The Big Four Trivia Quiz

Answer: Rock Band

"The Beatles: Rock Band" was released in 2009 for the Wii, PS3, and XBox 360. "Rock Band" is a game series where you can play many songs with the guitar, bass, drums, and you can even sing them. For the "Beatles: Rock Band", a special guitar and special drums were made. "Rock Band" has made many other titles, including "Rock Band" for Green Day and the Who, as well as a "Country Pack", including songs by Rascall Flatts, Sara Evans, and Martina McBride.

Answer: Maxwell's Silver Hammer

"The Beatles" ran from 1965 to 1967, with a total of 3 seasons and 39 episodes. The first three episodes of the first season were "A Hard Day's Night/I Want to Hold Your Hand", "Do You Want to Know a Secret/I Fell", and "Please Mr. Postman/Devil in Her Heart", respectively. "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" was not an episode because, when the show ended in October of 1967, "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" hadn't even been written yet!

Answer: A Hard Day's Night

"A Hard Day's Night" was a comic farce with comedy similar to that of the Marx Brothers. It was a black and white movie. "Help!" was the second movie starring the Beatles, in 1965, and it was shown in color. In 1967, "Magical Mystery Tour" game out in color in 1968, "Yellow Submarine" was introduced, also in color, and finally, in 1969, "Let it Be" was released.

Answer: Backbeat

"Backbeat" was released in 1994, starring Stephen Dorff as Sutcliffe, and Ian Hart as John Lennon. The movie was primarily about the relationship between these two; the two that created the name "The Beatles", because they both liked the band "The Crickets".

Stuart Sutcliffe was the Beatles' electric bass guitarist for a little over a year, before his death in 1962, at the age of 21.

Answer: Moptop

The moptop, or mop-top, was named because it looked like a mop. It was also called "Arthur". It is a collar-length haircut in the back that covers the ears and has "fringe", or bangs, in the front. The Beatles made the hairstyle famous, so it was named after them.

Answer: Be-Sharps

In the episode "Homer's Barbershop Quartet", Homer formed the band with Barney, Apu, and Skinner. They became a success rather quickly. Beatles parodies include Barney dating a parody of Yoko Ono, a song that parodies "Revolution 9", and Homer even says they are "bigger than Jesus." In another episode, "Lisa the Vegetarian", Paul and Linda McCartney appear on a roof to help Lisa become a vegetarian.

They ask Lisa if she wants to hear a song, and when she says yes, the screen cuts to Apu and he begins singing, instead of the McCartneys.

Answer: Sheldon Plankton

The fact that Plankton had an album was shown on Nickelodeon in a behind-the-scenes fact. "Krabby Road" was a hit album that parodied "Abbey Road", and the cover showed Plankton walking on Abbey Road. Also, in an episode called "Chimps Ahoy", where monkey scientists visit Sandy, they show up in the Beatles' yellow submarine.

The yellow submarine also shows up in the episode "Nautical Novice" in a boating museum.

Answer: Heart

Heart was never a Beatlesque band. Beatlesque is a word to describe rock and pop musicians who were greatly influenced by the Beatles. Their music tends to lean towards the Beatles' style, and some even parody the Beatles; thus, they are Beatlesque.

Other bands/artists that are Beatlesque include Oasis, Badfinger, the Monkees, the Jam, Tears for Fears, Snow Patrol, the Bangles, Tori Amos, Queen, and Green Day.

Answer: Love

Cirque Du Soleil is an acrobatic stage show with many different "themes", like "O", "Zumanity", and "Ovo". "Love" opened in 2006, and featured music by the Beatles. Guy Laliberté, a Cirque Du Soleil founder, was talking to his friend, George Harrison, in 2000, and they began making plans for the Beatles Cirque Du Soleil, which they called "Love". "Love" was shown at the Mirage in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Answer: Hey Jude

"Hey Jude" only ranked 8th on the list, and "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" only made it to 39th. "Yellow Submarine" and "Help!" did not make the list. As a band, the Beatles' only had 2 on the list, being beaten by the Bee Gees, Boyz II Men, and Usher, who all had 3 on the list.

Here is a list from 10 to 1, for those interested.

10. "Unbreak My Heart" - Tony Braxton
9. "We Belong Together" - Mariah Carey
8. "Hey Jude" - The Beatles
7. "You Light Up My Life" - Various
6. "Physical" - Olivia Newton-John
5. "Macarena" - Various
4. "How Do I Live" - LeAnn Rimes
3. "Mack the Knife" - Bobby Darin
2. "Smooth" - Carlos Santana
1. "The Twist" - Chubby Checker