Beatlemania Hits America

                             How well do you remember the Beatles in America in 1964?
                             Take our Quiz.

1. What did the Beatles receive for performing three times on The Ed Sullivan Show?
A) $100,000
B) $50,000
C) $10,000
D) $5,000
2. What was the No. 1 song on Billboard's charts on Feb. 1, 1964, a week before the Beatles appeared on Ed Sullivan?
A) "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
B) "She Loves You"
C) "Love Me Do"
D) "I Get Around"
3. What was the first song that the Beatles performed live for an audience in America?
A) "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
B) "All My Loving"
C) "Help!"
D) "Can't Buy Me Love"
4. Who sent a congratulatory telegram to the Beatles before that first performance?
A) President Lyndon B. Johnson
B) Queen Elizabeth II
C) Bob Dylan
D) Elvis Presley
5. How much did a front-row ticket to their first concert in America cost?
A) $4
B) $6
C) $8.50
D) $12.50
6. What item was stolen from Ringo while in New York for their first concert there in August?
A) His passport
B) His St. Christopher medal
C) His drumsticks
D) His autographed photo of Ed Sullivan
7. The Beatles performed a regular set of songs (give or take a few) while on their North American tour in the summer of 1964.  Which of the following was not in the set?
A) "A Hard Day's Night"
B) "Roll Over Beethoven"
C) "Yesterday"
D) "If I Fell"
8. Their North American tour set a record as they zigzagged 22,621 miles across the continent in a little over a month.  Roughly how many people saw the Beatles on that tour?
A) 25,000
B) 59,000
C) 209,000
D) 454,000



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Answers :  1. (C) $10,000
                  2. (A) "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
                  3. (B) "All My Loving" on the Ed Sullivan Show, Feb. 9, 1964
                  4. (D) Elvis.  The telegram was also signed by his manager, Col. Tom Parker.
                  5. (A) $4
                  6. (B) His St. Christopher medal was torn from his neck by Angie McGowan, a 16-year-old fan.  After Ringo made pleas for it during radio interviews, McGowan returned it, and met Ringo in the process.
                 7. (C) "Yesterday".   It wasn't written yet.  Paul wrote it for the Help! album, produced in 1965. 
                 8. (D) 453,950 tickets were sold, to be exact.