Even Hitler Had a Mother Trivia Quiz

Answer: Braunau am Inn, Austria

Adolf was born April 20, 1889 to Alois and Klara Hitler in Braunau am Inn, Austria, practically on the German border.

Answer: Paula

Before Adolf was born, Alois and Klara Hitler had three children (Gustav, Ida and Otto) who died in their infancy. After Adolf started school, the Hitlers had another son, Edmund, who died at the age of six. Adolf's sister, Paula, was born in 1896 and died in 1960.

Answer: an artist

After his father died in 1902, Adolf showed no interest in work or formal education, but he did unsuccessfully apply for admission to the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts. When his mother died in 1909, Adolf moved to Vienna. While living in homeless shelters and eating in soup-kitchens, he would sometimes sell some of his paintings and advertising posters to provide sustenance.

Answer: Corporal

Although he had never been willing to do a regular job, Hitler served with distinction during the war. Along with being promoted to corporal, he was decorated with both the Iron Cross Second Class and First Class. Ironically, the captain who recommended him for the awards was Jewish. To satisfy the nit-picky: There was no such rank as Senior Corporal in the German Army during World War I.

Answer: Josef Goebbels

Despite the fact that they actually belonged to different factions of the Nazi party, there was mutual respect between Hitler and Goebbels. Joseph Goebbels was part of the faction led by Gregor Strasser, which had a sympathy for Marxism, something Hitler deemed totally unacceptable. This entry was made in Goebbels diary after their second meeting.

Answer: Blondi

Blondi was, appropriately enough, a German Shepherd. According to his secretary, Traudl Junge, Hitler's relationship with Blondi was one of the few in which he showed a truly caring side of his personality.

Answer: 1 day

Though Braun was his mistress for many years, the two weren't married until April 29, 1945, one day before they committed suicide in the Führerbunker as the Russians closed in on Berlin at the end of World War 2.

Answer: King Kong

Although the American made "King Kong" is said to be Hitler's favorite movie, his favorite director was Leni Riefenstahl who produced "The Triumph of the Will". Hitler also had a fondess for Disney cartoons.

Answer: stuffed squab

During the 1930s, Dione Lucas worked as a chef at a hotel in Hamburg, Germany where Adolf Hitler was a regular customer. According to Lucas, stuffed squab was a great favorite of Hitler's, and he also had a fondness for Bavarian sausage. Many believed Hitler to be a vegetarian, but that has since been dismissed as part of a myth invented by Josef Goebbels, the Nazi Minister of Propaganda. Goebbels hoped to emphasize Hitler's self-control and show that he was totally dedicated to the Nazi party.

Answer: Albert Speer

Speer was an architect that joined the Nazi party in 1931 when Hitler commissioned him to rebuild Germany. After Fritz Todt died in 1941, Hitler named Speer the armaments minister for the Third Reich. By 1943, Speer was in charge of most of Germany's wartime industry. Some claim that by then he had become the second most powerful man in the Nazi party, essentially the right hand man of his closest friend. Speer served 20 years in Spandau Prison for war crimes when World War 2 came to an end.