| 1. | John Lennon was a 20th-century English songwriter, singer, instrumentalist, painter, author and political activist who gained worldwide fame as one of the founders of what band? |
| a. | | The Yorkbirds |
| b. | | Social Distortion |
| c. | | The Beatles |
| d. | | Living End
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| 2. | Lennon, with his cynical edge and knack for introspection, and McCartney, with his storytelling optimism and gift for melody, complemented one another uniquely? |
| a. | | True |
| b. | | False
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| 3. | In his solo career, Lennon wrote and recorded songs such as "Imagine" and? |
| a. | | Give Love & Peace |
| b. | | Give Peace a Chance |
| c. | | Give It To Me |
| d. | | Give Me a Chance
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| 4. | Lennon revealed his rebellious nature and irreverent wit on television, in films such as "A Hard Day's Night" in? |
| a. | | 1960 |
| b. | | 1962 |
| c. | | 1964 |
| d. | | 1966
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| 5. | Lennon and Paul McCartney formed a critically acclaimed and commercially successful partnership writing songs for the Beatles and other artists? |
| a. | | True |
| b. | | False
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| 6. | He channeled his fame and penchant for controversy into his work as a peace activist, artist, and what? |
| a. | | author |
| b. | | lawyer |
| c. | | dancer |
| d. | | vegan
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| 7. | He had two sons, Julian, with his first wife Cynthia, and Sean, with his second wife, avant-garde artist named? |
| a. | | Yoko Ono |
| b. | | Yoko Uno |
| c. | | Yiki Ono |
| d. | | Yuki Uno
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| 8. | Lennon was murdered by a deranged fan in New York City on 8 December 1980 after he and Ono returned home from a what? |
| a. | | dinner |
| b. | | recording session |
| c. | | concert |
| d. | | book signing
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| 9. | Respondents to a BBC poll on the 100 Greatest Britons voted Lennon into eighth place in? |
| a. | | 2000 |
| b. | | 2001 |
| c. | | 2002 |
| d. | | 2003
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| 10. | In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Lennon number 38 on their list of "The Immortals: The Fifty Greatest Artists of All Time" and ranked the Beatles at number 1? |
| a. | | True |
| b. | | False
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| 11. | Who shot John Lennon |
| a. | | John Wilkes Booth |
| b. | | Mark David Chapman |
| c. | | Lee Harvey Oswald |
| d. | | Jack Ruby
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