{"id":637969,"date":"2026-09-27T22:54:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T22:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/637969\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T22:54:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T22:54:23","slug":"quiz-how-much-do-you-know-about-noughties-pop-culture-%c2%b7-thejournal-ie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/637969\/","title":{"rendered":"Quiz: How much do you know about noughties pop culture? \u00b7 TheJournal.ie"},"content":{"rendered":"

WESTLIFE ARE BACK for their 25th anniversary with 13 shows at Dublin\u2019s 3Arena.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As part of the show, Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan and Shane Filan perform some of the band\u2019s greatest hits.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Westlife first formed in 1998 and went on to become a staple of 2000s pop culture.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But how well do you remember the other pop culture moments of the decade, at home and abroad?\u00a0<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s test your knowledge on all things noughties!\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n Britney Spears released the iconic Toxic music video in 2004. Which of these professions does she portray in the video?\n <\/p>\n

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\n Alamy\n <\/p>\n

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\n What was the name of the reality TV show that launched Paris Hilton to global fame in the early 2000s?\n <\/p>\n

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\n Alamy\n <\/p>\n

\n Keeping Up with the Hiltons\n <\/p>\n

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\n Talent contest You\u2019re A Star, first broadcast in 2002. Who was the inaugural winner of the show?\n <\/p>\n

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\n Rolling News\n <\/p>\n

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\n Which popular American sitcom ended in 2004 after running for a decade? <\/p>\n

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\n Alamy\n <\/p>\n

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\n The first Twilight film was released to critical acclaim in 2008. The main character Edward Cullen famously reacted to sunlight by doing what? <\/p>\n

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\n getty\n <\/p>\n

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\n Apple released the first version of the iPod in what year?\n <\/p>\n

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\n Alamy\n <\/p>\n

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\n Which famous act did Ireland send to represent the county at Eurovision 2008 in Serbia? <\/p>\n

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\n Alamy\n <\/p>\n

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\n <\/p>\n

\n Which artist famously interrupted Taylor Swift\u2019s acceptance speech at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards (saying that Beyonce should have won) <\/p>\n

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\n Alamy\n <\/p>\n

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\n <\/p>\n

\n Who presented the Late Late show between 1999 and 2009 after Gay Byrne’s departure?\n <\/p>\n

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\n Rolling News\n <\/p>\n

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\n The velour tracksuit was a staple of 2000s fashion. Which luxury brand became particularly famous for its loungewear?\n <\/p>\n

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\n Alamy\n <\/p>\n

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Answer all the questions to see your result!<\/p>\n

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\n Alamy\n <\/p>\n

\n You scored out of !\n <\/p>\n

\n Clever Cat\n <\/p>\n

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\n Alamy\n <\/p>\n

\n You scored out of !\n <\/p>\n

\n Top Dog\n <\/p>\n

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\n Alamy\n <\/p>\n

\n You scored out of !\n <\/p>\n

\n What are ewe doing? Baaaad\n <\/p>\n

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\n Alamy\n <\/p>\n

\n You scored out of !\n <\/p>\n

\n Turtle-y awful\n <\/p>\n

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\n Alamy\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WESTLIFE ARE BACK for their 25th anniversary with 13 shows at Dublin\u2019s 3Arena.\u00a0 As part of the show,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":637970,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[162725,93,61,60,278,12895,5165,14217],"class_list":["post-637969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-2000s","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music","tag-pop-culture","tag-quiz","tag-westlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=637969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/637970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=637969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=637969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=637969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}