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(More customer reviews)For me, Trivial Pursuit is all about the questions and this selection does the job.
Most people know at least a little bit about The Beatles, but not so much that they're getting a doctorate in Beatleology. I've seen that first hand conducting live trivia contests each year at the annual Fest For Beatles Fans.
There has to be a careful balance of questions between those that have you instantly say "I know that," those that have you searching your brain ("It's on the tip of my tongue!"), those that puzzle but surprise you ( "Wow, really? That's neat to know!"), and those that leave you wondering "Huh?" Can't make them all too easy or too hard. No fun in that.
Questions for Trivial Pursuit special-interest packages like The Beatles are even more challenging. The mix has to satisfy both the casual participant and the dedicated fan.
In general, the mix of questions here is a good one. I very much like the fact that they are sorted by category onto separate cards (six questions per category card) and arranged in degree of difficulty (1-2 easiest, 3-4 medium, 5-6 hard).
The categories that are the most fun are those that cover the movies and songs - timeless areas for any fan. Next in enjoyment are solo questions. Because these cover all four solo careers they end up broad enough to be generally accessible. "Albums and singles" are obvious, though to new generation fans singles (and albums) may be as mysterious a concept as a compact disc was to Austin Powers.
Oddly the toughest category is probably "The Beatles in America" because it focuses on a limited slice of time. Still, I often smiled at clever wording in the questions that dropped clues to help a casual fan to figure out the correct answer just by listening carefully.
The History category touches just about anything in the Fab Four story, and probably contains the greatest number of fun factoids (back to their days in Germany). Full disclosure: In response to a query from the Trivial Pursuit team months ago, my wife provided the answer to one question, the name of a Chicago ice cream shop/candy store visited by The Beatles in 1965. (She tossed that off without a second's hesitation.)
This Trivial Pursuit package should provide plenty of entertaining moments, especially revealing how much we really have absorbed about The Beatles. I know it'll be an ideal party accompaniment for me, especially with one of those new remastered boxed sets playing in the background.
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