Kim Kashkashian or Kim Kardashian?

Decide whether each statement describes Kim Kashkashian or Kim Kardashian and check your answers below to see how well you know your Kims!

1. Made a sex tape with Ray J.

2. Won the 2nd prize at the 1980 Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition and the 1980 ARD International Music Competition in Munich.

3. Posted nude for Playboy in 2007.

4. Currently teaches at the New England Conservatory.

5. Once said: “I have nothing against a very good transcription, and to define that, a good transcription adds something to the piece of music.  However, I can’t think of any concerti that fit into that category off hand.  Recital repertoire, certainly, is more flexible in that regard.”

6. Once said: “When I was 17 I made these headbands, and I would sell them to stores. I would sew in these flowers with fishing line. I’d match them with everything, like with my sweater and eyeliner.”

7. Played the viola in the soundtrack of the film Ulysses’ Gaze, together with Eleni Karaindrou. Her albums have won awards, notably the 1999 Edison Prize and the Cannes Prize for Chamber Music in 2000.

8. Filmed a music video for a song titled “Jam (Turn it up)” and premiered the song during a New Year’s Eve party at TAO Las Vegas on December 31, 2010.

9. Guest-starred in an episode of “Just the 10 of Us.” 

10. Once said, “I look bad in these leggings.” 

Answer Key

1. Kardashian 2. Kashkashian 3. Kardashian 4. Kashkashian 5. Kashkashian 6. Kardashian 7. Kashkashian 8. Kardashian 9. Neither. 10. Also neither. 

0-3 correct: Boo. You don’t know your Kims very well.

4-7 correct: Eh, you sorta know your Kims.

8-10 correct: Congrats! You really know your Kims!