Q 01/05

On 21 December 2012, which song's video became the first on YouTube to reach one billion views?

A) Baby

B) Gangnam Style

C) Party Rock Anthem

D) On the Floor

Answer · why

B) Gangnam Style

Gangnam Style's horse-riding dance took Psy about a month to invent, because he wanted something original.

Q 02/05

Billboard pulled Lil Nas X's 'Old Town Road' from which genre chart?

A) Hot Country Songs

B) Hot Rap Songs

C) Hot R&B Songs

D) Hot Rock & Alternative Songs

Answer · why

A) Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs dropped it as not country enough; Billy Ray Cyrus tweeted his support, joined the remix, and the song went on to top the Hot 100 for...

Q 03/05

'Despacito' was the first mostly Spanish-language Hot 100 number one since which 1996 hit?

A) La Bamba

B) Macarena

C) Suavemente

D) Bailamos

Answer · why

B) Macarena

Macarena, by Spain's Los del Río, broke through in the US after Miami's Bayside Boys remixed it with English lyrics, then held No. 1 for 14 weeks.

Q 04/05

In 2017 'Despacito' tied which Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men ballad's record of 16 weeks at No. 1?

A) I'll Make Love to You

B) One Sweet Day

C) End of the Road

D) Hero

Answer · why

B) One Sweet Day

One Sweet Day fused two songs of grief: Carey's for her friend David Cole and Nathan Morris's for Boyz II Men's late road manager, which fit over the ...

Q 05/05

Kimbra, Gotye's duet partner on 'Somebody That I Used to Know', comes from which country?

A) South Africa

B) Belgium

C) New Zealand

D) Ireland

Answer · why

C) New Zealand

New Zealand's Kimbra landed the duet after a better-known singer cancelled at the last minute and the song's mixer, who had produced her debut album, ...