Q 01/05

'Golden', a 2025 Hot 100 No. 1 that later won the Oscar for Best Original Song, comes from which animated film?

A) Spellbound

B) KPop Demon Hunters

C) Over the Moon

D) Trolls Band Together

Answer · why

B) KPop Demon Hunters

KPop Demon Hunters gave a late break to Ejae, who co-wrote 'Golden' and sings its lead. She had become a K-pop trainee in 2003 and was never picked to...

Q 02/05

Whose 2024 hit, built on J-Kwon's 'Tipsy', tied the Hot 100 record with 19 weeks at No. 1?

A) Jelly Roll

B) Post Malone

C) Shaboozey

D) Koe Wetzel

Answer · why

C) Shaboozey

Shaboozey borrowed his hook from a song that never topped the chart itself: J-Kwon's 'Tipsy' stalled at No. 2 in 2004. 'A Bar Song (Tipsy)' then spent...

Q 03/05

Wiz Khalifa's 2015 hit 'See You Again' was commissioned for Furious 7 as a tribute to which actor?

A) Vin Diesel

B) Paul Walker

C) Tyrese Gibson

D) Sung Kang

Answer · why

B) Paul Walker

Paul Walker's tribute came quickly: Charlie Puth said he wrote the hook in about ten minutes, thinking of a college friend killed in a motorcycle acci...

Q 04/05

Which Glass Animals song reached No. 1 on the Hot 100 in March 2022 after a record 59-week climb?

A) Life Itself

B) Tangerine

C) Heat Waves

D) Gooey

Answer · why

C) Heat Waves

Heat Waves was a slow burner. Released in June 2020, it spread through the FIFA 21 soundtrack, TikTok clips and a piece of Minecraft fan fiction set t...

Q 05/05

Which singer swept the Grammys' four main awards in January 2020 at 18, a feat only Christopher Cross had managed?

A) Lorde

B) Olivia Rodrigo

C) Dua Lipa

D) Billie Eilish

Answer · why

D) Billie Eilish

Billie Eilish made the winning album with her brother Finneas, who produced it in his small bedroom studio in Los Angeles. He left the ceremony with e...

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