Q 01/05

What is Doja Cat's birth name?

A) Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini

B) Deborah Sawyer Dlamini

C) Zandile Amara Sawyer

D) Amara Rani Dlamini

Answer · why

A) Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini

She was born on October 21, 1995, in the Tarzana neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Q 02/05

Doja Cat's father Dumisani Dlamini starred as Crocodile in which musical?

A) The Lion King

B) Sarafina!

C) Ipi Tombi

D) Umoja

Answer · why

B) Sarafina!

He played the role on Broadway and in the 1992 film; she has said she never met him.

Q 03/05

Which jazz musician was spiritual director of the ashram where Doja Cat lived as a child?

A) Sun Ra

B) Pharoah Sanders

C) Alice Coltrane

D) Yusef Lateef

Answer · why

C) Alice Coltrane

The family practised Hinduism for four years at the Sai Anantam Ashram in Agoura Hills.

Q 04/05

In which New York town did Doja Cat live for five years with her grandmother?

A) Yonkers

B) Scarsdale

C) New Rochelle

D) Rye

Answer · why

D) Rye

Her grandmother was an architect and painter; the family returned to California when she was eight.

Q 05/05

Doja Cat dropped out of high school at 16, citing her struggles with what?

A) ADHD

B) Dyslexia

C) Anxiety

D) Bullying

Answer · why

A) ADHD

She said it felt like she was stuck in one spot while everyone else progressed.