Q 01/05

What was Joni Mitchell's name at birth?

A) Joan Roberta Mitchell

B) Roberta Joan Anderson

C) Joni Marguerite McKee

D) Roberta Jean Gibb

Answer · why

B) Roberta Joan Anderson

Mitchell is the surname of her first husband, folk singer Chuck Mitchell.

Q 02/05

In which Canadian province was Mitchell born?

A) Alberta

B) Saskatchewan

C) Ontario

D) British Columbia

Answer · why

A) Alberta

Fort Macleod was an RCAF training base where her father instructed new pilots.

Q 03/05

Which city does Mitchell consider her hometown, having moved there at age 11?

A) Calgary

B) Edmonton

C) Saskatoon

D) Winnipeg

Answer · why

C) Saskatoon

Her family had earlier lived in Maidstone and North Battleford, Saskatchewan.

Q 04/05

Which illness did Mitchell contract at the age of nine?

A) Rheumatic fever

B) Tuberculosis

C) Scarlet fever

D) Polio

Answer · why

D) Polio

It weakened her left hand, which is why she devised alternative guitar tunings.

Q 05/05

Which instrument did Mitchell settle for first because her mother thought guitars were 'hillbilly'?

A) Banjo

B) Piano

C) Ukulele

D) Autoharp

Answer · why

C) Ukulele

She eventually taught herself guitar from a Pete Seeger songbook.