Answers

1. Which year did John Lennon meet Paul McCartney?
   Answer: 6 July 1957
2. After John and Paul met, approximately how long was it before George Harrison joined them?
   Answer: six months
3. Which Buddy Holly song did the Quarry Men cover at their only recording session in July 1958?
   Answer: That’ll Be The Day
4. What was the name of George Harrison’s group, who were supposed to play at the Casbah Coffee Club on its opening night?
   Answer: The Les Stewart Quartet
5. When Stuart Sutcliffe joined the Quarry Men as bass guitarist in January 1960, what did the group change its name to?
   Answer: Johnny and the Moondogs
6. On 10 May 1960 the group (now called the Silver Beetles) failed their audition to back which legendary Liverpool singer?
   Answer: Billy Fury
7. Which British beat poet did John and Stuart back at the Jacaranda club in Liverpool in June 1960?
   Answer: Royston Ellis
8. When did drummer Pete Best join the group?
   Answer: August 1960 – just before the Beatles left for their first trip to Hamburg
9. When did they become “The Beatles”?
   Answer: August 1960 – just before the Beatles left for their first trip to Hamburg
10. During their first Hamburg trip John, Paul and George recorded with Ringo Starr – which band was Ringo with at the time?
    Answer: Rory and the Hurricanes
11. In the recording session (Question 10) who was the bassist in Ringo’s group, who also played on the recording?
    Answer: Walter Eymond, aka Lu Walters, aka Wally
12. Who stood in as bass player for four gigs, when the Beatles returned to Liverpool from their first trip to Hamburg?
    Answer: Chas Newby
13. When did the Beatles return to Hamburg for their second residency?
    Answer: April 1961
14. Who did the Beatles record My Bonnie with during their second Hamburg trip?
    Answer: Tony Sheridan
15. When My Bonnie was originally released on Polydor in Germany, what was the artist credit?
    Answer: Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers
16. What was the name of Astrid Kirchherr’s (Stuart Sutcliffe’s girlfriend) arty friends, who inspired the famous Beatles hairstyle?
    Answer: the Exis
17. Which two Liverpool groups did the Beatles team up with at Litherland Town Hall on 19 October 1961, to create “The Beatmakers”?
    Answer: Gerry and the Pacemakers + Karl Terry and the Cruisers
18. Who beat the Beatles to a recording deal at the Decca audition on 1 January 1962?
    Answer: Brian Poole and the Tremeloes
19. Who is said to have given John Lennon harmonica tips, in-between recording sessions for Love Me Do?
    Answer: Delbert McClinton – Bruce Channel’s harmonica player
20. Three versions of Love Me Do were recorded with three different drummers, Pete Best, Ringo Starr and who else?
    Answer: Andy White