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70 free Calvin Harris trivia questions with answers — music quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This Calvin Harris trivia quiz follows Adam Wiles from a fish factory in Dumfries to the top of the Forbes DJ rich list. The easy questions cover his real name, his birthplace, his debut album and the songs everyone knows: We Found Love, Summer, Sweet Nothing and One Kiss. The medium and hard questions dig into the record-breaking run of nine UK top-10 singles from 18 Months, the collaborators behind Blame, Under Control, Slide, Promises and Giant, his Love Regenerator alias, and the moment he crashed The X Factor with a pineapple on his head. The expert questions are for real fans: the Amiga computer and OctaMED tracker he made his first album on, the Stouffer alias from his 2002 club singles, the Kia hamster advert, his own Fly Eye label and the 2025 Chicane copyright row. Every answer was checked against a reference page and each question carries its citation, so it is safe to use for a pub quiz, a music night or a car ride. Difficulty is shown on every question. If you enjoy it, try our other pop and dance music quizzes next.
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Q 01What is Calvin Harris's real name?
Adam Wiles
He has said 'Calvin Harris' is a stage alter ego and prefers to be called Adam in personal life.
Q 02In which Scottish town was Calvin Harris born and raised?
Dumfries
He went to Calside Primary and Dumfries High School, and later moved back there to record his debut album.
Q 03In what year was Calvin Harris born?
1984
His parents were English and had married in Oxford before moving to Scotland.
Q 04Under what alias did Calvin Harris release three EPs of house music in 2020?
Love Regenerator
He said the project was about rediscovering the way he originally began producing music 22 years earlier.
Q 05What name did Calvin Harris use for the 12-inch club singles "Da Bongos" and "Brighter Days" in 2002?
Stouffer
He was 18 and the tracks came out on the Prima Facie label before he moved to London.
Q 06What was the title of Calvin Harris's 2007 debut album?
I Created Disco
The tongue-in-cheek title arrived when dance music was widely thought to be in decline.
Q 07On what kind of computer was Calvin Harris's 2007 debut album entirely recorded and produced?
An Amiga
He wrote, produced and performed all 14 tracks himself in his home studio.
Q 08Which music tracker software did Calvin Harris use to make his debut album?
OctaMED
His bedroom studio in Dumfries was named Calvinharrisbeats Studio.
Q 09Which Calvin Harris single was written as a tribute to the style and culture of a past decade?
Acceptable in the 80s
It peaked at number ten in the UK and stayed on the chart for 15 weeks.
Q 10On which social networking site was Calvin Harris discovered before signing his 2006 record deals?
Myspace
A talent booker for Global Gathering made him the first signee of his new management firm after seeing his page.
Q 11What was the profession of Calvin Harris's father?
Biochemist
Harris himself worked in a fish processing factory to afford DJ gear.
Q 12Where did Calvin Harris work after leaving school in order to buy DJ equipment?
A fish processing factory
He also stocked supermarket shelves before recording bedroom demos.
Q 13Which 2008 Dizzee Rascal single with Calvin Harris topped the UK chart for four weeks?
Dance wiv Me
It was certified platinum and shortlisted for the Popjustice £20 Music Prize.
Q 21Whose record for the most UK top-10 singles from one album did Calvin Harris break in 2013?
Michael Jackson
The old record was seven; Harris managed nine.
Q 22Which artist surpassed Calvin Harris's UK top-10-singles-from-one-album record in 2017?
Ed Sheeran
The album ÷ (Divide) produced ten top-10 songs.
Q 23For how many non-consecutive weeks did "We Found Love" top the US Billboard Hot 100?
10
It was the longest-running US number one of 2011 and Harris's first US chart-topper.
Q 24Which vocalist features on Calvin Harris's 2012 UK number one "Sweet Nothing"?
Q 14What was Calvin Harris's second studio album, released in 2009?
Ready for the Weekend
It entered the UK Albums Chart at number one and went gold within two months.
Q 15Which song became Calvin Harris's first UK number-one single, in 2009?
I'm Not Alone
It debuted at the top in April 2009 as the lead single from his second album.
Q 16In his YouTube series Jam TV, what did Calvin Harris have Goldie and Katy Perry try to do?
Open pots of jam
Goldie was another guest who wrestled with the jars.
Q 17What was Calvin Harris holding on his head when he invaded The X Factor stage in 2009?
A pineapple
He apologised on Twitter afterwards.
Q 18Which Chris Brown hit did Calvin Harris claim plagiarised his first UK number one?
Yeah 3x
He was added to the credits on both the single and the F.A.M.E. album.
Q 19What was the title of Calvin Harris's third studio album, released in 2012?
18 Months
It was his first album on which he mostly did not sing, focusing on production instead.
Q 20How many UK top-10 singles did Calvin Harris's 2012 album spawn, a record at the time?
9
Billboard called it one of the most important albums in dance music and modern pop history.
Florence Welch
The track was nominated for Best Dance Recording at the Grammys.
Q 25Which 2011 Calvin Harris single was a collaboration with Kelis?
Bounce
It debuted at number two in the UK in June 2011.
Q 26Which Calvin Harris single features Ne-Yo?
Let's Go
It reached number two in the UK and earned a Grammy nomination for Best Dance Recording.
Q 27What was the name of Calvin Harris's fourth studio album, released in November 2014?
Motion
It debuted at number one in Scotland, two in the UK and five in the US.
Q 28Which Calvin Harris track was Spotify's most-streamed song of 2014?
Summer
He also sang the vocal himself, a rarity after 2010.
Q 29Which singer features on the 2014 UK number one "Blame"?
John Newman
After it, Harris became the first British solo artist to pass a billion Spotify streams.
Q 30Calvin Harris's 2013 UK number one "Under Control" was made with Alesso and which synth-pop duo?
Hurts
It was the first single from his fourth album.