Q 01/05

Neil Diamond was born in 1941 in which New York City borough?

A) The Bronx

B) Queens

C) Brooklyn

D) Manhattan

Answer · why

C) Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Diamond's parents ran a series of dry-goods stores and moved often, so he grew up in several different homes around the borough.

Q 02/05

Which future superstar was in the Erasmus Hall High School chorus with Diamond?

A) Barbra Streisand

B) Carole King

C) Neil Sedaka

D) Carly Simon

Answer · why

A) Barbra Streisand

Barbra Streisand met Diamond at Erasmus Hall, then moved to Manhattan after graduating to pursue singing and acting.

Q 03/05

Which chess grandmaster also attended Erasmus Hall High School, Diamond's old school?

A) Samuel Reshevsky

B) Reuben Fine

C) Arthur Bisguier

D) Bobby Fischer

Answer · why

D) Bobby Fischer

Bobby Fischer won the US Championship at 14 and dropped out of Erasmus Hall at 16 to devote himself to chess.

Q 04/05

As a boy, Neil Diamond lived for a time in which 'Cowboy State'?

A) Wyoming

B) Texas

C) Montana

D) Oklahoma

Answer · why

A) Wyoming

Wyoming: the Diamond family moved to Cheyenne because his father was stationed there with the US Army.

Q 05/05

Which folk singer's summer-camp performance made the 16-year-old Diamond realise he could write songs?

A) Woody Guthrie

B) Pete Seeger

C) Burl Ives

D) Bob Dylan

Answer · why

B) Pete Seeger

Pete Seeger performed at a summer camp in upstate New York where Diamond was a camper, and soon afterwards Diamond took guitar lessons and began writi...