Q 01/05

In which city was Greta Garbo born in 1905?

A) Malmö

B) Stockholm

C) Gothenburg

D) Uppsala

Answer · why

B) Stockholm

She grew up in the working-class Södermalm district in a three-bedroom cold-water flat, the youngest of three children.

Q 02/05

What was Garbo's surname at birth?

A) Andersson

B) Gustafsson

C) Bergström

D) Lindqvist

Answer · why

B) Gustafsson

Her mother worked in a jam factory and her father, a labourer, died of Spanish flu when she was 14.

Q 03/05

As a small child Garbo was nicknamed 'Kata'; where did the nickname come from?

A) A character in a children's book

B) Her own mispronunciation of Greta

C) The name of a neighbour's cat

D) It was her grandmother's pet name

Answer · why

B) Her own mispronunciation of Greta

She was a shy daydreamer who disliked school and left it at 13, never attending high school.

Q 04/05

Before acting, Garbo modelled hats for the catalogue of which Swedish department store?

A) Åhléns

B) Ikea

C) NK

D) PUB

Answer · why

D) PUB

She had started as a soap-lather girl in a barber shop before running errands in the store's millinery department.

Q 05/05

Which director recruited Garbo in 1924 for The Saga of Gösta Berling and became her mentor?

A) G. W. Pabst

B) Mauritz Stiller

C) Ingmar Bergman

D) Victor Sjöström

Answer · why

B) Mauritz Stiller

Born Moshe Stiller in Helsinki, he is also believed to have suggested the screen name Garbo.