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128 free Pop Culture 2024 trivia questions with answers — pop culture quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
49 free Pop Culture 2024 trivia questions with answers. 2024 was a massive year for pop culture. From Oppenheimer's Oscar sweep and Beyoncé's country era to Brat Summer, the Kendrick-Drake beef, and Raygun's Olympic breakdancing debut — it was a year of unforgettable moments. Think you kept up with it all? Test your knowledge with 128 questions spanning movies, music, TV, memes, sports, and viral moments that defined 2024.
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Q 01Which film won the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 96th Oscars in March 2024?
Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer was announced by Al Pacino with no reading of the nominees, a cut the producers made to save time; viewers were left confused, but it capped a seven-Oscar night for the film.
Q 02By its close in December 2024, the Eras Tour was the first concert tour ever to gross more than what amount?
$2 billion
$2 billion in ticket sales was a first for any tour, and Swift shared the windfall: she paid $197 million in bonuses to her crew, from dancers to truck drivers and caterers.
Q 03Which pop star released the album 'Brat' in 2024, spawning the viral 'Brat Summer' trend?
Charli XCX
Charli XCX's Brat made lime green the colour of the summer, and that autumn Collins Dictionary named 'brat' its 2024 Word of the Year.
Q 04Which breakout pop star had hits with 'Good Luck, Babe!' and 'Hot To Go!' in 2024?
Chappell Roan
Chappell Roan began 2024 as Olivia Rodrigo's opening act; by August her afternoon slot at Lollapalooza drew what organisers called the biggest daytime crowd they had ever seen.
Q 05Whose June 2024 single 'Please Please Please' became her first US Billboard Hot 100 number one?
Sabrina Carpenter
Sabrina Carpenter's song begs a boyfriend with a bad-boy reputation not to embarrass her; it entered the Hot 100 at number two and climbed to the top a week later.
Q 06Which animated film became the highest-grossing movie of 2024?
Inside Out 2
Inside Out 2 grossed about $1.7 billion worldwide, the biggest film of 2024 and, until Ne Zha 2 passed it in early 2025, the highest-grossing animated film ever.
Q 07Which 2024 release was the first R-rated film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?
Deadpool & Wolverine
Deadpool & Wolverine, released in July 2024, was the MCU's first R-rated entry; Hugh Jackman returned as Wolverine after retiring the role in Logan (2017).
Q 08Which Netflix Regency romance released its third season in two parts, in May and June 2024?
Bridgerton
Bridgerton's third season jumped ahead in Julia Quinn's novels: Colin and Penelope's romance is the fourth book, so Benedict, hero of the third, had to wait his turn.
Q 09Which Peacock show, hosted by Alan Cumming in a Scottish castle, won the 2024 Emmy for reality competition?
The Traitors
The Traitors, filmed at Ardross Castle in the Highlands, dropped the everyday contestants of its first season for an all-celebrity cast in its second, which arrived in January 2024.
Q 10What was the name of Beyoncé's 2024 album?
Cowboy Carter
Cowboy Carter was meant to come out before Renaissance, but Beyoncé swapped the two albums during the pandemic because, she said, the world needed to dance first.
Q 11Which Beyoncé single made her the first Black woman to top Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart in 2024?
Texas Hold 'Em
'Texas Hold 'Em' was turned down by an Oklahoma country station, which told a fan it didn't play Beyoncé; after an outcry the station added the song, which soon topped the country chart.
Q 12Which comedy ended after twelve seasons in April 2024 with a finale that echoed Seinfeld's?
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Curb Your Enthusiasm put Larry on trial before a parade of old enemies, as Seinfeld's finale had, but this time a mistrial set him free, with Jerry Seinfeld himself turning up to save the day.
Q 13Which video game won Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2024?
Q 21Jin was the first of which K-pop group's seven members to finish military service, in June 2024?
BTS
BTS's Jin spent the day after his discharge hugging 1,000 fans at the group's anniversary event in Seoul, then carried the Olympic torch in France that July.
Q 22Which Netflix miniseries by Richard Gadd about being stalked won six Emmys in 2024?
Baby Reindeer
Baby Reindeer was adapted by Richard Gadd from his one-man Edinburgh Fringe show; the title is the nickname his stalker gave him, and it won Outstanding Limited Series at the 2024 Emmys.
Q 23Which singer returned to television at the 2024 Grammys, duetting her 1988 hit 'Fast Car' with Luke Combs?
Tracy Chapman
Astro Bot
Astro Bot's hero began as a mascot for PlayStation tech demos, including the free game pre-loaded on every PS5, before this full-size adventure beat Elden Ring's expansion to the prize.
Q 14A Supreme Court block on X in which country in August 2024 sent millions of users to rival apps?
Brazil
Brazil's Supreme Court blocked X on August 30, 2024 for refusing to name a legal representative; the ban was lifted in October once X complied and paid its fines.
Q 15Which X rival dropped its invite-only requirement and opened to the public in February 2024?
Bluesky
Bluesky ended its invite-only phase on February 6, 2024, passed ten million users in September and surged past twenty million after the US election in November.
Q 16Which OpenAI model, unveiled in May 2024, natively handles voice-to-voice and powers Advanced Voice Mode?
GPT-4o
GPT-4o ('o' for omni) was unveiled on May 13, 2024 as a natively multimodal model; its Advanced Voice Mode reached paying ChatGPT subscribers broadly in September 2024 after a delay.
Q 17Which sci-fi sequel directed by Denis Villeneuve reached cinemas in March 2024?
Dune: Part Two
Dune: Part Two was pushed back from November 2023 by the actors' strike; its sandworm-shaped popcorn bucket became a viral joke that Saturday Night Live turned into a sketch.
Q 18Who became the first Irish-born performer to win the Best Actor Oscar, at the March 2024 ceremony?
Cillian Murphy
Cillian Murphy, born in Cork, told the audience he was 'a very proud Irishman' and dedicated the award 'to the peacemakers everywhere'.
Q 19Which actress won Best Actress at the 2024 Oscars for her role in 'Poor Things'?
Emma Stone
Emma Stone accepted with her dress split at the back, joking that it tore during the 'I'm Just Ken' number; it was her second Best Actress win, seven years after La La Land.
Q 20Which catchphrase from TikToker Jools Lebron's August 2024 video on workplace behaviour became one of the year's biggest memes?
Very demure, very mindful
'Very demure, very mindful' came from Jools Lebron's August 2024 TikTok about workplace etiquette; Dictionary.com named 'demure' its 2024 Word of the Year.
Tracy Chapman had not performed live on television in nine years; Luke Combs's country cover of the song had topped the country charts the year before.
Q 24Which Drake diss track of April 2024 used AI vocals imitating Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg?
Taylor Made Freestyle
Drake's 'Taylor Made Freestyle' (April 2024) used AI-generated Tupac and Snoop Dogg verses; after Tupac's estate threatened to sue, the track was pulled within days.
Q 25Taylor Swift's Eras Tour played its final show on December 8, 2024, in which city?
Vancouver
Vancouver's closing night was filmed as The Final Show, which put the Tortured Poets Department act on screen: it had joined the set only after the first Eras Tour concert film was shot.
Q 26Which 2024 Disney sequel was reworked from a planned Disney+ series into a cinema release?
Moana 2
Moana 2 was upgraded in February 2024 after Disney's bosses saw early footage and decided it deserved cinemas; that November it set a Thanksgiving Day box office record.
Q 27Which FX series set a record in 2024 with 18 Emmy wins for a single season?
Shōgun
Shōgun was ordered as a one-off limited series but grew into a returning drama, and its 18 wins smashed the single-season record long held by HBO's John Adams.
Q 28Which 2024 Alex Garland film stars Kirsten Dunst as a photojournalist on a dangerous road trip to Washington?
Civil War
Civil War wrong-foots viewers by making Democratic California and Republican Texas allies, the 'Western Forces', against the federal government.
Q 29Who played the green-skinned Elphaba in the 2024 film of a Broadway musical?
Cynthia Erivo
Cynthia Erivo sang live on set rather than miming to a recording, and belted 'Defying Gravity' while a harness swung her through the air.
Q 30Which singer, fresh from a Las Vegas residency, headlined the Super Bowl LVIII halftime show there in February 2024?
Usher
Usher had just closed a 100-show Las Vegas residency; his set packed in roller skating and guests including Alicia Keys, Ludacris and Lil Jon.