Q 01/05

What is Lady Gaga's real first name?

A) Stefani

B) Cynthia

C) Natali

D) Angela

Answer · why

A) Stefani

Stefani Germanotta left NYU's Tisch School in her second year to focus on music.

Q 02/05

Lady Gaga's stage name came from a song by which band?

A) ABBA

B) Queen

C) Blondie

D) Kiss

Answer · why

B) Queen

Queen's 'Radio Ga Ga' inspired the name, and producer Rob Fusari claimed his phone's spell check turned 'Radio' into 'Lady' in a text.

Q 03/05

Gaga and Diane Warren wrote 'Til It Happens to You' for a documentary about what?

A) Online bullying

B) Campus sexual assault

C) Opioid addiction

D) Teen homelessness

Answer · why

B) Campus sexual assault

Campus sexual assault is the subject of The Hunting Ground, and when Gaga sang the song at the 2016 Oscars, dozens of survivors joined her onstage.

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

Def Jam Recordings let her go, and years later she turned the day she was dropped into the story of her 'Marry the Night' video.

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

L.A. Reid had approved signing her before he changed his mind and let her go.