Test your knowledge of Katy Perry's biggest hits, deep cuts and iconic moments.
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From the synth intro of 'California Gurls' to the drumline of 'Roar', Katy Perry's biggest choruses land in the first bar. These are the easy points, before the quiz asks which album and year each belongs to.
The stories around the songs settle the close ones: a gospel album cut under her birth name, a Super Bowl show remembered for a dancing shark, five chart-toppers from a single record. Small facts that win a round.
Katy Perry's catalog clusters around one blockbuster. Start with the five 'Teenage Dream' number ones, then test yourself on the year each landed, the bookend eras on either side, and the gospel start only superfans remember.
Start with the record that defines her. 'California Gurls', 'Firework', 'E.T.', 'Last Friday Night' and the title track all hit number one off 'Teenage Dream' alone, tying Michael Jackson's 'Bad'. Most players name them instantly, so these are the easy points at the top of any Katy Perry quiz.
Here is where it tightens. Those five chart-toppers lean on the same bright, maximal chorus, so recognizing the song is one thing and naming its album or release year is another. A Katy Perry quiz loves to ask not just what the track is, but exactly when it landed.
The blockbuster has neighbors. The 2008 breakout brought 'I Kissed a Girl' and 'Hot n Cold', while 'Prism' kept the streak alive with 'Roar' and 'Dark Horse', and 'Witness' added 'Chained to the Rhythm'. Telling a Teenage Dream cut from one of these is a classic trap.
The top tier reaches past the singles. Before the reinvention she recorded a gospel album as Katy Hudson in 2001, and her records hide cuts like 'The One That Got Away', 'Wide Awake' and 'Unconditionally'. Name those from a clip and the Katy Hudson era stops being a trick question.
Pick a Katy Perry quiz below. Guess the song from a short clip, then answer trivia that runs from 'I Kissed a Girl' to the 'Teenage Dream' era. Some rounds are quick; others test your dates and album cuts.
Five: 'California Gurls', 'Teenage Dream', 'Firework', 'E.T.' and 'Last Friday Night', tying the record Michael Jackson set with 'Bad'. The quiz likes to ask which of her big hits actually came from that one album.
Firework, Roar, Teenage Dream, Dark Horse and California Gurls are the most-guessed. The catch is placing each one in the right album and year.
Naming the song is easy, since her choruses are huge. The difficulty is that so many hits share one sound and one album, so pinning the era is where scores split. That is a good round to guess the song with friends in multiplayer.
Her real name is Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson. She was born in Santa Barbara, California, in 1984 and first recorded gospel music as Katy Hudson.
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