60 free Shawn Mendes trivia questions with answers — music quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This Shawn Mendes trivia quiz follows the whole story: a 13-year-old in Pickering, Ontario, teaching himself guitar from YouTube, the six-second Vine covers that got 10,000 likes overnight, the manager who found him online, and the run of number-one albums that started with Handwritten in 2015. It covers the singles too, from "Life of the Party" and "Stitches" to "Treat You Better", "In My Blood", "If I Can't Have You" and "Señorita", the duet that finally gave him a Hot 100 number one. There are questions on the tours (including the one that ended in Copenhagen), the Netflix documentary, the singing crocodile he voiced, his brand deals with Armani and Tim Hortons, the Shawn Mendes Foundation and Wonder Grants, and the folk turn of the 2024 album Shawn. Easy questions ask about his home town and first single; the hard end gets into chart records, remixers, tour opening cities and who directed his 2018 documentary. Every answer was checked against the Wikipedia biography of Shawn Mendes, and each question shows its source once you have answered.
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Q 01In which year was Shawn Mendes born?
1998
He was born on August 8, 1998, in Toronto, which made him one of the youngest artists ever to top the Billboard 200 when his debut album went to number one in 2015.
Q 02Mendes was born in Toronto but grew up in which Ontario town?
Pickering
He played youth soccer with Pickering FC and graduated from the town's Pine Ridge Secondary School in June 2016.
Q 03Mendes's father Manuel, who sells bar and restaurant supplies in Toronto, comes from which country?
Portugal
Manuel Mendes is from the Algarve; Shawn's mother Karen is English and works as a real estate agent.
Q 04What is the name of Shawn Mendes's younger sister?
Aaliyah
Aaliyah Mendes is his only sibling and has built a sizeable social media following of her own.
Q 05At what age did Mendes teach himself guitar by watching YouTube tutorials?
13
That was in 2012; less than a year later he was posting his own cover videos.
Q 06On which app, known for six-second clips, did Mendes first build a following in 2013?
Vine
By August 2014 he was the third most-followed musician on the platform, which Twitter shut down in 2017.
Q 07A cover of whose 'As Long as You Love Me' won Mendes 10,000 likes and followers overnight?
Justin Bieber
Mendes saw the fellow Canadian as a career model at the time; the two later recorded "Monster" together in 2020.
Q 08Which artist manager discovered Mendes online in November 2013 and brought him to Island Records?
Andrew Gertler
Ziggy Chareton was the Island A&R involved in the signing; Teddy Geiger became one of his main co-writers and producers.
Q 09With which song did Mendes win Ryan Seacrest's "Best Cover Song" contest in April 2014?
"Say Something"
The A Great Big World ballad was the winner; he signed officially with Island Records the following month, in May 2014.
Q 10What was the title of Shawn Mendes's first single, released in June 2014?
"Life of the Party"
It made him the youngest artist to debut in the top 25 of the Hot 100, and its lyrics inspired a positive-messages campaign with DoSomething.org.
Q 11What Hot 100 position did Mendes's debut single reach, making him the youngest to debut in the top 25?
24
That was for the week ending July 12, 2014, only weeks after he signed his record deal.
Q 12Before he was signed, Mendes toured alongside other social media stars as part of which tour?
Magcon
Magcon (Meet and Greet Convention) also launched Cameron Dallas and Nash Grier; Mendes was its breakout musician.
Q 13Mendes was an opening act on which singer's nationwide tour in 2014?
Austin Mahone
The same year he released his debut EP, which sold 48,000 copies in its first week.
Q 21What was the title of Mendes's first collaboration with Camila Cabello, released in late 2015?
"I Know What You Did Last Summer"
It appeared on a reissue of his debut album; the pair would not record together again until 2019.
Q 22When she first recorded with Mendes in 2015, Camila Cabello was still a member of which group?
Fifth Harmony
Cabello left the group in December 2016; she and Mendes later dated from July 2019 to November 2021.
Q 23Mendes made his acting debut in January 2016 in the season three premiere of which CW series?
The 100
He played a piano-playing character in the post-apocalyptic drama, a one-off appearance.
Q 14Mendes's debut EP peaked at what position on the Billboard 200 in 2014?
5
It sold 48,000 copies in its first week, a big number for a 15-year-old known mostly for six-second covers.
Q 15"Oh Cecilia (Breaking My Heart)", featuring Mendes, was a 2014 single by which British band?
The Vamps
It was the fifth single from the band's debut album Meet the Vamps.
Q 16What was the title of Shawn Mendes's debut studio album, released in April 2015?
Handwritten
It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 119,000 equivalent album units and was certified platinum.
Q 17Mendes's debut made him one of only five artists to top the Billboard 200 before what age?
18
He was 16 at the time, the youngest to debut at number one since a certain fellow Canadian's My World 2.0.
Q 18"Stitches" peaked at number four in the US, but it reached number one in which country?
United Kingdom
It was also his first number one on two US adult radio airplay charts.
Q 19In 2015 Mendes opened North American dates on which artist's 1989 World Tour?
Taylor Swift
He has cited Swift as one of his main musical influences.
Q 20Mendes recorded the song "Believe" for the soundtrack of which Disney Channel Original Movie?
Descendants
The 2015 film about the children of Disney villains spawned two sequels and its own hit soundtrack.
Q 24"Treat You Better" and "Mercy" were singles from which Shawn Mendes album?
Illuminate
Released in September 2016, it debuted at number one in the US with 145,000 equivalent album units.
Q 25Mendes's December 2016 live album was recorded at which famous venue?
Madison Square Garden
He was 18 when he headlined the New York arena; the same month he was musical guest on Saturday Night Live.
Q 26In 2017 Mendes became the first artist under 20 with three number ones on which Billboard chart?
Adult Pop Songs
"Stitches", "Treat You Better" and "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back" did it; three months later he matched the feat on the Adult Contemporary chart.
Q 27Which lead single from his 2018 self-titled album openly addressed Mendes's struggles with anxiety?
"In My Blood"
It made him the only artist with four number ones on the Adult Top 40 airplay chart before turning 20.
Q 28Which singer featured on the 2018 Mendes track "Youth"?
Khalid
Mendes and Khalid performed the song together at the 2018 Billboard Music Awards with the Stoneman Douglas High School choir.
Q 29Which DJ's remix of "Lost in Japan" did Mendes perform at the 2018 American Music Awards?
Zedd
The Russian-German producer joined him onstage; the remix was released on September 27, 2018.
Q 30Which YouTube star directed the 2018 documentary Shawn Mendes – Artist Spotlight Stories?
Casey Neistat
The short film was part of YouTube's Artist Spotlight Story series and premiered to selected fans before its September 28 release.