Q 01/05

In which 1964 Disney film did Julie Andrews make her movie debut?

A) The Sound of Music

B) Cinderella

C) Thoroughly Modern Millie

D) Mary Poppins

Answer · why

D) Mary Poppins

Walt Disney had seen her in Camelot and, when she said she was pregnant, told her 'We'll wait for you.'

Q 02/05

Which character did Andrews play in The Sound of Music?

A) Liesl von Trapp

B) Maria von Trapp

C) The Baroness

D) Mother Abbess

Answer · why

B) Maria von Trapp

She later admitted she had thought the musical 'rather saccharine' before she was cast.

Q 03/05

What was Julie Andrews's birth name?

A) Julia Elizabeth Wells

B) Juliet Mary Walton

C) Julia Barbara Morris

D) Julie Ann Andrews

Answer · why

A) Julia Elizabeth Wells

She took the surname of her stepfather, the entertainer Ted Andrews.

Q 04/05

In which Surrey town was Andrews born in 1935?

A) Walton-on-Thames

B) Kingston upon Thames

C) Weybridge

D) Epsom Downs

Answer · why

A) Walton-on-Thames

Her family later settled in nearby Hersham, in a house where her grandmother had once been a maid.

Q 05/05

What secret about her birth did Andrews learn at about 15 and only reveal publicly in her 2008 memoir?

A) Her biological father was a family friend

B) She had a twin sister who died at birth

C) She had been adopted from an orphanage

D) Her mother had once been a Catholic nun

Answer · why

A) Her biological father was a family friend

The man she called Dad, Ted Wells, was a woodwork and metalwork teacher.