50 free OutKast trivia questions with answers — music quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This OutKast trivia quiz covers the Atlanta duo who made the South something hip hop had to take seriously: André 3000 and Big Boi, from a meeting at Lenox Square mall through Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik, ATLiens, Aquemini, Stankonia and the diamond-selling double album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below. The easy questions cover the hits and the basics: the two members' real names, the city, the No. 1 singles and the album that won Album of the Year. The harder half is for people who know the Dungeon Family tree: the group's original name, the stage names they first used, the producers behind their debut, the zodiac signs in Aquemini, the Rosa Parks lawsuit, why André added the 3000, the Idlewild film, the 2014 Coachella reunion and their 2025 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction. Nothing here quotes a lyric; the questions are about the people, records and stories. Every answer was checked against OutKast's encyclopaedia entry before publishing. If you enjoy this, try our 90s hip hop and 2000s music quizzes next.
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Q 01At which Atlanta shopping mall did the two future members of OutKast meet in 1992?
Lenox Square
Both were 16 and attended Tri-Cities High School, where they took part in cafeteria rap battles.
Q 02What is Big Boi's real name?
Antwan Patton
Patton had moved from Savannah to Atlanta with his four brothers and six sisters.
Q 03What was the duo's original name before a similarly named local singing group forced a change?
2 Shades Deep
A group called 4 Shades Deep already existed; they settled on OutKast because their fashion sense set them apart from classmates.
Q 04Under what stage names did Patton and Benjamin originally perform?
Black Dog and Black Wolf
Rooster and Percival were their characters in the 2006 film Idlewild.
Q 05Which production trio produced every track on OutKast's debut and later made hits for TLC?
Organized Noize
Together with schoolmates Goodie Mob they formed the nucleus of the Dungeon Family collective.
Q 06OutKast were the first hip hop act signed to which label, run by L.A. Reid and Babyface?
LaFace Records
Their first appearance was on a remix of labelmate TLC's 'What About Your Friends'.
Q 07What was OutKast's first single, released in 1993, which topped the Hot Rap Tracks chart?
Player's Ball
It also topped the R&B chart for six weeks.
Q 08In which year was OutKast's debut album Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik released?
1994
It is credited with laying the foundation for Southern hip hop.
Q 09At which 1995 ceremony did André declare, to boos, that 'the South got something to say'?
The Source Awards
OutKast had just won Best New Rap Group amid the East Coast-West Coast feud; T.I. later called it the moment Southern rap got taken seriously.
Q 10OutKast's 1996 second album, with a spacier, dub-influenced sound, was titled what?
ATLiens
It sold nearly 350,000 copies in two weeks and its single 'Elevators (Me & You)' spent 20 weeks on the Hot 100.
Q 11What production company did OutKast form with David 'Mr. DJ' Sheats?
Earthtone III
On a trip to Jamaica with Mr. DJ, the pair also decided to abandon their cornrows and stop combing their hair.
Q 12The title Aquemini combines the zodiac signs of the two members. Which signs?
Aquarius and Gemini
Big Boi is the Aquarius and André the Gemini; the 1998 album reached No. 2 and went double platinum.
Q 13Which civil-rights icon sued OutKast in 1999 over a song bearing her name?
Rosa Parks
The case was settled in 2005 with the defendants admitting no wrongdoing but agreeing to fund educational programmes about her.
Q 21In 2023 Speakerboxxx/The Love Below passed which album as hip hop's highest-certified ever?
The Eminem Show
Big Boi's half was a funk and Dirty South party record; André's featured only brief instances of hip hop.
Q 22How many weeks did 'Hey Ya!' spend at No. 1 on the Hot 100?
Nine
'The Way You Move' then took over for a week in February 2004, giving OutKast ten straight weeks at the top.
Q 23In the 'Hey Ya!' video, André plays every member of a fictional band performing in which city?
London
The band is called The Love Below, and the trick was pulled off with special effects.
Q 14Which celebrated attorney was hired in 2001 to appeal the civil-rights icon's lawsuit against OutKast?
Johnnie Cochran
The appeal was denied; the judge called the song an 'expressive work' protected by the First Amendment.
Q 15Whose 1999 US tour did OutKast open for while promoting Aquemini?
Lauryn Hill
It was the US leg of The Miseducation Tour.
Q 16What was the working title of Stankonia before its release?
Sandbox
It debuted at No. 2, went quadruple platinum and was the first hip hop album to openly cite rave culture as an influence.
Q 17What does the 'B.O.B.' in the title of Stankonia's first single stand for?
Bombs Over Baghdad
Pitchfork later named it the No. 1 song of the 2000s.
Q 18OutKast's 'Ms. Jackson' was inspired by André's breakup with which singer?
Erykah Badu
The song won Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group at the 2001 Grammys, where Stankonia took Best Rap Album.
Q 19Why did André change his stage name from Dré to André 3000 around 2000?
To avoid being confused with Dr. Dre
Big Boi kept his name, and their 2001 compilation was still called Big Boi and Dre Present... Outkast.
Q 20Which rapper debuted on Stankonia's 'Snappin' & Trappin'' and later featured on the Grammy-winning 'The Whole World'?
Killer Mike
He was signed to OutKast's Aquemini Records imprint; 'The Whole World' won Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group in 2002.
Q 24'Hey Ya!' was the No. 1 song on the last weekend of American Top 40 hosted by whom?
Casey Kasem
It was still No. 1 a week later on Ryan Seacrest's first weekend as host.
Q 25The video for 'Roses' is loosely based on which two musicals?
West Side Story and Grease
Its sparring 1950s gangs represented the Speakerboxxx and Love Below halves, parodying fans' arguments over which was better.
Q 26Speakerboxxx/The Love Below won which Grammy at the 2004 ceremony?
Album of the Year
André closed the show with 'Hey Ya!' after the award had been presented.
Q 27Speakerboxxx/The Love Below was certified diamond in 2004 partly because of what RIAA rule?
Double-album sales count double
It had sold about five million copies; by 2023 it was certified 13× platinum, the highest-certified hip hop album ever.
Q 28OutKast's 2006 musical film Idlewild was set in which era?
Prohibition
Directed by their video director Bryan Barber, it came with a blues-influenced hip hop soundtrack that became their final album.
Q 29Idlewild's single 'Morris Brown' takes its name from what?
An Atlanta college
Morris Brown College's marching band provided the instrumentation.
Q 30Idlewild's first single 'Mighty O' borrows its hook from which Cab Calloway song?
Minnie the Moocher
The 'Mighty-ighty-ighty O' refrain matched the album's mix of hip hop and 1930s jazz.