Q 01/05

In which Ontario city was Avril Lavigne born?

A) Belleville

B) Kingston

C) Napanee

D) Ottawa

Answer · why

A) Belleville

The family moved to Napanee, a town of about 5,000, when she was five.

Q 02/05

Lavigne's first name is the French word for which month?

A) March

B) April

C) May

D) June

Answer · why

B) April

Her father chose it; her grandfather was born in Quebec and her father in France.

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

Her father turned the basement into a studio with a drum kit, keyboard and guitars.

Q 04/05

Which sport did Lavigne play in high school, twice named MVP as a right winger in a boys' league?

A) Ice hockey

B) Soccer

C) Lacrosse

D) Basketball

Answer · why

A) Ice hockey

She also sang Garth Brooks, the Chicks and Shania Twain at country fairs.

Q 05/05

In 1999 Lavigne won a radio 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

They sang 'What Made You Say That' before 20,000; she told Twain she wanted to be 'a famous singer'.