Q 01/05

MTV launched in August 1981 by playing which song as its very first clip?

A) You Better Run

B) Video Killed the Radio Star

C) Another One Bites the Dust

D) Bette Davis Eyes

Answer · why

B) Video Killed the Radio Star

'Video Killed the Radio Star' by the Buggles opened MTV at 12:01 a.m. on August 1, 1981, although the single, by then nearly two years old, had climbe...

Q 02/05

Which artist is often referred to as the 'King of Pop'?

A) Prince

B) Michael Jackson

C) Stevie Wonder

D) Usher

Answer · why

B) Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson's publicists embraced 'King of Pop' around 1989, the year Elizabeth Taylor called him 'the true king of pop, rock and soul' at the Sou...

Q 03/05

Which pop star calls her fans 'Little Monsters' and is known to them as 'Mother Monster'?

A) Rihanna

B) Lady Gaga

C) Katy Perry

D) Ariana Grande

Answer · why

B) Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga had 'Little Monsters' tattooed on herself as a dedication, and in 2012 botanists at Duke University named a fern species Gaga monstraparva, ...

Q 04/05

Which pop artist released the album '1989', named after their birth year?

A) Taylor Swift

B) Ed Sheeran

C) Adele

D) Katy Perry

Answer · why

A) Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift, born in December 1989, released her fifth studio album 1989 in October 2014, marking her full pivot from country to pop.

Q 05/05

Which pop artist co-founded the record label OVO Sound?

A) The Weeknd

B) Drake

C) Justin Bieber

D) Travis Scott

Answer · why

B) Drake

Drake co-founded OVO Sound with producer Noah '40' Shebib and manager Oliver El-Khatib; the name shortens October's Very Own, the banner he had used f...