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50 free Jennifer Lopez trivia questions with answers — music quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Jennifer Lopez slept in a dance studio office after her mother threw her out for quitting college, danced in rap videos for fifty dollars, and became a Fly Girl on In Living Color. Then she became the first Latina paid a million dollars for a film, the first woman with a No. 1 album and No. 1 movie in the same week, and the owner of a green dress so searched-for that Google built image search to cope. This quiz covers the full sprawl: Selena and Out of Sight, On the 6 and J.Lo, the Ja Rule remixes, Bennifer and Gigli, Maid in Manhattan and Monster-in-Law, Marc Anthony and El Cantante, the American Idol comeback and 'On the Floor', Shades of Blue, Hustlers, the Super Bowl with Shakira, the Biden inauguration, the self-funded This Is Me... Now film, plus the fragrances, the Kohl's billions, the Dolphins stake and the spritz brand. Fifty questions, four options each, with a short explanation after every answer. Play on your phone or print it for a pop-culture quiz night.
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Q 01In which New York City borough was Jennifer Lopez born and raised?
The Bronx
She grew up in the Castle Hill neighbourhood; her 2002 hit 'Jenny from the Block' was a nod to those roots.
Q 02Lopez's parents were both born in which US territory?
Puerto Rico
Guadalupe and David met in New York; she later cloaked herself in the Puerto Rican flag at the Super Bowl.
Q 03Lopez got her break as a 'Fly Girl' dancer on which sketch comedy series?
In Living Color
Choreographer Rosie Perez chose her; she later left to dance for Janet Jackson.
Q 04Which future actress did a teenage Lopez teach dance to at the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club?
Kerry Washington
She learned flamenco, jazz and ballet there before enrolling full-time at the Phil Black Dance Studio at 18.
Q 05Lopez left the Fly Girls to work as a backup dancer for which pop star?
Janet Jackson
She appears in the 'That's the Way Love Goes' video but skipped the world tour to pursue acting.
Q 06Which 1997 biopic made Lopez the first Latina actress to earn a seven-figure film fee?
Selena
Warner Bros. reportedly refused to fund an Oscar campaign, saying the academy would 'never nominate a Latina'.
Q 07Which director cast Lopez in Mi Familia and the 1997 biopic, and later Bordertown?
Gregory Nava
Her Mi Familia role earned an Independent Spirit Award nomination.
Q 08Which rapper co-starred with Lopez in the 1997 horror hit Anaconda?
Ice Cube
Variety credited it as the first film of its kind to star a Latina and an African American; she cameoed in the 2025 reboot.
Q 09Lopez played a deputy US marshal opposite George Clooney in which 1998 Elmore Leonard adaptation?
Out of Sight
Steven Soderbergh directed; The Guardian later called their pairing one of cinema's great examples of on-screen chemistry.
Q 10Lopez's 1999 debut album On the 6 is named after what?
A subway line
The 6 train connected her Bronx home to Manhattan.
Q 11Which Lopez single spent five weeks at No. 1 as her debut release?
If You Had My Love
'Waiting for Tonight' followed, becoming an anthem for the new millennium.
Q 12Lopez's green Versace dress at the 2000 Grammys led to the creation of which product?
Google Images
It became the most popular search query in Google's history to that point.
Q 13Which 2001 film gave Lopez the first simultaneous No. 1 album and No. 1 movie by a woman?
The Wedding Planner
Matthew McConaughey co-starred; the album J.Lo was released the same week.
Q 21Lopez played Puchi, wife of which salsa legend, in the 2007 biopic El Cantante?
Héctor Lavoe
Marc Anthony, then her husband, played the singer.
Q 22Lopez's 2011 comeback came from replacing whom as a judge on American Idol?
Simon Cowell
She called it a 'huge gamble' at a time she wasn't being offered many films.
Q 23Which 2011 single became the best-selling of Lopez's career?
On the Floor
It hit No. 3 in the US and passed one billion Spotify streams in 2026 after a TV-fuelled resurgence.
What animated character did Lopez voice in Ice Age: Continental Drift?
Q 14Which rapper's remix of 'I'm Real' pushed the song to No. 1 on the Hot 100?
Ja Rule
He also featured on the chart-topping 'Ain't It Funny (Murder Remix)'.
Q 15J to tha L–O! The Remixes set what chart record in 2002?
First remix album to top the Billboard 200
Its singles included 'Ain't It Funny (Murder Remix)' and 'I'm Gonna Be Alright'.
Q 16Which portmanteau did tabloids coin for Lopez and Ben Affleck, described as the first of its kind?
Bennifer
They got engaged in 2002, split in 2004, and finally married in Las Vegas in July 2022.
Q 17Which 2003 Lopez–Affleck film became a notorious box-office bomb?
Gigli
She later called this period the lowest point of her career; their Jersey Girl screen time was halved.
Q 18Which martial art did Lopez learn for her role as an abused wife in Enough (2002)?
Krav Maga
She suffered a nervous breakdown from overwork while filming it in 2001.
Q 19Lopez starred as a Bronx single mother and hotel housekeeper opposite Ralph Fiennes in which film?
Maid in Manhattan
It was the highest-grossing film of her career at the time.
Q 20Which screen legend played Lopez's antagonist in the 2005 comedy Monster-in-Law?
Jane Fonda
It was a box-office hit that leaned into her 'Gigli-and-tabloid tarnished image'.
A sabre-tooth tiger named Shira
She reprised the role in Ice Age: Collision Course in 2016.
Q 25Lopez was executive producer of which Freeform drama about a lesbian couple raising a family?
The Fosters
Her late gay aunt inspired the involvement; she later produced its spin-off Good Trouble.
Q 26Lopez's 2014 World Cup song 'We Are One (Ole Ola)' featured Claudia Leitte and which rapper?
Pitbull
Her album that year, A.K.A., was her lowest-selling in the US.
Q 27What was the name of Lopez's 120-show Las Vegas residency at Planet Hollywood?
All I Have
She played 120 shows at Planet Hollywood's Zappos Theater.
Q 28In Shades of Blue, Lopez played a detective turned FBI informant named what?
Harlee Santos
Ray Liotta co-starred; its premiere was NBC's most-watched Thursday debut in seven years.
Q 29Which 2019 film about strippers conning Wall Street clients earned Lopez a Golden Globe nod?
Hustlers
Many called it her best performance; her Oscar snub was cited by LA's mayor in a Latino representation push.
Q 30With whom did Lopez co-headline the 2020 Super Bowl halftime show?
Shakira
She sang 'Let's Get Loud' wrapped in a Puerto Rican flag while children sat in cages the NFL tried to remove.