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50 free Laufey trivia questions with answers — music quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This Laufey trivia quiz covers the singer, cellist and songwriter from Reykjavík who has become the face of jazz for a new generation. It starts with her family — a Chinese violinist mother, an Icelandic father, a violin-professor grandfather and an identical twin who is her creative director — and follows her through the Iceland Symphony Orchestra at fifteen, Ísland Got Talent, The Voice Iceland, and the presidential scholarship to Berklee. Then come the records: the dorm-room EP Typical of Me, the debut Everything I Know About Love, the Grammy-winning Bewitched and its runaway single 'From the Start', the Goddess Edition, and A Matter of Time with Aaron Dessner, which won her a second Grammy. There are also questions on her influences (Ella Fitzgerald, Chet Baker, Taylor Swift), the 'Laufeycore' fashion aesthetic, the BBC Radio 3 show, Fortnite, Coachella and the Order of the Falcon. Some questions any fan will get; a few are for people who know the liner notes. No lyrics are quoted. Every answer has been checked against Wikipedia and each question carries a citation to the page it came from.
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Q 01In which city was Laufey born in 1999?
Reykjavík
Her family later lived in Washington, D.C. for two years before moving back in 2008.
Q 02Laufey's mother is a classical violinist from which Chinese city?
Guangzhou
Her maternal grandfather Lin Yaoji taught violin at the Central Conservatory of Music.
Q 03Laufey's grandfather Lin Yaoji taught which instrument at China's Central Conservatory of Music?
Violin
Her father, by contrast, is a finance executive whose jazz records shaped her style.
Q 04Laufey has an identical twin sister who works as her creative director. What is her name?
Júnía
Júnía studied international relations at St Andrews.
Q 05Which was the first language Laufey learned to speak?
Mandarin Chinese
She also learned to read Danish after seven years of study.
Q 06At what age did Laufey start learning the cello?
Eight
She also grew up doing ballet and figure skating.
Q 07At 15, Laufey performed as a cello soloist with which ensemble?
The Iceland Symphony Orchestra
She later played A Night at the Symphony with the same orchestra in 2023.
Q 08Laufey was a finalist on the 2014 edition of which Icelandic TV show?
Ísland Got Talent
The next year she reached the semi-finals of The Voice Iceland as its youngest ever contestant.
Q 09Before choosing music school, Laufey and her twin were both accepted to which Scottish university?
St Andrews
She planned to study economics before a presidential scholarship took her to Berklee.
Q 10Laufey graduated in 2021 from which Boston institution?
Berklee
She studied cello there with Mike Block on a presidential scholarship.
Q 11What was Laufey's debut single, released in April 2020?
Street by Street
It went to number one on Icelandic radio.
Q 12What is the title of Laufey's 2021 debut EP, which she called her 'little baby'?
Typical of Me
Many of its songs were written in her Berklee dorm room.
Q 13Who produced most of her debut EP?
Her classmate Davin Kingston
Rolling Stone singled out her version of 'I Wish You Love'.
Which pop superstar was among the musicians who took notice of her debut EP?
Q 21Which single from her debut album was released on 14 February 2022?
Valentine
The album has 13 songs — 12 originals and one cover.
Q 22How did Laufey describe her debut album?
'Hopelessly romantic'
She said the songs were drawn from experience but written as if they were fiction.
Q 23In what year was Laufey's second album Bewitched released?
2023
A week before release she leaked the sheet music so fans could pre-save the album.
Q 24What unusual thing did Laufey release a week before Bewitched came out?
Billie Eilish
American Songwriter listed the EP among the best albums of 2021.
Q 15Laufey signed with which label, known for letting artists keep control of their intellectual property?
AWAL
A Matter of Time came out through her own Vingolf Recordings with AWAL.
Q 16In 2021 Laufey hosted a weekly show called Happy Harmonies on which station?
BBC Radio 3
That November she played the London Jazz Festival.
Q 17Which London ensemble collaborated with Laufey on 'Let You Break My Heart Again'?
The Philharmonia Orchestra
The Philharmonia also contributed to the production of Bewitched.
Q 18Laufey's December 2021 duet 'Love To Keep Me Warm' was recorded with which singer?
Dodie
It is a cover of Ted Shapiro's 'Winter Weather' with a new bridge.
Q 19Laufey made her US network TV debut on which show in January 2022?
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
She performed 'Like the Movies'.
Q 20What is the title of Laufey's debut album, released in August 2022?
Everything I Know About Love
It debuted at number one on Billboard's Alternative New Artist Album chart.
The sheet music
Bewitched went on to top jazz charts around the world.
Q 25Bewitched won which award at the 66th Grammys in 2024?
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
A Matter of Time won the same category two years later.
Q 26At the 2024 Grammys, Laufey performed on the closing number with which veteran star?
Billy Joel
The song was Joel's first new single in decades.
Q 27Which Bewitched single became Laufey's first song to enter international charts?
From the Start
It hit a million streams in under 24 hours.
Q 28What is 'From the Start' about, lyrically?
Unrequited feelings for a best friend
The dance from its video was later sold as a Fortnite emote.
Q 29Who is Laufey's longtime co-writer and co-producer on Bewitched and A Matter of Time?
Spencer Stewart
Dan Wilson of Semisonic also produced on Bewitched.
Q 30Where did Bewitched debut on the US Billboard 200?
23rd
It was the biggest jazz album debut in Spotify's history.