Q 01/05

In which city was Ingrid Bergman born in 1915?

A) Stockholm

B) Copenhagen

C) Oslo

D) Gothenburg

Answer · why

A) Stockholm

Stockholm is also where she won a place at the Royal Dramatic Theatre's acting school, only to leave after a single year because a film studio had hir...

Q 02/05

After whom was Ingrid Bergman named?

A) Her German grandmother

B) A Swedish opera singer

C) A Swedish princess

D) A Strindberg heroine

Answer · why

C) A Swedish princess

A Swedish princess, five-year-old Ingrid, gave Bergman her name. The princess grew up to marry Denmark's crown prince and was Queen of Denmark from 19...

Q 03/05

Which character did Bergman play opposite Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca?

A) Maria

B) Paula Alquist

C) Alicia Huberman

D) Ilsa Lund

Answer · why

D) Ilsa Lund

Ilsa Lund's great romance was pure acting: off the set the two stars hardly spoke, and Bergman later said she had kissed Bogart but never knew him.

Q 04/05

Which actress won more acting Oscars than Bergman's three?

A) Vivien Leigh

B) Bette Davis

C) Katharine Hepburn

D) Elizabeth Taylor

Answer · why

C) Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn won four, all for Best Actress, yet her only appearance at the ceremony came in 1974, when she turned up to present an award to some...

Q 05/05

Which director made three films with Bergman: Spellbound, Notorious and Under Capricorn?

A) Michael Curtiz

B) Alfred Hitchcock

C) George Cukor

D) Billy Wilder

Answer · why

B) Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock got round the censors' limit on long screen kisses in Notorious by having his two stars break off every few seconds, stretching one e...