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50 free Little Mix trivia questions with answers — music quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Little Mix went from a talent-show line-up assembled at bootcamp to the biggest British girl group of their era, and the decade in between left a trail of chart records, awards, collaborations and tours worth remembering. These 50 questions cover the X Factor run, the debut that broke a US chart record, the chart-toppers, the rappers and DJs who guested on the singles, the Brit Awards nights, the tours, the line-up change in 2020, the trio years and what each member did next. It suits anyone who sang along in the 2010s, plus trivia hosts who want an accurate pop round. Every answer comes with a short explanation and a source.
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Q 01Which Damien Rice song did Little Mix cover as their X Factor winner's single in December 2011?
Cannonball
Cannonball topped the UK chart as the group's first number one, though Damien Rice had no involvement in the cover. It later appeared on the expanded edition of their debut album.
Q 02Which N-Dubz singer, in her first series as a judge, mentored Little Mix to their 2011 X Factor win?
Tulisa
Tulisa lost three of her four acts in the opening weeks, yet Little Mix avoided every sing-off and became the first band ever to win the show.
Q 03Which Little Mix single, their first original release, debuted at UK number one and went Gold in the US?
Wings
Wings reached number 79 on the US Hot 100 and sold 500,000 copies there, the group's first American hit. The group wrote it with production team TMS and songwriter Iain James.
Q 04Which Little Mix single held UK number one for three weeks, a girl-group first since Sugababes in 2007?
Black Magic
Black Magic's Director X video, shot at the University of Southern California, has passed a billion YouTube views. The song also reached 67 on the US Hot 100, still the group's best there.
Q 05Which Little Mix single debuted at UK number one in 2016 and won British Single at the next Brit Awards?
Shout Out to My Ex
Shout Out to My Ex was first performed on The X Factor's 2016 results show, with cheerleaders wearing the names of exes on their T-shirts. It sold 95,000 combined copies in its first week.
Q 06Which Little Mix single reached UK number one in January 2021, three months after its release?
Sweet Melody
Sweet Melody was the group's last video to feature all four members, and MNEK has said it was first written at a Demi Lovato songwriting camp three years earlier.
Q 07Which founding member announced in December 2020 that she was leaving Little Mix after nine years?
Jesy Nelson
Jesy Nelson announced her departure on 14 December 2020, a month after the group's sixth album, leaving Little Mix to finish their run as a trio.
Q 08Which Brit Award did Little Mix win in 2021, the first girl band to do so in its 43-year history?
British Group
British Group had never gone to a female act in 43 years before Little Mix collected it at The O2 in Greenwich, at a ceremony delayed to May by the pandemic.
Q 09Which Little Mix debut album entered the US Billboard 200 at number four, a record for a British girl group?
DNA
DNA sold over 50,000 US copies in its first week, entering behind Daft Punk's Random Access Memories; at home it peaked at number three.
Q 10Glory Days was the fastest-selling girl-group number one in the UK since which 2001 Destiny's Child album?
Survivor
Survivor held that mark for 15 years; Glory Days also posted the biggest first-week UK sales by a girl group since Spiceworld in 1997 and became Little Mix's first chart-topping album.
Q 11Which 2021 greatest-hits album marked a decade of Little Mix and added four new songs to 18 singles?
Between Us
Between Us reached number three in the UK and was the group's first compilation; its deluxe CD closes with their 2011 winner's single.
Q 12After leaving Simon Cowell's Syco in November 2018, Little Mix moved within Sony to which label for future releases?
RCA
RCA UK and Columbia serviced LM5 days after Syco stopped working with the group's management company; their next release was the first made entirely for RCA.
Q 13Which 2022 arena shows, Little Mix's first as a trio, were billed as their last before an open-ended hiatus?
Confetti Tour
Q 21At the 2011 X Factor bootcamp, Little Mix were assembled from two members each of which pair of rejected groups?
Faux Pas and Orion
Faux Pas and Orion were among six groups the judges built from failed soloists, then trimmed to a four-piece that reached judges' houses under a name the show later had to drop.
Q 22Little Mix's 2011 win was the UK X Factor's first by a group; which country's version had already crowned one?
Australia
Australia's first X Factor series was won by a group called Random, making Little Mix only the second group to win anywhere in the franchise at the time.
Q 23Which Take That singer took Simon Cowell's seat on the X Factor panel in the series Little Mix won?
Gary Barlow
The Confetti Tour closed at The O2 Arena on 14 May 2022 with a show streamed to cinemas and homes in over 143 countries, billed as the last show for now.
Q 14Which English-Irish band won Little Mix The Search in 2020 despite ranking third before the public vote?
Since September
Since September won the prize of opening for Little Mix on their 2022 farewell shows, plus access to the group's vocal coaches, songwriters and producers.
Q 15Which 2021 single with Galantis and David Guetta gave Little Mix their 100th week inside the UK top ten?
Heartbreak Anthem
Heartbreak Anthem's tenth week in the top ten, in July 2021, made Little Mix the first girl group to total 100 weeks there; it peaked at number three.
Q 16Little Mix hold the record for most wins in which regional MTV Europe Music Awards category?
Best UK & Ireland Act
Best UK & Ireland Act went to Little Mix more times than to any other act; their haul also includes three Brit Awards and three Guinness World Records.
Q 17Which Kylie Minogue album pipped Little Mix's sixth studio album to UK number one in November 2020 by 5,000 copies?
Disco
Disco sold roughly 5,000 more copies than Little Mix's album, which still opened as the fastest-selling album of 2020 by a British act.
Q 18How many UK number-one singles did Little Mix score from their 2011 winner's single to January 2021?
Five
Five chart-toppers came alongside 44 UK chart entries, 19 top-ten hits and more than 28 million singles sold in Britain.
Q 19Which 2018 outing, Little Mix's first in stadiums, ran for 15 shows with Rak-Su and Germein in support?
Summer Hits Tour
Summer Hits Tour was announced in November 2017 with 15 stadium dates, after an arena era in which their 2016 run was honoured as the year's highest-selling UK arena tour.
Q 20Which former Eton Road singer joined Amelia Lily and Little Mix as the third finalist of The X Factor 2011?
Marcus Collins
Marcus Collins had joined boyband Eton Road after their 2006 X Factor run; after the 2011 final he released a cover of Seven Nation Army and toured in Hairspray.
Gary Barlow was offered Cowell's chair in May 2011, days before Dannii Minogue also quit, and sat beside Louis Walsh and two fellow newcomers, one of them Little Mix's mentor.
Q 24Two of Little Mix's four members grew up in which Tyneside town, where one later opened a cocktail bar called Arbeia?
South Shields
South Shields raised two of the four; one was granted the freedom of the borough there in 2025, and the other spent part of her childhood in Weymouth before moving back.
Q 25Leigh-Anne Pinnock made her acting debut in which 2021 Christmas romcom, written and directed by Aml Ameen?
Boxing Day
Boxing Day was the first British Christmas romcom with an almost entirely Black cast, and Pinnock also recorded original music for it as pop star Georgia.
Q 26Which 2024 Jade Thirlwall single, her solo debut, samples Sandie Shaw's Eurovision winner 'Puppet on a String'?
Angel of My Dreams
Angel of My Dreams entered the UK chart at number seven and earned a Song of the Year nomination at the 2025 Brits, where Jade performed it.
Q 27Which April 2024 single launched Perrie Edwards's solo career and peaked at number ten in the UK?
Forget About Us
Forget About Us arrived two years after the hiatus began, and Perrie's self-titled debut album followed in late 2025, reaching number three.
Q 28Which June 2023 single, released through Warner, was the first solo release by Leigh-Anne Pinnock?
Don't Say Love
Don't Say Love entered the UK chart at number eleven, and a remix a month later added verses from Skepta and Jammer.
Q 29Jade Thirlwall's 2025 Brit Award, her first as a solo artist, came in which category?
Best Pop Act
Best Pop Act went to Jade at a ceremony where her debut single was also up for Song of the Year, seven months before her first album That's Showbiz Baby! reached number three.
Q 30Which grime MC, shown having a haircut in the video, featured on the 2017 single version of Little Mix's 'Power'?
Stormzy
Stormzy's verse took 'Power' to number six in the UK, the group's eleventh top-ten single, a year after the track first appeared on Glory Days.