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61 free Bruno Mars trivia questions with answers. Bruno Mars went from a four-year-old Elvis impersonator in Waikiki to one of the best-selling artists alive, and this quiz follows the whole road. Fifty questions cover his Honolulu childhood and family band, the songwriting years with the Smeezingtons, Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Unorthodox Jukebox and 24K Magic, the two Super Bowl halftime shows, Silk Sonic with Anderson .Paak, the duets with Lady Gaga and Rosé, and the chart and Grammy records he keeps breaking. The easy questions ask about his birth name and his best-known collaborators; the hard ones want the wrestler behind his nickname, the film he appeared in at six, the backlot where a famous video was shot and the band that ended up with a co-writing credit on his biggest hit. Good for a music trivia night, a fan test or a long car ride. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia's articles on Mars, his albums and his singles, and each question carries the sentence that backs it up.
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Q 01What is Bruno Mars's birth name?
Peter Gene Hernandez
He has used the name Bruno since he was a toddler, so the birth certificate name surprises even some fans.
Q 02In which city was Bruno Mars born?
Honolulu
He grew up performing in the hotels of Waikiki before moving to Los Angeles after high school.
Q 03His father gave him his famous nickname because he resembled which professional wrestler?
Bruno Sammartino
Sammartino held the WWWF championship for nearly eight years in the 1960s, and the chubby toddler reminded his dad of him.
Q 04As a small child, Bruno Mars became locally famous impersonating which singer?
Elvis Presley
A Hawaiian tabloid dubbed him Little Elvis in 1990, when he was about four.
Q 05Bruno Mars's mother emigrated to Hawaii from which country?
The Philippines
She was a hula dancer and singer; his father, a percussionist from Brooklyn, is of Puerto Rican and Ashkenazi Jewish descent.
Q 06At what age did Bruno Mars start performing five days a week with his family's band?
4
The band, the Love Notes, played Waikiki hotel showrooms and the boy handled the Elvis segment.
Q 07At age six, Bruno Mars was a guest of which late-night TV host?
Arsenio Hall
The same year he was interviewed by Pauly Shore on MTV, all on the strength of the Little Elvis act.
Q 08Bruno Mars had a cameo, as a child Elvis impersonator, in which 1992 film?
Honeymoon in Vegas
He is on screen for a few seconds in the Nicolas Cage and Sarah Jessica Parker comedy.
Q 09Bruno Mars performed at halftime of which 1990 college football game, played in his home state?
Aloha Bowl
He was about four years old, still billed as Little Elvis.
Q 10Bruno Mars is one of how many children?
6
His sisters formed a group called The Lylas, and his brother Eric plays drums in his touring band.
Q 11Which record label first signed Bruno Mars, in 2004, only to drop him less than a year later?
Motown Records
The deal went nowhere, but it led him to producer Steve Lindsey and eventually to his songwriting partners.
Q 12Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence and Ari Levine wrote and produced hits for other artists as which team?
The Smeezingtons
The trio formed in Los Angeles in 2009 and was nominated for Producer of the Year at the 2011 Grammys.
Q 13Bruno Mars first topped the Hot 100 as featured singer on 'Nothin' on You' by which rapper?
B.o.B
The 2009 single also topped the UK chart, and it made the hook singer a star before he had released his own record.
Q 21Which song won Bruno Mars his first Grammy, for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance in 2011?
Just the Way You Are
It was the lead single from his debut and topped the charts in the US, Canada and Australia.
Q 22Which second single from Doo-Wops & Hooligans topped charts almost everywhere it came out?
Grenade
Its video shows Mars dragging a piano through Los Angeles.
Q 23Which Doo-Wops & Hooligans track became a wedding staple despite never being a US single?
Marry You
It charted around the world anyway, helped by a famous flash-mob proposal video.
Q 14"Billionaire", another 2010 hit featuring Bruno Mars, was credited to which rapper?
Travie McCoy
McCoy is the frontman of Gym Class Heroes, but the single was released under his own name.
Q 15Mars and Philip Lawrence helped write "Right Round", a 2009 chart-topper for which rapper?
Flo Rida
The song reworks Dead or Alive's 1985 hit and features Kesha on the hook.
Q 16Mars's production trio co-wrote the 2010 hit "Forget You", a UK number one for which singer?
CeeLo Green
The clean version was a radio staple; the explicit original reached number two on the Hot 100.
Q 17Which Adele album earned Mars's production trio a Grammy for Album of the Year in 2017?
25
They co-wrote and produced "All I Ask" for the record.
Q 18Bruno Mars's debut album Doo-Wops & Hooligans was released in which year?
2010
It has since sold around 15.5 million copies worldwide.
Q 19Doo-Wops & Hooligans debuted at what position on the Billboard 200?
3
It never reached number one, but it stayed on the chart for years on the strength of its singles.
Q 20According to Mars, the "hooligans" in the title Doo-Wops & Hooligans refers to whom?
The guys
He explained the doo-wops were for the girls and the hooligans for the guys, summing up the album's two moods.
Q 24Which single from Doo-Wops & Hooligans was released third, in February 2011?
The Lazy Song
Its video features Mars with a troupe of dancers in chimpanzee masks.
Q 25Bruno Mars's second album, Unorthodox Jukebox, came out in December of which year?
2012
It debuted at number two and later climbed to the top of the Billboard 200.
Q 26How many weeks did "Locked Out of Heaven" spend at number one on the Billboard Hot 100?
6
The Police-flavoured single was the lead track from Unorthodox Jukebox.
Q 27"When I Was Your Man" became Bruno Mars's how-many-th number one on the Hot 100?
Fifth
It is a piano ballad he has said was painful to record because it was so personal.
Q 28Which Grammy did Unorthodox Jukebox win at the 56th ceremony in 2014?
Best Pop Vocal Album
Producers included Jeff Bhasker, Diplo and Emile Haynie alongside Mars's own team.
Q 29"Uptown Funk" is officially credited to which producer, with Bruno Mars as the featured artist?
Mark Ronson
The British-American DJ released it as the lead single from his album Uptown Special.
Q 30How many consecutive weeks did "Uptown Funk" spend at number one on the Billboard Hot 100?
14
It was one of the longest runs at the top in the chart's history at the time.