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Professorjon's Barbaric Quiz

Can you answer these Barbaric questions?

A multiple-choice quiz by professorjon. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
professorjon

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
91,469

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
1080

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Which of the following comic strip character's father was a barber? Hint

Dennis the Menace

Linus

Calvin

Charlie Brown

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who wrote the opera, "The Barber of Seville"? Hint

Richard Wagner

Richard Strauss

Vencenzo Bellini

Giachino Rossini

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which comic legend wrote and starred in the 1933 comic short, "The Barber"? Hint

Charlie Chaplin

W. C. Fields

Buster Keaton

Harold Lloyd

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who played Barbarella? Hint

Bridget Bardot

Jane Fonda

Tuesday Weld

Ursula Andress

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Question 5 of 10

5. A barber is a central character in which Coen brother's film? Hint

Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?

Barton Fink

Raising Arizona

The Man Who Wasn't There

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Question 6 of 10

6. What cartoon characters did William Hanna and Joseph Barbera create in 1937? Hint

Rocky and Bullwinkle

Chip and Dale

Sylvester and Tweety

Tom and Jerry

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who wrote the music and lyrics for "Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"? Hint

Cole Porter

Stephen Sondheim

Jerome Kern

Lionel Bart

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Question 8 of 10

8. What was the name of the barber in "The Andy Griffith Show"? Hint

Barney Fife

Howard Sprague

Emmett Clark

Floyd Lawson

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which of the following was not a member of Homer Simpson's barbershop quartet, the Be Sharps? Hint

Apu

Principal Skinner

Barney

Otto

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who plays the barber in the 1940 movie, "The Great Dictator"? Hint

W. C. Fields

Charlie Chaplin

Bob Hope

Jackie Oakie

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which of the following comic strip character's father was a barber?

Answer: Charlie Brown

The comic strip "Peanuts" debuted in 1950. The strip's originator, Charles Schultz, was the son of a barber.

2. Who wrote the opera, "The Barber of Seville"?

Answer: Giachino Rossini

Giachino Rossini was born in Italy in 1792, the son of a musician and a dressmaker. As a young man he mastered several instruments and he began a career as a composer.

3. Which comic legend wrote and starred in the 1933 comic short, "The Barber"?

Answer: W. C. Fields

Fields plays Cornelius O'Hare. He nabs a bank robber.

4. Who played Barbarella?

Answer: Jane Fonda

Jane Fonda stars in the 1968 film directed by Roger Vadim. The group, Duran Duran, took it's name from a character in the movie.

5. A barber is a central character in which Coen brother's film?

Answer: The Man Who Wasn't There

Billy Bob Thornton plays a barber, who gets mixed up in blackmail and murder.

6. What cartoon characters did William Hanna and Joseph Barbera create in 1937?

Answer: Tom and Jerry

Hanna and Barbera also created or produced "Yogi Bear", "The Jetsons," and "The Flintstones".

7. Who wrote the music and lyrics for "Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"?

Answer: Stephen Sondheim

The musical was based on a play by Christopher Bond.

8. What was the name of the barber in "The Andy Griffith Show"?

Answer: Floyd Lawson

Floyd was played by Howard McNear.

9. Which of the following was not a member of Homer Simpson's barbershop quartet, the Be Sharps?

Answer: Otto

Chief Clancy Wiggum was also an original member, but he was discarded like the beatles discarded Pete Best. He was too 'Village People'.

10. Who plays the barber in the 1940 movie, "The Great Dictator"?

Answer: Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin's first talkie has him playing a dual role: Hitler and a poor Jewish barber who looks like Hitler and of course, is forced to pretend to be the evil dictator.

Source: Author professorjon

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