🎵 Song Lyrics Trivia Questions & Answers
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30 Song Lyrics trivia questions
Q1. 'Touching hands, reaching out, touching me, touching you' leads into which sing-along classic?
Answer: Sweet Caroline
💡 Neil Diamond wrote it in about an hour, reportedly inspired by a photo of Caroline Kennedy.
Q2. 'Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof' is from which Pharrell Williams smash?
Answer: Happy
💡 It was written for the Despicable Me 2 soundtrack and became a global No. 1.
Q3. 'The club isn't the best place to find a lover' opens which Ed Sheeran chart-topper?
Answer: Shape of You
Q4. Which 1971 John Denver hit later became an official West Virginia state anthem?
Answer: Country Roads
💡 The song opens by calling West Virginia 'almost heaven', naming the Blue Ridge and Shenandoah.
Q5. Which 1961 soul ballad vows to stay beside a loved one through the dark?
Answer: Stand by Me
💡 Ben E. King co-wrote and sang it; it became a hit again after the 1986 film of the same name. It later titled a 1986 coming-of-age film and rode that back into the charts 25 years on.
Q6. Complete the Bohemian Rhapsody lyric: 'Is this the real life, is this just ___'
Answer: fantasy
💡 Freddie Mercury wrote Bohemian Rhapsody in a single night.
Q7. Which artist is known as 'The Queen of Pop'?
Answer: Madonna
💡 Madonna has sold over 300 million records worldwide.
Q8. 'Imagine all the people, living for today' is a peace-anthem line by which former Beatle?
Answer: John Lennon
Q9. Complete Journey's karaoke staple: 'Just a small-town girl, livin' in a lonely ___.'
Answer: World
Q10. 'All the single ladies' is the put-a-ring-on-it command in a smash by which pop star?
Answer: Beyoncé
Q11. Complete Lynyrd Skynyrd's Southern-rock chorus: 'Sweet home Alabama, where the skies are so ___.'
Answer: Blue
Q12. The drawn-out 'ella, ella, eh, eh, eh' hook belongs to which Rihanna hit?
Answer: Umbrella
Q13. The chant 'shake it off, shake it off' is from a 2014 single on which pop star's album 1989?
Answer: Taylor Swift
Q14. Complete Rick Astley's Rickroll lyric: 'Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you ___.'
Answer: Down
Q15. Complete The Beatles' comforting opener: 'Hey Jude, don't make it ___.'
Answer: Bad
Q16. The chorus hook 'sweet child o' mine' belongs to a power ballad by which band, fronted by Axl Rose?
Answer: Guns N' Roses
Q17. Complete Gloria Gaynor's disco survival anthem: 'At first I was afraid, I was ___.'
Answer: Petrified
Q18. Which Latin pop star's 1999 chorus about living 'la vida loca' became a global crossover smash?
Answer: Ricky Martin
Q19. 'I'm a Barbie girl' is the hook of a 1997 novelty hit by which Danish-Norwegian group?
Answer: Aqua
Q20. Complete Carly Rae Jepsen's viral 2012 hook: 'Hey, I just met you, and this is ___.'
Answer: Crazy
Q21. 'I used to bite my tongue and hold my breath' kicks off the anthem 'Roar' by which pop star?
Answer: Katy Perry
Q22. "There's a fire starting in my heart, reaching a fever pitch" opens which Adele anthem of betrayal?
Answer: Rolling in the Deep
Q23. 'Tommy used to work on the docks' opens the working-class couple's story in which power ballad?
Answer: Livin' on a Prayer
💡 The couple's names, Tommy and Gina, weren't in the original title but became forever linked to the song.
Q24. "The kid is not my son" is the defiant denial at the heart of which Michael Jackson hit?
Answer: Billie Jean
Q25. Which Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars smash repeats the taunt 'don't believe me, just watch' throughout?
Answer: Uptown Funk
Q26. 'Maybe you're gonna be the one that saves me' swells before the title hook of which Britpop song?
Answer: Wonderwall
Q27. Which Eagles classic ends with 'you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave'?
Answer: Hotel California
Q28. 'Friday night and the lights are low' opens which ABBA floor-filler classic?
Answer: Dancing Queen
Q29. Which Louis Armstrong classic marvels at green trees, red roses and everyday beauty?
Answer: What a Wonderful World
💡 Barely a hit in 1967 America, it became a standard after featuring in the 1987 film 'Good Morning, Vietnam'.
Q30. Which Survivor hit was commissioned as the theme for the film 'Rocky III'?
Answer: Eye of the Tiger
💡 Stallone only called Survivor after Queen refused to let him use 'Another One Bites the Dust'.
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