Q 01/05

Laufey was born in 1999 in which Nordic capital?

A) Oslo

B) Reykjavík

C) Copenhagen

D) Helsinki

Answer · why

B) Reykjavík

Reykjavík. She still records there: the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, with which she first appeared as a soloist at 15, plays on her third album.

Q 02/05

Laufey's Chinese grandparents spoke Cantonese; which southern city is her mother's family from?

A) Shenzhen

B) Shanghai

C) Guangzhou

D) Chengdu

Answer · why

C) Guangzhou

Guangzhou. Laufey does not speak Cantonese herself, and says she really misses the food there, dim sum included.

Q 03/05

Laufey's grandfather Lin Yaoji taught which instrument at China's Central Conservatory of Music?

A) Piano

B) Erhu

C) Violin

D) Guzheng

Answer · why

C) Violin

Violin. One of her earliest memories is of him giving her a toy-sized one; she moved on to other instruments, but her twin sister stayed with his.

Q 04/05

What is the name of Laufey's identical twin sister, who works as her creative director?

A) Katla

B) Júnía

C) Lilja

D) Jóna

Answer · why

B) Júnía

Júnía. She shapes the look of everything from album covers to music videos, tours with her sister and now and then steps out on stage beside her.

Q 05/05

Laufey spent childhood summers studying music at a conservatory in which Chinese city?

A) Shanghai

B) Hong Kong

C) Beijing

D) Xi'an

Answer · why

C) Beijing

Beijing. Her grandfather had taught at the Central Conservatory there, and she credits those disciplined summers of daily practice for the stamina she...