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50 free Dan + Shay trivia questions with answers — music quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney started writing together the day after they met in Nashville, and within a few years the pair were among country radio's most reliable hitmakers. Their smooth harmonies and pop instincts carried 'Tequila', 'Speechless' and 'All to Myself' far beyond the country charts, and brought them three Grammys in a row. This quiz covers the whole story: the two members' lives before the duo, the albums and singles, the people who wrote and produced them, the music videos, the famous collaborators, the tours and the television appearances. It is written for fans who know the singles by heart, and for casual listeners who want to find out how much of the story they have picked up along the way. Every answer comes with a short explanation.
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Q 01Before Dan + Shay formed, Shay Mooney had a solo record deal on Nappy Boy Entertainment, the label of which rapper?
T-Pain
T-Pain signed Mooney as a solo act, but the deal ended once the singer teamed up with Dan Smyers to form a country duo.
Q 02Which Canadian pop star sings with Dan + Shay on '10,000 Hours', a number-four debut on the Billboard Hot 100?
Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber also co-wrote the love song, which came out four days after he got married in South Carolina.
Q 03Dan + Shay's 'Tequila' video follows a skier and a hiker who fall in love in the mountains of which state?
Colorado
Colorado's ski town of Breckenridge hosted the shoot, which was captured on 35mm movie film.
Q 04The music video for Dan + Shay's ballad 'Speechless' is built from real 2017 footage of what?
Their own weddings
Their own weddings supplied the clips, including each groom's first look at his bride and the walks down the aisle.
Q 05Dan + Shay became the first coaching duo in the history of which American TV singing contest in 2024?
The Voice
The Voice signed the pair for season 25, where they coached alongside Reba McEntire, John Legend and Chance the Rapper.
Q 06The first song Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney ever wrote together was put on hold for which country group?
Rascal Flatts
Rascal Flatts held the song, written the day after the pair met, and later took the duo out on the 2018 Back to Us Tour.
Q 07The video for Dan + Shay's first country number one stars which animals, a cause close to the duo's hearts?
Rescue dogs
Rescue dogs fill the clip: a Doberman bolts from a diner and the duo chase after it, gathering a muddy pack along the way.
Q 08Dan Smyers of Dan + Shay once fronted the emo band Transition, which played which punk festival in 2004 and 2006?
Warped Tour
Warped Tour hosted Transition twice, and bandmate Dustin Hook later became the touring bassist for Dan + Shay.
Q 09Dan + Shay were guests in 2020 on a Sesame Street spin-off talk show hosted by which Muppet?
Elmo
Elmo fronts The Not-Too-Late Show, a 15-minute talk show built around children's bedtime routines.
Q 10Which powerhouse singer joins Dan + Shay on 'Keeping Score', a duet from the duo's 2018 self-titled album?
Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Clarkson joined the duo to sing it on live television at the 2019 ACM Awards, where the track was nominated for Musical Event of the Year.
Q 11Dan + Shay opened the 2014 leg of the Ten Times Crazier Tour for which chart-topping country star?
Blake Shelton
Blake Shelton had the newcomers open for him from June to October 2014, after which they set out on a ten-date headlining run of their own.
Q 12Dan Smyers of Dan + Shay grew up in Wexford, a suburb of which Pennsylvania city?
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh kept him through college too: he studied at Carnegie Mellon, planning on finance and football, before moving to Nashville in 2010.
Q 13Shay Mooney of Dan + Shay was raised in the community of Natural Dam in which southern US state?
Arkansas
Arkansas is also where Mooney went to Van Buren High School and where he returned to marry Hannah Billingsley in 2017.
Q 21Which visual theme runs through Dan + Shay's dark-room video for 'All to Myself', where the duo never appear together?
Shadows
Shadows of the song's own words fall across the wall, cast by sheets of paper with the lyrics cut into them.
Q 22Which songwriter from Sterling, Kansas, has writing credits on both 'Tequila' and 'All to Myself' by Dan + Shay?
Nicolle Galyon
Nicolle Galyon was named BMI Country Songwriter of the Year in 2019, the first woman to take that title since Taylor Swift in 2010.
Q 23In the playful video for Dan + Shay's single 'Steal My Love', the duo play which kind of criminals?
Bank robbers
Bank robbers after a mysterious briefcase locked in a vault, the pair end up leading rival crooks on a chase through town.
Q 14Dan + Shay made their debut at which famous Nashville country institution in February 2014, before their first album?
Grand Ole Opry
Grand Ole Opry audiences saw the pair just over a year after they first met, while their debut single was still at country radio.
Q 15Dan + Shay wrote the ballad 'From the Ground Up' inspired by the lasting love shared by which relatives?
Their grandparents
Their grandparents were on their minds: the song was written shortly after Dan lost his grandfather and while Shay's was in hospital.
Q 16In 2023 Dan + Shay revealed that the duo had come close to doing what after their 2021 arena tour?
Breaking up
Breaking up was a real possibility: Dan Smyers said he came home at the lowest point of his life and ready to quit music.
Q 17Dan Smyers played every instrument on Dan + Shay's 2020 single 'I Should Probably Go to Bed' while working where?
At his own house
At his own house, Smyers built the whole track alone, and he had kept its title stored on his phone for months beforehand.
Q 18Which 2015 single gave Dan + Shay their first number one on Billboard's Country Airplay chart?
Nothin' Like You
Nothin' Like You reached the top in December 2015, beating the duo's previous best of number eleven with their debut single.
Q 19Dan + Shay and Carrie Underwood covered 'Only Us' for the 2021 film soundtrack of which stage musical?
Dear Evan Hansen
Dear Evan Hansen reached cinemas in 2021, and its soundtrack added covers by pop names including Sam Smith and SZA.
Q 20Which deaf model and actor plays the hiker who teaches sign language in Dan + Shay's 'Tequila' music video?
Nyle DiMarco
Nyle DiMarco, a winner of both America's Next Top Model and Dancing with the Stars, inspired the duo with his advocacy for the deaf community.
Q 24The video for Dan + Shay's debut single was filmed in which South Carolina resort city named in the song?
Myrtle Beach
Myrtle Beach spots in the clip include the Fun Plaza arcade and the city's oceanfront boardwalk.
Q 25Dan + Shay's 2021 song 'Lying' borrows from which Bill Withers classic, earning the late singer a writing credit?
Lean on Me
Lean on Me, a number one for Withers in 1972, is worked into a jazzy, piano-driven tune that the duo paired with a choreographed dance video.
Q 26Which pop star, a co-writer of the Dan + Shay track 'Body Language', took the duo on tour in Australia in 2019?
Shawn Mendes
Shawn Mendes had the duo join the Australian and New Zealand dates of his 2019 tour, two years before the co-write appeared on an album.
Q 27Dan + Shay were the featured guests on the 2023 single 'That's Not How This Works' by which pop singer-songwriter?
Charlie Puth
Charlie Puth wrote it with the duo over Zoom in April 2020, then held it back for three years; Sabrina Carpenter stars in the video.
Q 28Dan + Shay sing on 'Those Days', a track from the 2016 album Brave Enough by which violinist?
Lindsey Stirling
Lindsey Stirling, the dancing YouTube violinist, also recruited Christina Perri and Rivers Cuomo as guest singers on the album.
Q 29Which song became the third single from Dan + Shay's second album after winning a fan vote?
Road Trippin'
Road Trippin' won the poll but stalled at number 42 on Country Airplay, making it the duo's first single to miss the top 40.
Q 30Which 2013 debut single by Dan + Shay was the most added debut single of the year at country radio?
19 You + Me
19 You + Me picked up 59 station adds in its first week and went on to reach number seven on Hot Country Songs.