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  Hedy Lamarr editor best quiz   best quiz  
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"Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid." So said Hedy Lamarr, 1940s film star. She knew how to be glamorous, but she was less good at standing still and being stupid. Find out more about this beautiful brainiac!
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  The Amazing Hedy Lamarr    
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Hedy Lamarr was so much more than just a gorgeous actress. See how much you know about her. Please remember to rate this quiz. Thanks!
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Hedy Lamarr Trivia Questions

1. Where was Hedy born?

From Quiz
The Amazing Hedy Lamarr

Answer: Austria

She was born on November 9, 1914.

2. What was Hedy named at birth?

From Quiz The Amazing Hedy Lamarr

Answer: Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler

Her father was a banker and her mother was a pianist. Hedy changed her last name to Lamarr after she moved to Hollywood in 1937 in honor of the beautiful silent film star Barbara LaMarr.

3. In 1933, Hedy starred in a film that was banned in many countries. What feature of the film caused such a reaction?

From Quiz The Amazing Hedy Lamarr

Answer: Full frontal nudity

"Ecstasy" was a Czech film in which Hedy bared it all. Pretty mild by today's standards, but it was scandalous at the time. The film earned the tagline 'The Most Whispered About Picture In The World.'

4. In which blockbuster did Hedy turn down the role of leading lady?

From Quiz The Amazing Hedy Lamarr

Answer: "Casablanca" (1942)

Inexplicably, she also turned down the role of Paula Alquist Anton in "Gaslight" (1944). Coincidentally, Ingrid Bergman also performed that role. Marilyn Monroe starred in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" and Bette Davis starred in "Jezebel".

5. While married to her first husband, Fritz Mandl, Hedy was at the center of European high society and entertained the likes of Adolph Hitler and Benito Mussolini. What was so unusual about her relationship with these two despots?

From Quiz The Amazing Hedy Lamarr

Answer: She and her husband were Jews.

Fritz Mandl was an arms manufacturer. No one knows for certain if Hitler and Mussolini knew about Mandl's and Lamarr's Jewish origins.

6. Hedy obtained a patent for what invention in 1942?

From Quiz The Amazing Hedy Lamarr

Answer: The Secret Communication System

The Secret Communication System, which she coinvented with composer George Antheil, received U.S. patent #2,292,387. It used 88 frequencies that changed at (almost) random intervals to disable the detection or jamming radio-guided torpedoes. Its use was not widepsread until the 1960s. Lamarr's invention was the basis for "spread-spectrum communication technologies like CDMA". That's right; without Hedy we might not have had cell phones! (see wikipedia.org)

7. What was the title of Hedy's biography?

From Quiz The Amazing Hedy Lamarr

Answer: Ecstasy and Me

According to the book, while trying to escape from her overbearing husband, Fritz Mandl, she ran into a brothel and hid in an empty room. While her husband searched for her a man entered the room. Hedy had sex with him so she could remain hidden! "It's Hedy, Not Hedly!" is a reference to the oft-used line "It's Hedley" in Mel Brooks' "Blazing Saddles". "Any Girl Can Be Glamorous. All You Have To Do Is Stand Still And Look Stupid." is Hedy's most famous quote. "Dishonored Lady" was a 1946 film that Hedy starred in.

8. How many times was Hedy married?

From Quiz The Amazing Hedy Lamarr

Answer: Six

Friedrich Mandl 1933-37 Gene Markey 1939-41 John Loder 1943-47 Ernest Stauffer 1951-52 W. Howard Lee 1953-60 Lewis J. Boies 1963-65

9. Lamarr's greatest film success came after the war, in a 1949 biblical epic by Cecil B. DeMille. Ripped from the pages of the Book of Judges, the story concerned a Hebrew strongman betrayed by his Philistine lover. What was Lamarr's role?

From Quiz Hedy Lamarr

Answer: Delilah in "Samson and Delilah"

The story of Samson and Delilah is simple and powerful. Samson, the physically strong man who judges Israel, is feared by the Philistines, who use his lover Delilah to discover the secret of his strength. (It's all in a good head of hair, apparently.) Blinded, bound, and desperate for revenge, Samson literally brings down the house in the final act. Lamarr -- beautiful, exotic, mysterious -- was widely regarded as perfect for the role. DeMille reportedly hand-collected some 1900 peacock feathers for the train of one of her elaborate costumes -- and then had the feathers retouched to add more color! No wonder the film, which cost a then-amazing $3 million to make, received Oscars for color costumes and color set direction. "The Ten Commandments" (1923, 1956) and "King of Kings" (1927) really were DeMille Bible epics, but Lamarr was not involved in those films.

10. Like many celebrities, Hedy helped raise money by selling War Bonds during WWII, which she was quite good at. What amazing amount did she raise at a single appearance?

From Quiz The Amazing Hedy Lamarr

Answer: $7 million

Hedy tried but failed to join the National Inventors Council. She was told that she could help the war effort by selling War Bonds. She was honored by the Electronic Frontier Foundation in 1997 for her pioneering work on frequency agile/spread spectrum technology.

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