Q 01/05

Nelly's trademark band-aid of the early 2000s sat on which part of his face in his music videos?

A) Right eyebrow

B) Left cheek

C) Forehead

D) Nose bridge

Answer · why

B) Left cheek

Left cheek is where the strip sat, just under his eye, and so many fans copied the look that it became a style craze of the era.

Q 02/05

What first put the famous band-aid on Nelly's face, before it turned into a tribute to a friend?

A) A car accident

B) A skateboarding fall

C) A basketball injury

D) A street fight

Answer · why

C) A basketball injury

A basketball injury came first: the strip covered a cut he picked up playing hoops with friends, and he simply kept wearing it after the cut had heale...

Q 03/05

Nelly kept wearing his band-aid as a tribute to which jailed member of his group St. Lunatics?

A) Murphy Lee

B) Kyjuan

C) Slo Down

D) City Spud

Answer · why

D) City Spud

City Spud was in prison during Nelly's rise, so Nelly wore the strip to show him love while he was locked up. Spud raps a verse on "Ride wit Me" but m...

Q 04/05

In Nelly's "Dilemma" video, his co-star famously types a text message into which unlikely kind of program?

A) A spreadsheet

B) A calculator

C) A word processor

D) A drawing program

Answer · why

A) A spreadsheet

A spreadsheet on her Nokia 9210 Communicator is where she types it. The scene is remembered as the Microsoft Excel text, and Excel's official Twitter ...

Q 05/05

Which Destiny's Child singer duets with Nelly on "Dilemma", his second straight number one of 2002?

A) Beyoncé Knowles

B) Michelle Williams

C) Kelly Rowland

D) LeToya Luckett

Answer · why

C) Kelly Rowland

Kelly Rowland sings the hook on a ballad that knocked Nelly's own "Hot in Herre" off the top of the Hot 100 and went on to spend ten weeks there.

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