Q 01/05

What is Lizzo's birth name?

A) Melissa Johnson

B) Melinda Jackson

C) Melanie Jenkins

D) Melissa Jefferson

Answer · why

D) Melissa Jefferson

She was born Melissa Viviane Jefferson on April 27, 1988. The stage name came later, as a teenage nickname.

Q 02/05

In which city was Lizzo born?

A) Houston

B) Minneapolis

C) Detroit

D) Chicago

Answer · why

C) Detroit

Detroit, Michigan, was Lizzo's birthplace in April 1988; her family later moved to Texas, where she went through school.

Q 03/05

Lizzo's family relocated to Texas when she was how old?

A) 10

B) 12

C) 14

D) 18

Answer · why

A) 10

10 was her age when the family left Michigan for Texas, where she soon took up the flute in a school band.

Q 04/05

Lizzo has given her signature instrument a name. What is it?

A) Coco

B) Fiona

C) Sasha

D) Bella

Answer · why

C) Sasha

Sasha Flute has her own Instagram account and regularly comes out mid-set for a solo.

Q 05/05

Her stage name is a play on 'Lissa' inspired by a hit by which rapper?

A) Nelly

B) Ludacris

C) Eminem

D) Jay-Z

Answer · why

D) Jay-Z

Jay-Z's 2001 hit 'Izzo (H.O.V.A.)' inspired the twist that turned the nickname 'Lissa' into Lizzo.