Q 01/05

Dietrich was born in 1901 in which town, now the Berlin district where JFK gave his 'Ich bin ein Berliner' speech?

A) Schöneberg

B) Charlottenburg

C) Kreuzberg

D) Spandau

Answer · why

A) Schöneberg

Schöneberg was still a separate town outside Berlin in 1901. Though she moved to America in 1930 and died in Paris, she was buried back in Berlin, clo...

Q 02/05

How did Dietrich arrive at the name Marlene?

A) A schoolfriend's nickname for her

B) She blended her two first names

C) Her mother's maiden name

D) A director's invention

Answer · why

B) She blended her two first names

She blended her two first names, Marie and Magdalene, at about the age of eleven. It is her later fame that made Marlene a popular name.

Q 03/05

What was the profession of Dietrich's father?

A) Army general

B) Schoolteacher

C) Police lieutenant

D) Jeweller and clockmaker

Answer · why

C) Police lieutenant

Police lieutenant Louis Dietrich died while she was still a child; the jewellers and clockmakers were her mother's family, the Felsings. Her mother la...

Q 04/05

Which instrument did the young Dietrich study for a concert career until an inflamed tendon ended her training?

A) Piano

B) Cello

C) Flute

D) Violin

Answer · why

D) Violin

Violin studies in Weimar and Berlin stopped when the tendon trouble set in. She turned to the stage instead, starting out singing and dancing with a t...

Q 05/05

Which theatre impresario's drama academy rejected Dietrich in 1922?

A) Max Reinhardt

B) Bertolt Brecht

C) Erwin Piscator

D) Fritz Lang

Answer · why

A) Max Reinhardt

She began as a chorus girl and took small roles in his productions.