{
  "pack": "music-mayhem-v1",
  "category": "nineties-2000s",
  "questions": [
    {
      "id": "nineties-2000s-001",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Which Spice Girl was known as 'Posh Spice'?",
      "options": [
        "Geri Halliwell",
        "Emma Bunton",
        "Victoria Beckham",
        "Melanie Brown"
      ],
      "answer": 2,
      "explanation": "Victoria Adams, now Victoria Beckham, married soccer star David Beckham in 1999.",
      "wildcard": true
    },
    {
      "id": "nineties-2000s-002",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Britney Spears' 1998 debut single shares its title with her first album. What is it?",
      "options": [
        "Oops!... I Did It Again",
        "Toxic",
        "...Baby One More Time",
        "Lucky"
      ],
      "answer": 2,
      "explanation": "The single and the album both hit No. 1 in the US, launching her as a teen pop superstar.",
      "wildcard": true
    },
    {
      "id": "nineties-2000s-003",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Justin Timberlake rose to fame as a member of which boy band?",
      "options": [
        "Backstreet Boys",
        "*NSYNC",
        "98 Degrees",
        "New Kids on the Block"
      ],
      "answer": 1,
      "explanation": "*NSYNC formed in Orlando in 1995 and released the blockbuster album 'No Strings Attached' in 2000.",
      "wildcard": true
    },
    {
      "id": "nineties-2000s-004",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher led which Britpop band?",
      "options": [
        "Blur",
        "Pulp",
        "Suede",
        "Oasis"
      ],
      "answer": 3,
      "explanation": "Oasis formed in Manchester, and its 1995 album (What's the Story) Morning Glory? was a global smash.",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "nineties-2000s-005",
      "difficulty": "DIFFICULT",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Pearl Jam's 1991 debut album, 'Ten,' was named for which NBA player's jersey number?",
      "options": [
        "Michael Jordan",
        "Mookie Blaylock",
        "Larry Bird",
        "Magic Johnson"
      ],
      "answer": 1,
      "explanation": "The band briefly performed under the name Mookie Blaylock before settling on Pearl Jam.",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "nineties-2000s-006",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Matchbox Twenty's Rob Thomas sang on which 1999 Santana smash?",
      "options": [
        "Maria Maria",
        "Black Magic Woman",
        "Oye Como Va",
        "Smooth"
      ],
      "answer": 3,
      "explanation": "'Smooth' spent 12 weeks at No. 1 and won Grammys for Record and Song of the Year.",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "nineties-2000s-007",
      "difficulty": "DIFFICULT",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "In 1995-96, Mariah Carey and which group spent a then-record 16 weeks at No. 1 with 'One Sweet Day'?",
      "options": [
        "Boyz II Men",
        "TLC",
        "Jodeci",
        "New Edition"
      ],
      "answer": 0,
      "explanation": "That 16-week run stood alone as the Billboard Hot 100 record until 'Despacito' matched it in 2017.",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "nineties-2000s-008",
      "difficulty": "DIFFICULT",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "What is the title of Coldplay's 2000 debut album, featuring the single 'Yellow'?",
      "options": [
        "Parachutes",
        "X&Y",
        "Viva la Vida",
        "A Rush of Blood to the Head"
      ],
      "answer": 0,
      "explanation": "Parachutes won the Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album.",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "nineties-2000s-009",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Which file-sharing service, launched in 1999, was famously sued by Metallica in 2000?",
      "options": [
        "LimeWire",
        "Kazaa",
        "Napster",
        "BearShare"
      ],
      "answer": 2,
      "explanation": "Napster let users swap MP3s for free and was shut down in 2001 after its legal battles.",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "nineties-2000s-010",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Who won the very first season of American Idol in 2002?",
      "options": [
        "Kelly Clarkson",
        "Ruben Studdard",
        "Fantasia Barrino",
        "Clay Aiken"
      ],
      "answer": 0,
      "explanation": "Kelly Clarkson's coronation single, 'A Moment Like This,' went to No. 1 in the US.",
      "wildcard": true
    },
    {
      "id": "nineties-2000s-011",
      "difficulty": "STANDARD",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Gwen Stefani fronted which band, known for the 1995 album 'Tragic Kingdom'?",
      "options": [
        "Garbage",
        "No Doubt",
        "Hole",
        "The Cranberries"
      ],
      "answer": 1,
      "explanation": "No Doubt formed in Anaheim, California, and 'Don't Speak' became its signature hit.",
      "wildcard": false
    },
    {
      "id": "nineties-2000s-012",
      "difficulty": "DIFFICULT",
      "type": "MULTIPLE_CHOICE",
      "prompt": "Which band released the acclaimed 1997 album 'OK Computer'?",
      "options": [
        "Oasis",
        "Blur",
        "Coldplay",
        "Radiohead"
      ],
      "answer": 3,
      "explanation": "Radiohead, from Oxfordshire, England, followed it with the album Kid A in 2000.",
      "wildcard": false
    }
  ]
}