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2 Rita Hayworth quizzes and 20 Rita Hayworth trivia questions.
1.
  Rita and Her Amigos    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
My third degrees quiz links 40's sex symbol Rita Hayworth with 9 of her contemporaries.
Average, 10 Qns, tjoebigham, Jul 11 23
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Jul 11 23
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  The Love Goddess: Rita Hayworth    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
How much do you know about Ms. Cansino, better known as lovely Rita?
Tough, 10 Qns, kittencat1970, Feb 21 07
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Rita Hayworth Trivia Questions
1. What was Rita's star sign?

From Quiz The Love Goddess: Rita Hayworth

Answer: Libra

She was born on October 17th, 1918 in Brooklyn. Her father was Spanish dancer Eduardo Cansino and her mother was showgirl Volga Hayworth. They were married in 1917.

2. Born Margarita Carmen Cansino, she started in showbiz as a Spanish dancer. Who was her most famous dancing partner?

From Quiz Rita and Her Amigos

Answer: Fred Astaire

Rita Hayworth, born Margarita Carmen Cansino, never danced with the other three! Her two films with Fred Astaire are "You'll Never Get Rich" (1941) and "You Were Never Lovelier" (1942); Rita named them her favorites of her films. Fred, by the by, paid tribute to Robinson in the "Bojangles of Harlem" number in "Swing Time". George Murphy left showbiz for politics.

3. Who was her second husband?

From Quiz The Love Goddess: Rita Hayworth

Answer: Orson Welles

She married Orson Welles on September 7th, 1943. They had one child, Rebecca, who was born on December 17, 1945, and were divorced on December 1, 1948.

4. Rita could also claim that she shared him as a partner with her own cousin! Name the cousin.

From Quiz Rita and Her Amigos

Answer: Ginger Rogers

Actually, Rita and Ginger were cousins by marriage, not blood: Rita's uncle Vinton married Ginger's aunt Jean Owens. Ginger teamed with Fred ten times, starting with "Flying Down to Rio" (1933) and ending with "The Barkleys of Broadway" (1949).

5. 'Put The Blame On Mame' is a song from which classic film starring Rita?

From Quiz The Love Goddess: Rita Hayworth

Answer: "Gilda" (1946)

This classic film-noir was directed by Charles Vidor and co-starred Glenn Ford and George Macready.

6. Gene Kelly was also a partner of Fred Astaire, teaming twice with him. Name the famed singer who co-starred with them both.

From Quiz Rita and Her Amigos

Answer: Judy Garland

Lena Horne never teamed with Fred Astaire or Gene Kelly; Jane Powell starred with Fred in "Royal Wedding" and Debbie Reynolds was in Gene's masterpiece, "Singin' in the Rain". Judy teamed twice with Gene, in "For Me and My Gal" and "The Pirate", and with Fred in "Easter Parade". Fred and Gene teamed in the "Babbit and the Bromide" number in "Ziegfeld Follies" (a high point of the film!) and "That's Entertainment! Part 2".

7. What's the name of Rita's daughter by Prince Aly Khan?

From Quiz The Love Goddess: Rita Hayworth

Answer: Yasmin

Yasmin was born on December 28, 1949.

8. This MGM star had her last great role in this 1954 Warner's semi-musical remake of a classic Hollywood story filmed twice before. Who was her English-born leading man?

From Quiz Rita and Her Amigos

Answer: James Mason

It was George Cukor's "A Star Is Born". Judy was in top vocal fettle; her rendition of "The Man That Got Away" (lyrics by "Wizard of Oz" alumni Harold Arlen) is unforgetable. And Mason, usually typecast as suave villians, proved his acting chops as the pahethic but noble Norman Maine. Fredric March, in the 30's version, played him as an unlikeable whiner, especially in the Oscar ceremony scene, while Mason's pleading for a job in the later version grabs your heart. The other three couldn't pull that off! Sadly, Garland's career tanked after the film.

9. In which film did Rita play the character Vera Simpson?

From Quiz The Love Goddess: Rita Hayworth

Answer: Pal Joey

Directed by George Sidney, "Pal Joey" (1957) co-starred Frank Sinatra and Kim Novak.

10. This actor, known for such films as "Lolita" and "Odd Man Out", also starred with this TV comedienne who had her own long-running show. Who is this legendary TV commedienne?

From Quiz Rita and Her Amigos

Answer: Lucille Ball

Mason co-starred with Ball and Desi Arnaz in the '56 comedy "Forever Darling". They are a couple on the verge of divorce and Mason is a guardian angel sent to save their marriage. (In real life, Lucy and Desi's relationship was tumultous, to say the least.)

11. What was the name of Rita's production company, started in 1947?

From Quiz The Love Goddess: Rita Hayworth

Answer: Beckworth Corporation

The name was formed from the syllables of Rebecca (her daughter) and Hayworth. The corporation was dissolved in 1954 on Dick Haymes' advice.

12. The TV sitcom legend also teamed with a fiery Irish beauty who was herself best known as co-star to America's greatest Western star.

From Quiz Rita and Her Amigos

Answer: Maureen O'Hara & OHara & O'Hara

O'Hara was the constant co-star of John Wayne in the 1950s, probably best known for the Irish comedy-drama "The Quiet Man". She and Lucy starred in the 1940 film "Dance Girl, Dance", directed by Dorothy Arzner, one of the very few women directing in those days.

13. What kind of cosmetic surgery did Rita undergo on the studio heads' advice?

From Quiz The Love Goddess: Rita Hayworth

Answer: Electrolysis

They decided her hairline was too low so she endured years of electrolysis to make it higher.

14. Said Irishwoman also teamed with a Tasmanian-born portrayer of Robin Hood in the 1952 pirate spoof "Against All Flags". Name him.

From Quiz Rita and Her Amigos

Answer: Errol Flynn

O'Hara DID team with the other three: with Wilde in "At Sword's Point", Henreid in "The Spanish Main" and Fairbanks Jr. in "Sinbad the Sailor". But she swash- buckled with Flynn in "Against All Flags". Forget the inferior 67 remake "The King's Pirate"!

15. What was Rita's character's name in "The Strawberry Blonde" (1941)?

From Quiz The Love Goddess: Rita Hayworth

Answer: Virginia

This 1941 musical was directed by Raoul Walsh and co-starred James Cagney and Olivia de Havilland.

16. In 1957, this Tasmanian-born swashbuckler had a supporting role in the big-budget adapation of Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises". The American lead was also a 1940s swashbuckler, perhaps chosen to replace the former. Do you know him?

From Quiz Rita and Her Amigos

Answer: Tyrone Power

Ohio born Tyrone Power crossed swords with Basil Rathbone (best known as Sherlock Holmes) in "The Mark of Zorro"; Rathbone was Flynn's foe in "Captain Blood", which made Flynn a star ("Blood" was penned by Rafael Sabatini, who also gave us "The Black Swan", which would star Power) and "Robin Hood".

17. Who portrayed Rita in the 1983 TV movie 'The Love Goddess'?

From Quiz The Love Goddess: Rita Hayworth

Answer: Lynda Carter

Directed by James Goldstone. Jane Hallaren was in the movie, but played Virginia Van Upp.

18. Besides playing Jake Barnes, this actor also portrayed a famed pianist of the 1940s, opposite this blond bombsell best known for a Hitchcock role. What is her name?

From Quiz Rita and Her Amigos

Answer: Kim Novak

Novak starred with James Stewart in Hitchcock's masterwork "Vertigo". In "The Eddy Duchin Story" Power had the title role, with Novak as his wife. North was a starlet at the time, Mansfield was famed for "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?" and "The Girl Can't Help It", and Wilson was dumb blonde Irma in the radio comedy series "My Friend Irma" (she made two movies from it).

19. In which year did Rita die?

From Quiz The Love Goddess: Rita Hayworth

Answer: 1987

She succumbed to Alzheimer's disease on May 14, 1987.

20. Finally, the blonde romanced Frank Sinatra in a 1957 film of a classic Broadway musical. Her rival was a very familiar redhead. What is this redhead's name?

From Quiz Rita and Her Amigos

Answer: Rita Hayworth & Hayworth

Back to senorita Rita! She and Kim clashed over Frank in the film of "Pal Joey" form the book by John O'Hara, which he helped to make the libretto from. Adios, amigos!

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