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The Amazingish Popjustice Quiz Of 2015

  • December 26, 2015
  • Popjustice

Everyone likes a quiz. That's a solid gold content fact that you can take to the bank.

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With all that in mind — let's go!

Speaking to Q magazine, Ellie Goulding said that her album track 'Lost & Found' was a song that Max Martin…
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In Britney and Iggy's 'Pretty Girls' video, how many seconds pass before the first piece of product placement?
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When 399 people com­plained about Rita Ora's cleavage, the BBC responded by saying that it…
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In the later stages of 2015, shoppers rushed out to buy copies of the official 2016 Sam Smith calendar. The calendar contains twelve images — how many show Sam smiling?
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A few months before going on to sign with one of the country's most powerful music man­age­ment companies, signing a major label record deal, doing his first magazine cover shoot and interview and being pho­to­graphed in public with Gigi Hadid, why did Zayn Malik tell fans he'd left One Direction?
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In February, Sam Smith won how many more Grammys than Katy Perry?
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Christina Aguilera was busy recording a new album during 2015. Which phrase was NOT used to describe the album by either Christina or one of the album's producers?
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Daphne & Celeste staged a brief but faintly joyous comeback in 2015. Which elec­tronic producer did they work with on 'You & I Alone'?
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Which artist did not release a song with 'ghost' and 'town' in its title during 2015?
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After sim­il­ar­it­ies were noted, the writers of which song were added to the credits of 'Uptown Funk'?
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Which of her solo songs did Rachel Stevens perform during S Club 7's take-the-money-and-run comeback tour?
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Hilary Duff changed the title of her album from 'This Heart' to 'Breathe In Breathe Out', which def­in­itely made all the dif­fer­ence when it came to the album's eventual com­mer­cial per­form­ance. ANYWAY — how did she tell fans about the new title?
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Name the members of Electro Velvet, the totally shit duo who took their totally shit song 'Still In Love With You' to Eurovision.
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As part of her mission to avoid releasing a proper album, Robyn col­lab­or­ated on a new EP project thing this year. What was the project called?
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Simon Cowell launched a new TV show in 2015. It was all about searching the US and Latin America to find a new Latino boyband. What was the TV show called?
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2015 saw the arrival of New Music Friday — a global strategy for stand­ard­ising the day on which new music would be released except when artists thought they were more important than that or just couldn't be arsed. When was the first New Music Friday?
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Meghan Trainor fucked her voice in 2015 and had to cancel some dates. What was the name of the doctor she visited at the start of July?
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Which song did Lady Gaga perform with U2 at New York's Madison Square Garden?
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When Justin Bieber pulled out of Birmingham's Fusion Festival, which was sponsored by Vimto, who stepped in?
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When Adele debuted some of 'Hello' during an X Factor ad break, how did the first word appear?
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Did Taylor Swift handle the whole Nicki Minaj Twitter thing well?
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Hailee Steinfeld's 'Love Myself' is about…
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Paul McCartney joined Rihanna and Kanye on 'FourFiveSeconds'. What was he holding on the single's artwork?
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Where did Stereo Kicks perform their last ever concert together?
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What did Madonna do when she signed her name on that stupid bit of paper at the Tidal launch?
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How many copies did Adele's '25' sell in its first 24 hours on sale?
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What did Rihanna not release in time for Christmas?
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Ariana Grande licked a donut in 2015. It was all caught on video, you might have read about it. Which beverage's branding was clearly visible through­out the video?
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How do you pronounce Silentó's name?
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At Carly Rae Jepsen's August gig in LA, who was NOT in the audience?
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