The Black Dahlia Trivia Quiz

Answer: Elizabeth Short

Her given name was Elizabeth Short, but she was called Beth by
most who knew her. To her mother she was known as Bette. She was born July 29, 1924.

Answer: January 15, 1947

It was discovered by 25 year old Betty Bersinger and her 3 year old
daughter Anne in a vacant lot on 39th and Norton in Los Angeles. They were out that morning on their way to get a pair of Anne's shoes repaired. At first they believed the body was a discarded store mannequin.

Answer: True

Using the sound photo equipment of the Los Angeles Examiner, with
the help of assistant managing editor Warden Woolard, they wired
the prints to the FBI in Washington.It was the first time fingerprints had ever been transmitted using this type of technology. Dahlia had worked at Camp Cooke near Lampoc Ca. during WWII, which is why her prints were on file with the government.

Answer: Massachusetts

She was originally from Medford, Massachusetts but moved to
California in hopes of making a career as a movie actress.

Answer: It was a play on the film title "The Blue Dahlia"

Bevo Means of the "Los Angeles Herald-Express" is credited with the first use of the name and was influenced by "The Blue Dahlia" that had been in movie theaters at the time of the murder.

Short's trademark look was said to be jet black hair, black clothes, and red lipstick and nail polish. However, newspapers sensationalized a lot of the coverage of the murder and changed facts to suit their approach. The autopsy stated that Short had brown hair.

Answer: Biltmore

She was dropped off here by her friend Robert "Red" Manley because
she said her sister Virginia would be waiting in the lobby there for
her. She waited a few hours, and was last seen leaving there on
January 9th, 6 days before the body was found.

Answer: the Los Angeles Examiner

The note sent with the package said "Here is Dahlia's Belongings" and
"Letter to follow". The package and the note had been soaked in
gasoline to destroy any fingerprints left by the sender.

Answer: Harry Hanson

Some blamed him and his style of investigation for the fact that the case was never solved.

Answer: asthma

Answer: Georgette Bauerdorf

Bauerdorf had actually known the Black Dahlia. They had met at the
Hollywood Canteen where they had both worked as volunteers.

Answer: No

No arrest made was ever made, although there was a suspect
named Jack Anderson Wilson. He is said to have confessed that
his associate Al Morrison killed the Dahlia. But the police suspected
he was using Morrison as a cover. He died in a fire that started in
his hotel room before he could be charged. Some believe he was not
the real killer, anyway.

Answer: False

There wasn't even any evidence she had even had so much as a walk on part as an extra.

Answer: They heard the call on the police radio.

The editor was listening to the police radio when he heard the report about a murder in the area. He wanted to be the first newspaper to get
the "scoop" so he sent people to the scene ASAP.

Answer: The Cleveland torso murders

Between about 1934 and 1938, 13 people were killed in an area
of Cleveland, Ohio known as Kingsbury Run.Most of them were
transients. Most were found murdered in much that same way as the
Dahlia had been found. Eliot Ness worked this case, but even he could
not solve it. In fact the killings stopped abruptly in 1938.

Answer: False

Although a lot of rumors circulated after her death, they were all
mostly speculation.