Q 01/05

What is Bruno Mars's birth name?

A) Paul Bruno Hernandez

B) Pedro Luis Hernandez

C) Peter James Bayot

D) Peter Gene Hernandez

Answer · why

D) Peter Gene Hernandez

He has used the name Bruno since he was a toddler, so the birth certificate name surprises even some fans.

Q 02/05

In which city was Bruno Mars born?

A) Honolulu

B) Hilo

C) San Juan

D) Manila

Answer · why

A) Honolulu

He grew up performing in the hotels of Waikiki before moving to Los Angeles after high school.

Q 03/05

His father gave him his famous nickname because he resembled which professional wrestler?

A) Ivan Koloff

B) Pedro Morales

C) Bruno Sammartino

D) Gorilla Monsoon

Answer · why

C) Bruno Sammartino

Sammartino held the WWWF championship for nearly eight years in the 1960s, and the chubby toddler reminded his dad of him.

Q 04/05

As a small child, Bruno Mars became locally famous impersonating which singer?

A) Michael Jackson

B) Elvis Presley

C) Little Richard

D) James Brown

Answer · why

B) Elvis Presley

A Hawaiian tabloid dubbed him Little Elvis in 1990, when he was about four.

Q 05/05

Bruno Mars's mother emigrated to Hawaii from which country?

A) Puerto Rico

B) South Korea

C) The Philippines

D) Portugal

Answer · why

C) The Philippines

She was a hula dancer and singer; his father, a percussionist from Brooklyn, is of Puerto Rican and Ashkenazi Jewish descent.