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Mime - The World's Worst Art Form

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Introduction:
"No offence, but I hate mimes, with their strange white faces and silly "stuck in a box" routines. But how much do you know about this oddly persistent form of entertainment?"


1. Which ancient civilisation is guilty of starting the whole sorry mess that is mime?
    The Romans
    The Greeks
    The Phoenicians
    The Egyptians


2. Which religion banned mime?
    Islam
    Christianity
    Hinduism
    Buddhism


3. Which of these rugby clubs has a name related to a traditional character of mime?
    Wasps
    Harlequins
    London Irish
    Saracens


4. True or false: mime traditionally featured a lot of bastinadoes.
    True
    False


5. Which of the following was not a famous French mime act of the 19th century?
    Paul Legrand
    Severin
    Alexandre Guyon
    Idiot d'Ennui


6. The film "Les Enfants du Paradis" was the fictional biography of which real life mime?
    Etienne Decroux
    Jacques Copeau
    Jean-Louis Barrault
    Jean Gaspard Deburau


7. What does the word "mime" mean?
    Irritation of Life
    Couldn't Get a Proper Job
    Imitation of Entertainment
    Imitation of Life


8. Which of the following films features a vampire mime?
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer
    Marcel Marceau: The Untold Story
    The Little Vampire
    Interview with the Vampire


9. The modern mime who was named a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations was Marcel who?
    Answer: (One Word (a surname))


10. "Mimimimimimi" is the catchphrase of which Muppet?
    Kermit
    Beaker
    The Swedish Chef
    Miss Piggy


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