The Life and Work of Paul McCartney - Statistics

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Question Answer % Correct
McCartney was born in 1942, in which city? Liverpool
99%
The band were finally given what famous name in 1960? The Beatles
95%
Which future Beatle did Paul meet on a bus in 1954? George Harrison
93%
The same year they had a residency in which German city? Hamburg
92%
Which band did he form in 1971? Wings
91%
Which skiffle band did Paul join in 1957? The Quarrymen
88%
Which McCartney song is said to be the most covered in history? Yesterday
87%
Scottish police fined him in 1973 relating to cultivation of what? Cannabis
85%
What is the name of his daughter, born in 1971? Stella McCartney
84%
He co-wrote the title song for which 1973 Bond film? Live and Let Die
81%
With whom did he record The Girl Is Mine and Say Say Say? Michael Jackson
80%
In 1980 he was briefly jailed, in which country, on drugs charges? Japan
79%
Which 1970 record was his first solo album? McCartney
79%
Which duet did he record with Stevie Wonder in 1982? Ebony and Ivory
77%
Who did Paul marry in 1969? Linda Eastman
77%
McCartney received the 2010 Gershwin prize from which US President? Barack Obama
75%
Which record became the UK’s best selling studio album of 1974? Band on the Run
73%
Which actress had a five-year relationship with him in the mid 60s? Jane Asher
72%
He and his wife, in animated form, appeared in ‘Lisa the Vegetarian’, a 1995 episode of which TV show? The Simpsons
68%
Who was his younger brother, born 1944, also a musician? Peter Michael McCartney
63%
Which former model was he married to from 2002 to 2008? Heather Mills
49%
In June 2022 he headlined which festival, at the age of 80? Glastonbury
48%
McCartney had a cameo as Uncle Jack in which 2017 film? Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
39%
Which McCartney song featured in the 1984 animated short Rupert and the Frog Song? We All Stand Together
33%
Which 2012 album featured primarily pop and jazz covers? Kisses on the Bottom
27%
Which charity supergroup got to number one with Let It Be in 1987? Ferry Aid
20%
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