Backgound Of Rob Thomas Trivia Quiz

Answer: February 14, 1972

Rob Thomas was born on Valentine's Day in 1972. No wonder this guy's such a sweetheart!

Answer: Germany

Rob was born on an army base in Landstuhl, Germany. His father Gary Thomas, was stationed on an army base there. When he was six months old, Rob's family moved back to the United States. About two years later, Rob's parents got a divorce. Rob and his sister Missy moved with their mother to Lake City, South Carolina.

They moved a series of times, but settled down in Orlando, Florida in 1983.

Answer: Kelly

I don't know where his parents came up with this one. It must be a family name passed down. Very unique though...Just like Rob!

Answer: True

Rob Thomas sang in many bands before he ended up in Orlando, Florida in 1993. Rob began to hitch hike from South Carolina all the way to Daytona. He hitch hiked from 17 to 20 years old. In 1993 he went back to Orlando and formed Tabitha's Secret.

Answer: Marisol Maldonado

Rob married model, Marisol Maldonado in 1999. Rob has a son named Maison Avery from a previous relatitionship. The two were introduced in Montreal after a Matchbox Twenty concert by a mutual friend. The first time they met each other, they both knew they would be married.

They talked on the phone for months, because Rob was in Europe at the time, and went on their first date at a music festival in Boston. Rob and Marisol were married on October 2, 1999 in Rob's manager's California home.

Answer: Tabitha's Secret

Rob formed a band with Brian Yale and Paul Doucette called Tabitha's Secret before they joined with Kyle Cook and Adam Gaynor to form Matchbox Twenty. Tabitha's Secret was only temporary after they recruited Adam Gaynor from Criteria Recording Studios in Miami and Kyle Cook from the Atlanta Institute of Music.

Answer: I am an illusion

This line is from Rob Thomas' song, "I Am An Illusion". This song comes from Rob's first solo album without Matchbox Twenty, released in April of 2005.

Answer: South Carolina and Florida

Rob spent most of his childhood going back and forth between his mother and his grandmother in South Carolina and Florida. He ended up staying in Florida after he formed Matchbox Twenty in 1993 so that they could record their albums there.

Answer: Wolfgang Puck

Wolfgang Puck cooked dinner at Rob and Marisol's wedding. Wolfgang Puck owns fine dining chain restaurants all over the U.S. and also has opened six restuarants in Japan, including Tokyo. He has also been chosen to cater for many Academy Awards.

Answer: Something To Be

Rob produced his very first ablum without Matchbox Twenty in 2005 "Something to Be". It was released in April and debited on the US Billboard 200 albums chart, taking Mariah Carey's "Emancipation of Mimi" out of first place. This was the first time that a male artist that has debited #1 with their first solo album since Billboard introduced the chart 50 years ago. Pretty impressive!