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Louise Brooks Trivia Quiz

She made only 24 films in her life, is best known for one, but today is an icon of the 'Roaring Twenties', along with F. Scott Fitzgerald and John Held, Jr.

A multiple-choice quiz by tjoebigham. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
tjoebigham

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
57,946

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
501

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What was her real first name? Hint

Elizabeth

Gertrude

Mary

Millicent

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Question 2 of 10

2. What was her home state? Hint

Ohio

Kansas

Nebraska

Missouri

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Question 3 of 10

3. How did she first enter show business? Hint

singing

juggling

acting

dancing

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Question 4 of 10

4. What famous comedian did she co-star with? Hint

Harold Lloyd

Charlie Chaplin

W.C. Fields

Buster Keaton

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which one of these directors DIDN'T she work with? Hint

William Wellman

Carl Theodore Dreyer

Howard Hawks

Rene Clair

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Question 6 of 10

6. What German director helmed Brooks' signature film 'Pandora's Box', which she is best remembered for? Hint

Fritz Lang

G. W. Pabst

Joseph Von Sternberg

Erich Von Stroheim

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who wrote the plays the movie 'Pandora's Box' was based on? Hint

Franz Wedekind

August Strindberg

Henrik Ibsen

George Bernard Shaw

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Question 8 of 10

8. What western star (born the year after her) co-starred with her in her last film? Hint

Roy Rogers

Gary Cooper

John Wayne

Randolph Scott

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Question 9 of 10

9. What did she title her memoirs? Hint

Oh Louise!

Lulu In Hollywood

From Hollywood to Berlin

How I Became Pandora

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Question 10 of 10

10. When did she die? Hint

1985

1961

1979

1955

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was her real first name?

Answer: Mary

She dropped the 'Mary' on becoming a star.

2. What was her home state?

Answer: Kansas

She was born November 14, 1906, in Cherryvale, Kansas and her family later moved to Wichita.

3. How did she first enter show business?

Answer: dancing

She became a member of the renowned Denishawn troupe headed by Ruth St, Denis and Ted Shawn, an important modern dance company in the early years of the 20th century. She later joined the George White Scandals and Ziegfeld Follies.

4. What famous comedian did she co-star with?

Answer: W.C. Fields

Fields got his start in movies in the silent era, and co-starred with Brooks in 'It's The Old Army Game'.

5. Which one of these directors DIDN'T she work with?

Answer: Carl Theodore Dreyer

Brooks never worked with the brilliant Danish director of 'Passion Of Joan Of Arc', 'Vampyr', and 'Day Of Wrath'. Wellman directed her in 'Beggars Of Life', Hawks filmed her in 'A Girl In Every Port' and Clair lensed her French feature 'Prix De Beaute'.

6. What German director helmed Brooks' signature film 'Pandora's Box', which she is best remembered for?

Answer: G. W. Pabst

'Pandora's Box' has became a cult film. Pabst also directed her in 'Diary Of A Lost Girl'

7. Who wrote the plays the movie 'Pandora's Box' was based on?

Answer: Franz Wedekind

Wedekind's 'Lulu' plays debuted around the turn of the century and brewed a storm of controversy. They also became the opera by Berg. Shaw adapted another Greek myth, that of {Pygmalion;} you know it better as 'My Fair Lady'.

8. What western star (born the year after her) co-starred with her in her last film?

Answer: John Wayne

It was in 1938's 'Overland Stage Raiders', the year before he attained stardom (and iconhood) in John Ford's 'Stagecoach'.

9. What did she title her memoirs?

Answer: Lulu In Hollywood

Earlier she she started her autobiography 'Naked On My Goat' (title from Goethe's 'Faust') but dropped it.

10. When did she die?

Answer: 1985

She has become an icon of the silent film era, thanks in large part to her role as Lulu.

Source: Author tjoebigham

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