Ipod Shuffle 23: Lady Gaga & The Disco Stick Quiz

Answer: Italian

Lady Gaga is Italian. Her full name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta and she was born March 28, 1986.

Answer: RedOne

Lady Gaga and Akon wrote "Just Dance". RedOne also cowrote the song and produced it as well. The opening line is "A RedOne", a reference to the producer.

"Just Dance" went to Number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and hit Number One in the Pop 100.

Answer: "Circus" by Britney Spears

Originally written for Britney Spears for the "Circus" album, Spears' label rejected the song. Gaga cowrote the song with Rodney "Darkchild" Jenkins. Jenkins worked with Beyonce previously on the Destiny Child single "Say My Name". Beyonce charted twice as a guest artist on another performer's single, the first time being Jay-Z's "03 Bonnie and Clyde" and on Alicia Keys' single "Put It in a Love Song", which was recorded around the same time as "Telephone".

Answer: Queen

"Radio Ga Ga" is a 1984 song written by Queen drummer Rick Taylor. The song was a huge hit, going to Number Two in the UK. It reached Number 16 in the US. "Radio Ga Ga" would be Queen's last US hit single until 1992, when "Bohemian Rhapsody" charted again due to its inclusion on the Saturday Night Live film "Wayne's World".

Lady Gaga has cited both Freddy Mercury and David Bowie to be huge influences on her own work.

Answer: Bad Romance

In "Bad Romance" Lady Gaga is abducted by several super models and sold to the Russian Mafia. She is then bid on by several men. She performs a laptop on one, and then the scene shifts to him sitting on a bed. Lady Gaga takes off her jacket and sunglasses, when the bed suddenly combusts and the man is burnt into a charred skeleton.

Answer: Poker Face

"Poker Face" is about two things: sex and gambling. The Poker Face is actually a reference to bisexuality about falling in love with a man but wanting a woman. The song samples Boney M's hit "Ma Baker".

Answer: Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)

Gaga coined the company's name, calling herself a hypothetical lovechild of David Bowie and Jerry Lee Lewis. Most of the songs appeared on Gaga's MySpace page or Purevolume. A total of seven songs published with this company have been officially released on various editions of "The Fame".

* Again Again (written in 2006 on The Fame, ASCAP/BMI)
* Beautiful, Dirty, Rich (written in 2006 on The Fame, ASCAP/BMI)
* Brown Eyes (written in 2006 on The Fame, ASCAP/BMI)
* Disco Heaven (co-written with Tom Kafafian in 2007 on The Fame, ASCAP/BMI)
* Paparazzi (written in 2007 on The Fame, ASCAP/BMI)
* Retro, Dance, Freak (written with Calvin C. Gaines on The Fame, ASCAP)
* Vanity (co-written in 2006 with Tom Kafafian on The Fame, ASCAP/BMI)

Source: The Lady Gaga Wiki

Answer: Murder My Heart

"Murder My Heart" appears on the Michael Bolton album "One World One Love". Bolton, Gaga, Michael James Mani, and Jordan J. Omly wrote the song. The track leaked in December 2007.

Answer: Blueberry Kisses

Like most of Lady Gaga's music, both "Poker Face" and the unreleased "Blueberry Kisses" are highly sexual in meaning. Gaga took the line "bluffin' with my muffin" from "Blueberry Kisses" and used it on "Poker Face".

Answer: So You Think You Can Dance

Mollee Gray and Nathan Trasora performed "Bad Romance" on "So You Think You Can Dance" on November 17, 2009. "Bad Romance" was the lead single off Lady Gaga's 2009 album "The Fame Monster".