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41 free Paramore trivia questions with answers — music quiz, new questions added Sep 2026.
Paramore started as a group of home-schooled teenagers in Franklin, Tennessee, fronted by a 15-year-old who had already turned down a solo pop deal to stay with her band. Two decades later the same singer had a Best Rock Album Grammy, a hair-dye company and an opening slot on the biggest tour in history — and the band had lost and regained its drummer, lost its bassist three separate times, and changed from pop-punk to synth-pop to post-punk along the way. These 41 questions cover all six studio albums, from the empty couch on the debut cover through Riot!, Brand New Eyes, the chart-topping self-titled record, After Laughter and This Is Why. Expect the lead singles, the producers, the Twilight and Transformers soundtrack songs, the video-game appearances, the Farro brothers' exit and the legal fight over Ain't It Fun, plus Hayley Williams' solo records and side projects. The easy tier sticks to the hits and the hometown; the hard tier asks about session drummers, Singles Club tracks and the band Josh Farro formed afterwards. Every answer is cited to a page we checked, with a short explanation so you learn something even when you miss.
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Q 01In which Tennessee town was Paramore formed in 2004?
Franklin
Franklin: Williams moved there at 13 and met her future bandmates at a weekly program for home-schooled students.
Q 02Which Atlantic subsidiary label released Paramore's music?
Fueled by Ramen
Fueled by Ramen: Atlantic chose not to launch the band as a major-label act, and let it grow slowly through the indie label.
Q 03Hayley Williams moved to Tennessee at 13 from which hometown?
Meridian, Mississippi
Meridian, Mississippi: soon after the move, a label wanted to make her a solo pop act, but she held out for a band.
Q 04What was the title of Paramore's 2005 debut album?
All We Know Is Falling
All We Know Is Falling peaked at only No. 30 on Billboard's Heatseekers chart, and went gold years later after the band broke through.
Q 05The homophone 'paramour', which the band embraced, means what?
Secret lover
They adopted the meaning but stuck with the Paramore spelling.
Q 06Who produced Riot!, Paramore's second album?
David Bendeth
He had previously worked with Hawthorne Heights and Killswitch Engage, and the album was recorded in New Jersey.
Q 07Why did Paramore cancel six European shows in February 2008?
Internal band issues
Internal band issues: Williams said the break would let them work out personal problems, amid talk the band might split.
Q 08What was the first single from Paramore's debut album?
Pressure
Pressure failed to chart at first, but after the band's later success it was certified gold in 2016.
Q 09The empty couch on Paramore's debut album cover reflected which member's departure?
Jeremy Davis
Jeremy Davis had quit days after the band arrived in Orlando to record, then came back five months later.
Q 10Who won Best New Artist over Paramore at the 2008 Grammys?
Amy Winehouse
Amy Winehouse's US visa came through too late, so she performed by satellite from London and took home five awards.
Q 11Which producer worked with Paramore on Brand New Eyes?
Rob Cavallo
He visited the band during their first producer-free pre-production and reassured them they were on track.
Q 12What was the lead single from Brand New Eyes?
Ignorance
Its video aired across all MTV platforms on August 13, 2009.
Q 13Paramore's 2011 song 'Monster' appeared on which film's soundtrack?
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Transformers: Dark of the Moon carried 'Monster', released as Paramore vowed to carry on as a trio.
Q 21The live album The Final Riot! included a DVD of a concert recorded in which city?
Chicago
Released in November 2008, it was certified gold in the US within five months.
Q 22Which singer brought Hayley Williams on at Coachella 2022 to sing a Paramore hit for the first time since 2018?
Billie Eilish
Billie Eilish sang it acoustically with Williams, and Paramore put the song back in their own setlist later that year.
Q 23During his years away from Paramore, drummer Zac Farro led which indie pop project?
HalfNoise
HalfNoise kept him busy while he was out, until Paramore announced his return as official drummer in February 2017.
Q 14Which song premiered the day Paramore announced the 2011 Singles Club?
Renegade
Renegade opened the Singles Club, which the band used to mark 2011 with new songs while they worked toward a fourth album.
Q 15Which band did Josh Farro launch in early 2011, after leaving Paramore?
Novel American
Novel American reunited Farro with musicians he first met in high school, and his wife came up with the band's name.
Q 16Who produced Paramore's self-titled 2013 album?
Justin Meldal-Johnsen
He returned to co-produce After Laughter with Taylor York.
Q 17Which Nine Inch Nails alumnus played session drums on Paramore's self-titled album?
Ilan Rubin
Ilan Rubin drummed on the record without joining the band, which had been left a trio after the Farro brothers quit.
Q 18What was the first single released from the self-titled album?
Now
It was later included in the game Rocksmith 2014.
Q 19Which single, peaking at No. 10, is Paramore's only Hot 100 top-ten hit?
Ain't It Fun
It grew from a keyboard loop by Taylor York and added marimba and a six-member gospel choir.
Q 20Williams' first Grammy made her the first woman to win Best Rock Song since which artist?
Alanis Morissette
Alanis Morissette: the winning song came from the album Paramore made after two founding members left.
Q 24What was the lead single from After Laughter?
Hard Times
It was recorded in Nashville and compared to 1980s new wave.
Q 25Why did Paramore retire their breakthrough hit from setlists in 2018?
A lyric perceived as sexist
A lyric perceived as sexist: back in 2015 Williams had distanced herself from the line, calling herself a proud feminist, 'just maybe not a perfect one'.
Q 26Which 2022 Las Vegas festival did Paramore headline with My Chemical Romance?
When We Were Young
When We Were Young sold out so fast that promoters added a second day, then a third, with the same lineup.
Q 27This Is Why won which Grammy Award in 2024?
Best Rock Album
Best Rock Album went to Paramore, but the band skipped the ceremony and didn't even leave the house.
Q 28The title track of This Is Why won which Grammy category?
Best Alternative Music Performance
Best Alternative Music Performance came for the album's last-written song, which the guitarist talked a lyric-weary Williams into trying.
Q 29What was the name of the 2023 remix album drawn from This Is Why?
Re: This Is Why
It includes reworked and rewritten versions plus an unreleased B-side demo.
Q 30Which Talking Heads song did Paramore cover for the Stop Making Sense tribute?
Burning Down the House
A24 released the tribute, and Paramore's track led the album.