Ctrl Album Quiz: SZA's Debut, Supermodel and Love Galore

This Ctrl album quiz presses play on SZA's breakthrough debut from Top Dawg Entertainment. Play 10 interactive questions on the opener Supermodel, Love Galore with Travis Scott, The Weekend, Drew Barrymore, the cover of SZA among old computer monitors, spoken words from her mother and grandmother, her real name and Grammy nominations.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Artist
Whose debut album is Ctrl?
Label
Which label released it?
Name
What is SZA's real first name?
Opener
Which song opens Ctrl?
Guest
Who features on Love Galore?
Weekend
What is The Weekend about?
Actor
Which actress is a song named after?
Cover
What surrounds SZA on the cover?
Voices
Whose voices appear between songs?
Grammy
Which Grammy category was SZA nominated in for Ctrl's era?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Whose debut album is Ctrl?
Answer: SZA
It came out in 2017.
Q2: Which label released it?
Answer: Top Dawg Entertainment
Kendrick Lamar is on the label too.
Q3: What is SZA's real first name?
Answer: Solána
Her surname is Rowe.
Q4: Which song opens Ctrl?
Answer: Supermodel
It is raw and confessional.
Q5: Who features on Love Galore?
Answer: Travis Scott
It was a lead single.
Q6: What is The Weekend about?
Answer: Sharing a partner on a schedule
It became a fan favorite.
Q7: Which actress is a song named after?
Answer: Drew Barrymore
Barrymore appears in its video.
Q8: What surrounds SZA on the cover?
Answer: Old computer monitors
She sits outdoors among them.
Q9: Whose voices appear between songs?
Answer: Her mother and grandmother
They speak about control.
Q10: Which Grammy category was SZA nominated in for Ctrl's era?
Answer: Best New Artist
She earned five nominations.

Songs About Losing Control

Ctrl, released in 2017 by Top Dawg Entertainment, is the debut album of SZA, born Solána Rowe. Its honest songs about insecurity, desire and growing up made her one of R&B's most important new voices.

The album opens with Supermodel, a raw confessional song. Love Galore features Travis Scott, The Weekend describes sharing a partner on a schedule, and Drew Barrymore is named after the actress, who appears in its video. Between songs, SZA's mother and grandmother speak about control.

The cover shows SZA sitting outdoors among old computer monitors. Ctrl earned five Grammy nominations, including Best New Artist, and became a long-running chart album. A deluxe edition marked its fifth anniversary in 2022.

What This Quiz Teaches

R&B fans will enjoy these questions.

Who SZA is
Which songs stand out
Who features
What the cover shows
Which honors it earned

Did You Know?

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Garden is a tender love song.
SZA grew up in New Jersey.