Diva Trivia Quiz
Test your knowledge of the women from Hollywood's Golden Era. Can you identify the major star from a brief description? Click on the pink image on the right, for a picture hint and a few more details.
Details of your answers, the correct answers and how others did on this quiz is at the end. Let's see if you remember these great stars.
- 1.
Born Ruby Catherine Stevens on July 16, 1907, in Brooklyn, New York, USA, her nicknames were "Missy" and "the Queen". She married Robert Taylor in 1939. She appeared in 93 movies and a host of TV appearances. She never won an Oscar, but in 1982 she was awarded an honorary Academy Award for "superlative creativity and unique contribution to the art of screen acting." She passed away on January 20, 1990.
- A.
Bette Davis
- B.
Barbara Stanwyck
- C.
Ingrid Bergman
- D.
Hedy Lamarr
Correct Answer
B. Barbara Stanwyck -
- 2.
Born in Grabtown, N.C. in 1922, her first feature role was in the 1944 Dr. Gillespie movie, "Three Men in White".
- A.
Lana Turner
- B.
Ida Lupino
- C.
Ava Gardner
- D.
Betty Grable
Correct Answer
C. Ava GardnerExplanation
Ava Gardner (December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990) was an Academy Award-nominated American actress. She is listed as one of the American Film Institute's greatest stars of all time.
Gardner was nominated for an Academy Award for Mogambo (1953); however she lost to Audrey Hepburn for Roman Holiday. Many thought Gardner's finest performance was as Maxine Faulk in The Night of the Iguana (1964), for which she was not nominated.
Some of her other films include The Hucksters (1947), Showboat (1951), The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952), 1954's The Barefoot Contessa (which some consider to be Gardner's "signature film" and mirrored her own custom of going barefoot), Bhowani Junction (1956), The Sun Also Rises (1957), and On the Beach (1959), co-starring Gregory Peck.
Her off-camera assessment of John Ford, who directed her in Mogambo was: "The meanest man on earth. Thoroughly evil. Adored him!"Rate this question:
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- 3.
Known for her roles as the "good girl" and as a screen mother. She is also remembered for her role as the Virgin Mary in "The Greatest Story Ever Told".
- A.
Irene Dunne
- B.
Dorothy McGuire
- C.
Paulette Goddard
- D.
Olivia de Havilland
Correct Answer
B. Dorothy McGuire -
- 4.
She was a dynamo at 5' 3½" and was nicknamed "the Fifth Warner Brother".
- A.
Ida Lupino
- B.
Mary Pickford
- C.
Bette Davis
- D.
Dorothy McGuire
Correct Answer
C. Bette Davis -
- 5.
Nominated for several Academy Awards, she finally won in 1960 for a role she detested. She never thought of herself as beautiful and has said that she had always thought Ava Gardner was a much more beautiful woman than she.
- A.
Olivia de Havilland
- B.
Elizabeth Taylor
- C.
Maurine O'Sullivan
- D.
Hedy Lamarr
Correct Answer
B. Elizabeth TaylorExplanation
The movie she won the Oscar for in 1960 was "Butterfield 8" wherein
she played a rather unglamorous role..
She won again in 1966 for "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
Taylor was the first actress to earn a million dollars for one film; the 1963 epic, "Cleopatra".Rate this question:
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- 6.
Born in 1915, died in 1982. Married and divorced 3 times. Had 4 children. She posed for nude photos when she was young, something she always regretted. Woody Guthrie wrote a song in praise of her which was recorded by Billy Bragg.
- A.
Julie Newmar
- B.
Bette Davis
- C.
Lana Turner
- D.
Ingrid Bergman
Correct Answer
D. Ingrid Bergman -
- 7.
Born in Los Angeles in 1923, this statuesque beauty was a prima ballerina for the L.A. Opera. She won acclaim as Stupefyin' Jones in "Li'l Abner". Though she posed as a pin up girl, she wanted to be known for comedy.
- A.
Julie Newmar
- B.
Tina Louise
- C.
Betty Grabel
- D.
Ann Sheridan
Correct Answer
A. Julie NewmarExplanation
"...thanks for the memories, Julie Newmar"!Rate this question:
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- 8.
She sued Warner Bros. in 1943 and broke the studio system that kept actors in virtual slavery. Won 2 Academy Awards in 1946 & 1949. Her first nomination was in 1941, but she lost to her younger sister, Joan Fontaine.
- A.
Maurine O'Sullivan
- B.
Olivia de Havilland
- C.
Ann Sheridan
- D.
Ruth Hussey
Correct Answer
B. Olivia de Havilland -
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