Q 01/05

Beyoncé won her first school talent show at age seven, beating teenagers, by singing which song?

A) Imagine

B) The Greatest Love of All

C) Over the Rainbow

D) Amazing Grace

Answer · why

A) Imagine

The John Lennon ballad beat competitors aged fifteen and sixteen. Two years later she enrolled at Parker Elementary, a Houston music magnet school.

Q 02/05

On which national TV talent show did Beyoncé's childhood group Girl's Tyme lose in 1993?

A) Showtime at the Apollo

B) Star Search

C) Amateur Night

D) The Gong Show

Answer · why

B) Star Search

The loss prompted her father Mathew to start managing the group; he trimmed it to four members and added LeToya Luckett.

Q 03/05

The name Destiny's Child was taken from a passage in which book of the Bible?

A) Psalms

B) Ruth

C) Isaiah

D) Proverbs

Answer · why

C) Isaiah

The group adopted the name in 1996, the year they landed their Columbia Records deal with help from talent scout Teresa LaBarbera Whites.

Q 04/05

Before Columbia signed them, Beyoncé's group was briefly signed and then dropped by which label?

A) Def Jam Recordings

B) Arista Records

C) Elektra Records

D) LaFace Records

Answer · why

C) Elektra Records

The tension around the failed deal contributed to a six-month separation of Beyoncé's parents; Mathew had quit his job to manage the group, halving th...

Q 05/05

Destiny's Child's debut single followed their spot on which 1997 film's soundtrack?

A) Soul Food

B) Love Jones

C) Men in Black

D) Space Jam

Answer · why

C) Men in Black

Their self-titled 1998 debut album was only a moderate success; The Writing's on the Wall a year later sold 13 million copies.