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The Life and Times of Nelly Furtado

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Introduction:
"A quiz all about Nelly Furtado, the woman who has brought Portuguese folk music into the mainstream. How much do you know about her life and times? Enjoy, and good luck."


1. Nelly Furtado is famous for her strong Portuguese roots, and although both of her parents were born and raised in Portugal, Nelly was not. Where was Nelly actually born?
    British Columbia, Canada
    Brasilia, Brazil
    Wisconsin, U.S.A.
    Zaragoza, Spain


2. Nelly was not always part of the music scene, and she had a very normal job at first. She spent eight summers doing this job with her mother, but what was it?
    Weather girl
    Pet groomer
    Chambermaid
    Translator


3. Before Nelly was signed by a label, or even noticed by record executives, she was part of a hip-hop duo. What was the name of this duo?
    Digable Planets
    Galaxy
    Fontaine
    Nelstar


4. In 2003, shortly before the release of her long awaited second album, Nelly gave birth to her first child, a girl. What name did she give to her daughter?
    Answer: (Hint - similar to the name of a Caribbean island)


5. In 2004, Portugal hosted the Euro 2004 football championships. Nelly was asked to perform at the final ceremony, and selected a song from her second album, 'Folklore'. What song did she sing?
    Fresh Off the Boat
    One Trick Pony
    Explode
    Forca


6. On Nelly's second album, 'Folklore', she uses many different musical instruments and devices to make her music sound more 'folky'. Which of these people was enlisted to play the banjo on her album, though?
    Miki Berenyi
    Caetano Veloso
    Bela Fleck
    Bic Runga


7. Some of the lyrics in Nelly's second album were very profound. In one song, she sings that 'You paint my face in your magazines, try to make it whiter than it seems. Paint me all the way to dreams, shove away my ethnicity'. Which track do these scorning lyrics come from, though?
    Turn Off The Light
    Powerless
    One Trick Pony
    Sway


8. Nelly claims that she was in the Azores when she saw a man wearing a 'Coca-Cola' shirt, work trousers, and gumboots. This inspired her to make the album 'Folklore'. The main reason she was in the Azores, however, is that her parents are from the Azores.
    True
    False


9. Nelly released two songs in Canada off of her first album 'Whoa, Nelly!'. What were they called?
    'Hey Man' and 'Trynna Finda Way'
    'Well Well' and 'Party'
    'I'm Like a Bird' and 'Turn Off The Light'
    'Remember the Days' and 'Baby Girl'


10. Finally, fill in the missing song lyric.

'Not worse than Shelley's rape behind the ___________
By a man she thought was fine, didn't tell anybody
Or maybe back then we just thought that she was getting some'

Which famous American chain fills in that blank?
    K-Mart
    McDonald's
    Visogue
    Wendy's


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