Q 01/05

What is SZA's real first name?

A) Solána

B) Sierra

C) Sasha

D) Selena

Answer · why

A) Solána

Solána gave rise to a nickname her friends use for her, and SZA folded that nickname into the meanings behind the title of her album SOS.

Q 02/05

Which New Jersey town did SZA grow up in?

A) Montclair

B) Hoboken

C) Newark

D) Maplewood

Answer · why

D) Maplewood

Maplewood's Columbia High School inducted her into its hall of fame, and in her speech she admitted she had been unpopular there and never went to pro...

Q 03/05

SZA's stage name nods to RZA and GZA, two members of which hip-hop group?

A) A Tribe Called Quest

B) Public Enemy

C) Wu-Tang Clan

D) N.W.A

Answer · why

C) Wu-Tang Clan

Wu-Tang Clan's RZA later returned the nod by narrating the teaser video that revealed the release date of her debut album, Ctrl.

Q 04/05

SZA stopped wearing her hijab in middle school after which event left her scared of how people would react?

A) The Iraq War

B) The Bali bombings

C) The Madrid train bombings

D) The September 11 attacks

Answer · why

D) The September 11 attacks

The September 11 attacks scared her out of covering, and when she started wearing it again in high school, some people judged her as not devout enough...

Q 05/05

What did SZA study at Delaware State University before dropping out in her final semester?

A) Nursing

B) Music theory

C) Marine biology

D) Journalism

Answer · why

C) Marine biology

Marine biology was her major; in 2018 she unveiled Ctrl Fishing Co., a clothing line whose profits she pledged to protecting the oceans.