Q 01/05

Kelly Clarkson won which season of American Idol?

A) First

B) Second

C) Third

D) Fourth

Answer · why

A) First

First: a friend talked her into trying out for the brand-new show, and that September she took 58 percent of more than 15 million votes in the final.

Q 02/05

Who was the runner-up Clarkson beat in the American Idol finale?

A) Justin Guarini

B) Nikki McKibbin

C) Ruben Studdard

D) Tamyra Gray

Answer · why

A) Justin Guarini

Justin Guarini took 42 percent of the final vote, then co-starred with her in From Justin to Kelly, a 2003 musical flop she said her contract obliged ...

Q 03/05

In which Texas city was Clarkson born?

A) Fort Worth

B) Dallas

C) San Antonio

D) Houston

Answer · why

A) Fort Worth

Fort Worth is where she was born in 1982; her parents divorced when she was six and her mother raised her, leaving a rift with her father that never h...

Q 04/05

In which Texas town did Clarkson grow up and attend high school?

A) Burleson

B) Lubbock

C) Denton

D) Tyler

Answer · why

A) Burleson

Burleson is where a middle-school choir teacher overheard her singing in a hallway and asked her to audition; until then she had never had a singing l...

Q 05/05

Which song became Clarkson's debut single, released soon after her American Idol win?

A) Never Again

B) Behind These Hazel Eyes

C) A Moment Like This

D) Heartbeat Song

Answer · why

C) A Moment Like This

A Moment Like This had a second life in Britain: four years later Leona Lewis covered it as her X Factor winner's single and took it to the Christmas ...