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50 free pop culture trivia questions with answers. From the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Barbenheimer to TikTok dances and K-pop, the 2000s through 2020s gave us an explosion of pop culture moments. This quiz covers everything from the biggest blockbusters and binge-worthy TV shows to chart-topping albums, viral memes, and the social media revolution. Whether you're a casual fan or a pop culture encyclopedia, these 97 questions will put your knowledge to the test.
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Q 01In January 2010, which movie surpassed Titanic to become the highest-grossing film of all time worldwide?
Avatar
Avatar passed Titanic's worldwide gross on January 25, 2010, about six weeks after release; a 2021 re-release in China later lifted it back above Avengers: Endgame.
Q 02In 'Stranger Things', the older teens attend a school named after which fictional Indiana town?
Hawkins
The show's older characters attend Hawkins High, in the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana, where the series is set in the 1980s.
Q 03Taylor Swift's album '1989' is named after what?
The year she was born
Taylor Swift named her 2014 album '1989' after her birth year. She was born on December 13, 1989, in West Reading, Pennsylvania.
Q 04Which social media platform introduced the 'Stories' feature first?
Snapchat
Snapchat's 'My Story' arrived in October 2013, stitching snaps into a 24-hour reel; Instagram cloned the format in 2016.
Q 05In the MCU, what is the name of Thor's hammer?
Mjolnir
Mjolnir is Thor's hammer in both Norse mythology and the Marvel Cinematic Universe; Hela shatters it in Thor: Ragnarok, forcing him to take up Stormbreaker.
Q 06Which streaming service produced the Korean drama 'Squid Game'?
Netflix
Squid Game premiered on Netflix on September 17, 2021, and quickly became the platform's most-watched series, reaching 1.65 billion viewing hours in its first 28 days.
Q 07What was the name of Beyoncé's visual album released in 2016?
Lemonade
Lemonade was released on April 23, 2016, as both an album and an accompanying film on HBO. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200.
Q 08Which character does Steve Carell play in 'The Office' (US)?
Michael Scott
Steve Carell played Michael Scott, the bumbling regional manager of Dunder Mifflin's Scranton branch, for the show's first seven seasons before leaving in 2011.
Q 09What year did TikTok launch internationally (outside China)?
2017
TikTok launched internationally in September 2017. It merged with Musical.ly in August 2018, which significantly boosted its user base in the US and Europe.
Q 10In 'Harry Potter,' what position does Harry play on the Quidditch team?
Seeker
Harry Potter plays Seeker for the Gryffindor Quidditch team. The Seeker's job is to catch the Golden Snitch, which ends the game and earns 150 points.
Q 11What was the name of the 2023 Greta Gerwig film starring Margot Robbie?
Barbie
Barbie, directed by Greta Gerwig and starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, was released in July 2023 and grossed over $1.4 billion worldwide.
Q 12Which K-pop group released the hit single 'Dynamite' in 2020?
BTS
BTS released 'Dynamite' on August 21, 2020. It was their first song recorded entirely in English and debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
Q 13What is Walter White's alias in 'Breaking Bad'?
Heisenberg
Walter White adopted the alias 'Heisenberg' (named after physicist Werner Heisenberg) as his drug lord persona in Breaking Bad.
Q 21Which celebrity couple is commonly referred to as 'Bennifer'?
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez
'Bennifer' is the portmanteau for Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, who first dated in the early 2000s, reunited in 2021, and married in 2022.
Q 22What was the Iron Throne made of in 'Game of Thrones'?
A thousand swords
Legend says the Iron Throne was forged from a thousand swords surrendered by Aegon the Conqueror's enemies, fused by dragonfire into a jagged seat deliberately impossible to sit in comfortably.
Q 23Where was Billie Eilish's debut album 'When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?' mostly recorded?
Q 14Which Pixar movie features the emotion characters Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear, and Disgust?
Inside Out
Inside Out (2015) takes place inside the mind of an 11-year-old girl named Riley, where her emotions are personified as characters. It won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
Q 15What does the acronym 'GOAT' stand for in sports and internet slang?
Greatest Of All Time
GOAT stands for Greatest Of All Time; Muhammad Ali's camp incorporated G.O.A.T. Inc. in 1992, and LL Cool J's 2000 album G.O.A.T. pushed the term into hip-hop and then sports commentary.
Q 16Which actor played the lead role in Christopher Nolan's 'Oppenheimer' (2023)?
Cillian Murphy
Cillian Murphy starred as J. Robert Oppenheimer in the 2023 biopic, winning the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance.
Q 17What football team does Ted Lasso coach in the Apple TV+ series?
AFC Richmond
In Ted Lasso, Jason Sudeikis plays an American football coach who takes charge of the fictional English Premier League team AFC Richmond.
Q 18Which rapper's 'God's Plan' spent 11 weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 in 2018?
Drake
Drake's 'God's Plan' debuted at number one in February 2018 and held the Hot 100's top spot for 11 weeks, the first of his three chart-toppers that year.
Q 19What is the name of the fictional land in 'The Lord of the Rings'?
Middle-earth
The Lord of the Rings is set in Middle-earth, a fictional world created by J.R.R. Tolkien. Peter Jackson's film trilogy (2001-2003) brought the setting to vivid life on screen.
Q 20What was the viral 2018 dance craze set to the song 'In My Feelings' called?
The Kiki Challenge
The Kiki Challenge (also called the 'In My Feelings' Challenge) went viral in 2018, with people jumping out of moving cars to dance alongside them. It was started by comedian Shiggy.
Her brother's bedroom
Brother Finneas O'Connell produced it in his small bedroom studio at the family home in Highland Park, Los Angeles.
Q 24Which character joined Super Smash Bros. Ultimate in 2019 after massive fan demand?
Banjo & Kazooie
The duo was announced at E3 2019 to a rapturous reaction and released as downloadable fighters on 4 September 2019, along with a stage based on Spiral Mountain.
Q 25Who became the first person to reach 600 million followers on Instagram, in 2024?
Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo passed 600 million Instagram followers in January 2024, the first person to do so; only Instagram's own account has had a larger following.
Q 26Which Bong Joon-ho film became the first non-English-language Best Picture winner, at the Oscars in February 2020?
Parasite
Parasite, directed by Bong Joon-ho, took Best Picture at the 92nd Academy Awards on February 9, 2020, the first film not in English to win the top prize.
Q 27Starting in 2020, for how many consecutive years was Bad Bunny Spotify's most-streamed artist globally?
Three
Bad Bunny was Spotify's most-streamed artist globally for three consecutive years, 2020, 2021 and 2022, before Taylor Swift took the title in 2023.
Q 28What is the name of the fictional paper company in 'The Office' (US)?
Dunder Mifflin
Dunder Mifflin Paper Company is the fictional paper and office supply company based in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where The Office (US) is set.
Q 29Which Disney+ series was the first live-action Star Wars show?
The Mandalorian
The Mandalorian premiered on November 12, 2019, the day Disney+ launched in the United States; it is set five years after Return of the Jedi.
Q 30Which podcast went exclusive to Spotify from September 2020 under a deal, announced that May, valued at around US$100 million?
The Joe Rogan Experience
The Joe Rogan Experience deal was Spotify's biggest podcast bet to date, making the show exclusive to the platform from September 2020.