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The Life and Work of Paul McCartney

Can you answer these questions about the life and work of Paul McCartney?
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McCartney was born in 1942, in which city?
Liverpool
Who was his younger brother, born 1944, also a musician?
Peter Michael McCartney
Which future Beatle did Paul meet on a bus in 1954?
George Harrison
Which skiffle band did Paul join in 1957?
The Quarrymen
The band were finally given what famous name in 1960?
The Beatles
The same year they had a residency in which German city?
Hamburg
Which actress had a five-year relationship with him in the mid 60s?
Jane Asher
Which McCartney song is said to be the most covered in history?
Yesterday
Who did Paul marry in 1969?
Linda Eastman
Which 1970 record was his first solo album?
McCartney
Which band did he form in 1971?
Wings
What is the name of his daughter, born in 1971?
Stella McCartney
He co-wrote the title song for which 1973 Bond film?
Live and Let Die
Scottish police fined him in 1973 relating to cultivation of what?
Cannabis
Which record became the UK’s best selling studio album of 1974?
Band on the Run
In 1980 he was briefly jailed, in which country, on drugs charges?
Japan
Which duet did he record with Stevie Wonder in 1982?
Ebony and Ivory
With whom did he record The Girl Is Mine and Say Say Say?
Michael Jackson
Which McCartney song featured in the 1984 animated short Rupert and the Frog Song?
We All Stand Together
Which charity supergroup got to number one with Let It Be in 1987?
Ferry Aid
He and his wife, in animated form, appeared in ‘Lisa the Vegetarian’, a 1995 episode of which TV show?
The Simpsons
Which former model was he married to from 2002 to 2008?
Heather Mills
McCartney received the 2010 Gershwin prize from which US President?
Barack Obama
Which 2012 album featured primarily pop and jazz covers?
Kisses on the Bottom
McCartney had a cameo as Uncle Jack in which 2017 film?
Pirates of the Caribbean:
Dead Men Tell No Tales
In June 2022 he headlined which festival, at the age of 80?
Glastonbury
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