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Music quiz questions from the 90s and 00s – with answers
Twenty questions about the most-played songs of the 1990s and 2000s, with answers. The questions are generated from Musikräven's verified 90s & 00s pool – from the CD shelf's bestsellers to the first streaming hits – so artist and year match the charts.
Published · By Rickard Javanainen
How do you use the questions?
The questions switch between who's singing and which year the song came out. The year questions are harder than they look; give a year's margin if you're playing on paper, or let the fox do it for you in the Timeline, where it's the order that counts, not the exact year.
The level is medium: the hits are all there, but the list is broader in genre than the 80s – Britpop, pop-punk, nu-metal and Swedish pop in the same round.
What's the difference between the 90s and the 00s?
The 90s is grunge, Britpop, eurodance and Kent; the 00s is pop-punk, nu-metal, R&B and the first songs that broke through online instead of on the radio. The pool has slightly more songs from the 00s than from the 90s, and Kent, Oasis, Green Day, Linkin Park, Roxette and Ace of Base are the artists that show up most often. About one in four songs is Swedish.
The questions below mix the decades on purpose. If you want to tell them apart, the Timeline is the right game: there you place the song between the ones you've already laid out, and being a year off doesn't matter as long as the order is right.
20 questions with answers
Generated from the list's verified songs – artist and year are checked against the charts.
1Who is behind ...Baby One More Time from 1998?
Answer: Britney Spears.
2Which year did Nirvana release Smells Like Teen Spirit?
Answer: 1991.
3Who is behind Bad Romance from 2009?
Answer: Lady Gaga.
4Which year did Beyoncé release Crazy in Love?
Answer: 2003.
5Who is behind My Heart Will Go On from 1997?
Answer: Celine Dion.
6Which year did Lady Gaga release Poker Face?
Answer: 2008.
7Who is behind Toxic from 2003?
Answer: Britney Spears.
8Which year did Rihanna release Umbrella?
Answer: 2007.
9Who is behind Wannabe from 1996?
Answer: Spice Girls.
10Which year did Oasis release Wonderwall?
Answer: 1995.
11Who is behind Hey Ya! from 2003?
Answer: Outkast.
12Which year did Backstreet Boys release I Want It That Way?
Answer: 1999.
13Who is behind Lose Yourself from 2002?
Answer: Eminem.
14Which year did Red Hot Chili Peppers release Under the Bridge?
Answer: 1992.
15Who is behind Believe from 1998?
Answer: Cher.
16Which year did The Black Eyed Peas release I Gotta Feeling?
Answer: 2009.
17Who is behind It Must Have Been Love from 1990?
Answer: Roxette.
18Which year did The Killers release Mr. Brightside?
Answer: 2003.
19Who is behind Seven Nation Army from 2003?
Answer: The White Stripes.
20Which year did Ace of Base release All That She Wants?
Answer: 1992.
Let the fox play the clips
From the CD shelf to the first streaming hits. The fox plays the clip, marks it and tallies the score – on your own on your phone or with the whole party around the big screen.