Q 01/05

Which pioneering NASA engineer does Janelle Monáe portray in the 2016 film Hidden Figures?

A) Katherine Johnson

B) Mary Jackson

C) Mae Jemison

D) Christine Darden

Answer · why

B) Mary Jackson

Mary Jackson became NASA's first Black female engineer in 1958, and the agency's Washington headquarters was renamed in her honor in 2021.

Q 02/05

Which chart-topping 2012 anthem by the band Fun features guest vocals from Janelle Monáe?

A) We Are Young

B) Some Nights

C) Why Am I the One

D) All Alright

Answer · why

A) We Are Young

We Are Young topped the Billboard Hot 100 for six straight weeks and won the Grammy for Song of the Year. Monáe recorded her vocals in Bristol, Englan...

Q 03/05

Which Dungeon Family rapper, half of a famous duo, guests on Janelle Monáe's single Tightrope?

A) Killer Mike

B) André 3000

C) Big Boi

D) CeeLo Green

Answer · why

C) Big Boi

Big Boi raps on Tightrope, though for the end credits of the animated film Happy Feet Two his verse was replaced by one from a child rapper.

Q 04/05

Which garment did Janelle Monáe adopt as a career uniform, in tribute to her working-class parents?

A) Boiler suit

B) Lab coat

C) Trench coat

D) Tuxedo

Answer · why

D) Tuxedo

The tuxedo is Monáe's signature look: she has joked that she bathes in one, swims in one and could be buried in one.

Q 05/05

Which detective, played by Daniel Craig, does Janelle Monáe's character hire in Glass Onion?

A) Benoit Blanc

B) Hercule Poirot

C) Jacques Clouseau

D) Adrian Monk

Answer · why

A) Benoit Blanc

Benoit Blanc persuades Helen Brand to pose as her dead twin Andi at a tech billionaire's island party, so Monáe plays both sisters.