Lizzo Trivia
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This Lizzo trivia quiz has 59 free questions with answers covering the whole story so far: the classically trained flutist from Texas who moved to Minneapolis with nothing, played on a Prince record, and became one of the biggest pop stars of the 2020s. You will be asked about her early groups, the debut album that started it all, the sleeper hits that took years to chart, and the Grammy nights that followed. The questions range from easy (which film soundtrack her Barbie song opened, which president once owned the crystal flute she played) to genuinely hard ones about producers, samples, chart peaks and the Minneapolis label that released her first record. Answers are multiple choice, so you can play it solo or read the questions out at a music night. Every answer has been checked against Wikipedia and primary reporting, and each question shows its source, so if a fact surprises you, you can see where it comes from.
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Q 01What is Lizzo's birth name?
Melissa Jefferson
Melissa Jefferson went by 'Lissa' as a teenager, and that byname was later twisted into the stage name Lizzo.
Q 02In which city was Lizzo born?
Detroit
Detroit, Michigan, was Lizzo's birthplace in April 1988; her family later moved to Texas, where she went through school.
Q 03Lizzo made her live-action film debut alongside Jennifer Lopez in which 2019 crime drama?
Hustlers
Hustlers gives Lizzo a small part as Liz, a dancer at the club, and finds room for her signature instrument: she plays the flute on screen.
Q 04What name has Lizzo given the flute she plays on stage?
Sasha
Sasha, in full Sasha Flute, is named after Beyoncé's album I Am... Sasha Fierce, and the instrument has an Instagram account of its own.
Q 05Lizzo's stage name is usually traced to her nickname 'Lissa' and a 2001 hit by which rapper?
Jay-Z
Jay-Z's 'Izzo (H.O.V.A.)' was on the radio when her school friends, who liked to shorten names and add an 'o', turned Lissa into Lizzo.
Q 06At which college did Lizzo study classical music, concentrating on her instrument?
University of Houston
University of Houston gave her a music scholarship to study flute, but she dropped out, torn between classical music and rap, and for a time slept in her car.
Q 07What was the name of the musical group Lizzo formed with friends at age 14?
Cornrow Clique
Cornrow Clique gave her more than a first stage: it was among these classmates that 'Lissa' picked up the nickname Lizzo.
Q 08In 2011 Lizzo moved to which Midwestern city, where her recording career began?
Minneapolis
Minneapolis embraced her quickly: within months she had co-founded several local groups, and two years later her debut album was out.
Q 09Which British star brought Lizzo out as a surprise guest during his Coachella headline set in April 2022?
Harry Styles
Harry Styles and Lizzo sang 'I Will Survive' in matching feathered coats, two years after he had joined her on stage in Miami to perform 'Juice'.
Q 10Which music legend featured Lizzo on 'BoyTrouble', a track from his 2014 album Plectrumelectrum?
Prince
Prince became a fan of her group, asked them to record 'BoyTrouble' for the album he made with his band 3rdeyegirl, and invited them to play at Paisley Park.
Q 11Which singer-rapper does Lizzo credit with showing her she could both rap and sing?
Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill sang her own hooks and rapped her own verses, and Lizzo has said her debut album was an attempt to do the same: rapping, singing and being political.
Q 12What was the title of Lizzo's 2013 debut album?
Lizzobangers
Lizzobangers grew out of producer Lazerbeak's beat collection Lava Bangers: stuck in her writing, Lizzo heard it and went on to rap over several of its instrumentals.
Q 13Which Anchorman star, in character, accepted Lizzo's challenge to a flute battle in 2019?
Will Ferrell
Will Ferrell, as Ron Burgundy, accepted her #FluteAndShoot challenge, and Lizzo answered with a near shot-for-shot remake of Anchorman's jazz flute scene.
Q 21'Truth Hurts' became a viral hit in 2019 partly thanks to its use in which Netflix film?
Someone Great
Someone Great premiered on Netflix in April 2019, and within weeks the song, by then almost two years old, made its first appearance on the Hot 100.
Q 22Lizzo's 'Truth Hurts' tied which rapper's 2014 record for a woman's longest-running number-one rap single?
Iggy Azalea
Iggy Azalea's 'Fancy' led the Hot 100 for seven weeks in 2014; 'Truth Hurts' matched it in October 2019 by returning to the top after a week at number two.
Q 23Mina Lioness earned a writing credit on Lizzo's 'Truth Hurts' because its 'DNA test' line echoed her 2017 what?
Tweet
Q 14Lizzo features on 'Blame It on Your Love', a 2019 single by which British pop star?
Charli XCX
Charli XCX announced the collaboration by calling Lizzo 'the Queen of everything'; its hook reworks a demo her fans already knew as 'Track 10'.
Q 15Lizzo's second album was recorded at April Base Studios in Wisconsin, owned by which musician?
Justin Vernon
Justin Vernon of Bon Iver owns April Base, where recording felt to Lizzo like 'hanging out at camp'; the album made there persuaded Atlantic Records to sign her.
Q 16Which 2016 EP was Lizzo's first release after signing with Atlantic Records?
Coconut Oil
Coconut Oil followed the independent album that had persuaded Atlantic to sign her, and it introduced 'Good as Hell' three years before that song became a hit.
Q 17Lizzo's 'Good as Hell' was originally recorded for the soundtrack of which 2016 film?
Barbershop: The Next Cut
Barbershop: The Next Cut carried 'Good as Hell' on its soundtrack, and the first video was set in a hair salon to match; the song then took three years to become a hit.
Q 18'Good as Hell' entered the Hot 100 in 2019 after Lizzo performed it at which 2019 ceremony?
MTV Video Music Awards
MTV Video Music Awards 2019, where she performed it alongside 'Truth Hurts', sent 'Good as Hell' onto the Hot 100 days later; it eventually climbed to number three.
Q 19Which pop star featured on the official 2019 remix of 'Good as Hell'?
Ariana Grande
Ariana Grande's remix arrived in late October 2019, and within two weeks the song had jumped into the UK top ten for the first time, peaking at number seven.
Q 20Which rapper's 'Highest in the Room' knocked Lizzo's 'Truth Hurts' off number one for a week in October 2019?
Travis Scott
Travis Scott debuted at number one after her six straight weeks on top, but 'Truth Hurts' climbed straight back the following week for a seventh.
Tweet: Lioness posted the 'DNA test' joke in February 2017, and in October 2019 Lizzo made her a co-writer, saying the tweet's creator was the person she would share her success with.
Q 24Which Grammy did 'Truth Hurts' win at the 2020 ceremony?
Best Pop Solo Performance
Best Pop Solo Performance went to 'Truth Hurts', one of three Grammys Lizzo won that night after opening the show with a medley and a flute solo.
Q 25Which producer worked with Lizzo on 'Truth Hurts', 'Good as Hell' and 'Juice'?
Ricky Reed
Ricky Reed, the Nice Life label founder who signed her, produced all three and later 'About Damn Time', making him the constant across her biggest hits.
Q 26A track on Lizzo's album Special, about singing to a lover under the stars, is named after which British band?
Coldplay
Coldplay inspired the song after Lizzo found herself singing 'Yellow' on a starlit holiday; the band's singer later surprised her mid-interview to give his approval.
Q 27Which rapper is featured on 'Tempo' from Cuz I Love You?
Missy Elliott
Missy Elliott raps on 'Tempo'; Lizzo has said that watching Missy win Grammys as a writer, producer and performer gave her the belief that she could do it too.
Q 28Lizzo's Cuz I Love You was nominated for Album of the Year at the 2020 Grammys but lost to which artist's debut?
Billie Eilish
Billie Eilish swept the four top prizes that night, but the deluxe Cuz I Love You still won Best Urban Contemporary Album, one of three Grammys for Lizzo.
Q 29Which Lizzo song won the 2020 Grammy for Best Traditional R&B Performance?
Jerome
Jerome, a ballad addressed to an ex, won at the pre-show ceremony, so Lizzo was already a Grammy winner when she walked out to open the telecast.
Q 30Opening the 2020 Grammys, Lizzo dedicated the night to which star?
Kobe Bryant
Kobe Bryant had died in a helicopter crash hours earlier, and the ceremony was held in Staples Center, his Lakers' home arena; Lizzo began with the words 'Tonight is for Kobe'.