| 1. | Sir James Paul McCartney is an iconic Academy Award and Grammy Award-winning English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who first gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of what band? |
| a. | | Beach Boys |
| b. | | The Beatles |
| c. | | Poison |
| d. | | AC/DC
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| 2. | McCartney and John Lennon formed 'one of the most influential' and successful songwriting partnerships and 'wrote some of the most popular music in rock music history? |
| a. | | True |
| b. | | False
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| 3. | McCartney launched a successful solo career and formed the band Wings with his wife named? |
| a. | | Lisa |
| b. | | Linda |
| c. | | Louise |
| d. | | Liza
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| 4. | McCartney has also worked on film scores, classical music, and ambient/electronic what? |
| a. | | lights |
| b. | | software |
| c. | | music |
| d. | | stage props
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| 5. | He has released a large catalogue of songs as a solo artist, and has taken part in projects to assist international charities? |
| a. | | True |
| b. | | False
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| 6. | McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the most successful musician and composer in popular music history, with how many gold discs and sales of 100 million singles? |
| a. | | 25 |
| b. | | 45 |
| c. | | 51 |
| d. | | 60
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| 7. | McCartney's song entitled what is listed as the most covered song in history and has been played more than 7,000,000 times on American TV and radio? |
| a. | | Tuesday |
| b. | | Yesterday |
| c. | | Today |
| d. | | Tomorrow
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| 8. | McCartney is a painter, an advocate for animal rights, vegetarianism, and music education, and is active in campaigns against landmines, seal culls and Third World debt? |
| a. | | True |
| b. | | False
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| 9. | McCartney's company MPL Communications owns the copyrights to more than three thousand songs, including all of the songs written by Buddy Holly, along with the publishing rights to musicals such as Guys and Dolls, A Chorus Line, and? |
| a. | | Pirates |
| b. | | Grease |
| c. | | The Producers |
| d. | | Singing in the Rain
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| 10. | McCartney was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in? |
| a. | | 1963 |
| b. | | 1964 |
| c. | | 1965 |
| d. | | 1966
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