Q 01/05

In which city was Anne born in 1929?

A) Berlin

B) Frankfurt

C) Aachen

D) Cologne

Answer · why

B) Frankfurt

Frankfurt: after Hitler came to power, her parents moved the family to the Netherlands, where Anne soon felt at home at her new school.

Q 02/05

What was Anne Frank's full first name?

A) Anna

B) Anneke

C) Annelies

D) Annette

Answer · why

C) Annelies

Annelies, sometimes spelt Anneliese; in 1941 the Nazis stripped her of her citizenship, leaving her stateless.

Q 03/05

Which actress did Otto Frank ask to play Anne in the 1959 film of the diary?

A) Natalie Wood

B) Audrey Hepburn

C) Elizabeth Taylor

D) Grace Kelly

Answer · why

B) Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn: she declined, feeling too old for the part, though like Anne she had spent her adolescence under the Nazi occupation of the Netherland...

Q 04/05

What did Otto Frank's first company in Amsterdam sell?

A) Bicycle parts

B) Coffee, tea and cocoa

C) Pectin, a fruit extract

D) Printing ink and paper

Answer · why

C) Pectin, a fruit extract

Pectin, a fruit extract: it helps jam set, and in 1942 the family went into hiding in the annex behind the company's own offices.

Q 05/05

What was the name of Anne's older sister?

A) Margot

B) Sanne

C) Edith

D) Lotte

Answer · why

A) Margot

Margot kept a diary of her own, Anne wrote, but unlike Anne's, it has never been found.