Q 01/05

The term 'Streisand effect', coined after Barbra Streisand's 2003 photo lawsuit, describes what?

A) A cover-up that draws attention

B) A comeback after early retirement

C) A singer crossing into film

D) A star demanding total control

Answer · why

A) A cover-up that draws attention

A cover-up that draws attention: her bid to remove an aerial image of her home sent hundreds of thousands of visitors to a picture almost nobody had s...

Q 02/05

What unusual step did Barbra Streisand take after the death of her beloved dog Samantha?

A) Wrote a children's book

B) Opened an animal shelter

C) Had the dog cloned

D) Had the dog taxidermied

Answer · why

C) Had the dog cloned

Had the dog cloned: she named the two puppies Miss Scarlett and Miss Violet after the red and lavender outfits she used to tell them apart.

Q 03/05

Which tech CEO did Barbra Streisand phone to complain that a voice assistant mispronounced her surname?

A) Jeff Bezos

B) Tim Cook

C) Sundar Pichai

D) Satya Nadella

Answer · why

B) Tim Cook

Tim Cook took the call, and Apple soon fixed Siri, which had been saying her surname with a 'z' sound instead of a soft 's'.

Q 04/05

With which screen legend did Barbra Streisand share the Best Actress Oscar for 1968 in an exact tie?

A) Vanessa Redgrave

B) Joanne Woodward

C) Olivia de Havilland

D) Katharine Hepburn

Answer · why

D) Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn won for The Lion in Winter and Streisand for her film debut, prompting presenter Ingrid Bergman to gasp as she opened the envelope.

Q 05/05

Barbra Streisand refused to take a stage name but made which small change at 18 to stand out?

A) Added a second 's' to Streisand

B) Dropped an 'a' from Barbara

C) Used her middle name

D) Shortened her surname

Answer · why

B) Dropped an 'a' from Barbara

Dropped an 'a' from Barbara: that was her compromise after advisers floated stage names such as Joanie Sands, which she found too false.