Bruno Mars Everyone! Trivia Quiz

Answer: Peter Gene Hernandez

Bruno Mars was born Peter Gene Hernandez on October 8, 1985, from a Puerto Rican father and Filipino mother, both of whom had emigrated to the United States. He was nicknamed "Bruno" by his father because of his physical similitude with wrestler Bruno Sammartino.

Eric Clapp is Eric Clapton's real name, while Faroukh Bulsara was the birth name of legendary Freddy Mercury, and Richard Starkey was the real name of The Beatles' drummer Ringo Starr.

Answer: Hawaii

Bruno Mars was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. Both his parents were musicians. After graduating, he moved to Los Angeles in 2003, trying to start a musical career.

President Barack Obama was also born on Hawaii.

Answer: Nothin' On You

The Smeezingtons, a songwriting group made up by Mars, Phillip Lawrence and Ari Levine, were contacted to write songs for B.o.B. in 2009. Bruno Mars wrote the lyrics of the song, and composed the main melody.

"Nothin' On You" reached top positions in the US Billboard Hot 100 list, as well as in the Hot Rap Songs Billboard. The song was Bruno Mars' first single as a solo artist.

You may remember the song with these lyrics: "Beautiful girls, all over the world, I could be chasing but my time would be wasted, they got nothin' on you baby".

Answer: Travie McCoy

Travie McCoy joined with The Smeezingtons to write "Billionaire". Bruno Mars once said that the idea for the song came from him walking down the street and thinking about how he would like his finances to improve, and the first sentence of the song occurred to him: "I wanna be a billionaire, so freaking bad". McCoy also stated that the lyrics questioned what he would do with such amounts of money, be selfish or selfless?

The song reached position number four in the US Billboard Hot 100 list, and was McCoy's first single as a solo artist.

Answer: Just The Way You Are

"Just the Way You Are" was written by The Smeezingtons, and was originally written for rapper Lupe Fiasco and Cee-Lo Green. Mars decided to keep it after he saw the potential the song had. The song won Mars the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance in 2011, and reached the number one position in the Billboard Hot 100 list, becoming the first Electra Records song to do so since "Freak Me", in 1993.

Answer: But you won't do the same.

The complete chorus goes: "I'd catch a grenade for you, throw my hand on a blade for you, I'd jump in front of a train for you, you know I'd do anything for you, I would go through all this pain, take a bullet straight through my brain, yes I would die for you baby, but you won't do the same".

Mars wrote the song with The Smeezingtons, as well as with Moe Faisal, Brody Brown, Claude Kelly and Andrew Wyatt. It reached the number one position on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.

Mars once stated that the song "is a heartbreaking, heartbreak song".

Answer: The Lazy Song

"The Lazy Song" kicks off with those lyrics. The song remained in the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 27 weeks, with position number four being its highest rank.

According to Mars, the song was written a day in which he and his songwriting group did not want to do anything, and stated they wanted to make a song better than "The Beatles".

This song reached the number one position in UK charts, making Mars the first artist since Westlife to achieve four chart-toppers in a single year.

Answer: Twilight

The movie "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1" confirmed it would be using the song as its lead single on September 22, 2011, five days before its official release. The song was written with The Smeezingtons.

Answer: When I Was Your Man

"When I Was Your Man" was very successful since its release, as it reached top positions in four different US Billboard charts, and won awards like the 2013 Premio Juventud for "Favorite Hit".

The lyrics of the song imply a break-up, and Mars acknowledging what he should've done and hoping that his girl's new boyfriend does treat her better. Personally, it makes me remember Elvis Presley's "You Were Always On My Mind", as the concept of both songs is very similar.

Answer: Super Bowl

The Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show was performed by Bruno Mars with the Red Hot Chili Peppers as special guests. It took place in the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.

Bruno Mars became both the first Super Bowl performer under the age of 30, and of Puerto Rican descent.