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Lunchtime Quiz: NOT the Beatles
by Sandy and Kara - February 6, 2008 - 10:30 AM

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Wednesday couldn’t have arrived at a better time, right between Tuesday and Thursday. And to celebrate, it’s time for our lunchtime quiz…

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It’s simple: We list nine cover versions of Beatles songs that hit the Billboard Top-20 in the 1960s and 1970s, and you’ll identify the artist responsible for each of those recordings. Click to take our NOT the Beatles quiz, then return here and post your score in the comments. And be honest. Ringo’s watching!

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Comments (16)

  1. Aced with ease.

    posted by Jake Le Master on 2-6-2008 at 11:16 am

  2. Sexy Sadie died.

    posted by fixedgear on 2-6-2008 at 11:27 am

  3. Alright, so I did really bad, BUT Aretha Franklin did a fantastic version of Fool on the Hill, so technically that wasn’t wrong. :p

    posted by k8 on 2-6-2008 at 11:35 am

  4. Yes, k8, she did — but her version wasn’t top-20. I presumed that one would trip up a few people!

    posted by Sandy on 2-6-2008 at 11:37 am

  5. 44%, which made me feel pretty dumb until I saw the average is only 26%. Now I feel just kinda dumb.

    posted by Lisa on 2-6-2008 at 12:04 pm

  6. 5 out of 7! And based on my reputation as a pop music fanatic, I would say that while my score doesn’t necessarily mean I’m a loser, it certainly means that I’m not what I appear to be.

    posted by Joe Maz on 2-6-2008 at 12:37 pm

  7. Finally, an easy quiz! I aced this sucker!

    posted by beth on 2-6-2008 at 12:49 pm

  8. Sweet, I got 100%!

    posted by Ashley on 2-6-2008 at 12:57 pm

  9. Gah. I consider myself a huge Beatles nut, but I’ve never heard of Aretha’s Eleanor Rigby (although it intrigues me now), or Robin Gibb’s Oh Darling, so I mixed those two up. Seriously, if you didn’t know those versions existed, wouldn’t you think it would be the other way around?

    Can this be graded on a curve for people born in the 80s?

    posted by Liz on 2-6-2008 at 4:45 pm

  10. 100% … No need to grade on the curve for people born in the 50’s. :-)

    posted by Anne on 2-6-2008 at 5:56 pm

  11. Liz: the Gibb version of “Oh Darling” comes from the legendary cinema stinker “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.” I cannot stress this enough: YOU ARE BETTER OFF NOT KNOWING THAT THIS FILM EXISTS.

    posted by Joe Maz on 2-6-2008 at 6:10 pm

  12. The only band i’ve ever heard of is the Beatles…and the Deaths. I think they did a one minute version of Help! Who’s Aretha Franklin anyway? I’m just a fool on a hill…

    posted by Nathumus Maximus on 2-6-2008 at 6:49 pm

  13. I got a %44…pretty sad. But thanks….that was really interesting!

    posted by patty on 2-6-2008 at 10:26 pm

  14. No curve needed. I’m a late 80’s child and I got 100%.

    posted by Jake Le Master on 2-6-2008 at 11:17 pm

  15. How about you do the reverse.. Songs the Beatles poached from other people, and/or songs Elvis poached from other people..
    Beatles and Elvis are huge sacred cows..

    posted by Am4Lib on 2-7-2008 at 1:35 am

  16. Wow. GOOD QUIZ! But they should rename the website: “Mental Floss – Feel Dumb Again.” Got 44%, guessed on all but the Earth-Wind-Fire song. At least I’m smarter than ‘average’… After all these years, how could I have missed these covers?

    posted by TomH on 2-7-2008 at 11:39 am

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