Q 01/05

What is Frank Ocean's birth name?

A) Calvin Cooksey Jr.

B) Lonny Francis Ocean

C) Christopher Edwin Breaux

D) Tyler Gregory Okonma

Answer · why

C) Christopher Edwin Breaux

Christopher Edwin Breaux took the Frank from Sinatra and the Ocean from the singer's 1960 heist film Ocean's 11, deciding the new name would look bett...

Q 02/05

In which California city was Frank Ocean born?

A) Oakland

B) San Diego

C) Long Beach

D) Compton

Answer · why

C) Long Beach

Long Beach was only his birthplace: he grew up far from California and drove back in his late teens for what he thought would be a short stay to recor...

Q 03/05

Which hurricane destroyed the studio Ocean recorded in, just as he started university?

A) Hurricane Sandy

B) Hurricane Rita

C) Hurricane Katrina

D) Hurricane Harvey

Answer · why

C) Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina hit as his first term at the University of New Orleans began; he transferred briefly to Lafayette, then quit college and drove to Lo...

Q 04/05

Before his own fame, Ocean co-wrote 'Bigger' for which teenage pop star's debut release?

A) Jesse McCartney

B) Justin Bieber

C) Nick Jonas

D) Aaron Carter

Answer · why

B) Justin Bieber

Justin Bieber: 'Bigger' is on his 2009 debut My World, from the years when Ocean paid his Los Angeles rent as a Subway 'sandwich artist' and an insura...

Q 05/05

Which Los Angeles hip hop collective did Ocean join in 2010?

A) Odd Future

B) Black Hippy

C) Brockhampton

D) Top Dawg

Answer · why

A) Odd Future

Odd Future: the collective's do-it-yourself streak rubbed off on him, and his friendship with Tyler, the Creator revived his own songwriting after yea...