Q 01/05

Selena is known by which regal nickname?

A) The Queen of Tejano Music

B) The Queen of Cumbia

C) The Queen of Latin Pop

D) The Princess of Salsa

Answer · why

A) The Queen of Tejano Music

Selena was crowned the Queen of Tejano Music after dominating the Tejano Music Awards through the late 1980s and 1990s; the press also called her the ...

Q 02/05

In which Texas town was Selena born on April 16, 1971?

A) San Antonio

B) Lake Jackson

C) Laredo

D) Corpus Christi

Answer · why

B) Lake Jackson

Selena was born in Lake Jackson, a small Brazoria County town near the Gulf coast, where her father worked as a shipping clerk for Dow Chemical.

Q 03/05

Which future congressman was the obstetrician at Selena's birth?

A) Tom DeLay

B) Beto O'Rourke

C) Ron Paul

D) Henry Cuellar

Answer · why

C) Ron Paul

Ron Paul, then a Brazoria County obstetrician and later a Texas congressman and presidential candidate, delivered Selena in April 1971.

Q 04/05

What was the name of the family's Tex-Mex restaurant where the kids first performed?

A) La Flor

B) El Dino's

C) Casa Quintanilla

D) Papa Gayo's

Answer · why

D) Papa Gayo's

Papa Gayo's opened in 1980 and failed within a year as the Texas oil bust hit; the family went bankrupt and was evicted from their home.

Q 05/05

Which instrument did Selena's sister Suzette play in Selena y Los Dinos?

A) Accordion

B) Drums

C) Bass guitar

D) Keyboards

Answer · why

B) Drums

Suzette played drums, an instrument she at first resisted as unladylike, and later ran the family's Q-Productions company.