Q 01/05

On what date was Humphrey Bogart born, a date Warner Bros. publicity later altered?

A) July 4, 1899

B) January 23, 1900

C) Christmas Day 1899

D) New Year's Day 1900

Answer · why

C) Christmas Day 1899

The studio moved it to January 23 to counter the idea that a man born on Christmas 'couldn't be as villainous as he appeared'; he joked about being ch...

Q 02/05

Bogart's mother Maud used a drawing of the infant Humphrey in an advertising campaign for which brand?

A) Quaker Oats

B) Pears' Soap

C) Ivory Soap

D) Mellins Baby Food

Answer · why

D) Mellins Baby Food

A commercial illustrator who studied under Whistler, she earned $50,000 a year, far more than his surgeon father.

Q 03/05

From which Massachusetts boarding school did Bogart depart in 1918 after failing four of six classes?

A) Phillips Academy, Andover

B) Deerfield Academy

C) Choate Rosemary Hall

D) Groton School

Answer · why

A) Phillips Academy, Andover

One story says he was expelled for throwing the headmaster into Rabbit Pond; his parents had hoped for Yale.

Q 04/05

In which branch of the military did Bogart serve at the end of World War I?

A) US Army

B) US Marine Corps

C) US Navy

D) US Coast Guard

Answer · why

C) US Navy

'At 18, war was great stuff. Paris! Sexy French girls! Hot damn!' he recalled; he spent most of his sea time ferrying troops home.

Q 05/05

According to David Niven, what did Bogart say caused his famous lip scar?

A) A bar-room brawl

B) A prisoner's handcuffs

C) Shrapnel from a shelled ship

D) A childhood accident

Answer · why

D) A childhood accident

'Goddamn doctor. Instead of stitching it up, he screwed it up'; Niven said the wartime stories were studio inventions.