Q 01/05

What is Halsey's birth name?

A) Ashley Ferrante

B) Nicole Frangelico

C) Ashley Fontana

D) Ashley Frangipane

Answer · why

D) Ashley Frangipane

Her stage name is an anagram of Ashley.

Q 02/05

In which state was Halsey born and raised?

A) New Jersey

B) New York

C) Pennsylvania

D) Connecticut

Answer · why

A) New Jersey

She was born in Edison and grew up across Central Jersey.

Q 03/05

Halsey's stage name references a subway station in which New York borough?

A) Queens

B) The Bronx

C) Brooklyn

D) Manhattan

Answer · why

C) Brooklyn

She spent a lot of time near Halsey Street station as a teenager.

Q 04/05

Which label did Halsey sign with in 2014?

A) Interscope

B) Astralwerks

C) Atlantic

D) Def Jam

Answer · why

B) Astralwerks

She felt it offered more creative freedom than the other labels that called.

Q 05/05

What was the title of Halsey's debut EP?

A) Badlands

B) Ghost

C) Room 93

D) Castle

Answer · why

C) Room 93

It reached number three on the Billboard Heatseekers chart.