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58 free Shawn Mendes trivia questions with answers — music quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This Shawn Mendes trivia quiz follows the whole story: a 13-year-old in Pickering, Ontario, teaching himself guitar from YouTube, the six-second Vine covers that got 10,000 likes overnight, the manager who found him online, and the run of number-one albums that started with Handwritten in 2015. It covers the singles too, from "Life of the Party" and "Stitches" to "Treat You Better", "In My Blood", "If I Can't Have You" and "Señorita", the duet that finally gave him a Hot 100 number one. There are questions on the tours (including the one that ended in Copenhagen), the Netflix documentary, the singing crocodile he voiced, his brand deals with Armani and Tim Hortons, the Shawn Mendes Foundation and Wonder Grants, and the folk turn of the 2024 album Shawn. Easy questions ask about his home town and first single; the hard end gets into chart records, remixers, tour opening cities and who directed his 2018 documentary. Every answer was checked against the Wikipedia biography of Shawn Mendes, and each question shows its source once you have answered.
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Q 01In which year was Shawn Mendes born?
1998
He was born on August 8, 1998, in Toronto, which made him one of the youngest artists ever to top the Billboard 200 when his debut album went to number one in 2015.
Q 02Mendes was born in Toronto but grew up in which Ontario town?
Pickering
He played youth soccer with Pickering FC and graduated from the town's Pine Ridge Secondary School in June 2016.
Q 03Mendes's father Manuel, who sells bar and restaurant supplies in Toronto, comes from which country?
Portugal
Portugal is his father's homeland: Manuel Mendes emigrated to Canada and sells bar and restaurant supplies in Toronto, while Shawn's mother Karen is from England.
Q 04What is the name of Shawn Mendes's younger sister?
Aaliyah
Aaliyah Mendes is his only sibling and has built a sizeable social media following of her own.
Q 05At what age did Mendes teach himself guitar by watching YouTube tutorials?
13
He was 13, in 2012, when he learned guitar from YouTube tutorials; within a year he was posting cover videos of his own, which drew his first online following.
Q 06On which app did Mendes first build a following in 2013?
Vine
Vine's six-second loops carried his early covers; by August 2014 he was the third most-followed musician on Vine, which Twitter shut down in January 2017.
Q 07A cover of whose 'As Long as You Love Me' won Mendes 10,000 likes and followers overnight?
Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber's 'As Long as You Love Me' was the cover that went viral for Mendes in 2013; the two Canadians later recorded 'Monster' together in 2020.
Q 08Which artist manager discovered Mendes online in November 2013 and brought him to Island Records?
Andrew Gertler
Andrew Gertler, an artist manager, found Mendes's videos in November 2013 and took him to Island Records, where A&R Ziggy Chareton backed the deal; Mendes signed with the label in May 2014.
Q 09With which song did Mendes win Ryan Seacrest's "Best Cover Song" contest in April 2014?
"Say Something"
"Say Something", the A Great Big World ballad, was the winning cover; he signed officially with Island Records the following month, in May 2014.
Q 10What was the title of Shawn Mendes's first single, released in June 2014?
"Life of the Party"
"Life of the Party" was released on June 26, 2014; it made him the youngest artist to debut in the Hot 100's top 25 with a first single, and its lyrics inspired a positive-messages campaign with DoSomething.org.
Q 11What Hot 100 position did Mendes's debut single reach, making him the youngest to debut in the top 25?
24
It debuted at number 24 on the Hot 100 dated July 12, 2014, making Mendes, then 15, the youngest artist to enter the top 25 with a debut single.
Q 12Before he was signed, Mendes toured alongside other social media stars as part of which tour?
Magcon
Magcon (Meet and Greet Convention) also launched Cameron Dallas and Nash Grier; Mendes was its breakout musician.
Q 13Mendes was an opening act on which singer's nationwide tour in 2014?
Austin Mahone
Austin Mahone, the Texan pop singer, took Mendes out as an opening act on his 2014 tour, the same year Mendes released his debut EP.
Q 21What was the title of Mendes's first collaboration with Camila Cabello, released in late 2015?
"I Know What You Did Last Summer"
"I Know What You Did Last Summer" was released in November 2015 and appeared on a reissue of his debut album; it reached the US top 20, and the pair would not record together again until 2019.
Q 22When she first recorded with Mendes in 2015, Camila Cabello was still a member of which group?
Fifth Harmony
Fifth Harmony, formed on The X Factor USA in 2012, remained Cabello's group until she left in December 2016; the band later went on hiatus.
Q 23Mendes made his acting debut in January 2016 in the season three premiere of which CW series?
The 100
Q 14Mendes's debut EP peaked at what position on the Billboard 200 in 2014?
5
The Shawn Mendes EP debuted at number 5 on the Billboard 200 with 48,000 copies sold in its first week, a big number for a 15-year-old known mostly for six-second covers.
Q 15"Oh Cecilia (Breaking My Heart)", featuring Mendes, was a 2014 single by which British band?
The Vamps
The Vamps released it in October 2014 as the fifth single from their debut album Meet the Vamps; it reached the UK top ten.
Q 16What was the title of Shawn Mendes's debut studio album, released in April 2015?
Handwritten
It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 119,000 equivalent album units and was certified platinum.
Q 17Which 2017 single, added to his second album's reissue, gave Mendes a US top-ten hit?
"There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back"
"There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back" was released in April 2017 alongside the deluxe edition of his second album and peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100.
Q 18"Stitches" peaked at number four in the US, but it reached number one in which country?
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom gave 'Stitches' its number one: it topped the UK Singles Chart in January 2016, months after its US peak, and it also led two US adult radio airplay charts.
Q 19In 2015 Mendes opened North American dates on which artist's 1989 World Tour?
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift took him out as an opening act across the 1989 World Tour's North American leg in 2015, alongside Vance Joy; Mendes has named her among his main musical influences.
Q 20Mendes recorded the song "Believe" for the soundtrack of which Disney Channel Original Movie?
Descendants
Descendants, the 2015 film about the children of Disney villains, had a soundtrack that topped the Billboard 200, and 'Believe' was its end-credits song.
The 100's season-three opener, 'Wanheda: Part One', gave him a one-off role as Macallan, a piano-playing character in the post-apocalyptic drama.
Q 24"Treat You Better" and "Mercy" were singles from which Shawn Mendes album?
Illuminate
Released in September 2016, it debuted at number one in the US with 145,000 equivalent album units.
Q 25Mendes's December 2016 live album was recorded at which famous venue?
Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden hosted him on September 10, 2016, a month after his 18th birthday, and Live at Madison Square Garden followed in December, the month he was musical guest on Saturday Night Live.
Q 26In 2017 Mendes became the first artist under 20 with three number ones on which Billboard chart?
Adult Pop Songs
Adult Pop Songs, Billboard's Adult Top 40 airplay chart, gave him number ones with 'Stitches' and 'Treat You Better' before a third in 2017; he went on to match the feat on the Adult Contemporary chart.
Q 27Which lead single from his 2018 self-titled album openly addressed Mendes's struggles with anxiety?
"In My Blood"
"In My Blood" came out that March with lyrics about anxiety ('help me, it's like the walls are caving in'); it peaked at number 11 on the Hot 100 and earned a Song of the Year Grammy nomination.
Q 28Which singer featured on the 2018 Mendes track "Youth"?
Khalid
Mendes and Khalid performed the song together at the 2018 Billboard Music Awards with the Stoneman Douglas High School choir.
Q 29Which DJ's remix of "Lost in Japan" did Mendes perform at the 2018 American Music Awards?
Zedd
Zedd, the Russian-German producer, joined him onstage at the October ceremony; their remix of 'Lost in Japan' had been released on September 27 of that year.
Q 30Which YouTube star directed the 2018 documentary Shawn Mendes – Artist Spotlight Stories?
Casey Neistat
Casey Neistat, the New York vlogger and filmmaker, directed the short for YouTube's Artist Spotlight Stories series, following Mendes on the road; it premiered to selected fans before its online release later that year.