Question 1

True or false: Whitney Houston was a cousin of singer Dionne Warwick and Aretha Franklin.

Accepted Answer

False. Dionne Warwick is indeed her cousin, but Aretha Franklin was a family friend and mentor, not a blood relative.

Question 2

True or false: Whitney Houston's debut album 'Whitney Houston' sold more copies than her album 'The Bodyguard' soundtrack.

Accepted Answer

False. The Bodyguard soundtrack, with over 45 million copies, outsold her debut album's 25 million.

Question 3

True or false: Whitney Houston turned down the role of Dorothy in 'The Wiz' because she thought it was too risky.

Accepted Answer

False. She actually later starred in the 1997 TV movie 'Cinderella,' but she never turned down 'The Wiz'; Diana Ross played Dorothy in the 1978 film.

Question 4

True or false: Whitney Houston was the first artist to have seven consecutive number one Billboard Hot 100 singles.

Accepted Answer

True. From 1985 to 1988, Houston topped the Hot 100 with 'Saving All My Love for You,' 'How Will I Know,' 'Greatest Love of All,' 'I Wanna Dance with Somebody,' 'Didn't We Almost Have It All,' 'So Emotional,' and 'Where Do Broken Hearts Go'—seven consecutive #1s, a record at the time.

Question 5

True or false: Whitney Houston appeared on the cover of Seventeen magazine in 1981.

Accepted Answer

True. She graced the November 1981 cover as a model, before her music career took off.

Question 6

True or false: Whitney Houston was the first artist to have a posthumous number one album on the Billboard 200.

Accepted Answer

False. Janis Joplin's album 'Pearl' (1971) was the first posthumous release to reach #1 on the Billboard 200, followed by others like Notorious B.I.G.'s 'Life After Death' (1997). Houston's posthumous albums never hit #1.

Question 7

True or false: Whitney Houston once held a Guinness World Record for the most awards won by a female artist.

Accepted Answer

True. In 2009, Guinness recognized her as the most awarded female artist of all time, with over 400 career awards.

Question 8

True or false: Whitney Houston's first televised performance was on 'The Merv Griffin Show' at age 14.

Accepted Answer

False. Her first major TV appearance was on 'The Merv Griffin Show' in 1983, but she was 19, not 14—she started as a model and backup singer earlier.

Whitney Houston Trivia Questions