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50 free Fifth Harmony trivia questions with answers — music quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Fifth Harmony were five solo hopefuls who each failed to get through a TV talent contest, were put together by its judges, and went on to score a worldwide smash. Their story has a little of everything: rejected early names, record-setting videos, a headline-making exit and a surprise reunion. This quiz covers the whole run. Expect questions on the X Factor season that started it, the singles and album tracks and what they are about, the guest rappers and songwriters behind them, music videos, tours and prizes, plus what Ally Brooke, Normani, Dinah Jane, Lauren Jauregui and Camila Cabello did on their own. It is pitched at Harmonizers who know every chorus, and at casual listeners who remember the big radio songs. Each answer comes with a short explanation, so the quiz works for a quick solo game, a fan chat or a printed round at a party.
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Q 01Which X Factor judge mentored Fifth Harmony in the Groups category and signed them to his label Syco?
Simon Cowell
Simon Cowell mentored the Groups category that season and signed the five singers in January 2013 in a joint deal with Epic Records.
Q 02In which workplace is Fifth Harmony's 'Work from Home' video, directed by Director X, set despite the song's title?
A construction site
A construction site for a house is the setting, where the group dance in work gear beside male builders rather than anywhere near a desk.
Q 03Fifth Harmony dropped their first name, Lylas, after a band made up of four sisters of which singer objected?
Bruno Mars
Bruno Mars has four sisters who perform as The Lylas, and they said the show had taken their name. Lylas stood for 'love you like a sister'.
Q 04Which featured guest on Fifth Harmony's 'Work from Home' also shares a writing credit on the 2016 hit?
Ty Dolla Sign
Ty Dolla Sign supplies the guest verse on the group's highest-charting single, which reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100.
Q 05Which First Lady is praised by name, alongside Oprah Winfrey, in the chorus of Fifth Harmony's single 'Boss'?
Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama's name led some radio stations to censor the song, its producer Ricky Reed said. The group went on to sing at the White House twice.
Q 06What does the title of Fifth Harmony's second studio album, 7/27, commemorate from their X Factor days?
The day the group formed
The day the group formed was July 27, 2012, when the judges put five rejected soloists together. The album's release was even moved back a week to land on the 27th.
Q 07Which solo single featuring Young Thug gave former Fifth Harmony member Camila Cabello her first US number one?
Havana
Havana topped the Billboard Hot 100 in January 2018, a little over a year after Cabello left the group, and later won the MTV award for Video of the Year.
Q 08Fifth Harmony reunited on stage in August 2025 as surprise guests at a Dallas concert by which band?
Jonas Brothers
Jonas Brothers brought out four of the five members in Dallas, the first time they had performed together in public since their 2018 hiatus.
Q 09Which Mattel doll line produced celebrity dolls modelled on each member of Fifth Harmony?
Barbie
Barbie versions of all five singers were made by Mattel, and the group also voiced themselves in an episode of Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse.
Q 10Which film series inspired the dystopian desert video for Fifth Harmony's 'That's My Girl'?
Mad Max
Mad Max was the model for the clip, shot in a Californian desert, in which the group in white outfits rescue people trapped in a ruined village.
Q 11In what position did Fifth Harmony finish The X Factor USA in 2012, one place ahead of fellow group Emblem3?
Third
Third place went to the five-piece in the December final, behind winner Tate Stevens and runner-up Carly Rose Sonenclar. A record deal still followed within a month.
Q 12Which rapper, for whom 'Worth It' was originally intended, ended up as the featured guest on Fifth Harmony's single?
Kid Ink
Kid Ink was meant to record it himself before the lyrics and melody were reworked for a female point of view. It peaked at number 12 in the US.
Q 13Which Canadian singer recorded the duet 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' with Fifth Harmony's Camila Cabello?
Shawn Mendes
Q 21How was the name Fifth Harmony chosen after two X Factor judges criticised the earlier name 1432?
Viewers voted online
Viewers voted online after the judges panned 1432, and the public's pick was in use by the second week of the live shows.
Q 22Fifth Harmony retitled 'Work' as 'Work from Home' to avoid confusion with a song released a month earlier by which star?
Rihanna
Rihanna had put out a single called 'Work' a month before, so the group lengthened their title to keep the two apart.
Q 23Fifth Harmony's 'Work from Home' was the first US top-five hit by a girl group since 'Buttons' by which act?
Pussycat Dolls
Shawn Mendes wrote the song with Cabello while she was still in the group, and the pair teamed up again in 2019 for 'Señorita'.
Q 14On which TV competition did Fifth Harmony's Normani and Ally Brooke each reach the final, two years apart?
Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars paired Normani with Val Chmerkovskiy in 2017 and Brooke with Sasha Farber in 2019, and both singers lasted until finale night.
Q 15Which X Factor judge duetted with Fifth Harmony in the 2012 final and later took them on tour as a support act?
Demi Lovato
Demi Lovato shared 'Give Your Heart a Break' with them on finale night, then booked the group as an opening act on the Neon Lights Tour across 27 arenas.
Q 16Fifth Harmony's 'I'm in Love with a Monster' was written for, and featured in the trailer of, which animated film?
Hotel Transylvania 2
Hotel Transylvania 2 previewed the song in its trailer, and the video cuts scenes from the film with the group exploring a haunted hotel full of monsters.
Q 17Which rapper guests on 'Down', the first single Fifth Harmony released after Camila Cabello left the group?
Gucci Mane
Gucci Mane was added at the group's own suggestion once the track was finished, and its video won Best Pop Video at the 2017 MTV VMAs.
Q 18Which rapper shares the 2017 single 'Por Favor' with Fifth Harmony, performed at the Latin American Music Awards?
Pitbull
Pitbull's duet with the group was added to a Spotify re-release of their self-titled 2017 album and served as its final single.
Q 19Which debut single by Fifth Harmony has a video that follows the five members around an amusement park?
Miss Movin' On
Miss Movin' On reached number 76 on the Billboard Hot 100, and it later won the group the Artist to Watch prize at the MTV Video Music Awards.
Q 20Which singer joined Fifth Harmony's Normani on 'Love Lies', her first solo single, made for a 2018 film soundtrack?
Khalid
Khalid and Normani took the duet into the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 in 2018, and it was later certified five times platinum.
Pussycat Dolls took 'Buttons' to number three in September 2006, and no girl group reached the US top five again for almost ten years.
Q 24Which pop singer co-wrote Fifth Harmony's 'Sledgehammer', the group's first single to reach the US top 40?
Meghan Trainor
Meghan Trainor co-wrote the 2014 single, which just made it at number 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was later certified platinum.
Q 25Which rapper guests on Fifth Harmony's 'All in My Head (Flex)', whose video is set on a tropical beach?
Fetty Wap
Fetty Wap also co-wrote the reggae-flavoured track with all five members and the hitmakers Stargate and Benny Blanco.
Q 26Which instrument plays the Balkan-flavoured riff that opens and runs through Fifth Harmony's 'Worth It'?
Saxophone
Saxophone gives the song its hook, and the video became the first by a girl group to pass one billion views on YouTube.
Q 27Which soul legend's songs did Fifth Harmony's Camila Cabello and Normani each sing at their solo X Factor auditions?
Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin supplied 'Respect' for Cabello and 'Chain of Fools' for Normani, though Cabello's audition never aired because the show lacked the song rights.
Q 28Which rap veteran wrote and recorded a verse for 'Not That Kinda Girl' after Fifth Harmony contacted her themselves?
Missy Elliott
Missy Elliott said yes when the members felt the funk-inspired 7/27 track was incomplete without a rapper.
Q 29Which debut studio album by Fifth Harmony entered the Billboard 200 at number five in 2015 and later went gold?
Reflection
Reflection arrived in February 2015 after being pushed back from December 2014, and it spun off three singles.
Q 30What is the one-word title of the Spanish-language version of Fifth Harmony's debut EP, a number two Latin album?
Juntos
Juntos means 'together', echoing the English EP's title, and it debuted at number two on Billboard's Top Latin Albums chart.