Drive My Car Quiz

Try out this Drive My Car quiz to test your knowledge. Drive My Car trivia explores the Beatles song that opened Rubber Soul in 1965 and helped set the album’s tone.

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15 questions

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290 pts max score

Question 1 · Easy · 10 pts
Which line adds a maybe-romantic note after the driving offer?
Question 2 · Medium · 20 pts
What musical move greets listeners right at the start of "Drive My Car"?
Question 3 · Medium · 20 pts
Whose use of car imagery helped inspire the final lyric concept of "Drive My Car"?
Question 4 · Hard · 40 pts
Which scrapped phrase gave way to a comic narrative direction in the lyric revision process?
Question 5 · Medium · 20 pts
The lyric joke works because a shiny sales pitch runs smack into what kind of opening approach?
Question 6 · Easy · 10 pts
What was the Beatles’ final public performance, famously staged on a London rooftop?
Question 7 · Easy · 10 pts
Fill in the lyric: "____, you can drive my car."?
Question 8 · Medium · 20 pts
Besides singing and writing, John Lennon played what on "Drive My Car"?
Question 9 · Medium · 20 pts
What does the repeated use of "baby" make the bargain sound like?
Question 10 · Hard · 40 pts
In what year did the Beatles perform "Drive My Car" in their live set?
Question 11 · Medium · 20 pts
On "Drive My Car," Paul McCartney played which instrument?
Question 12 · Medium · 20 pts
The chorus turns the offer to drive into what kind of social move?
Question 13 · Easy · 10 pts
What kind of ending gives the song's story its sense of humor?
Question 14 · Medium · 20 pts
Before the reveal, the song treats the car as what kind of object?
Question 15 · Easy · 10 pts
Which Beatle contributed to the lyrics of "Drive My Car"?

Which line adds a maybe-romantic note after the driving offer?

What musical move greets listeners right at the start of "Drive My Car"?

Whose use of car imagery helped inspire the final lyric concept of "Drive My Car"?

Which scrapped phrase gave way to a comic narrative direction in the lyric revision process?

The lyric joke works because a shiny sales pitch runs smack into what kind of opening approach?

What was the Beatles’ final public performance, famously staged on a London rooftop?

Fill in the lyric: "____, you can drive my car."?

Besides singing and writing, John Lennon played what on "Drive My Car"?

What does the repeated use of "baby" make the bargain sound like?

In what year did the Beatles perform "Drive My Car" in their live set?

On "Drive My Car," Paul McCartney played which instrument?

The chorus turns the offer to drive into what kind of social move?

What kind of ending gives the song's story its sense of humor?

Before the reveal, the song treats the car as what kind of object?

Which Beatle contributed to the lyrics of "Drive My Car"?