Lenin... or Lennon ?

Guess whether each statement applies to Soviet revolutionary Lenin, singer John Lennon, or both.
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1. Was murdered
Lennon was killed on 8 December 1980 / Lenin died of a cerebral haemorrhage on 21 January 1924
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Lennon
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2. Was communist
Lenin theorised Soviet communism / Lennon always denied being a communist, or even belonging to any political movement
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Lennon
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3. Played an instrument
Lennon was a multi-instrumentalist / Lenin did not play any instruments
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4. Married a Japanese woman
Lennon married Japanese artist Yoko Ono / Lenin married a Russian woman
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5. Has a monument in New York City
Surprisingly, Lenin has a statue in New York, on the roof of 178 Norfolk Street / Lennon has a monument in Central Park, the Strawberry Fields Memorial
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6. Wrote a text called ‘Power to the People’
Lennon wrote this song in 1971
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7. His body is on public display.
Lenin is on display in a mausoleum on Red Square in Moscow / Lennon was cremated
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8. Wrote ‘Revolution’
Lennon wrote this song with the Beatles in 1968
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9. Crossed Abbey Road
On the cover of the album of the same name in 1969
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10. Crossed the Red Square
Lenin crossed it on several occasions, particularly during military parades / Lennon and the Beatles were banned from the USSR
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11. Imagined a world without social hierarchies
Lenin wanted to eliminate all hierarchies through communism / Lennon is famous for his utopian message in ‘Imagine’
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12. Regularly wore round glasses
Lennon was short-sighted and wore round glasses / Lenin wore glasses occasionally but was rarely depicted wearing them
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Lennon
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13. Said, ‘Where there's a will, there's a way.’
A phrase sometimes attributed to Churchill, Luther or even Einstein, but most likely uttered by Lenin
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Lennon
14. His face has been widely depicted in the arts
Both have been widely represented in popular culture
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15. Upon his death, his brain was dissected, analysed and preserved in formalin
Lenin's brain was studied to see if it had any specific capabilities (no conclusive results were found)
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Lennon
Both
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2 Comments
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Level 75
Oct 7, 2025
How could this quiz not have been done before?

Instant nomination!

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Level 71
Oct 7, 2025
Thanks comrade / fellow Beatles fan!