The Beatles Word Game

by Elizabeth Martin and Kristen Murphy

Strange things can happen when two Beatle fans come together — particularly when both of them enjoy esoteric vocabulary words. This is a game based on those cryptic Christmas carol games in which you're given a phrase like "Bantam Male Percussionist" and you're supposed to come up with "The Little Drummer Boy." Beth and I took turns retitling 213 of The Beatles' songs (including all of the regularly released singles and album tracks, plus a few others). Some are fairly obvious, others are quite difficult, and some are just plain fun. How well do you know The Beatles' catalogue? Choose a difficulty level and find out…