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The Life of Jewel Kilcher Trivia Quiz

A quiz on the life of Jewel Kilcher, singer-songwriter, poet, actress.

A multiple-choice quiz by theinnerlight. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
theinnerlight

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
165,607

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
438

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Question 1 of 10

1. In which state was Jewel born? Hint

Alaska

Utah

California

Colorado

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Question 2 of 10

2. What's the name of the Alaskan town where Jewel grew up?

Answer: (Odyssey)

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Question 3 of 10

3. Jewel yodels.

True

False

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Question 4 of 10

4. Jewel earned a partial scholarship to this arts school in Michigan, where she learned to play the guitar. Hint

Fine Arts Adacemy of Dover

Innerchange Arts Academy

Interlochen Arts Academy

The Michigan Academy of Fine Arts

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Question 5 of 10

5. Jewel moved to San Diego where she met and dated Steve Poltz, front man for this band. Hint

Guster

The Meat Puppets

The Rugburns

Modest Mouse

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Question 6 of 10

6. Steve Poltz directed and appeared with Jewel in which music video? Hint

Who Will Save Your Soul

Hands

Foolish Games

You Were Meant For Me

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Question 7 of 10

7. What is Jewel's middle name? Hint

Starlight

Sunshine

She has no middle name

Lenedra

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Question 8 of 10

8. What's the name of the San Diego coffee house where Jewel was "discovered"? Hint

Moxie's Cafe

Java Joe's

The Innerchange Coffeehouse

The Brown Bean

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Question 9 of 10

9. Jewel's parents were members of which church? Hint

Mormon

Seventh-Day Adventist

Catholic

Jehovah's Witness

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Question 10 of 10

10. What are Jewel's parents' names? Hint

Carol and Duane

Lili and Jack

Ann and Neikos

Lenedra and Atz

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In which state was Jewel born?

Answer: Utah

While Jewel grew up in Homer, Alaska, she was born in Payson, Utah on May 23, 1974.

2. What's the name of the Alaskan town where Jewel grew up?

Answer: Homer

Jewel grew up on an 800-acre homestead near Homer, Alaska with her parents and two brothers. Jewel has also lived in Hawaii, Michigan, and the cities of Anchorage and Seward, Alaska. She currently owns a house in San Diego.

3. Jewel yodels.

Answer: True

You can find bootlegs of Jewel yodeling in concert. At age six, she began singing with her parents in dinner shows in local hotels. She even started yodeling. Her grandfather, Yule Kilcher, emigrated from Switzerland.

4. Jewel earned a partial scholarship to this arts school in Michigan, where she learned to play the guitar.

Answer: Interlochen Arts Academy

Jewel learned to play the guitar at Interlochen despite being dyslexic. Grammy-winner Norah Jones also attended Interlochen.

5. Jewel moved to San Diego where she met and dated Steve Poltz, front man for this band.

Answer: The Rugburns

Steve Poltz and the Rugburns (yes, that's their real name) recorded a song with Jewel, "My Old Lover's House," which appeared on "Taking the World by Donkey." During the rise of "Pieces of You", Jewel and the Rugburns often toured together.

6. Steve Poltz directed and appeared with Jewel in which music video?

Answer: You Were Meant For Me

Steve Poltz and Jewel wrote the song on a trip to Mexico. Steve Poltz is the guy in the background reaching for Jewel while she sits on the bed singing. The first version of the video was directed by Sean Penn, with whom Jewel was once rumored to be romantically linked.

7. What is Jewel's middle name?

Answer: She has no middle name

She has no middle name. In an interview, she said she didn't include her last name on her first album because it "cluttered it up." So, she was not making an conscious effort to "eliminate" her last name or to be known only as "Jewel."

8. What's the name of the San Diego coffee house where Jewel was "discovered"?

Answer: The Innerchange Coffeehouse

Jewel worked at the Innerchange Coffeehouse and spent her time surfing and writing songs and eventually attracted a sizable crowd to her shows at the Innerchange. Five months later, at 19, she signed a record contract with Atlantic and released "Pieces of You" in February 1995.

9. Jewel's parents were members of which church?

Answer: Mormon

Remember, she was born in Utah. Jewel comments that she was "conceived in a fit of Mormon passion." Jewel's father, Atz, was excommunicated from the Mormon church for having an affair and child out of wedlock.

10. What are Jewel's parents' names?

Answer: Lenedra and Atz

Jewel's parents are divorced. Her mom, Lenedra Carroll, lives in San Diego and manages Jewel's career. Her father, Atz Kilcher, lives in Alaska and teaches music to school kids.

Source: Author theinnerlight

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