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Quiz about They Called Her Mata Hari
Quiz about They Called Her Mata Hari

They Called Her Mata Hari Trivia Quiz


She was exotic, mysterious, beautiful, and a spy. Her real name was Margaretha Geertruida Zelle Macleod, but they called her Mata Hari.

A multiple-choice quiz by pennie1478. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
pennie1478
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
246,567
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
690
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. In what country was Mata Hari born? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. When Mata Hari was a teenager, she married a member of which one of the Armed Forces? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Why did Mata Hari and her husband have to move to Java? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. How did Mata Hari and Rudolph's son, Norman, pass away? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. When Mata Hari and Rudolph divorced, he was given custody of Jeanne Louise.


Question 6 of 10
6. In what country did Mata Hari find work as a dancer? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. During what war did Mata Hari become a spy? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. During the war, what was Mata Hari's code name? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Which country arrested Mata Hari for being a double agent?

Answer: (Germany or France)
Question 10 of 10
10. How was Mata Hari put to death? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. In what country was Mata Hari born?

Answer: Netherlands

Margaretha Geertruida Zelle was born on August 7, 1876 to a hat maker named Adam Zelle and his wife Antje van der Meulen. She was the second child and only daughter of four siblings.
2. When Mata Hari was a teenager, she married a member of which one of the Armed Forces?

Answer: Navy

Mata Hari married Rudolph Macleod when she was only a teenager and her husband was two decades her senior. She and Rudolph met through a personal ad in the newspaper. They had two children together, a boy named Norman John and a daughter named Jeanne Louise.
3. Why did Mata Hari and her husband have to move to Java?

Answer: To escape desertion charges

Because Rudolph had been transferred from the Netherlands to Java in Indonesia, Mata Hari packed up her belongings and moved with Rudolph. While Rudolph was stationed in Java, Mata Hari learned to speak the Malaysian language.
4. How did Mata Hari and Rudolph's son, Norman, pass away?

Answer: Poisoning

While in Java, Mata Hari gave birth to daughter Jeanne Louise, named after Rudolph's sister. One night, Mata Hari found Norman and Jeanne Louise deathly ill in the nursery. By the time a doctor had reached them, Norman had died. Jeanne Louise survived the poisoning which was thought to have been done purposely by a disgruntled worker of the Macleod's.
5. When Mata Hari and Rudolph divorced, he was given custody of Jeanne Louise.

Answer: False

Mata Hari and Rudolph returned to the Netherlands after their son died and it was there that they divorced. The judge that granted the Macleods a divorce also gave custody of their daughter to Mata Hari and made Rudolph support his daughter. When support payments didn't come and Mata Hari couldn't find work, she returned Jeanne Louise to her father so he could support her.
6. In what country did Mata Hari find work as a dancer?

Answer: France

Mata Hari took to dancing at the Musee Guimet in Paris, France where she learned to dance exotic dances. Along with her dancing, came her new name Mata Hari and a new identity.
7. During what war did Mata Hari become a spy?

Answer: World War I

While dancing, Mata Hari met a German man named Traugott von Jagow in 1914. Supposedly, Traugott sent her to a spy school in Belgium, but Mata Hari denied it.
8. During the war, what was Mata Hari's code name?

Answer: H-21

The codename H-21 was the official codename for Mata Hari given to her by Germany. While spying for Germany, Mata Hari fell in love with a Russian officer named Vadim. It was while trying to visit him in a hospital that she was approached and asked to spy on Germany for France. She did. France didn't know that Mata Hari was also already a spy for Germany.
9. Which country arrested Mata Hari for being a double agent?

Answer: France

On February 13, 1917, Mata Hari was arrested for being a double agent and sent to Saint Lazare prison until her trial. She was imprisoned for five months before being tried by a military court in July of 1917.
10. How was Mata Hari put to death?

Answer: Firing squad

The firing squad killed Mata Hari on the morning of October 15, 1917. After she was shot, one of the twelve-man squad shot her in the head just to make sure she was dead. Mata Hari's death came at the age of forty-one.
Source: Author pennie1478

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