By Rick Hynum
Look, I readily admit that I’m a total goofball. When I should be writing our next cover story or fine-tuning one of our e-newsletters (like, oh, say Pizza Pulse—subscribe here to get it, please, and thank you), I get sidetracked by stuff like this. Eric Summers, our ever-diligent art director, might strangle me when he sees it. I have deadlines to meet, and here I am, farting around with a quiz about pizza, pop stars and Macaulay Culkin playing the kazoo.
But life is short, pizza friends. Might as well make a little mischief while we can. Anyhoo, here’s the quiz. Share it with your managers, team members and fellow pizza nerds. And don’t cheat, ya filthy animals. None of that googling nonsense, and don’t bother ChatGPT with these silly questions—it has jobs to destroy and civilizations to overturn. I’ll post the answers in a follow-up article on Wednesday if I remember to. I’ll try to remember to. (One hint: The artists listed on the “concert poster” above do not necessarily indicate correct answers to the quiz. Might be a trick.)
Which singer/songwriter has the curious habit of topping a cheese pizza with McDonald’s French fries and dousing it with ketchup?
Jason Mraz
Fiona Apple
Ed Sheeran
John Mayer
For about five years, actor Macaulay Culkin played the sexiest of all instruments—the kazoo—for a band that performed pizza-themed songs exclusively. What was the band’s name?
Filthy Animals
The Pizza Underground
Death by Pizza
Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin
Which iconic hit-maker celebrated with Oxford, Mississippi locals and crowd-surfed at Funky’s Pizza & Daiquiri Bar after Ole Miss upset Alabama in a 2014 football classic?
Justin Timberlake
Rihanna
Dolly Parton
Katy Perry
Which rock guitarist, whose band had a string of hits in the 70s and 80s, co-founded a New Haven-style shop, Piece Pizzeria and Brewery, in Chicago?
Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick
Nancy Wilson of Heart
Andy Summers of The Police
Elliot Easton of The Cars
Which rock-and-roll legend was a fanatic for BBQ pizza and a regular at the place where it was invented (Coletta’s Italian Restaurant)?
Jerry Lee Lewis
Chuck Berry
Elvis Presley
Johnny Cash
Members of which famous band co-founded a restaurant concept called Rock & Brews, featuring music-themed pizzas like the Supreme’s and the Margheritaville?
Foo Fighters
KISS
Black Sabbath
Green Day
Frank Sinatra reportedly liked his pizzas simple and traditional, with a preference for thin-crust. What was his favorite NYC pizza shop?
Patsy’s Pizzeria
Lombardi’s
John’s of Bleecker Street
Totonno’s
When Pizza Hut rolled out its heart-shaped pizza for Valentine’s Day 2026, which music-making pair did the brand recruit to promote it?
Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart of The Eurythmics
Nick Carter and Howie Dorough of the Backstreet Boys
Daryl Hall and John Oates of Hall & Oates
Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith of Tears for Fears
Rick Hynum is PMQ Pizza’s editor in chief and a total goofball.
