The most comprehensive collection of Beatles facts and trivia you’ll find anywhere has just landed in the App Store. The Lads from Liverpool, which was immediately featured as a Noteworthy Music App by Apple, is a must have for any Beatles fan. This thoroughly researched game not only tests fans knowledge, but also it sure to teach even the most-die hard fab-four-fanatic a thing or three about the band. It is no surprise whatsoever that within a month of its launch, The Lads from Liverpool, developed by Tourbuddy Systems, was getting ink from such famed Beatles Journalists as Steve Marinucci and David Holmes. Discussions on Beatles message boards have been universally positive and the app currently boasts a 4.5/5 star average on iTunes.
This interactive quiz offers Beatles Buffs a treasure trove of hundreds and hundreds of questions about the band, their music, the members and their lives both on and off the stage. Questions are served up randomly with each new round, so users can play over and over, and range in difficulty with bonuses and double bonuses being awarded for the most difficult questions. Fans can see how their Beatles knowledge stacks up against their friends and of course brag about their score on Facebook or Twitter, without leaving the app.
A few questions encountered in the first rounds of the game were:
- Where did the Beatles make their TV debut? (Answer is not “The Ed Sullivan Show”)
- Who is “Mr. Wilson” in the Beatles song “Taxman”?
- What artist did the artwork for “The Beatles Anthology” set?
- What member of John Lennon’s band suggested they change their names from the Quarrymen to the Beetles?
As a universal app, it can be played on both your iPhone and iPad – at full-size of course – with a single purchase. Feature and content updates are included in the truly bargain price of $.99.
It’s worth noting that Tourbuddy Systems has also released “Rolling Stones Games”, by far the most in-depth Stones game around. Rumor has it they will be dropping similarly exhaustive Pink Floyd and Grateful Dead Games this summer.
App Store: $0.99
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