Q 01/05

What was Tina Turner's birth name?

A) Anna Mae Bullock

B) Yvette Marie Stevens

C) Patricia Louise Holte

D) Jamesetta Hawkins

Answer · why

A) Anna Mae Bullock

Anna Mae Bullock was raised largely by her grandmother after her parents split up. Rejoining her mother in St. Louis as a teenager put her in the club...

Q 02/05

In which state was Tina Turner born?

A) Mississippi

B) Tennessee

C) Missouri

D) Georgia

Answer · why

B) Tennessee

Tennessee: the one-room school she attended there spent decades as a barn before it was moved to Brownsville and restored as the Tina Turner Museum, f...

Q 03/05

What crop did Tina Turner recall picking with her family as a young child?

A) Tobacco

B) Peanuts

C) Cotton

D) Corn

Answer · why

C) Cotton

Cotton: she picked it alongside her family, yet by her own account they were better off than many neighbours, because her father was the farm's overse...

Q 04/05

Which producer paid Ike Turner to stay away while Tina Turner recorded 'River Deep – Mountain High' in 1966?

A) Berry Gordy

B) Quincy Jones

C) George Martin

D) Phil Spector

Answer · why

D) Phil Spector

Phil Spector paid Ike $20,000 to keep clear of the sessions. The single he saw as his crowning achievement reached the UK top five but stalled at numb...

Q 05/05

What was the name of Ike Turner's band that Tina Turner first saw perform in East St. Louis?

A) The Famous Flames

B) The Upsetters

C) The Midnighters

D) The Kings of Rhythm

Answer · why

D) The Kings of Rhythm

The Kings of Rhythm played the Club Manhattan, where she and her sister were regulars. She ached to get up and sing with them, and by her own account ...