90s Music Quiz — 40 Questions and Answers (2026)

Which multinational dance group's 1990 hit 'Groove Is in the Heart' became a genre-defining one-hit wonder?

AnswerDeee-Lite

The bassline was sampled from Herbie Hancock's 'Bring Down the Birds.'

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

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

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

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

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

AnswerMarcy Playground

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

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

AnswerLen

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

AnswerEagle-Eye Cherry

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

AnswerFastball

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Which American boy band, formed in Orlando in 1993, topped charts worldwide with 'I Want It That Way'?

AnswerBackstreet Boys

Their 1999 album Millennium sold over a million copies in its first week in the US.

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

AnswerSpice Girls

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

Which American R&B trio released the hit 'No Scrubs' and the album FanMail in 1999?

AnswerTLC

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

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

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

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

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

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

AnswerSalt-N-Pepa

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Which Manchester band, led by brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher, released the 1995 album '(What's the Story) Morning Glory?'?

AnswerOasis

'(What's the Story) Morning Glory?' went on to become the UK's best-selling studio album of all time.

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

AnswerBlur

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Which Sheffield band, fronted by Jarvis Cocker, released the class-conscious anthem 'Common People' in 1995?

AnswerPulp

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

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

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

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

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

AnswerThe Verve

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

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

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

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

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

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

Which singer's 1995 duet with Boyz II Men, 'One Sweet Day', became a huge chart-topping hit?

AnswerMariah Carey

It was written as a tribute to loved ones both acts had lost, including Mariah's collaborator David Cole.

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

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

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

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

AnswerMissy Elliott

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

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Which West Coast rapper teamed up with singer Nate Dogg for the smooth 1994 G-funk hit 'Regulate'?

AnswerWarren G

The song samples Michael McDonald's 'I Keep Forgettin' and appeared on the 'Above the Rim' soundtrack.

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