Cher Trivia Quiz Questions and Answers
What was Cher’s birth name?
A: Cherilyn Sarkisian.
What did Cher produce for her teacher and class in the
fifth grade?
A: A performance of the musical
Oklahoma!
On what day was Cher born?
A: May 20, 1946.
Where was Cher born?
A: El Centro, California, U.S.
What is the name of Cher’s child?
A: Chaz Bono.
Cher gained popularity in 1965 as one-half of what folk
rock husband–wife duo?
A: Sonny & Cher.
What Sonny & Cher’s first hit song?
A: I Got You Babe.
By age nine, Cher had developed an very low what?
A: Voice.
Cher began her solo career at the same
time, releasing in
1966 her first million-seller
song titled what?
A: "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)".
How many weekly viewers did The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
have?
A: Over 30 million.
Cher was famous for the elaborate outfits she wore on her
what?
A: Television shows.
Cher established herself as a solo artist with what four
number-one singles?
A: "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves", "Half-Breed", and "Dark Lady".
When did Cher get a divorce from Sonny Bono?
A: In 1975.
Phil Spector produced Cher’s first single, the unsuccessful
"Ringo, I Love You", issued under what name?
A: Bonnie Jo Mason.
What did Cher do at age 16?
A: Dropped out of school and moved with a friend to
Los Angeles.
Cher starred in the movie Silkwood, which earned her a
nomination for the Academy Award for what?
A: Best Supporting Actress in
1983.
For which movie did Cher win the Academy Award for Best
Actress in 1988?
A: Moonstruck.
Cher made her directorial debut in what 1996 film?
A: If These Walls Could Talk.
Cher reached a new commercial peak in 1998 with what song?
A: "Believe".
In 2008, Cher signed a deal worth how much to headline the
Coliseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas?
A: $60 million per-year for three years.
Cher’s father, John Sarkisian, was a truck driver with what
kind of problems?
A: Drug and gambling.
Who was Cher’s mother?
A: Jackie Jean Crouch, an occasional model and bit-part actress.
Cher's father divorced Crouch when Cher was how old?
A: Ten months.
Sonny and Cher charted 11 Billboard top 40 singles between
1965 and 1972, including how many top-ten hits?
A: six.
Actor John Southall is the father of Cher's what?
A: Half-sister, Georganne.
Cher’s mother's romantic relationship with actor Southall
ended when Cher was nine years old, but she considers him her what?
A: Father.
At one point, Cher’s mother had to put Cher in an orphanage
for how long?
A: Several weeks.
Cher's family first noticed her creativity when she was in
what grade in school?
A: The fifth grade.
Who was Cher's role model when she was a young girl?
A: Audrey Hepburn.
Who adopted Cher and her half-sister, Georganne, enrolling
them at a private school in Encino?
A: Gilbert LaPiere.
As an adult, what did condition did Cher discover that she
had?
A: Dyslexia.
Cher met Sonny Bono, in November 1962 when he was working
for who?
A: Record producer Phil Spector.
Spector, used her as a backup singer on many recordings, and
what two famous songs?
A: The Ronettes' "Be My Baby" and the Righteous Brothers' "You've Lost That
Lovin' Feelin'".
What did Cher and Sonny performed in a hotel room in
Tijuana, Mexico?
A: Their own wedding ceremony.
Back in 1965, Caesar and Cleo began calling themselves
what?
A: Sonny & Cher.
After recording "I Got You Babe", they traveled to England
in July 1965 on the advice of what singing group?
A: Rolling Stones.
What was the name of Sonny and Cher's first album?
A: Look at Us.
At one point Sonny and Cher had how many songs in the top
20?
A: Five, a feat equaled only by Elvis Presley and the
Beatles.
By the end of 1967, Sonny and Cher had sold how many
records worldwide?
A: 40 million.
"Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" became Cher’s first solo
what?
A: Million-seller.
