Niall Horan
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50 free Niall Horan trivia questions with answers — music quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Niall Horan went from a teenager auditioning for The X Factor to one fifth of One Direction, and then to a solo career that has outlasted the band. Along the way he has topped album charts on both sides of the Atlantic, coached on American television and built a second life in golf. This quiz follows the whole story. There are questions on his childhood in Ireland and the audition that started it all, on each solo album and its singles, and on the story behind Slow Hands: where the song is set, who inspired its sound and who helped write it. His duet partners turn up too, along with his charity work and a few surprises from his years in the band. Casual fans should find plenty they can answer, while the later questions are for people who know the deep cuts. Every answer comes with a short explanation, so you will pick up something new even when you guess wrong.
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Q 01Niall Horan's debut album let One Direction tie which band for most members with a solo US number-one album?
The Beatles
The Beatles had three members top the US album chart on their own, and Niall Horan became One Direction's third when his debut opened at number one in 2017.
Q 02For which golfer from Holywood, County Down did Niall Horan work as a caddie at the Masters in 2015?
Rory McIlroy
Rory McIlroy had the singer on his bag in April 2015, and a year later Niall Horan co-founded his own golf management agency with Mark McDonnell.
Q 03Which American star brought Niall Horan on stage at Wembley Stadium in 2018 to sing Slow Hands?
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift made Niall Horan the surprise guest at the first London date of her Reputation Stadium Tour on 22 June 2018.
Q 04Which pop star sat in as a guest judge at Niall Horan's X Factor audition in Dublin in 2010?
Katy Perry
Katy Perry was one of five guest judges who covered that year's auditions for Dannii Minogue, who was on maternity leave.
Q 05In which town in the Irish midlands was Niall Horan born?
Mullingar
Mullingar is where a teenage Niall Horan sang at an arts centre fundraiser for the Shamrocks, the local football team.
Q 06Niall Horan rewrote End of an Era, the closing song on his fourth album, as a tribute to which bandmate?
Liam Payne
Liam Payne's death led Niall Horan to rework the song, which he now calls a celebration of his friend's life and their friendship.
Q 07On which American TV singing contest did Niall Horan coach the winner in each of his first three seasons?
The Voice
The Voice had never had a coach win their first three seasons until Niall Horan did it with Gina Miles, Huntley and Aiden Ross.
Q 08Which instrument did Niall Horan teach himself from YouTube tutorials after his brother Greg abandoned it?
Guitar
Guitar was never meant to be his: brother Greg got one for his 15th birthday, used it once and left it lying around until Niall Horan picked it up.
Q 09Niall Horan sang at One Love Manchester in 2017, a benefit concert organised by which pop star?
Ariana Grande
Ariana Grande staged the concert two weeks after the bombing at her Manchester Arena show, and Niall Horan performed two of his solo singles.
Q 10Which English football club from the East Midlands does Irish singer Niall Horan support?
Derby County
Derby County are Niall Horan's team, although the charity match he hosted in 2014 was played at Leicester City's King Power Stadium in front of 10,000 fans.
Q 11Which acoustic ballad did Niall Horan release in September 2016 as his first single outside One Direction?
This Town
This Town reached the UK top ten and made Niall Horan the second member of the band to release a solo single, after Zayn Malik earlier that year.
Q 12What is the title of Niall Horan's 2017 debut solo album, which entered the Billboard 200 at number one?
Flicker
Flicker takes its name from the track Niall Horan said meant the most to him, one that changed how he recorded the rest of the album.
Q 13Which Niall Horan album, his first UK number one as a solo artist, came out in March 2020?
Heartbreak Weather
Q 21Which Ne-Yo hit did a 16-year-old Niall Horan sing at his first X Factor audition?
So Sick
So Sick earned praise from the judges and a place at bootcamp, where Niall Horan then failed to make the Boys category as a solo act.
Q 22Which Eagles member's early-1980s solo records did Niall Horan say inspired the sound of Slow Hands?
Don Henley
Don Henley's funky solo sound was the model after Niall Horan decided his first album needed more grit and heavier bass.
Q 23In what kind of place did Niall Horan say the flirtatious encounter in his hit Slow Hands is set?
A bar
A bar is the setting, and Niall Horan flipped the usual roles so that it is the woman who makes the first move.
Heartbreak Weather never got its world tour: Niall Horan had to cancel every date in April 2020 because of the pandemic.
Q 14Which Niall Horan album is named after the kind of gathering where he first met his girlfriend?
Dinner Party
Dinner Party recalls an evening at a friend's home, and it gave Niall Horan a fourth straight number one album in Ireland.
Q 15Which lead single from The Show did Niall Horan perform at the White House on St Patrick's Day in 2023?
Heaven
Heaven was sung for President Joe Biden and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar a month after its release, and Niall Horan wrote it about ignoring the milestones people are expected to hit.
Q 16With which American record label did Niall Horan sign his solo deal in 2016, after One Direction's years on Syco?
Capitol Records
Capitol Records announced the signing in September 2016, and his first solo single was out before the month ended.
Q 17Which American country singer duets with Niall Horan on Seeing Blind and opened shows on his 2018 world tour?
Maren Morris
Maren Morris joined in after Niall Horan contacted her himself, and the pair performed the song together at the 2017 Country Music Association Awards.
Q 18Niall Horan features on What a Time, a 2019 duet by which American singer who opened his European tour dates?
Julia Michaels
Julia Michaels released the duet on her EP Inner Monologue Part 1, the year after she supported him across Europe.
Q 19Which English singer shares the 2021 duet Our Song with Niall Horan and joined him on a Children in Need single?
Anne-Marie
Anne-Marie wrote three songs with Niall Horan in the studio in 2020, and the pair later covered Everywhere for the BBC's annual charity appeal.
Q 20Which Scottish singer co-starred with Niall Horan in a 2022 homecoming TV special sponsored by Guinness?
Lewis Capaldi
Lewis Capaldi had been due to open for Niall Horan on the 2020 world tour that was cancelled before it began.
Q 24Which American actress and pop singer did Niall Horan date from late 2017 until 2018?
Hailee Steinfeld
Hailee Steinfeld had her breakthrough as a teenager in the western True Grit, which earned her an Academy Award nomination.
Q 25At which annual US ceremony was Niall Horan named New Artist of the Year in 2017?
American Music Awards
The American Music Awards honoured Niall Horan one year after he had performed his debut solo single at the 2016 ceremony.
Q 26After knee surgery in 2014, Niall Horan did his rehab with which football club at José Mourinho's invitation?
Chelsea
Chelsea put Niall Horan through about seven weeks of physical therapy alongside their players at the club's training ground in Surrey.
Q 27Which band's 1980s hit Everywhere did Niall Horan cover as the official Children in Need single in 2021?
Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac were one of the classic rock acts, along with the Eagles, that Niall Horan named as the inspiration for his debut album.
Q 28Niall Horan recorded the song Finally Free for the soundtrack of which animated film about yetis?
Smallfoot
Smallfoot earned Niall Horan a Hollywood Music in Media Awards nomination for best original song in an animated film.
Q 29Which swaggering second-album lead single did Niall Horan write in one day with a Slow Hands co-writer?
Nice to Meet Ya
Nice to Meet Ya reminded its co-writer of 2000s rock bands Arctic Monkeys and Kasabian, and Niall Horan performed it on Saturday Night Live in December 2019.
Q 30Which singer won the 2010 X Factor final in which Niall Horan and One Direction finished third?
Matt Cardle
Matt Cardle took the title ahead of Rebecca Ferguson, with One Direction the last act eliminated before the final two.