10, he picked up guitar (the trumpet made his lips too sore to sing) and then learned the piano. When Stew Sutcliffe left the Beatles, Paul became the band's bassist.

JustPassingThrough-3. What does the album title, Flaming Pie, refer to? That John was such a kidder.

A. Flaming Pie is the terminology used in England for the dessert otherwise known as Baked Alaska. It's Linda McCartney's favorite treat.
B. John Lennon sarcastically wrote in a magazine article that the band's name came when a man on a flaming pie appeared to him in a vision and said, "From this day on, you are Beatles with an 'A.' "-That John was such a kidder
C. Flaming Pie is an annual charity event in Scotland, where each of the Beatles got pies thrown at them to raise money for the homeless. In 1968, 10,000 coconut creams were thrown at the Fab Four.
D. McCartney names every instrument. His first bass was named Pie, so Lennon often called Paul's rockin' solos "Flaming Pie."


JustPassingThrough-4. Paul does not own any of the Beatles' songs (Michael Jackson bought them in the '80s, then sold them to Sony in 1992), but he does own the rights to one of the most popular songs ever. What is it?

A. "God Save the Queen"
B. "Thriller"
C. "Happy Birthday to You"
D. "New York, New York"-McCartney went on a song-buying binge in 1988, purchasing the rights to previously uncopywrited songs, including "Happy Birthday." (By the way, you can sing this to Paul on June 18, his birthday.

5.CatwomanofV.... Which of the following was not cited as evidence in the "Paul Is Dead" theory?

A. A hearse spotted in the background of a photo taken for the Abbey Road album cover
B. A rare Hindu figurine--symbolizing death--pointing at Paul on the Sgt. Pepper's album cover
C. The lyrics "Paul's in heaven/Or is it hell--think it's heaven, but I can't tell" can be heard by playing the fourth track of A Hard Day's Night backwards-The Beatles never sang these words, but they did record cryptic lyrics that could be heard on several albums by playing the tracks backward--"number nine..."
D. Paul was frequently photographed or drawn with an open palm over his head--a sign of death.

6. CatwomanofV...In 1993, McCartney broke his own world record (originally set in 1988 in Rio de Janeiro) for the largest stadium crowd ever. How many people attended the concert?

A. 104,000
B. 154,000
C. 204,000
D. 254,000- Paul broke the world record for stadium attendance at a solo summer concert in Sydney, Australia. The gig sold out in eight minutes.

7. CatwomanofV-What do Lisa Simpson and Paul McCartney have in common?

A. They're both middle children
B. They're both vegetarians-In 1995, Paul appeared on The Simpsons as himself in a voice-over promoting the vegetarian lifestyle. His late wife Linda also appeared.
C. They both can barely play the saxophone
D. They both have a relative named Homer

JustPassingThrough-8. What word(s) did McCartney use in place of "Yesterday" when composing the tune for the song?

A. Liverpool
B. Linda love
C. telephone
D. scrambled eggs-Before there were real lyrics, there was "scrambled eggs." Paul used the words to write the harmony for the tune "Yesterday."

FussBudgetVanPelt-9. Paul was raised by his father, James, a cotton salesman (Paul's mum, Mary, died when he was 14) who moonlighted several nights a week. What was his second job?

A. Performer in a local Vaudeville show
B. Waiter at a pub
C. Copy editor for a paper in Cambridge
D. Guitarist for a local band....James McCartney moonlighted as a jazz guitarist for the Jim Mac Jazz Band at a local bar near the family's flat in Liverpool.

10. CatwomanofV-What is CHOBA B CCCP?

A. The name of Paul's estate in London
B. His driver's license ID
C. Russian translation of a McCartney album-CHOBA B CCCP means "Back in the USSR" in Russian (it was also the name of a Beatles tune). In 1988, Paul released an album by that name exclusively in the Soviet Union. He was the first western artist in history to release an album in that country.
D. Name of the character McCartney is being considered for in the Star Wars prequels

1. A
2. A
3. C
4. D
5. C
6. D
7. B
8. A
9. B
10. C



Cat

Some of them were just guesses.  ;)


Cat

1 C

2 D

3 B

4 C

8 D

Don't know about 9.

I finfd the one about a "death clue" on A Hard Day's Night a bit odd, since he didn't "die" until 1966 - or were they precognitive, too?

Hi Mark

I would have enjoyed it....It might be a good idea to impose a limit to start with.... :)

Nonetheless

# 9  A. Performer in a local Vaudeville show

FB  :)

Okay, can you tell I'm guessing yet ?  ;D

D. Guitarist for a local band  ???