Billie Eilish
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This Billie Eilish trivia quiz has 157 free questions with answers and follows her from a homeschooled kid in Highland Park uploading Ocean Eyes to SoundCloud, through the bedroom-recorded debut album that swept the Grammys, the James Bond theme, Happier Than Ever, the Barbie ballad and Hit Me Hard and Soft. It covers Finneas, her family, her records and firsts, tours and festivals, and the songs' stories, from the Invisalign click on Bad Guy to the monster under the bed in Bury a Friend. It is made for fans who know the lyrics and want to test the deep cuts. About a third of the questions are easy, a third medium and the rest are hard enough to separate casual listeners from people who have watched the documentary twice. Every answer has been checked against a primary source and each question links to the page that confirms it.
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Q 01Which of these is one of Billie Eilish's real middle names?
Pirate
Her full name is Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell.
Q 02Billie Eilish grew up in which Los Angeles neighbourhood?
Highland Park
Eilish grew up in Highland Park, northeast Los Angeles, where she and Finneas recorded her debut album in his bedroom in the family home.
Q 03How were Billie Eilish and her older brother Finneas educated as children?
Homeschooled
Eilish and Finneas were homeschooled by their mother, Maggie Baird, a choice their parents made to spend time with them and let them pursue their interests.
Q 04Eilish has said she was diagnosed with which condition at age 11?
Tourette syndrome
Eilish was diagnosed with Tourette syndrome at age 11 and has discussed her tics publicly, including in a 2022 interview with David Letterman.
Q 05What ended Eilish's dance training in 2016?
A growth plate injury
A growth plate injury to her hip ended Eilish's dance training, after which she focused on recording music with Finneas.
Q 06Eilish's debut single 'Ocean Eyes', written and produced by her brother Finneas, was released in 2015 on which platform?
SoundCloud
'Ocean Eyes' was uploaded to SoundCloud in November 2015, recorded in Finneas's bedroom, and drew label attention within months.
Q 07Why did Finneas hand 'Ocean Eyes' to Billie in the first place?
Her dance teacher wanted a song to choreograph
Fred Diaz at the Revolution Dance Center asked the siblings for a track for a routine.
Q 08Which record executive signed Eilish to Darkroom and Interscope in August 2016?
Justin Lubliner
Justin Lubliner, founder of Darkroom Records, signed Eilish to Darkroom and Interscope in August 2016 after hearing 'Ocean Eyes' the year before.
Q 09Eilish's 2017 song 'Bored' appeared on the soundtrack of which Netflix series?
13 Reasons Why
'Bored' was released in March 2017 on the soundtrack of Netflix's 13 Reasons Why, the same year as her debut EP.
Q 10What was the title of Eilish's 2017 debut EP?
Don't Smile at Me
Don't Smile at Me, released in August 2017, was Eilish's debut EP; Finneas produced every track.
Q 11Eilish's debut album title asks 'When We All Fall Asleep...' what?
Where Do We Go?
Her 2019 debut album is When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?; Eilish said it was inspired partly by lucid dreaming and night terrors.
Q 12The album track 'My Strange Addiction' samples dialogue from which sitcom?
The Office
'My Strange Addiction' samples dialogue from The Office, specifically the episode 'Threat Level Midnight'; Eilish is a devoted fan of the sitcom.
Q 13'Bury a Friend' is sung from the perspective of what?
A monster under the bed
Eilish said 'Bury a Friend' is sung from the perspective of a monster under her bed, with lyrics that are dark and violent by design.
Q 21'No Time to Die' made Eilish the youngest artist ever to do what?
Record a 007 title song
She was 17 when she recorded it.
Q 22Which film composer provided the orchestration on 'No Time to Die'?
Hans Zimmer
Hans Zimmer, composer of the film's score, provided the orchestral arrangement with Matt Dunkley; Johnny Marr of the Smiths played guitar on the track.
Q 23'No Time to Die' was the third consecutive 007 theme to take which prize?
Academy Award for Best Original Song
Q 14What inspired Eilish to write 'Xanny'?
Friends getting sick from drinking at a party
She wanted to be the sober one in the room watching everyone become 'completely not who they were'.
Q 15'Bad Guy' opens with the sound of Eilish removing what?
Her Invisalign brace
The click and laugh became one of pop's most recognisable intros.
Q 16'Bad Guy' hit number one in the US by ending the record 19-week run of which song?
Old Town Road
'Bad Guy' topped the Hot 100 in August 2019, ending the record 19-week run of Lil Nas X's 'Old Town Road'; Eilish was 17.
Q 17Which singer joined Eilish on a remix of 'Bad Guy'?
Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber, whom Eilish idolised as a child, joined her on the 'Bad Guy' remix released in July 2019.
Q 18Which R&B singer duetted with Eilish on the 2018 ballad 'Lovely'?
Khalid
'Lovely', released in April 2018, pairs Eilish with Khalid; it was written for the second season of a Netflix drama and went multi-platinum.
Q 19Which award did Finneas win in his own right at the 2020 Grammys?
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Finneas won Producer of the Year, Non-Classical at the 2020 Grammys for producing his sister's debut album.
Q 20'Everything I Wanted' grew out of a dream in which Eilish did what?
Jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge
Eilish said 'Everything I Wanted' grew from a dream in which she jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge; the song won Record of the Year at the 63rd Grammys.
'No Time to Die' won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2022, following Adele's 'Skyfall' and Sam Smith's 'Writing's on the Wall' from the two previous Bond films.
Q 24'What Was I Made For?' was written for which 2023 film?
Barbie
'What Was I Made For?' was written for Greta Gerwig's Barbie; it became Eilish's second UK number one and won her a second Oscar.
Q 25'What Was I Made For?' was the first film song to win Song of the Year at the Grammys since which track?
My Heart Will Go On
Celine Dion's Titanic ballad 'My Heart Will Go On' won Song of the Year in 1999; no song written for a film took the prize again until Eilish's win in 2024.
Q 26Which Happier Than Ever song has a self-directed video of Eilish and friends at a sleepover?
Lost Cause
The 'Lost Cause' video, self-directed and released in June 2021, shows Eilish and her friends dancing around a house at a slumber party.
Q 27The video for 'Therefore I Am' was shot in an empty version of what?
A shopping mall
The video was shot in the empty Glendale Galleria shopping mall, closed to the public because of the pandemic, with Eilish grabbing food from the shops.
Q 28In March 2021 Eilish set a record for the fastest Instagram post to reach a million likes with a photo of what?
Her new blonde hair
The March 2021 photo revealing her new blonde hair reached a million Instagram likes in about six minutes, a record at the time.
Q 29Eilish's 2021 concert film 'Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles' was filmed where?
The Hollywood Bowl
The concert film was shot at the Hollywood Bowl in 2021 without a live audience because of COVID-19.
Q 30Eilish's 2021 documentary The World's a Little Blurry was released on which streaming service?
Apple TV+
Apple TV+ released The World's a Little Blurry in February 2021; the documentary follows Eilish through the making of her debut album.