Q 01/05

What was Judy Garland's birth name?

A) Judith Marian Milne

B) Frances Ethel Gumm

C) Dorothy Mae Lang

D) Virginia Ruth Lee

Answer · why

B) Frances Ethel Gumm

Frances Ethel Gumm. Named for her parents, Frank and Ethel, she was plain 'Baby' at home and on stage, while the real Dorothy of the family was one of...

Q 02/05

In which state was Garland born?

A) California

B) Minnesota

C) Wisconsin

D) Kansas

Answer · why

B) Minnesota

Minnesota. A pair of Dorothy's ruby slippers was stolen in 2005 from the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, her home town, and turned up thirteen ye...

Q 03/05

By Garland's own account, which song did she sing again and again at her stage debut, aged two?

A) Silent Night

B) Jingle Bells

C) Swanee

D) Deck the Halls

Answer · why

B) Jingle Bells

Jingle Bells. Thrilled by the applause at a Christmas show, she sang it over and over, the story goes, until her father came out and carried her off t...

Q 04/05

Which 1934 event drew Garland and her sisters to Chicago, where a comedian urged a new surname?

A) A talent contest

B) The World's Fair

C) The Democratic convention

D) A radio audition

Answer · why

B) The World's Fair

The World's Fair. A Chicago theatre is said to have billed the trio as the Glum Sisters, and the comedian George Jessel, on the same bill, reportedly ...

Q 05/05

Whom did Garland bitterly describe as the real Wicked Witch of the West?

A) Her eldest sister

B) A gossip columnist

C) Her mother

D) Her singing coach

Answer · why

C) Her mother

Her mother. In a 1967 television interview Garland recalled Ethel standing in the wings and threatening to wrap her round the bedpost and 'break you o...