27 Michael Jackson Trivia Questions and Answers
Michael Jackson trivia from the Jackson 5 and Motown to Thriller, Bad and Dangerous: the songs, the producers and collaborators, the moonwalk, the music videos and his life. Each question was checked against its source. The answers are printed under the questions.
There are 27 questions on this page. They are free to use for quiz nights, classrooms and pub quizzes, and each one links to its own page.
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1.What nickname is Michael Jackson known by?
Answer: The King of Pop
Open this question2.In which Indiana city was Michael Jackson born?
Answer: Gary
Open this question3.In what year was Michael Jackson born?
Answer: 1958
Open this question4.With which family group did Michael Jackson begin his career?
Answer: The Jackson 5
Open this question5.Which record label did the Jackson 5 sign with after leaving Steeltown?
Answer: Motown
Open this question6.Which Michael Jackson album had become the best-selling album of all time by early 1984?
Answer: Thriller
Open this question7.Who produced Thriller with Michael Jackson?
Answer: Quincy Jones
Open this question8.Which 1979 album was Jackson's first collaboration with producer Quincy Jones?
Answer: Off the Wall
Open this question9.Which dance move did Jackson debut on the 1983 television special Motown 25?
Answer: The moonwalk
Open this question10.Which horror actor delivers the spoken-word passage in "Thriller"?
Answer: Vincent Price
Open this question11.Who directed the music video for "Thriller"?
Answer: John Landis
Open this question12.How many Grammy Awards did the album Thriller win, a record-breaking number?
Answer: Eight
Open this question13.Which Michael Jackson album was released by Epic Records on August 31, 1987?
Answer: Bad
Open this question14.In which Michael Jackson song from Thriller does the narrator deny fathering a woman's child?
Answer: "Billie Jean"
Open this question15.Which guitarist plays the solo on "Beat It"?
Answer: Eddie Van Halen
Open this question16.Which 1985 charity single did Jackson co-write with Lionel Richie?
Answer: "We Are the World"
Open this question17.Which 1991 album includes the singles "Black or White" and "Remember the Time"?
Answer: Dangerous
Open this question18.What was the name of Jackson's California ranch?
Answer: Neverland Ranch
Open this question19.In what year did Michael Jackson die?
Answer: 2009
Open this question20.What was the name of the concert residency Michael Jackson planned at London's O2 Arena for 2009–2010?
Answer: This Is It
Open this question21.Which daughter of Elvis Presley was married to Michael Jackson from 1994 to 1996?
Answer: Lisa Marie Presley
Open this question22.In what year was Jackson inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist?
Answer: 2001
Open this question23.What was the name of the Jackson 5's first Motown number-one single, released in 1969?
Answer: "I Want You Back"
Open this question24.Which 1978 film musical, a version of The Wizard of Oz, featured Jackson as the Scarecrow?
Answer: The Wiz
Open this question25.Which 3D science fiction short film starring Michael Jackson was shown at Disney theme parks from 1986?
Answer: Captain EO
Open this question26.Which singer recorded the duet "The Girl Is Mine" with Michael Jackson?
Answer: Paul McCartney
Open this question27.Which sister of Michael Jackson released the album Rhythm Nation 1814 in 1989?
Answer: Janet Jackson
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