Q 01/05

Rudolph Valentino was born in 1895 in Castellaneta, in which country?

A) Spain

B) Italy

C) Argentina

D) France

Answer · why

B) Italy

The town in Apulia unveiled a ceramic statue of him in 1961 and opened a film school in his name.

Q 02/05

What was Valentino's real surname?

A) Guglielmi

B) Gallardo

C) Giannini

D) Guarnieri

Answer · why

A) Guglielmi

Studios thought it too hard for Americans to pronounce, spell or remember; he added 'di Valentina d'Antonguolla' himself.

Q 03/05

Valentino's father, a former cavalry captain, ran what kind of practice in Castellaneta?

A) Legal

B) Medical

C) Veterinary

D) Dental

Answer · why

C) Veterinary

He also did bacteriology research and died of malaria when Rudolph was ten.

Q 04/05

Valentino earned a degree from an institute in Liguria in which subject?

A) Engineering

B) Music theory

C) Agriculture

D) Civil law

Answer · why

C) Agriculture

On arriving in New York in 1913 he told immigration officials he was an 'agriculturalist' and hinted at descent from a marquis.

Q 05/05

Aboard which ship did the 18-year-old Valentino sail from Genoa to New York in December 1913?

A) S.S. Rex

B) S.S. Cleveland

C) S.S. Lusitania

D) S.S. Titanic

Answer · why

B) S.S. Cleveland

He travelled first class with a $4,000 bank draft, so he never passed through Ellis Island.