Q 01/05

Celine Dion was born in Charlemagne, a small town about 24 km northeast of which city?

A) Montreal

B) Ottawa

C) Toronto

D) Halifax

Answer · why

A) Montreal

Her parents ran a small piano bar there called Le Vieux Baril, where she performed with her siblings as a child.

Q 02/05

Dion was the youngest of how many children?

A) 8

B) 10

C) 12

D) 14

Answer · why

D) 14

Her eldest sister was already married and pregnant with her first child while their mother was pregnant with Celine.

Q 03/05

Dion's signature song 'My Heart Will Go On' was the love theme of which 1997 film?

A) The English Patient

B) Titanic

C) Armageddon

D) Notting Hill

Answer · why

B) Titanic

The song won two Grammys for Dion herself and an Academy Award for its writers, James Horner and Will Jennings.

Q 04/05

Dion won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1988 representing which country?

A) Canada

B) France

C) Belgium

D) Switzerland

Answer · why

D) Switzerland

Canada does not compete in Eurovision, so she sang 'Ne partez pas sans moi' for the Swiss and won by a close margin.

Q 05/05

Which man discovered Dion, became her manager and later her husband?

A) David Foster

B) Jean-Jacques Goldman

C) Luc Plamondon

D) René Angélil

Answer · why

D) René Angélil

He was 26 years her senior, and the couple kept their romance secret at first for fear the public would find it inappropriate.