Pub Quiz thread

[canary-dave]

Which newspaper was the first to write a story about The Beatles?

The Liverpool Echo?

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Liverpool echo?

 

[Bolton's Boots]

Liverpool echo?

No - wrong country...

 

[colognehornet]

No - wrong country...

Stab in the dark on this one - the Hamburger Morgenpost ?

 

[Bolton's Boots]

Stab in the dark on this one - the Hamburger Morgenpost ?

No - it was in the UK

 

[canary-dave]

The Liverpool Echo?

Liverpool echo?

Yorkie, I thought you were joking about not talking to me! Have you put me on ignore?

 

[yorkshirehornet]

The Liverpool Echo?

Liverpool echo?

yer what?

 

[yorkshirehornet]

Was it the Slough and Windsor express?

 

[yorkshirehornet]

or the NME??

 

[Bolton's Boots]

Was it the Slough and Windsor express?

or the NME??

I suspect both are English, so no - wrong country. Look north.

 

[canary-dave]

The Scottish Record?

 

[colognehornet]

The Scotsman ?

 

[Bolton's Boots]

The Scottish Record?

The Scotsman ?

Nothing so grand - and further north.

 

[yorkshirehornet]

I suspect both are English, so no - wrong country. Look north.

oh sorry.....

 

[Bolton's Boots]

if anyone has a copy of the book 'The Beatles Tune In', the answer is in there...

 

[yorkshirehornet]

I found it on page 174 of a beatles book online.. but coiuldnt open the page!

 

[Bolton's Boots]

I found it on page 174 of a beatles book online.. but coiuldnt open the page!

It's actually on page 322...

A report of an incident on 24th May 1960.

 

[yorkshirehornet]

https://www.historyscotland.com/articles/features/the-forgotten-beatles-tour-of-scotland-1960

This tour I expect...

 

[Bolton's Boots]

https://www.historyscotland.com/articles/features/the-forgotten-beatles-tour-of-scotland-1960

This tour I expect...

It was - and if you know your geography you should be able to work out where they were between 23rd and 25th May, and what paper covers that area.

 

[colognehornet]

The Banffshire Journal ?