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Q 01Which production duo co-wrote and produced 'Shake It Off' with Taylor Swift?
Max Martin and Shellback
Max Martin and Shellback co-wrote and produced 'Shake It Off' with Swift; the Swedish pair also handled much of 1989, her first full pop album, released in 2014.
Q 02Which track opens Taylor Swift's critically acclaimed 2020 album 'folklore'?
the 1
'the 1' opens the record with piano and light percussion; the album was written in isolation during the 2020 lockdown and surprise-released on July 24 with under a day's notice.
Q 03Which of Taylor Swift's re-recorded albums was the first 'Taylor's Version' released, in April 2021?
Fearless (Taylor's Version)
Fearless (Taylor's Version) arrived on April 9, 2021, the first of the re-recordings she made to regain control of her masters.
Q 04In 'All Too Well (10 Minute Version)', what clothing item is left at a sister's house?
Scarf
The scarf, left over a Thanksgiving weekend in the first verse, returns in the last: the ex still has it because 'it smells like me'.
Q 05Who is the featured act on Taylor Swift's 'exile' from 'folklore'?
Bon Iver
Bon Iver, the project of Justin Vernon, is the featured act on 'exile'; Vernon's baritone and Swift's vocals trade verses on the folklore duet released in July 2020.
Q 06'Anti-Hero' was the lead single from which Taylor Swift album?
Midnights
Written and produced with Jack Antonoff, it rides a 1980s-style LinnDrum loop and its lyrics deal with Swift's own insecurities.
Q 07Which of these singles came from Taylor Swift's album Red, rather than from 1989?
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together was the lead single from Red in 2012; Blank Space, Style and Bad Blood are all 1989 tracks.
Q 08What animal is prominently featured in the music video for 'Blank Space'?
Horse
Horses are the video's signature animal: Swift and her co-star ride white horses across the estate grounds, shot at Oheka Castle on Long Island in 2014.
Q 09Which of Taylor Swift's albums is home to 'You Belong With Me'?
Fearless
'You Belong With Me' was a major crossover hit from her second studio album, *Fearless*, released in 2008.
Q 10Taylor Swift wrote 'Love Story' using which Shakespeare play as a reference point?
Romeo and Juliet
Swift rewrote Romeo and Juliet's ending so 'Love Story' closes with a proposal instead of a tragedy, the happy ending she felt they deserved.
Q 11The song 'Mean,' an anthem against critics, is from which Taylor Swift album?
Speak Now
'Mean' is a country song from her third studio album, *Speak Now*, which she wrote as a response to music critics.
Q 12What was the title of Taylor Swift's debut single, released in June 2006?
"Tim McGraw"
"Tim McGraw" was the debut single, and Swift and her mother spent that summer hand-mailing promo copies to country radio stations.
Q 13Which producer recorded Swift's self-titled debut album with her over four months in late 2005?
Nathan Chapman
Nathan Chapman produced Swift's self-titled 2006 debut and stayed on through her country albums; he was still credited on 1989's 'This Love'.
Q 21Which pair of 1989 singles made Swift the first woman to replace herself at number one on the Hot 100?
"Shake It Off" and "Blank Space"
1989 became her first album to land five consecutive top-10 singles.
Q 22Alongside Jack Antonoff, which musician produced Taylor Swift's 2020 albums Folklore and Evermore?
Aaron Dessner
Aaron Dessner of The National co-produced both; each debuted at number one alongside a number-one single, a first for any artist.
Q 23Which album was Swift's first to reach number one in the UK?
Red
Red (2012) was Swift's first album to reach number one in the UK; in the US it opened with 1.21 million copies, the biggest first week by any artist in a decade.
Q 14Which Speak Now song did Swift debut at the 2010 VMAs, a year after Kanye's interruption?
Innocent
Swift premiered 'Innocent' at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, one year after Kanye West interrupted her acceptance speech there; its lyrics are widely read as addressed to him.
Q 15Under what pseudonym was Swift credited on Calvin Harris's 'This Is What You Came For'?
Nils Sjöberg
Swift was credited as Nils Sjöberg on Calvin Harris's 'This Is What You Came For' (2016), sung by Rihanna; she and Harris were dating at the time and split months later.
Q 16Joe Alwyn co-wrote and co-produced several Folklore and Evermore songs under which pseudonym?
William Bowery
William Bowery was Joe Alwyn; fans guessed it for months before Swift confirmed it in the Long Pond Studio Sessions film.
Q 17Which single gave Swift her first UK number one?
"Look What You Made Me Do"
'Look What You Made Me Do', the 2017 lead single from Reputation, was Swift's first UK number one; it also topped the US Hot 100 for three weeks.
Q 18What chart record did 'All Too Well (Taylor's Version)' set in 2021?
Longest song ever to top the Hot 100
At ten minutes it became the longest song ever to top the Hot 100, nearly twice the length of the 2012 original.
Q 19In which year did Swift first occupy the entire Billboard Hot 100 top 10?
2022
Midnights' tracks filled all ten spots on the Hot 100 dated November 5, 2022, a first for any artist; The Tortured Poets Department then took the top 14 in 2024.
Q 20Which Swift album spent eleven weeks at number one on the Billboard 200?
1989
1989 logged eleven weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 after its October 2014 release, and stayed in the chart's top 10 for a full year.
Q 24Which song Swift wrote for Little Big Town won the CMA Award for Song of the Year?
"Better Man"
'Better Man', which Swift wrote and gave to Little Big Town, won the CMA Song of the Year in 2017; she later released her own version on Red (Taylor's Version).
Q 25Swift's duet with Zayn Malik, 'I Don't Wanna Live Forever', was recorded for which film's soundtrack?
Fifty Shades Darker
Fifty Shades Darker's duet peaked at number two, the highest chart position of any single from the Fifty Shades franchise.
Q 26'Safe & Sound', co-written with the Civil Wars, appeared on the soundtrack of which 2012 film?
The Hunger Games
'Safe & Sound', Swift's collaboration with the Civil Wars, appears on The Hunger Games soundtrack (2012) and won the Grammy for Best Song Written for Visual Media in 2013.
Q 27Which song did Swift write and record for the 2022 film Where the Crawdads Sing?
"Carolina"
'Carolina' is Swift's song for Where the Crawdads Sing (2022), which adapts Delia Owens's novel set in North Carolina's marshes; she recorded it with Aaron Dessner.
Q 28Which character did Taylor Swift play in the 2019 film Cats?
Bombalurina
Swift played Bombalurina, the flirtatious red cat who sings 'Macavity', in Cats (2019), alongside Idris Elba as Macavity and Judi Dench as Old Deuteronomy.
Q 29Which MTV Video Music Award did 'The Man' win in 2020?
Best Direction
'The Man', the first music video Swift directed alone, won Best Direction at the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards; she also stars in it in prosthetics as the title character.
Q 30Which 2010 music video, co-directed with Roman White, was Swift's directorial debut?
"Mine"
'Mine', the 2010 lead single from Speak Now, was Swift's first co-directing credit, shared with Roman White; the video was shot in Kennebunkport, Maine.