Q 01/05

What nickname, tied to the ingenue persona she defined on screen, is Mary Pickford best known by?

A) The Girl Next Door

B) The Blonde Bombshell

C) America's Sweetheart

D) The Queen of Comedy

Answer · why

C) America's Sweetheart

She was also called the Queen of the Movies.

Q 02/05

In which city was Mary Pickford born in 1892?

A) Montreal

B) Toronto

C) Boston

D) Chicago

Answer · why

B) Toronto

Her birthplace on University Avenue is now the site of the Hospital for Sick Children.

Q 03/05

What was Mary Pickford's birth name?

A) Marie Gladys Pickering

B) Charlotte Mary Smith

C) Mary Louise Hennessey

D) Gladys Louise Smith

Answer · why

D) Gladys Louise Smith

Her younger siblings Lottie and Jack also acted under the Pickford name.

Q 04/05

Her early stage career ended with the starring role of Little Eva in a production of which play?

A) Peter Pan

B) Uncle Tom's Cabin

C) The Silver King

D) Little Women

Answer · why

B) Uncle Tom's Cabin

She had made her debut aged seven playing both a girl and a boy in The Silver King.

Q 05/05

Which Broadway producer gave her the stage name Mary Pickford when he cast her in The Warrens of Virginia in 1907?

A) George M. Cohan

B) Charles Frohman

C) David Belasco

D) Florenz Ziegfeld

Answer · why

C) David Belasco

He liked her middle name and found a new surname in her family tree.