50 free NSYNC trivia questions with answers. NSYNC packed a whole career into about seven years, and this quiz covers all of it. Fifty questions run from Chris Kirkpatrick recruiting the group in Orlando in 1995 and the German launch on BMG Ariola, through the lawsuit against Lou Pearlman, the marionette video for "Bye Bye Bye", No Strings Attached's 2.4-million first week, the Super Bowl XXXV halftime with Aerosmith and "It's Gonna Be Me" hitting number one, then on to the 2002 hiatus, Justified, Lance Bass's cosmonaut training, Joey Fatone on Dancing with the Stars, the Walk of Fame star and the 2023 "Better Place" reunion for Trolls Band Together. Easy questions ask which single went to number one and which film brought "Bye Bye Bye" back in 2024; the hard ones want the venue of the group's first show, the city where RCA discovered them and the name of Kirkpatrick's rock band. Made for anyone who still knows the dance to the chorus. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia's articles on the band, the albums, the singles and the members, and each question carries the sentence that backs it up.
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Q 01Who founded NSYNC in Orlando in 1995 after a mutual friend introduced him to Lou Pearlman?
Chris Kirkpatrick
He was singing doo-wop at Universal Studios at the time and spent over a year recruiting the others.
Q 02Which member joined last, after Jason Galasso quit just before the group signed its first deal?
Lance Bass
The 16-year-old from Mississippi was nicknamed "Lansten" so the group's initials-based name still worked.
Q 03Whose mother, Lynn, inspired the band's name by remarking how "in sync" the five voices sounded?
Justin Timberlake
Lynn Harless later co-managed the Pearlman girl group Innosense.
Q 04The band's name is also a play on what?
The last letters of their first names
Justin, Chris, Joey, Jason and JC spell it out; when Jason quit, his replacement was dubbed "Lansten" to preserve it.
Q 05Which record company first signed NSYNC and launched them in Europe before any US success?
BMG Ariola Munich
The label had doubts about the band's name and Lance Bass's dancing, but signed them anyway.
Q 06NSYNC's debut single "I Want You Back" was first released in 1996 in which country?
Germany
The song was written and produced by Max Martin and Denniz Pop, and the band flew to Stockholm to record it.
Q 07NSYNC's holiday album Home for Christmas came out in which year?
1998
It went double platinum within a year and gave the group two albums in the Billboard top 10 at once.
Q 08In 1999 NSYNC sued Lou Pearlman, saying he took what share of their earnings instead of one-sixth?
Over half of it
Pearlman had made the same one-sixth promise to his other big boy band, who sued him first.
Q 09For how much did Pearlman and RCA countersue NSYNC when the group tried to leave in 1999?
$150 million
The suit also tried to stop the band from performing under the NSYNC name; the request for an injunction was denied.
Q 10After settling with Pearlman in December 1999, NSYNC released all their later albums on which label?
Jive Records
The same label was home to Britney Spears, and it later put out Justified as well.
Q 11In the "Bye Bye Bye" video the members appear as marionettes on strings. What is that a nod to?
Being controlled by their former manager
The album title No Strings Attached carries the same message about their independence after the legal fight.
Q 12"Bye Bye Bye" peaked at which position on the Billboard Hot 100?
4
It topped the Mainstream Top 40 chart for ten weeks and hit number one in Australia and New Zealand.
Q 13Who directed the videos for "Bye Bye Bye", "It's Gonna Be Me" and "Pop"?
Wayne Isham
He also shot Bon Jovi's and Metallica's biggest clips; the toy-store video was filmed at 12 frames per second to mimic stop motion.
Q 21NSYNC co-headlined the Super Bowl XXXV halftime show in January 2001 with which rock band?
Aerosmith
The show, billed as "The Kings of Rock and Pop", was the first halftime with fans standing on the field around the stage.
Q 22NSYNC, Britney Spears and Mary J. Blige closed the Super Bowl XXXV halftime show on which rock song?
"Walk This Way"
Steven Tyler had earlier sung the final line of the group's own hit before launching into "Jaded".
Q 23Which rapper was added to the 2002 single remix of "Girlfriend"?
Nelly
His own label warned it would ruin his career; the Neptunes remix reached number five and was the group's last top-10 hit.
Q 14"Bye Bye Bye" was nominated for Record of the Year at the 2001 Grammys but lost to which song?
"Beautiful Day" by U2
It was also up for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal that night.
Q 15"Bye Bye Bye" shot back into the charts in 2024 after featuring in which film?
Deadpool & Wolverine
It was also the last video shown on MTV 00s before the channel signed off at the end of 2025.
Q 16No Strings Attached sold roughly how many copies in the US during its first week in March 2000?
2.4 million
The record stood for 15 years until Adele's 25 sold 3.38 million in a week in 2015.
Q 17Which single is NSYNC's only number one on the Billboard Hot 100?
"It's Gonna Be Me"
It held the top spot for two weeks in summer 2000, even though six of the group's singles reached the top 10.
Q 18The annual "It's Gonna Be May" joke traces back to a Tumblr image of Timberlake posted in which year?
2012
Barack Obama and Timberlake himself have both played along, and the song was briefly retitled on streaming services in 2020.
Q 19Which producer had Timberlake over-pronounce "me" so it came out sounding like "may"?
Max Martin
Timberlake said the idea was to make him sound like he was from Tennessee.
Q 20Which singer-songwriter wrote the ballad "This I Promise You"?
Richard Marx
It spent 13 weeks at number one on the Adult Contemporary chart, and a Spanish version, "Yo Te Voy a Amar", was cut at the same time.
Q 24Which electronic artist produced "Pop", building it from thousands of stutter edits?
BT
He used 3,642 vocal edits and kept Timberlake's under-his-breath beatboxing for the outro.
Q 25Which member hurt his leg days before the "Pop" video shoot and needed a body double in wide shots?
Joey Fatone
Co-writer Wade Robson did the dancing while the injured member's face was superimposed on top.
Q 26"Gone" was originally written by Timberlake and Wade Robson for which artist, who turned it down?
Michael Jackson
It reached number 11 on the Hot 100 and made NSYNC the only pop boy band to chart on Billboard's R&B airplay list.
Q 27What was the name of the four-month 2001 stadium trek that supported the Celebrity album?
PopOdyssey Tour
It grossed over $90 million and was the group's first outing with backup dancers.
Q 28What is the title of Timberlake's debut solo album, released in November 2002 during the group's hiatus?
Justified
It debuted at number two with 439,000 first-week copies and won the Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album.
Q 29What was the title of Chasez's 2004 debut solo album?
Schizophrenic
Its release month coincided with the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime controversy, which hurt its promotion.
Q 30With what did organizers replace Chasez at the 2004 Pro Bowl halftime show after the NFL pulled him?
Hawaiian hula dancers
The crackdown came a week after the Super Bowl XXXVIII wardrobe malfunction involving his former bandmate.