Q 01/05

Besides sport, in what domestic skill did Babe compete, making many of her own golfing outfits?

A) Baking

B) Sewing

C) Flower arranging

D) Quilting

Answer · why

B) Sewing

She said she won the sewing championship at the 1931 State Fair of Texas; in fact she won at a smaller fair, embellishing the story years later.

Q 02/05

Babe recorded several songs for Mercury Records. Which instrument did she play?

A) Banjo

B) Ukulele

C) Harmonica

D) Accordion

Answer · why

C) Harmonica

Her biggest seller was 'I Felt a Little Teardrop', backed with 'Detour'.

Q 03/05

In which Texas coastal city was Mildred Ella Didrikson born in 1911?

A) Beaumont

B) Galveston

C) Corpus Christi

D) Port Arthur

Answer · why

D) Port Arthur

She was the sixth of seven children; the family moved to Beaumont when she was four.

Q 04/05

From which country had Babe's parents Hannah and Ole emigrated?

A) Sweden

B) Norway

C) Denmark

D) Germany

Answer · why

B) Norway

Her three eldest siblings were born there; she later changed the spelling of the family name from Didriksen to Didrikson.

Q 05/05

She claimed her nickname honored which slugger, after she hit five home runs in a childhood game?

A) Adams

B) Herman

C) Ruth

D) Pinelli

Answer · why

C) Ruth

Her Norwegian mother had in fact called her 'Bebe' since she was a toddler.