Q 01/05

What is Lady Gaga's real first name?

A) Stefani

B) Cynthia

C) Natali

D) Angela

Answer · why

A) Stefani

She was born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta in Manhattan in 1986, and 'Joanne' later became an album title.

Q 02/05

Her stage name was derived from a song by which band?

A) ABBA

B) Queen

C) Blondie

D) Kiss

Answer · why

B) Queen

The song was 'Radio Ga Ga', and producer Rob Fusari claimed to be the first to call her Lady Gaga.

Q 03/05

According to Rob Fusari, a phone autocorrected which word to 'Lady', creating her stage name?

A) Baby

B) Crazy

C) Radio

D) Ready

Answer · why

C) Radio

He said he tried to text her 'Radio Ga Ga' and the autocorrect did the rest.

Q 04/05

In 2006 Gaga was signed to, and then quickly dropped by, which record label?

A) Atlantic Records

B) Epic Records

C) Warner Records

D) Def Jam Recordings

Answer · why

D) Def Jam Recordings

She was signed in September 2006 and gone by the end of the year, before Interscope picked her up.

Q 05/05

Which music executive called dropping Gaga 'the biggest mistake I ever made in my life'?

A) Jimmy Iovine

B) Clive Davis

C) Tommy Mottola

D) L.A. Reid

Answer · why

D) L.A. Reid

Reid had approved her signing to Def Jam only months earlier.