Q 01/05

What was Judy Garland's birth name?

A) Judith Ethel Garland

B) Frances Ethel Gumm

C) Dorothy Frances Gale

D) Frances Marion Milne

Answer · why

B) Frances Ethel Gumm

She was named after both parents and called 'Baby' by the family; the Gumm Sisters became the Garland Sisters in 1934.

Q 02/05

In which state was Garland born?

A) California

B) Minnesota

C) Wisconsin

D) Kansas

Answer · why

B) Minnesota

Her vaudevillian parents ran a movie theatre in Grand Rapids; the family moved to Lancaster, California, in 1926.

Q 03/05

Which song did two-year-old Garland sing with her sisters in her first performance?

A) Over the Rainbow

B) Jingle Bells

C) Swanee

D) Silent Night

Answer · why

B) Jingle Bells

The Gumm Sisters played her father's theatre for years with their mother on piano.

Q 04/05

Which entertainer urged the Gumm Sisters to change their name in 1934 and later claimed credit for 'Judy Garland'?

A) Eddie Cantor

B) George Jessel

C) Jack Benny

D) Al Jolson

Answer · why

B) George Jessel

Legend says a Chicago theatre once billed them as 'The Glum Sisters'; Jessel gave at least three different origin stories.

Q 05/05

Frances took the first name 'Judy' from a popular song by which composer?

A) Hoagy Carmichael

B) Cole Porter

C) Irving Berlin

D) Harold Arlen

Answer · why

A) Hoagy Carmichael

The Garland Sisters broke up in 1935 when Suzanne eloped to Reno with a bandleader.