Statistics for The Life and Work of Paul McCartney

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Question	Answer	% Correct
McCartney was born in 1942, in which city?	Liverpool	100%
Which future Beatle did Paul meet on a bus in 1954?	George Harrison	95%
The band were finally given what famous name in 1960?	The Beatles	95%
The same year they had a residency in which German city?	Hamburg	93%
Which band did he form in 1971?	Wings	90%
Which McCartney song is said to be the most covered in history?	Yesterday	88%
Scottish police fined him in 1973 relating to cultivation of what?	Cannabis	85%
What is the name of his daughter, born in 1971?	Stella McCartney	85%
Which skiffle band did Paul join in 1957?	The Quarrymen	83%
He co-wrote the title song for which 1973 Bond film?	Live and Let Die	80%
With whom did he record The Girl Is Mine and Say Say Say?	Michael Jackson	80%
McCartney received the 2010 Gershwin prize from which US President?	Barack Obama	78%
Which duet did he record with Stevie Wonder in 1982?	Ebony and Ivory	78%
In 1980 he was briefly jailed, in which country, on drugs charges?	Japan	75%
Which 1970 record was his first solo album?	McCartney	73%
He and his wife, in animated form, appeared in ‘Lisa the Vegetarian’, a 1995 episode of which TV show?	The Simpsons	73%
Who did Paul marry in 1969?	Linda Eastman	70%
Which record became the UK’s best selling studio album of 1974?	Band on the Run	68%
Which actress had a five-year relationship with him in the mid 60s?	Jane Asher	68%
Who was his younger brother, born 1944, also a musician?	Peter Michael McCartney	53%
In June 2022 he headlined which festival, at the age of 80?	Glastonbury	45%
Which former model was he married to from 2002 to 2008?	Heather Mills	45%
Which McCartney song featured in the 1984 animated short Rupert and the Frog Song?	We All Stand Together	40%
McCartney had a cameo as Uncle Jack in which 2017 film?	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales	30%
Which 2012 album featured primarily pop and jazz covers?	Kisses on the Bottom	28%
Which charity supergroup got to number one with Let It Be in 1987?	Ferry Aid	20%