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Ted Healy, the Man Behind the Stooges

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : The Three Stooges : Ted Healy, the Man Behind the Stooges

Introduction:
"This is about the true founder of the Three Stooges, a once-famed comedian who is largely forgotten today."


1. What was Healy's real name and birthplace?
    Lee Nash, Houston, TX.
    Mahatma Kane Jeeves, Philadelphia, PA.
    Cuthbert J. Twillie, Parsippany, N.J.
    Ambrose Wolfinger, Paducah, KY.


2. Who or what was his first stage partner?
    Joe Besser
    A parrot
    A German Shepard
    A Siamese cat


3. When did Healy first meet the Horowitz brothers, who would become the Stooges?
    1912
    1909
    1919
    1916


4. What was Healy's first Broadway show?
    Ziegfeld's Follies
    The Cocoanuts
    Hellzapoppin'
    Earl Carroll's Vanities


5. Who was Ted's first wife?
    Betty Braun
    Marion Levy
    Ruby Stevens
    Constance Ockleman


6. What problems did Ted suffer from?
    Alcoholism and depression
    Obessive-compulsive disorder
    Kleptomania and bulimia
    Acrophobia and dyslexia


7. Healy and his Stooges once performed for Al Capone.
    True
    False


8. What movie studio did they do their early work at?
    Universal
    RKO
    MGM
    Paramount


9. With which three famed stars did they once co-star?
    Fred Astaire, Joan Crawford and Clark Gable
    Charles Boyer, Hedy Lamarr and Paul Henreid
    Spencer Tracy, James Stewart and Claudette Colbert
    The Ritz Brothers


10. Who was Ted's female partner?
    Vera Vague
    Heidi Abromowitz
    Bonnie Bonnell
    Gracie Allen


11. What early 30's female star had a brief affair with Ted?
    Jean Arthur
    Jean Harlow
    Billie Burke
    Thelma Todd


12. Who became Ted's second wife?
    Simone Simon
    Marjorie White
    Toby Wing
    Betty Hickman


13. With his second wife Healy conceived a daughter.
    True
    False


14. How did Ted die an early death?
    He was beaten and died the next day
    He fatally fell in a bathtub
    He was run over by a drunk driver
    He suffered a heart attack


15. What famed 30's actor was involved in Ted's tragedy on December 20, 1937?
    Wallace Beery
    Errol Flynn
    Edward G. Robinson
    James Cagney


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