Q 01/05
A) Tuscaloosa
B) Thomasville
C) Tallahassee
D) Texarkana
Answer · why
Tallahassee Pain was the full name, chosen for the hardships he went through while living there.
Q 02/05
A) Monster
B) Peacock
C) Rabbit
D) Unicorn
Answer · why
Monster beat Donny Osmond's Peacock into second place and Gladys Knight's Bee into third.
Q 03/05
A) Soulja Boy
B) Sean Kingston
C) Lil Jon
D) Flo Rida
Answer · why
Flo Rida's hit was the most downloaded single of the 2000s and was later certified Diamond.
Q 04/05
A) Carrie Underwood
B) Taylor Swift
C) Miranda Lambert
D) Kelly Clarkson
Answer · why
Taylor Swift and T-Pain rapped and sang through Auto-Tune in the spoof of 'Love Story', which aired as the ceremony's cold open.
Q 05/05
A) The Lonely Island
B) Tenacious D
C) Garfunkel and Oates
D) Human Giant
Answer · why
The Lonely Island wrote the whole song and sent it over; T-Pain, confused by the premise at first, added his voice and sent it back.
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