I Only Need One Name Trivia Quiz

Answer: Cher

Born Cherilyn Sarkisian (aka Cher) in May of 1946, Cher is one of the most enduring pop idols ever. Starting with Sonny Bono and Phil Spector in the early 1960s, she was part of the highly successful duo called Sonny and Cher, but also became a solo artist and after the breakup of the duo, continued to record as a solo artist and had some of her biggest successes in the 1970s with songs like "Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves", "Half Breed", and "Dark Lady".

The 1980s saw her hit the charts with songs like "I Found Someone", "If I Could Turn Back Time", and "After All", a duet with former Chicago bassist and vocalist Peter Cetera.

The 1990s saw her have perhaps her biggest hit with the techno-pop sensation "Believe". Going into the 21st century she hit the charts in 2002 with the minor hit called "Song for the Lonely".

Answer: Nilsson

Harry Nilsson III (aka Nilsson) was born in Brooklyn New York in 1941. He worked with various artists through the 1960s and finally broke through with a minor hit called "Everybody's Talkin'" in 1968. After being used in the soundtrack of the 1969 motion picture "Midnight Cowboy", the song was re-released and became his first Top Ten Billboard hit in the U.S., reaching number six.

After that other hits followed such as "I Guess The Lord Must Be In New York City", "Without You" (the biggest hit of his career), and "Coconut".

He also wrote a song called "One" which was a major hit for Three Dog Night. Harry continued recording into the early 1980s but largely retired from the business. He passed away due to heart failure in 1994.

Answer: Donovan

Donovan Leitch (aka Donovan) was born in Scotland in 1946. His career began in the U.K. in the early 1960s with hits like "Colours", and "Catch the Wind". His biggest successes in the U.S. were the 1966 song "Sunshine Superman", a number one Billboard Hot 100 tune, followed by "Mellow Yellow", "Epistle to Dippy", "There is a Mountain", "Hurdy Gurdy Man", and "Atlantis", all in collaboration with the famous producer, Mickie Most.

His last charted U.S. single was in 1973.

Answer: False

Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie (aka Lulu) was the Scottish singer born in 1948, who had major worldwide success with the song from which these lyric come, "To Sir With Love", the theme song from the 1967 motion picture of the same name, starring Sidney Poitier. Lulu also appeared in that film.

She had some success in the U.K. in the early and mid 1960s with songs like "Shout", "Leave a Little Love", and "The Boat that I Row", but when "To Sir With Love" hit the charts she became a worldwide success.

She continued to score, charting major U.K. hits in the late 1960s and also charted high again in the U.S. in 1969 with "Oh Me Oh My". Lulu continued to chart in the U.K. during the 1970s and 1980s, and has even charted in the 21st century with a major worldwide 2002 cover of Bob Seger's "We've Got Tonight".

Answer: Melanie

Melanie Ann Safka (aka Melanie) was born in Queens, New York in 1947. She began performing at age four with a rendition of "Gimme a Little Kiss", on the radio show called "Live Like a Millionaire". She found her success in the late 1960s with a song called "Bobo's Party" which reached number one in France.

After being invited to perform at Woodstock in 1969, she got her inspiration for "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)". She has stated that all the candles lit during her performance inspired her to write this song.

It became a Top Ten Billboard Hot 100 hit in 1970, charting at number six. Her other major success, and the biggest song of her career, was 1972's "Brand New Key", which was a Top ten hit is at least seven countries and reached number one on the charts in the U.S., Australia and Canada.

Answer: Sylvia

Sylvia Vanderpool Robinson (aka Sylvia) was born in New York City in 1936. She had her first success as part of Mickey and Sylvia back in 1957 when their song "Love is Strange" became a hit. She worked in many areas of the music industry in the 1960s and formed a company called All Platinum Records.

She also was the producer of the 1970 hit by The Moments called "Love on a Two Way Street". In 1973 she co-wrote the song called "Pillow Talk". She originally wanted it to be recorded by Al Green, but Green thought that the song was too racy, and turned it down. So, she recorded it herself, and ended up with a Billboard Hot 100 charting hit at number three, and a number one single on the soul charts.

Answer: Madonna

Madonna Louise Ciccone (aka Madonna) was born in Bay City, Michigan in 1958. Not much she hasn't done, aside from selling over 300 millions records worldwide. The list of records is too numerous to mention here, but the clues in the question were "Holiday" (her first Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 charts), "Like a Virgin" and "Papa Don't Preach".

She has acted in a number of movies, been a fashion designer, has written a children's book and has become an accomplished businesswoman. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008.

Answer: Prince

Prince Rogers Nelson (aka Prince) was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1958. He is one of the biggest selling pop musicians of all time. His career started in the late 1970s with singles like "I Want to Be Your Lover", and took off in 1982 with "1999","Little Red Corvette" and "Delirious". Later releases included "When Doves Cry" (his first number one U.S. single), "Let's Go Crazy", and "Purple Rain".

In 1993 he changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol which he called The Love Symbol. Most of the music business simply referred to him as The Artist Formerly Known as Prince during this period.

In 2000 he returned to the use of Prince as his performing name, and has continued to perform and record into the 21st century.

Answer: Rockwell

Kennedy William Gordy (aka Rockwell) was born is Detroit, Michigan in 1964. He is the son of Berry Gordy, one of the founders and CEO of Motown Records. In an effort to avoid nepotism, Rockwell allegedly got a recording contract at Motown without his father's knowledge, and along with studio executives came up with the name Rockwell.

His one major hit was "Somebody's Watching Me" which hit number two on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts and number one on the R & B charts. It also was a top ten hit in Canada, Switzerland, the U.K. and New Zealand.

Answer: Tiffany

Tiffany Renee Darwish (aka Tiffany) was born in 1971 and grew up in California. She began singing at age four and was singing in various places in California. In 1985 she appeared on the American TV show "Star Search" (a forerunner of today's "American Idol") and finished in second place.

She secured a recording contract and released a single called "Danny" as part of her debut album in 1987. The song failed to chart. In conjunction with her record company, it was decided that she would tour shopping malls across the country to promote the album.

After this tour, she hit with a cover of Tommy James and the Shondells' tune "I Think We're Alone Now" which went to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 charts. Other hits followed such as "Could've Been" and a modified cover of The Beatles "I Saw Her Standing There" titled "I Saw Him Standing There", as well as "All This Time".

She recorded some songs during the decade of 2000-2010, but none of them charted.