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50 free Frank Ocean trivia questions with answers — music quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This Frank Ocean trivia quiz covers the singer's whole career, from his birth as Christopher Breaux in Long Beach and his teenage years in New Orleans, through his ghostwriting days as Lonny Breaux and his arrival in Odd Future, to the self-released Nostalgia, Ultra, the Grammy-winning Channel Orange, the contract-ending visual album Endless, and Blonde, released independently a day later and later named Pitchfork's album of the 2010s. It also covers everything since: Blonded Radio on Beats 1, singles like Chanel and DHL, the Boys Don't Cry magazine, the luxury jewellery company Homer, the Grand Theft Auto radio station, the 2023 Coachella headline set and the legal saga over his stage name. The questions ask about dates, collaborators, chart positions, samples and awards, and no lyrics are quoted. Difficulty runs from easy to expert. Every answer was checked against a reference page before publishing, so the credits, numbers and release details hold up.
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Q 01What is Frank Ocean's birth name?
Christopher Edwin Breaux
He was born on October 28, 1987, and his family moved to New Orleans when he was five.
Q 02In which California city was Frank Ocean born?
Long Beach
His father Calvin Cooksey was a singer and keyboardist, and his mother Katonya Breaux Riley an entrepreneur.
Q 03Which 2005 event destroyed Ocean's home and studio, forcing him to leave the University of New Orleans?
Hurricane Katrina
He moved to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, then to Los Angeles in 2006, working fast-food and service jobs.
Q 04Under what name did Ocean work as a songwriter for hire in his early Los Angeles years?
Lonny Breaux
He wrote for Justin Bieber, Beyoncé, John Legend and Brandy before joining Odd Future.
Q 05Which Los Angeles hip hop collective did Ocean join in 2010?
Odd Future
His friendship with Tyler, the Creator revived his songwriting, and his first on-camera appearance was in Tyler's video for 'She'.
Q 06Which producer helped Ocean sign a contract with Def Jam in late 2009?
Tricky Stewart
The same producer later co-wrote and produced his debut solo single 'Novacane'.
Q 07Ocean self-released his mixtape Nostalgia, Ultra for free on which date?
February 16, 2011
He put it out on Tumblr with no promotion; Def Jam's later plan to reissue it as an EP was abandoned.
Q 08What bright orange car appears on the cover of Nostalgia, Ultra?
A BMW E30 M3
The mixtape sings over samples of Coldplay, MGMT and the Eagles, and Ocean called the car his dream car.
Q 09Legal action by which band kept Nostalgia, Ultra off Spotify for years after 2011?
The Eagles
The dispute concerned 'American Wedding', a remake of 'Hotel California'; the 2011 mixtape stayed off streaming services as a result.
Q 10'Novacane', Ocean's debut solo single, tells the story of a young woman studying what?
Dentistry
The song peaked at number 82 on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached the top 10 of the Heatseekers chart.
Q 11Ocean co-wrote and featured on 'No Church in the Wild' and 'Made in America' on which 2011 album?
Watch the Throne
The Jay-Z and Kanye West collaboration came a few months after Nostalgia, Ultra made him widely known.
Q 12Ocean's debut studio album Channel Orange was released by Def Jam on which date?
July 10, 2012
It went on sale digitally a week earlier than announced to head off leaks.
Q 13The title Channel Orange refers to which phenomenon?
Grapheme–color synesthesia
Ocean says he perceived the colour orange during the summer he first fell in love.
Q 21Ocean's second album was long teased under which working title, later used for his magazine?
Boys Don't Cry
The 360-page magazine, handed out free at pop-up shops, contained a CD version of Blonde with a different tracklist.
Q 22In the Endless live stream and visual album, what is Ocean shown doing?
Woodworking a staircase
The full slow-motion stream was estimated at 140 hours; the finished 45-minute film includes uncredited turns by Sampha and Jazmine Sullivan.
Q 23Why did Ocean release the visual album Endless the day before Blonde?
To fulfil his Def Jam contract
Q 14Which songwriter-producer friend of Ocean's co-wrote most of Channel Orange?
Malay
Ocean says the album was written in two weeks, with him typing lyrics on a laptop rather than composing in his head.
Q 15Which guitarist plays an uncredited solo on the ten-minute 'Pyramids'?
John Mayer
The same guitarist later put Ocean on his own album Paradise Valley, on the track 'Wildfire'.
Q 16Channel Orange debuted at what position on the Billboard 200?
Number two
It sold 131,000 copies in its first week and had passed 621,000 in the US by September 2014.
Q 17Which Grammy did Channel Orange win at the 2013 ceremony?
Best Urban Contemporary Album
It was also nominated for Album of the Year, and 'Thinkin Bout You' was up for Record of the Year.
Q 18'Thinkin Bout You', Ocean's highest-charting single, peaked at what position on the Hot 100?
Number 32
The song had originally been given to Bridget Kelly, who recorded it as 'Thinking About Forever'.
Q 19Which award did Ocean win at the 2013 Brit Awards?
International Male Solo Artist
That summer he had to cancel an OVO Fest appearance because of a small vocal cord injury.
Q 20Critics compared Ocean's pre-Channel Orange announcement that his first love was a man to which pop moment?
David Bowie's 1972 bisexuality revelation
The open letter, posted on Tumblr, drew global headlines in the weeks before the album.
It was his last release for the label; Blonde came out independently the very next day.
Q 24Blonde was released on which date, one day after Endless?
August 20, 2016
It launched as a timed exclusive on iTunes and Apple Music and debuted at number one in the US.
Q 25Which publication named Blonde the best album of the 2010s?
Pitchfork
Time had already called it the best album of 2016, and it was certified platinum in July 2018.
Q 26Who delivers the rapid rap verse on 'Solo (Reprise)', described as Blonde's only overt guest feature?
André 3000
The verse was recorded in Austin years earlier over a hip hop beat that James Blake later replaced with piano.
Q 27Which superstar provides backing vocals on Blonde's 'Pink + White'?
Beyoncé
Pharrell Williams co-wrote and co-produced the track.
Q 28Blonde's 'White Ferrari' borrows musical elements from which Beatles song?
Here, There and Everywhere
'Seigfried' interpolates a spoken passage by Elliott Smith and 'Close to You' samples Stevie Wonder.
Q 29Which Japanese rapper appears on the extended version of 'Nikes' found only on the magazine CD?
KOHH
'Nikes' was the album's lead single, released the same day with a video on Apple Music.
Q 30Ocean declined to submit Blonde for consideration at which ceremony?
The Grammys
He said the institution did not represent people who come from where he comes from.