Boomers and Beyond

Boomers & Beyond: The Ultimate Popular Music Quiz Book

Mart Matthews is a prolific author of quizzes, having published 19 books on horseracing and football. This one on music follows the same pattern as the previous ones – 1,000 questions in 100 categories.

It has questions on blues, country, doo-wop, folk, heavy metal, hip-hop, jazz, Motown, musicals, pop, pub rock, punk rock, rap, reggae, rock, rockabilly, soul and much more besides.

Try these questions on Beatles record covers:

1. What is the link between the cover of Bob Dylan's Freewheelin' and Abbey Road by the Beatles?

2. Apart from 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' and 'Beatles', what are the only other four words on the front cover of that album?

3. On the cover of A Hard Day's Night there are 20 photos of the Beatles' heads. Who is the only Beatle to be photographed from behind in one of the shots?

4. Which was the first Beatles album to be issued without the group's name on the front cover?