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

Cheryl Sarkisian. For decades she was said to be Cherilyn, but when she went to court to become plain Cher she found Cheryl on her birth certificate, ...

Q 02/05

Cher's father was of which ancestry?

A) Armenian

B) Greek

C) Lebanese

D) Assyrian

Answer · why

A) Armenian

Armenian. Her paternal grandparents survived the Armenian genocide, and in 1993 she flew into Armenia on a relief group's cargo plane carrying 45 tons...

Q 03/05

Cher's first single, a 1964 novelty record, was a love song to a member of which band?

A) The Rolling Stones

B) The Dave Clark Five

C) The Beach Boys

D) The Beatles

Answer · why

D) The Beatles

The Beatles. 'Ringo, I Love You' flopped, and Cher has said many radio programmers took her deep voice for a man's and would not play a man's love son...

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

Phil Spector. Through Sonny she became one of his backing singers, and her voice is on the Ronettes' 'Be My Baby' and the Righteous Brothers' 'You've ...

Q 05/05

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

A) Romeo & Juliet

B) Caesar & Cleo

C) Salt & Pepper

D) Bonnie & Clyde

Answer · why

B) Caesar & Cleo

Caesar & Cleo. The singles under that name went nowhere in 1964, and their national breakthrough came the next year, after Atlantic's Atco label signe...