Q 01/05

In which Ontario city was Avril Lavigne born?

A) Belleville

B) Kingston

C) Peterborough

D) Ottawa

Answer · why

A) Belleville

Belleville. She was born there in 1984, but the family moved to a much smaller farming town when she was five, and that town is the one known as her h...

Q 02/05

Which accessory, worn over a tank top, was Avril Lavigne's signature look when she broke through in 2002?

A) A studded choker

B) A necktie

C) A bandana

D) A chain necklace

Answer · why

B) A necktie

A necktie. Teenage girls around the world copied the loose tie over a tank top, a look she put together herself after refusing the label's plans to st...

Q 03/05

In which small Ontario town did Lavigne grow up from age five?

A) Trenton

B) Napanee

C) Picton

D) Cobourg

Answer · why

B) Napanee

Napanee. Her father filled the basement there with a drum kit, a keyboard and guitars to make a music room, and she said it was where she spent all he...

Q 04/05

Which sport did Lavigne play in a boys' league from the age of ten?

A) Ice hockey

B) Soccer

C) Lacrosse

D) Basketball

Answer · why

A) Ice hockey

Ice hockey. She joined the boys because she insisted on doing whatever her older brother did, and she only hung up her skates at 16 when she signed he...

Q 05/05

As a teenager, Lavigne won a contest to sing on stage in Ottawa with which Canadian star?

A) Céline Dion

B) Alanis Morissette

C) Shania Twain

D) Sarah McLachlan

Answer · why

C) Shania Twain

Shania Twain. Walking out in front of 20,000 people, she said she had never smiled so much in her life and decided there and then that performing was ...