Pop Music Trivia Quiz
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Pop Music Trivia Quiz
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25 Questions

1. According to André 3000 in the OutKast song 'Hey Ya!', what's cooler than being cool?

2. What American rapper and singer launched to stardom when his single 'Trap Queen' rose to No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100? This man was born with glaucoma in both eyes which eventually required an ocular prosthesis in his left eye.

3. What singer-songwriter goes by a one-word stage name that adds the letter 'C' to his first name by birth? He won a surprise Grammy Album of the Year award in 2015 for his album 'Morning Phase.'

4. There's a close-up of a bust of Napoleon Bonaparte at the beginning of the ABBA video for what song whose title namedrops a battle won by the namesake of New Zealand's capital?

5. 'Georgia On My Mind' is, unsurprisingly, the state's official song and was written by what singer/songwriter who was born in Albany, GA in 1930?

6. What 1982 Toto song, whose title is a continent, experienced a resurgence in popularity in 2018 when Weezer covered the song?

7. Daniel Powter is a Canadian singer-songwriter that rose to fame as his song spent five weeks atop the Billboard charts in 2005. The song featured prominently in video montages of American Idol contestants who were eliminated from the show. What was Powter's two-word smash hit?

8. What adolescently-named lead singer was the front man for the 1980s pop group Culture Club?

9. The sister of what iconic pop singer starred on the Nickelodeon series 'Zoey 101?'

10. Premiering on 'The Tonight Show' in February 2020, the K-Pop group BTS stunned viewers with a performance of their song 'ON' in what iconic NYC venue that has nearly a million visitors every day?

11. The 2012 song 'Skyfall' was written and recorded for the James Bond film of the same name. It won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, and a Golden Globe for Best Original Song, as well as the Brit Award for British Single of the Year. What singer co-wrote and performed the track?

12. Her fellow cast members on the Mickey Mouse Club were Ryan Gosling, Keri Russell, and Justin Timberlake. Her first self-titled debut album in 1999 spawned three U.S. number-one singles: 'Genie in a Bottle,' 'What a Girl Wants,' and 'Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You).' Who is she?

13. What pop singer was, somewhat predictably, asked by TIME in an interview whether she always ordered a grande size at Starbucks? She responded with: 'No, sometimes I get that venti, you know? Some days that's what you need in your life... I love soy lattes. Obviously I don't have dairy because I'm a vegan, but they taste out of this world to me.'

14. What British pop singer/songwriter had a hit in 2007 with the song 'Foundations', and its album, 'Made Of ______.' Fill in the one word blank, a 'B' plural of a clay building block often used in foundations.

15. What large body of water on the southern end of Canada's Hudson Bay shares its name with a musician best-known for his 2014 hit single, 'Hold Back the River'?

16. What man won 'Top Rap Song' at the 2018 Billboard Music Awards for his song 'Rockstar' featured on his album 'Beerbongs & Bentleys'?

17. What Toni Braxton single from 1996 reached No. 1 in more than 15 countries and makes sense in a romantic context but almost none in a medical context?

18. In May 2021, a New Zealander pop star announced her first album in four years named 'Solar Power' and shortly thereafter released the titular first single from the same album. Who is this mononym singer?

19. A 2021 Lil Nas X song, whose music video addresses the lawsuit Nike filed against his 'Satan Shoes', is about an '______ Baby.' Fill in the one word blank, an 'I' word usually associated the economic strength of a particular business.

20. Name this mystery fruit. It's known as the 'king of fruits' in some regions. It's known for its strong odor and thorn-covered rind. If you removed one letter from this fruit's name and repeated yourself, you'd have the name of a mega-successful 80s band.

21. Singer Bobby Helms and guitarist Hank Garland claimed until their deaths that they, not credited writers Joseph Beal and James Boothe, wrote their hit 1957 Christmas song. What is the song?

22. Cincinnati is the hometown of what 'brotherly' R&B act, that had a series of hits from the 1950s to the 1970s, such as 'That Lady' and the original version of 'Twist And Shout?'

23. Singer-songwriter Adam Young founded an electronica project in 2007 in Owatonna, Minnesota that reached fame two years later with the six-times-platinum single 'Fireflies.' What was the aviary-urban name of this musical project?

24. Bizzy Bone, Wish Bone, Layzie Bone, Krayzie Bone, and Flesh-n-Bone are the sweetly singing members of what Cleveland hip hop group?

25. Named after a 1950 blues song by Muddy Waters and a 1965 Bob Dylan hit, what magazine's list of 'The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time' includes these top three selections: Elvis Presley, The Rolling Stones and The Beatles?