Q 01/05

In which Mississippi city was Britney Spears born on December 2, 1981?

A) Jackson

B) McComb

C) Biloxi

D) Tupelo

Answer · why

B) McComb

She grew up just over the state line in Kentwood, Louisiana, where she started dance lessons at age two.

Q 02/05

Britney's first professional job, at age 10, was as an understudy in which off-Broadway musical?

A) Annie

B) Les Misérables

C) Grease

D) Ruthless!

Answer · why

D) Ruthless!

She also appeared as a contestant on Star Search around the same time.

Q 03/05

Which of these was NOT a fellow cast member of Britney's on The All-New Mickey Mouse Club?

A) Ryan Gosling

B) Keri Russell

C) Christina Aguilera

D) Jessica Simpson

Answer · why

D) Jessica Simpson

After the show was cancelled in 1994 she went home and enrolled at Parklane Academy in McComb.

Q 04/05

Which record label signed Britney in 1997 after three others turned her down?

A) Arista

B) Interscope

C) Jive Records

D) Def Jam

Answer · why

C) Jive Records

The other labels said audiences wanted groups like the Backstreet Boys and 'there wasn't going to be another Madonna'.

Q 05/05

'...Baby One More Time' was originally written for which two acts, both of whom rejected it?

A) Backstreet Boys and TLC

B) NSYNC and Destiny's Child

C) Boyzone and All Saints

D) Robyn and Ace of Base

Answer · why

A) Backstreet Boys and TLC

Jive dropped 'Hit Me' from the title over fears the line would be read as condoning domestic violence.