Friday Night Pub Quiz #12 – The Beatles Before Ringo
Welcome to Friday Night Pub Quiz #12, The Beatles Before Ringo. Where you can test your music knowledge about The Beatles before Ringo.
The background to most of the answers can be found in Derek Shelmerdine‘s book Rock’n’Roll Unravelled.
The Beatles Before Ringo
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Questions
1. Which year did John Lennon meet Paul McCartney?
2. After John and Paul met, approximately how long was it before George Harrison joined them?
3. Which Buddy Holly song did the Quarry Men cover at their only recording session in July 1958?
4. What was the name of George Harrison’s group, who were supposed to play at the Casbah Coffee Club on its opening night?
5. When Stuart Sutcliffe joined the Quarry Men as bass guitarist in January 1960, what did the group change its name to?
6. On 10 May 1960 the group (now called the Silver Beetles) failed their audition to back which legendary Liverpool singer?
7. Which British beat poet did John and Stuart back at the Jacaranda club in Liverpool in June 1960?
8. When did drummer Pete Best join the group?
9. When did they become “The Beatles”?
10. During their first Hamburg trip John, Paul and George recorded with Ringo Starr – which band was Ringo with at the time?
11. In the recording session (Question 10) who was the bassist in Ringo’s group, who also played on the recording?
12. Who stood in as bass player for four gigs, when the Beatles returned to Liverpool from their first trip to Hamburg?
13. When did the Beatles return to Hamburg for their second residency?
14. Who did the Beatles record My Bonnie with during their second Hamburg trip?
15. When My Bonnie was originally released on Polydor in Germany, what was the artist credit?
16. What was the name of Astrid Kirchherr’s (Stuart Sutcliffe’s girlfriend) arty friends, who inspired the famous Beatles hairstyle?
17. Which two Liverpool groups did the Beatles team up with at Litherland Town Hall on 19 October 1961, to create “The Beatmakers”?
18. Who beat the Beatles to a recording deal at the Decca audition on 1 January 1962?
19. Who is said to have given John Lennon harmonica tips, in-between recording sessions for Love Me Do?
20. Three versions of Love Me Do were recorded with three different drummers, Pete Best, Ringo Starr and who else?
Answers
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