Q 01/05

What is SZA's real first name?

A) Solána

B) Sierra

C) Sasha

D) Selena

Answer · why

A) Solána

Her full name is Solána Imani Rowe, and her mother nicknamed her 'Chickabee' after the 1994 film Nell.

Q 02/05

SZA was born in St. Louis but grew up in which New Jersey town?

A) Montclair

B) Hoboken

C) Newark

D) Maplewood

Answer · why

D) Maplewood

Her mother was an AT&T executive and her father a CNN video producer, both originally from the South.

Q 03/05

SZA's stage name was inspired by the Supreme Alphabet and which two rappers?

A) Method Man and Redman

B) Q-Tip and Phife Dawg

C) RZA and GZA

D) Nas and AZ

Answer · why

C) RZA and GZA

The Z and A stand for Zig-Zag and Allah, and the S can mean savior or sovereign.

Q 04/05

SZA wore a hijab in elementary and early middle school but stopped after which event, fearing bullying?

A) The Iraq War

B) Hurricane Katrina

C) The 2008 election

D) The September 11 attacks

Answer · why

D) The September 11 attacks

Her father is Muslim and her mother Christian; she attended both Sunday school and Muslim school.

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

She had enrolled at three different colleges before settling there, then worked bar and other jobs to fund her music.