Q 01/05

What is Lorde's real first name?

A) Ella

B) Sophie

C) Lucy

D) Grace

Answer · why

A) Ella

Ella: born Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor, she chose a one-word stage name as a teenager out of a fascination with aristocracy.

Q 02/05

In which year was Lorde born?

A) 1997

B) 1998

C) 1996

D) 1999

Answer · why

C) 1996

She was 16 when Royals topped the US chart.

Q 03/05

Which Lorde single spent nine weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100?

A) Team

B) Royals

C) Green Light

D) Tennis Court

Answer · why

B) Royals

Royals: it held the top spot from October into December 2013, keeping Eminem and Rihanna's The Monster waiting at number two.

Q 04/05

What was the title of Lorde's debut studio album?

A) Melodrama

B) Solar Power

C) The Love Club

D) Pure Heroine

Answer · why

D) Pure Heroine

Pure Heroine: she recorded it at Golden Age, her producer's small studio in the suburb of Morningside, where they had also made her first EP.

Q 05/05

Which producer worked with Lorde on her early material including The Love Club EP?

A) Joel Little

B) Greg Kurstin

C) Max Martin

D) Ryan Tedder

Answer · why

A) Joel Little

Joel Little: the former frontman of pop-punk band Goodnight Nurse, he wrote and produced the EP's five songs with her in about three weeks.