Q 01/05

In which Florida city was Ariana Grande born in 1993?

A) Miami

B) Orlando

C) Tampa

D) Boca Raton

Answer · why

D) Boca Raton

Her father ran a graphic design firm there and her mother is CEO of a family marine-communications company founded in 1964.

Q 02/05

Ariana Grande was born with a hyphenated surname. What is its second half?

A) Marchese

B) Bianchi

C) Russo

D) Butera

Answer · why

D) Butera

She was credited under it in the Wicked films, because that was her name when she first saw the stage musical at age ten.

Q 03/05

Ariana Grande's professional career began in 2008 in which Broadway musical?

A) Hairspray

B) Annie

C) Spring Awakening

D) 13

Answer · why

D) 13

She played cheerleader Charlotte; her Victorious castmate Elizabeth Gillies was in the same show.

Q 04/05

What was the name of the character Ariana Grande played on Nickelodeon's Victorious?

A) Tori Vega

B) Jade West

C) Trina Vega

D) Cat Valentine

Answer · why

D) Cat Valentine

The role required her to dye her hair red for years, which damaged it badly enough that she later relied on extensions.

Q 05/05

What was the name of the fictional Los Angeles high school where Victorious was set?

A) Hollywood Arts

B) Rydell High

C) Bayside High

D) Degrassi

Answer · why

A) Hollywood Arts

The show ran from 2010 to 2013 and won Favorite TV Show at the Kids' Choice Awards two years running.