90s Music Quiz

Which Spanish duo brought a dance craze to America with 1996's 'Macarena'?

AnswerLos del Río

NoteIt spent 14 weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100, one of the longest runs in the chart's history.

Which British band had a surprise 1997 US hit with the drinking anthem 'Tubthumping'?

AnswerChumbawamba

Which rapper scored a 1990 US number-one with 'Ice Ice Baby,' sampling Queen and David Bowie's 'Under Pressure'?

AnswerVanilla Ice

Which band's 1993 hit 'No Rain' featured a music video with a dancing 'Bee Girl'?

AnswerBlind Melon

Which band's laid-back 1997 single 'Sex and Candy' became their only major hit?

AnswerMarcy Playground

Which band is remembered for the 1998 bar-closing anthem 'Closing Time'?

AnswerSemisonic

Which Canadian sibling duo scored a quirky 1999 US hit with 'Steal My Sunshine'?

AnswerLen

Which Swedish-American singer had a US breakout hit with 1998's 'Save Tonight'?

AnswerEagle-Eye Cherry

Which Texas trio topped alt-rock charts with their 1998 hit 'The Way,' about a couple who mysteriously vanish?

AnswerFastball

Which British girl group's 1996 debut single 'Wannabe' introduced the world to 'girl power'?

AnswerSpice Girls

Which boy band, featuring Justin Timberlake, competed with Backstreet Boys for chart dominance in the late 1990s?

Answer*NSYNC

Which American R&B vocal group's ballad 'End of the Road' set a Billboard chart longevity record in the early 1990s?

AnswerBoyz II Men

Which British boy band, featuring a young Robbie Williams, dominated the UK charts before splitting in 1996?

AnswerTake That

Which trio of Oklahoma brothers had a massive 1997 hit with 'MMMBop'?

AnswerHanson

Which American vocal quartet, known as the 'Funky Divas', scored hits like 'My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)' in the early 90s?

AnswerEn Vogue

Which Irish boy band, featuring a young Ronan Keating, rose to fame in the mid-1990s with covers and ballads?

AnswerBoyzone

Which pioneering female hip-hop trio released the empowering anthem 'Shoop' in the early 1990s?

AnswerSalt-N-Pepa

Which band beat Oasis to the number one spot in the famous 1995 'Battle of Britpop' with the single 'Country House'?

AnswerBlur

Which Oxfordshire band moved from the guitar rock of 'The Bends' to the experimental sound of 'OK Computer' in the mid-90s?

AnswerRadiohead

Which Seattle grunge band, fronted by Kurt Cobain, released the genre-defining album 'Nevermind' in 1991?

AnswerNirvana

Which grunge band led by singer Eddie Vedder released the multi-platinum debut album 'Ten' in 1991?

AnswerPearl Jam

Which band, fronted by Brett Anderson, is often credited with kicking off the Britpop movement with their 1993 self-titled debut album?

AnswerSuede

Which band, fronted by Richard Ashcroft, had a huge 1997 hit with the string-laden 'Bitter Sweet Symphony'?

AnswerThe Verve

Which Chicago band led by Billy Corgan released the sprawling double album 'Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness' in 1995?

AnswerSmashing Pumpkins

Which Welsh rock band released their acclaimed album 'The Holy Bible' in 1994, shortly before guitarist Richey Edwards' disappearance?

AnswerManic Street Preachers

Which Brooklyn rapper released the classic 1994 debut album 'Ready to Die'?

AnswerThe Notorious B.I.G.

NoteThe album's title was inspired by his own outlook on his rough upbringing and mortality.

Which artist's 1998 album 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' swept the Grammys, winning Album of the Year?

AnswerLauryn Hill

NoteShe was the first hip-hop related artist to win Album of the Year at the Grammys.

Which producer-rapper's 1992 album 'The Chronic' helped define the G-funk sound?

AnswerDr. Dre

NoteThe Chronic launched Death Row Records and Snoop Dogg's career.

Which nine-member collective from Staten Island released the influential 1993 debut '36 Chambers'?

AnswerWu-Tang Clan

NoteEach member went on to release solo albums, an unusual feat for a rap crew.

Which rapper's posthumous 1996 album 'The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory' was released under the alias Makaveli?

AnswerTupac Shakur

NoteThe album was recorded in just a few days shortly before his death.

Which Atlanta duo helped put Southern hip-hop on the map with their 1994 debut 'Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik'?

AnswerOutKast

NoteTheir name is a play on the word 'outcast', reflecting their outsider status in early-90s hip-hop.

Which Queensbridge rapper released his critically acclaimed debut album 'Illmatic' in 1994?

AnswerNas

NoteIllmatic featured production from a who's-who of 90s beatmakers including Q-Tip, Pete Rock, and DJ Premier.

Which Virginia-born artist wore a black inflatable suit in her iconic 1997 video 'The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)'?

AnswerMissy Elliott

NoteThe video was directed by Hype Williams using a fisheye lens that became a signature look of the era.