Q 01/05

Under what name did the Supremes form in Detroit in 1959?

A) The Velvelettes

B) The Primettes

C) The Marvelettes

D) The Darleens

Answer · why

B) The Primettes

The Primettes. A local manager put them together as the sister act to his male group, the Primes, and gave the girls a matching name.

Q 02/05

How many Billboard Hot 100 number one singles did the Supremes have?

A) 3

B) 6

C) 12

D) 24

Answer · why

C) 12

12. Every one of them came between 1964 and 1969, after a start so slow that the group's first six singles all missed the Top 40.

Q 03/05

In which Detroit public housing project did the future Supremes grow up as neighbours?

A) Herman Gardens

B) Sojourner Truth

C) Jeffries Homes

D) Brewster-Douglass

Answer · why

D) Brewster-Douglass

Brewster-Douglass. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt came to its ground-breaking in 1935, when it was Detroit's first public housing built for Black famili...

Q 04/05

Which member of the group chose the name 'the Supremes' from Berry Gordy's list?

A) Mary Wilson

B) Barbara Martin

C) Diana Ross

D) Florence Ballard

Answer · why

D) Florence Ballard

Rejected alternatives on the list included the Darleens, the Sweet Ps, the Melodees and the Jewelettes.

Q 05/05

Which Motown star did Diana Ross ask to arrange the group's audition for Berry Gordy in 1960?

A) Stevie Wonder

B) Smokey Robinson

C) Mary Wells

D) Marvin Gaye

Answer · why

B) Smokey Robinson

Smokey Robinson. Ross's old neighbour got them in front of Gordy, but he liked their guitarist, Marv Tarplin, even more and hired him away for his own...