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Doc and Woody’s Tech Talk segment delves into one of life’s great mysteries. How DO you stay cool on social media? How does one use a hashtag? How many emojis is TOO many emojis?

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Doc & Woody Tech Talk: How to be #cool on social media. ;)

Originally Aired: June 5, 2017

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Quizzes today:

How many of the questions from our Beatles / Sgt. Pepper’s quiz today could you get?

Which member of the Beatles appeared on screen at the Ariana Grande One Love benefit concert yesterday to send a message of peace and love to the People of Manchester?

On July 7th, the oldest Beatle will be celebrating his birthday. What Beatle turns 77 on 7/7/2017?

McCartney says the single biggest tribute to the Beatles came two days after the release of the Sgt. Pepper album, when what legendary guitarist opened his set with a cover of the title track at London’s Saville Theatre?

Three songs from Sgt. Pepper were banned by the BBC for alleged drug references – name one of the three.

James Bond once said drinking Dom Perignon warm was simply not done – like listening to the Beatles without earmuffs. What Sean Connery movie had Beatles fans booing at the theatre? Goldfinger, Dr. No, or On Her Majesty’s Secret Service?

When playing in Germany early in their career, all four Beatles contracted the same ailment. Was it polio, gonorrhea, or diphtheria?

The Beatles had to write a personal letter to secure permission to use one woman’s image on the cover of Sgt Pepper. Who had to be personally convinced? Marilyn Monroe, Mother Theresa, or Mae West?

In 1979, the Beatles came very close to playing a reunion show, as three of them got together without John Lennon to play at what guitar god’s wedding? Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, or Jeff Beck?

When the Beatles auditioned for Decca records in 1962, Decca said that groups with guitars were on the way out, and instead signed what Merseybeat group, who were local and cheaper? The Dave Clark Five, The Tremeloes, or Kingsize Taylor and the Dominoes?

Claiming they were atheistic, what group protested outside Beatles concerts in America in 1966? The catholic church, the southern poverty law centre, or The KKK?

When John Lennon made the off-the-cuff remark that the Beatles were bigger than Jesus, he was merely pointing out the decline in Christianity. Where did people first start to burn Beatles’ records in anger? South America, or The American South?

Who said that not only did she have nothing to do with the breakup of the Beatles, but in fact the band’s breakup almost caused her own divorce from John Lennon?

What street in Liverpool has given up on having a street sign, and now just paints its name on a nearby building? Abbey Road, Penny Lane, or Baker Street?

The first single by Bonnie Jo Mason was 1964’s ‘Ringo I Love You’. It didn’t get any radio airplay in North America because radio stations thought her voice was too low to be that of a woman. By what name do we know Bonnie Jo Mason today? Madonna, Charro, or Cher?

On the Beatles’ first tour, each member of the band created a stage name. Paul, for example, changed his last name to ‘Ramon’ and went by ‘Paul Ramon’. What famous punk band took their stage names from McCartney’s stage name of ‘Ramon’?

Who was the so-called fifth Beatle who was the first to sport their now famous haircut? Stu Sutcliffe, Eric Burdon, or Pete Best?

Decca Records famously rejected the Beatles in 1962 because ‘guitar bands were on the way out’. Their A&R man, Dick Rowe, made up for it a couple of years later when he signed what group? The Dave Clark Five, The Rolling Stones, or Gerry and the Pacemakers?

On the cover of Sgt Pepper, Paul McCartney is wearing a very Canadian patch on his left shoulder. What does it say? RCMP, OPP, or UNICEF?

What was the first rock album to win a Grammy for Album of the Year?

A topiary tribute to the Beatles was placed on a traffic island in Liverpool in 2008. But when Ringo said he misses absolutely nothing about his hometown, what happened to the drummer on the display? Set on fire, shaped into a chicken, or had his head chopped off?

Who was the shortest Beatle?

Quiz answers:

McCartney

Ringo

Hendrix

Fixing a Hole, Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds, A Day In The Life

Goldfinger

Gonorrhea

Mae West

Eric Clapton

The Tremoloes

The KKK

The American South

Yoko Ono

Penny Lane

Cher

The Ramones

Stu Sutcliffe

The Rolling Stones

OPP

Sgt. Pepper

Had his head chopped off

Ringo

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