Which is the lie?

Beyoncé appeared on The X-Factor as a contestant

Destiny’s Child originally had more than four members

The Office pilot is nearly identical to the UK version

Michael Scott was meant to be fired in season one

Steve Carell almost didn’t return after season three

Leonardo DiCaprio has never won an Oscar for acting

Leonardo DiCaprio turned down a role in Star Wars

Leonardo DiCaprio was almost cast in Hocus Pocus

Britney Spears once auditioned for The Notebook

"Baby One More Time” was written for another artist

Mean Girls was based on a nonfiction book

Janis was originally written as gay but changed

Taylor Swift has acted in a Law & Order episode

Taylor Swift owns the number 13 trademark

Harry Potter had an American title change

J.K. Rowling wrote part of the series in cafés

The Simpsons predicted a Trump presidency

Marge’s hair was meant to resemble a rabbit

Homer was originally named something else

Madonna has more Hot 100 Chart #1s than Elvis

Madonna was fired from a Dunkin’ Donuts

Glee originally planned to kill off a main character in season one

Lea Michele and Cory Monteith dated in real life

Matthew Morrison almost left the show before Cory Monteith died

Titanic was the most expensive film ever made at the time

Leonardo DiCaprio almost didn’t get the role of Jack

The door could have fit both Jack and Rose

Alicia Silverstone's mispronunciation of "Haitians" was not real

Rihanna performed at the Super Bowl halftime show

Stranger Things was rejected by multiple networks

Stranger Things was originally set in the 1950s

Elvis Presley never toured internationally

Elvis Presley wrote most of his own songs

Which is a lie?

Sex and the City was based on a newspaper column

Carrie’s apartment location changes in the series

The show was filmed entirely in studio sets

Prince wrote songs for other major artists

The Matrix was inspired by philosophy and anime

Saturday Night Live once aired a sketch so bad it was banned

The show has never gone off the air since 1975

Some cast members were hired without auditioning

Twilight caused a spike in vampire book sales

Kristen Stewart auditioned with a fake accent

Lady Gaga once opened for New Kids on the Block

The briefcase contents are revealed in the post-credit scenes

Uma Thurman almost didn’t take the role

Buffy the Vampire Slayer started as a movie

Buffy was never meant to be a feminist icon

Jurassic Park used more CGI than practical effects

Shrek was originally meant for Chris Farley

The movie was initially a box office failure

Friends almost didn’t include Ross and Rachel

“We were on a break” wasn’t in the script

The first reality TV show aired in the 1970s

Reality TV is cheaper to produce than scripted shows

Test your knowledge of movies, TV, music, and celebrity moments. Each question includes three pop culture “facts”—only one is false. Spot the lie.