Q 01/05

In which Canadian city was Alanis Morissette born?

A) Vancouver

B) Montreal

C) Toronto

D) Ottawa

Answer · why

D) Ottawa

Ottawa. As a child she sang at the city's hospitals and community centres alongside Dominic D'Arcy, a police officer known locally as the singing poli...

Q 02/05

Alanis's twin brother Wade built his own career teaching which discipline?

A) Tai chi

B) Yoga

C) Ballet

D) Karate

Answer · why

B) Yoga

Yoga. Wade, born 12 minutes before her, studied with yoga masters in his 20s and went on to tour, leading workshops and kirtan concerts where the audi...

Q 03/05

What was the title of Alanis Morissette's breakthrough 1995 album?

A) Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie

B) So-Called Chaos

C) Under Rug Swept

D) Jagged Little Pill

Answer · why

D) Jagged Little Pill

Jagged Little Pill. Her own team expected it to sell a few hundred thousand copies at best; it has sold about 33 million worldwide.

Q 04/05

Which producer co-wrote and produced Alanis's 1995 breakthrough album?

A) Butch Vig

B) Glen Ballard

C) Nigel Godrich

D) Rick Rubin

Answer · why

B) Glen Ballard

Glen Ballard. In 1994 their shared music publisher asked him to try writing a song with an unknown 19-year-old from Canada, and he ended up giving her...

Q 05/05

The title of Alanis's 1995 album comes from a line in which of its songs?

A) You Learn

B) Hand in My Pocket

C) Head Over Feet

D) Ironic

Answer · why

A) You Learn

You Learn. People at her label tipped it as the obvious single before the album came out, yet other songs were released first; when its turn came it r...