2010s Music Trivia
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6th - 12th Grade
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This quiz comprehensively covers contemporary popular music from the 2010s decade, focusing on chart-topping hits, major artists, and significant cultural moments in music history. Designed for middle and high school students in grades 6-12, the content requires knowledge of mainstream pop, hip-hop, R&B, and rock artists who dominated the Billboard charts and social media during this transformative period in music. Students need to demonstrate factual recall of specific songs, albums, collaborations, and career milestones, as well as understanding of how music intersects with other media like film soundtracks and television. The questions assess cultural literacy around artists such as Ariana Grande, Ed Sheeran, Billie Eilish, Justin Bieber, and Drake, requiring students to connect songs to movies, identify real names behind stage personas, and recognize significant achievements like chart records and award wins. This quiz was created by a classroom teacher who designed it for students studying contemporary music and popular culture in grades 6-12. The assessment serves as an engaging tool for building cultural connections and shared knowledge among students while developing their understanding of how music reflects and shapes social trends. Teachers can effectively use this quiz as a fun warm-up activity to energize classes, as a brain break between more intensive academic work, or as a review tool when studying units on contemporary culture, media literacy, or the music industry. The format works particularly well for formative assessment in music appreciation courses, social studies units on recent decades, or English language arts classes examining popular culture's influence on society. This type of trivia-based assessment aligns with standards that emphasize cultural literacy, critical thinking about media influences, and understanding artistic expression in contemporary society.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In early 2019, Ariana Grande held the top three spots on the Billboard Hot 100. Who is the only other artist/band to have achieved this feat prior to her?
Michael Jackson
The Beatles
Beyonce
The Rolling Stones
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who won top R&B Male Artist at the Billboard Music Awards in 2018?
Bruno Mars
John Legend
Frank Ocean
Usher
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In the song "Prefect," who did Ed Sheeran sing with?
Sam Smith
Beyonce
Lady Gaga
John Legend
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The song "Happy" by Pharrell Williams was written for which animated film?
Minions
Toy Story 2
Frozen
Despicable Me
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.7
CCSS.RI.8.7
CCSS.RL.7.7
CCSS.RL.8.7
CCSS.RL.9-10.7
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Finish the lyric to the song "Old Town Road" by Lil Naz
I got the horses in the back
Horse tack is attached
Hat is matte black
Got the ___________________
socks that mix and match
lunch bag in my sack
boots that's black to match
reins and pull them back
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who co-wrote Billie Eilish's song "Bellyache?"
Taylor Swift
Lewis Capaldi
Brian May (from Queen)
Her brother, Finneas
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What musician won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016?
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.9
CCSS.RI.9-10.9
CCSS.RI.K.6
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
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