Quiz on Adele

Adele rose to global fame as a singer from which country?

• Ireland
• United Kingdom ✓ (Correct answer)
• Australia
• United States

Source: The London-raised star became Britain's biggest musical export of her generation.

Which 2015 single marked Adele's return after a long hiatus?

• Someone Like You
• Hello ✓ (Correct answer)
• Easy on Me
• Set Fire to the Rain

Source: After a near four-year silence, 'Hello' smashed records the moment it dropped in October 2015.

Adele performs publicly using only what?

• Her surname
• A stage alias
• Her initials
• Her first name ✓ (Correct answer)

Source: Adele Laurie Blue Adkins drops everything but her first name on stage.

Adele's massively successful second studio album was titled with which number?

• 19
• 25
• 21 ✓ (Correct answer)
• 30

Source: '21' became one of the best-selling albums ever, spending 24 weeks atop the US chart.

Adele sang the Oscar-winning theme for which James Bond film?

• Spectre
• No Time to Die
• Casino Royale
• Skyfall ✓ (Correct answer)

Source: 'Skyfall' was the first James Bond theme ever to win an Academy Award.

Adele's 2021 album '30' was largely inspired by which life event?

• Her divorce ✓ (Correct answer)
• Her son's birth
• A new marriage
• A health scare

Source: Adele called '30' a record made to one day explain her divorce to her young son.

Adele titles each of her studio albums after what?

• Her age ✓ (Correct answer)
• A year
• Her birthday
• A lucky number

Source: Adele marks her age when writing each record - '19', '21', '25' and '30' are all milestone birthdays, not random numbers.

What is the lead single from Adele's album '30'?

• Hello
• Easy on Me ✓ (Correct answer)
• Oh My God
• Rolling in the Deep

Source: 'Easy on Me' returned Adele to No.1 after a six-year wait between albums.

From 2022 to 2023, Adele held a celebrated concert residency in which city?

• Los Angeles
• Miami
• Las Vegas ✓ (Correct answer)
• Atlantic City

Source: Her 'Weekends with Adele' residency turned a Las Vegas theatre into a months-long sellout.

At the 2012 Grammys, Adele won how many awards in a single night?

• 6 ✓ (Correct answer)
• 3
• 9
• 2

Source: Her six-trophy night in 2012 tied the record for most Grammys won by a woman in one evening.

Adele has openly spoken about struggling with what during live performances?

• Voice loss
• Forgetting lyrics
• Stage fright ✓ (Correct answer)
• Hearing problems

Source: Despite filling arenas, Adele suffers crippling stage fright and has had panic attacks before shows.

Adele's '21' was the top-selling album of which entire decade in the US?

• The 2000s
• The 1990s
• The 2010s ✓ (Correct answer)
• The 2020s

Source: '21' outsold every other album of the 2010s in the United States.

What is Adele's surname?

• Adkins ✓ (Correct answer)
• Atkins
• Watkins
• Hudson

Source: Behind the mononym, her full name is Adele Laurie Blue Adkins.

Adele's stripped-down 'Someone Like You' became iconic after her performance at which 2011 ceremony?

• The Grammys
• The MTV VMAs
• The Oscars
• The Brit Awards ✓ (Correct answer)

Source: Her bare piano-and-voice 'Someone Like You' at the 2011 Brits left the audience in tears.

Adele released her debut album, '19', in which year?

• 2006
• 2008 ✓ (Correct answer)
• 2011
• 2010

Source: '19' arrived in 2008 and quickly went platinum in the UK.

Adele's album '25' broke the record for US first-week sales of over how many copies?

• 1 million
• 500,000
• 5 million
• 3 million ✓ (Correct answer)

Source: '25' sold over 3 million US copies in seven days - a first-week record that still stands.

Which soul singer does Adele cite as a major influence on her decision to sing?

• Whitney Houston
• Aretha Franklin
• Dusty Springfield
• Etta James ✓ (Correct answer)

Source: Adele credits discovering Etta James as the moment she fell in love with singing.

Adele won the Grammy for Album of the Year for '21' and again for which later album?

• 25 ✓ (Correct answer)
• 19
• 30
• Skyfall

Source: Adele has won Album of the Year twice - for '21' and again for '25'.

How many studio albums had Adele released as of 2022?

• 3
• 5
• 4 ✓ (Correct answer)
• 6

Source: By 2022 she'd released just four albums - '19', '21', '25' and '30'.

'Hello' set a record as the first song to sell over a million US digital copies in what time frame?

• One day
• One week ✓ (Correct answer)
• One month
• One year

Source: 'Hello' was the first song ever to sell over a million US downloads in a single week.