Q 01/05

In what year did MTV first go on the air?

A) 1981

B) 1979

C) 1977

D) 1976

Answer · why

A) 1981

It launched at 12:01 a.m. on August 1, 1981, under Warner-Amex, and the first clip it aired was the Buggles' 'Video Killed the Radio Star'.

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 has 'Little Monsters' tattooed on her arm, and botanists in 2012 named the fern species Gaga monstraparva ('little monster') in honour of he...

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 the label OVO Sound in 2012 with producer Noah '40' Shebib and manager Oliver El-Khatib; its name comes from his October's Very Own b...