And the answers to Quiz No 3. I have amazed myself by how often I have picked my own favourite songs to quiz you about.
1 You say yes, I say no, you say stop and I say go go go but what do you say?
Well, here are the lyrics and the answer is clearly “goodbye” :
“You say yes, I say no
You say stop and I say go go go, oh no
You say goodbye and I say helloHello hello
I don’t know why you say goodbye, I say hello
Hello hello
I don’t know why you say goodbye, I say hello“And the song, of course, is “Hello, Goodbye”
The two biggest clues are the words “Hello, goodbye”, because the answer is “Hello Goodbye”
2A & 2B A two part question as this song has already been featured in Quiz No 2. Allegedly, Diane Ashley came in through the bathroom window, protected by a silver spoon, but (A) how many clubs a day did she work in, and (B) what could she do and what could she not do?
Firstly, 2(A) :
She said she’d always been a dancer
She worked at fifteen clubs a day
And though she thought I knew the answer
Well, I knew what I could not say
And so I quit the police department
And got myself a steady job
And though she tried her best to help me
She could steal, but she could not rob
Jo Jo was a man who thought he was a loner
But he knew it couldn’t last
Jo Jo left his home in Tucson, Arizona
For some California grassGet back, get back
Get back to where you once belonged
Get back, get back
Get back to where you once belonged
Get back Jo Jo
Go home
The group played this song, and others, in their last ever rooftop concert:
4 What’s it like in an Octopus’s Garden?
Well, there are quite a few details:
in the shade We would be warm below the storm Our little hideaway beneath the waves near a cave
we can’t be found We would shout and swim about What joy for every girl and boy
they’re happy and they’re safe
so happy you and me No one there to tell us what to do
They slither while they pass, they slip away across the universe
Pools of sorrow waves of joy are drifting through my opened mind
Possessing and caressing me”
6 Day after day, alone on his hill, what is the man with the foolish grin doing?
He’s a very busy man:
The man with the foolish grin is keeping perfectly still he never gives an answer Sees the sun going down
the eyes in his head See the world spinning ’round The man of a thousand voices talking perfectly loud
he never shows his feelings He never listens to them He knows that they’re the fools
“Friday night arrives without a suitcase
Sunday morning creeping like a nun
Monday’s child has learned to tie his bootlace
See how they run”
8 What is all you need?
If you’re a Beatles fan, you shouldn’t need a song to know this. You should know it already.
All you need is love
All you need is love
All you need is love, love
Love is all you needLove, love, love
Love, love, love
Love, love, love
9 Who always cooked breakfast for the Queen?
Back to my favourite Beatles song:
“The king of Marigold was in the kitchen
Cooking breakfast for the queen
The queen was in the parlour
Playing piano for the children of the king”
10 Who was screaming from the gallery?
Easy, peasy, although I couldn’t persuade both Rose and Valerie to appear together. Anyway here’s Rose:
And here’s Valerie in one of her quieter moments:
And here’s the full, sordid, story
P.C. Thirty-One said “We caught a dirty one”
Maxwell stands alone
Painting testimonial pictures ohh oh oh oh
Rose and Valerie screaming from the gallery
Say he must go free (Maxwell must go free)
The judge does not agree and he tells them so oh oh oh
But as the words are leaving his lips
A noise comes from behindBang, bang, Maxwell’s silver hammer
Came down upon his head
Do do do do do
Bang, Bang, Maxwell’s silver hammer
Made sure that he was dead
John Knifton 
Good reading.
Glad you enjoyed it, Derrick!
The lyrics of some of these songs are really quite clever, and it’s only when they are written down, you get a real sense of what’s going on (or not as the case may be!).
And there are websites, of course, which explain the background and the circumstances of the Beatles’ songs. Here’s one of the better ones…..
https://www.azlyrics.com/b/beatles.html
That would be an excellent help. Thank you John.
Yup, that’s a difficult quiz.
It’s meant to contain a selection of questions of varying difficulties, with one or two easy ones, such as No 8, and a few that are very difficult such as 2a and 2b.
On the other hand, I may give up my plans for a quiz about Credence Clearwater Revival.
Thank you for sharing!!.. I remember when the Beatles first came to America, they called it “the British invasion”… they were welcomed by huge crowds and the first time I were able to see them was on the Ed Sullivan show.. I think my favorite song were “Penny Lane”… 🙂
Hope all is well in your part of the universe and until we meet again….
May the sun shine all day long
Everything go right, nothing go wrong
May those you love bring love back to you
And may all the wishes you wish come true
(Irish Saying)
Penny Lane is, of course, the name of a real street in Liverpool. The cold weather has started over here, and I hope you are keeping warm, and continuing to feed all of your little feathery friends!!!