Q 01/05

What inspired the name of Cry Baby, Melanie Martinez's alter ego and debut album?

A) A 1990 John Waters film

B) Her childhood nickname

C) A Janis Joplin song

D) A vintage talking doll

Answer · why

B) Her childhood nickname

Her childhood nickname. She was called a cry-baby for being so emotional, and has said that building the character was her way of turning the insult i...

Q 02/05

Which Britney Spears song did Melanie Martinez sing for her blind audition on The Voice?

A) Toxic

B) Womanizer

C) Gimme More

D) Circus

Answer · why

A) Toxic

Toxic. She sang her own arrangement while strumming an acoustic guitar and keeping time on a tambourine with her feet.

Q 03/05

Which coach did Melanie Martinez choose on The Voice?

A) Blake Shelton

B) CeeLo Green

C) Christina Aguilera

D) Adam Levine

Answer · why

D) Adam Levine

Adam Levine. He lost his whole team in one night when she and Amanda Brown, his last two singers, were voted off together.

Q 04/05

In which New York City borough was Melanie Martinez born?

A) Brooklyn

B) Queens

C) The Bronx

D) Staten Island

Answer · why

B) Queens

Queens. She was born in its Astoria neighbourhood, but her family left the city for Long Island when she was four, and that is where she grew up.

Q 05/05

Melanie Martinez's parents are of which two heritages?

A) Dominican and Puerto Rican

B) Mexican and Cuban

C) Colombian and Ecuadorian

D) Peruvian and Venezuelan

Answer · why

A) Dominican and Puerto Rican

Dominican and Puerto Rican. She never learned Spanish, though, and has said the one piece of advice she would give her younger self is to be more eage...