Q 01/05

What was Cher's birth name?

A) Cheryl Sarkisian

B) Cherilyn LaPiere

C) Cheryl Holt

D) Cherie Bono

Answer · why

A) Cheryl Sarkisian

She was born in El Centro, California, on May 20, 1946, and later adopted as Cheryl LaPiere.

Q 02/05

Cher's father was of which ancestry, her paternal grandparents having survived a genocide?

A) Armenian

B) Greek

C) Lebanese

D) Assyrian

Answer · why

A) Armenian

Her mother Georgia Holt was of Irish, English, German and Native American descent.

Q 03/05

Under what name did Cher release her first single, 'Ringo, I Love You', in 1964?

A) Bonnie Jo Mason

B) Cleo Sarkisian

C) Cherilyn LaPiere

D) Georgia Holt Jr.

Answer · why

A) Bonnie Jo Mason

Radio programmers mistook her low voice for a man's and thought a gay man was singing to Ringo Starr.

Q 04/05

Which record producer was Sonny Bono working for when he met Cher in 1962?

A) Phil Spector

B) Berry Gordy

C) Brian Wilson

D) Quincy Jones

Answer · why

A) Phil Spector

Sonny was 11 years older than her.

Q 05/05

Before they were Sonny & Cher, the duo recorded under what alias?

A) Caesar & Cleo

B) Romeo & Juliet

C) Salt & Pepper

D) Bonnie & Clyde

Answer · why

A) Caesar & Cleo

Reprise once released singles under both names at the same time without realising they were the same act.