Quiz  /  Clowning Around Quiz

  • 1. 
    When did the clown emerge as a type of professional comic actor?

  • Late Middle Ages
  • 19th century
  • Enlightment era
  • Early Middle Ages

  • 2. 
    Which clown was developed in the 16th century by Italian traveling acting companies?

  • Pickelherring
  • Dottore
  • Harlequin
  • Grock

  • 3. 
    What stock character is believed to have made the whiteface makeup of the clown a tradition?

  • Capitano
  • Pedrolino
  • Scapin
  • Harlequin

  • 4. 
    Appearing for the first time in England in 1805, this clown is often called one of the earliest of the true circus clowns. Who is he?

  • John Rich
  • Dan Leno
  • William Boyce
  • Joseph Grimaldi

  • 5. 
    Who took on the charactacter of Pierrot in the early 19th century and created the famous lovesick, pathetic clown persona?

  • Alexander Placide
  • Jean-Baptiste-Gaspard Deburau
  • Jacques Tati
  • Simone Signoret

  • 6. 
    This American circus clown is known for his role as "Weary Willie." Who is he?

  • Clyde Beatty
  • P.T. Barnum
  • Dan Rice
  • Emmett Kelly

  • 7. 
    Who, as one of the first professional stage clowns, played Dogberry in the first-ever performances of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing?

  • Richard Tarlton
  • Robert Armin
  • William Kempe
  • Charles Hart

  • 8. 
    What type of comic entertainer was allowed to mock even the most exalted of his patrons?

  • Jongleur
  • Fool
  • Clown
  • Spielmann
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