Q 01/05

Which star, slated to trade lines with Michael Jackson on We Are the World, stayed away and donated a song instead?

A) Madonna

B) Prince

C) David Bowie

D) Elton John

Answer · why

B) Prince

Prince offered to play a guitar solo from a separate room, was turned down, and gave the album the exclusive track 4 the Tears in Your Eyes instead.

Q 02/05

Stevie Wonder joked at the We Are the World session that he and which other blind singer would drive everyone home?

A) José Feliciano

B) Ronnie Milsap

C) Ray Charles

D) Clarence Carter

Answer · why

C) Ray Charles

Ray Charles would share the driving, the joke ran, if the song took more than one take, and he is the last of the 21 soloists to make his entrance.

Q 03/05

Which Ghostbusters star, a comedian among the pop singers, sang in the chorus of We Are the World?

A) Bill Murray

B) Harold Ramis

C) Rick Moranis

D) Dan Aykroyd

Answer · why

D) Dan Aykroyd

Dan Aykroyd had already sung on stage as one of the Blues Brothers, and the charity single gave him his only number one on the Billboard Hot 100.

Q 04/05

The A&M lot in Hollywood where We Are the World was recorded was built by which silent film star?

A) Charlie Chaplin

B) Buster Keaton

C) Douglas Fairbanks

D) Harold Lloyd

Answer · why

A) Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin began building the lot in 1917 and sold it in 1953; A&M later turned two sound stages and his swimming pool into recording studios.

Q 05/05

What did a sign taped to the studio door ask the stars of We Are the World to leave outside?

A) Their cameras

B) Their cigarettes

C) Their egos

D) Their instruments

Answer · why

C) Their egos

Their egos were to be checked at the door, a fair request with 21 soloists sharing one song and two dozen more famous names in the chorus.