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50 free Imagine Dragons trivia questions with answers — music quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This Imagine Dragons trivia quiz covers the Las Vegas band from Dan Reynolds's college demos to Loom. The easy questions cover the line-up, the albums and the biggest hits: It's Time, Radioactive, Demons, Believer, Thunder, Whatever It Takes, Natural and Enemy. The harder ones dig into the Brigham Young University origins, the Provo years, the Bite of Las Vegas break when Train's singer fell ill, producer Alex da Kid, the Palms recording sessions, the Kendrick Lamar Grammy medley, the League of Legends and Arcane songs, the Nintendo Switch Super Bowl ad, the esports team they co-own and Daniel Platzman's departure. It also covers the numbers: the 87 weeks Radioactive spent on the Hot 100, the four Diamond-certified songs, the streaming records, the Billboard and Grammy awards, the mixed Metacritic scores and the Corey Taylor and Matty Healy jibes. Questions are about the songs and their history, never their lyrics. Every answer was checked against the encyclopaedia entry before publishing. For more, try our 2010s music, pop rock and Las Vegas quizzes.
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Q 01Which member of Imagine Dragons plays guitar?
Wayne Sermon
Wayne Sermon is the band's lead guitarist; he joined Dan Reynolds in 2009 and recruited bassist Ben McKee, his former classmate.
Q 02In which city are Imagine Dragons based?
Las Vegas
Imagine Dragons are based in Las Vegas, Dan Reynolds's hometown, where the band relocated from Utah in 2009 and built its early following.
Q 03Where did Dan Reynolds meet the band's original drummer in 2008?
Brigham Young University
Reynolds met the band's first drummer while both were students at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, in 2008, and the band formed there.
Q 04What is the band's name, according to Reynolds?
An anagram of a phrase known only to the members
Reynolds has said 'Imagine Dragons' is an anagram of a phrase known only to the members, who have kept the original words secret.
Q 05Whose illness gave the band its first big break at the 2009 Bite of Las Vegas Festival?
Train frontman Pat Monahan's
Train frontman Pat Monahan fell ill before the 2009 festival, and the then-unsigned Imagine Dragons were asked to fill Train's headline slot in front of a huge crowd.
Q 06Which label signed Imagine Dragons in November 2011?
Interscope
Imagine Dragons signed with Interscope Records in November 2011, after releasing three EPs independently between 2009 and 2011.
Q 07Which English producer did the band start working with after signing?
Alex da Kid
Alex da Kid, the London-born producer of Eminem's 'Love the Way You Lie', recorded the band's first major-label release with them at Westlake Recording Studios in West Hollywood.
Q 08What was Imagine Dragons' debut single, released in February 2012?
It's Time
'It's Time' was released as the band's debut single in February 2012 and peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Q 09What was the band's debut album?
Night Visions
Night Visions, released in September 2012, was finished at Studio X inside the Palms Casino Resort and peaked at number two on the Billboard 200.
Q 10The band's debut was the highest-charting debut rock album since which year?
2006
The album opened at number two on the Billboard 200 with over 83,000 first-week sales, the highest chart debut by a rock act's first album since 2006.
Q 11How many weeks did 'Radioactive' spend on the Billboard Hot 100, a record at the time?
87
'Radioactive' logged 87 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, a longevity record that stood until The Weeknd's 'Blinding Lights' passed it in 2021.
Q 12Which Grammy did 'Radioactive' win at the 2014 ceremony?
Best Rock Performance
'Radioactive' won Best Rock Performance at the January 2014 Grammys, where it was also nominated for Record of the Year.
Q 13Which rapper joined the band for a 'Radioactive' / 'M.A.A.D City' medley at the 2014 Grammys?
Kendrick Lamar
Kendrick Lamar performed a mash-up of 'Radioactive' and his own 'm.A.A.d city' with the band at the January 2014 Grammys.
Q 21What was hidden in Morse code in the teaser videos for 'Believer'?
'Objects of same color'
The time-lapse videos showed the singer drawing surreal images.
Q 22Which product's Super Bowl ad used 'Believer' in 2017?
The Nintendo Switch
Nintendo's Super Bowl LI commercial for the Nintendo Switch in February 2017 was soundtracked by 'Believer', days after the single's release.
Q 23What was the band's third studio album, released in June 2017?
Evolve
It earned a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Vocal Album despite mixed reviews.
Q 14What peak did 'Demons' reach on the Billboard Hot 100?
No. 6
'Demons' peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 2014 and spent 61 weeks on the chart.
Q 15Which 2014 film got the Imagine Dragons song 'Battle Cry'?
Transformers: Age of Extinction
'Battle Cry' was written for Michael Bay's Transformers: Age of Extinction and released in June 2014, the month the film opened.
Q 16What was the lead single from Smoke + Mirrors?
I Bet My Life
'I Bet My Life' was released in October 2014 as the lead single from Smoke + Mirrors, followed by 'Gold' and 'Shots'.
Q 17Which retailer aired a live commercial of the band performing 'Shots' during the 2015 Grammys?
Target
Target bought a four-minute block of the 2015 Grammys broadcast for a live commercial of the band playing 'Shots', nine days before Smoke + Mirrors came out.
Q 18Whose 'I Love You All the Time' did the band cover in December 2015 for Paris attack victims?
Eagles of Death Metal
Eagles of Death Metal were on stage at the Bataclan during the November 2015 attacks; Imagine Dragons covered their song for the Play It Forward relief campaign.
Q 19'Sucker for Pain', with Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa and others, came from which film's soundtrack?
Suicide Squad
'Sucker for Pain' appeared on the Suicide Squad soundtrack in June 2016, teaming Imagine Dragons with Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa, Logic, Ty Dolla Sign and X Ambassadors.
Q 20Which 2016 sci-fi film featured the song 'Levitate'?
Passengers
'Levitate' was released in December 2016 from the soundtrack of Passengers, the sci-fi film starring Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt.
Q 24Which of the band's 2017 singles won the 2018 MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video?
Whatever It Takes
'Whatever It Takes' won Best Rock Video at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards; the song peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Q 25Which esports team did Imagine Dragons become co-owners of in 2018?
Rogue
In 2018 Imagine Dragons joined Steve Aoki as investors in ReKTGlobal, the parent company of the esports team Rogue.
Q 26'Natural' served as the 2018 anthem for what?
The ESPN College Football season
'Natural' was the official anthem of the 2018 ESPN College Football season, and the band played the championship game's halftime show in January 2019.
Q 27Which Disney animated film used 'Zero' over its end credits?
Ralph Breaks the Internet
'Zero' was written for Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) and plays over its end credits; it was the second single from Origins.
Q 28Which 2017 Imagine Dragons single opens with 'Just a young gun with a quick fuse'?
Thunder
'Thunder', released in April 2017, opens with the line 'Just a young gun with a quick fuse' and topped Billboard's Hot Rock Songs chart.
Q 29Which Italian singer features on the final Origins single, 'Birds'?
Elisa
'Birds' was reissued in June 2019 as a duet with the Italian singer Elisa, becoming the fifth and final single from Origins.
Q 30Which Netflix series' soundtrack featured 'Enemy' with rapper JID?
Arcane
'Enemy', with the Atlanta rapper JID, was written for Arcane, Netflix's 2021 animated series set in the League of Legends universe, and serves as its opening theme.