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Who Is Pulling My String? Trivia Quiz

I am answering a challenge to write this quiz. How much do you know about these famous puppets and their puppet masters?

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

Author
howdyitsme

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
322,774

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
433

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Question 1 of 10

1. Some compare this eponymous puppet to Pinocchio but others suggest he is more like Frankenstein. Which of the following composers created the Russian ballet "Petrushka"? Hint

Igor Stravinsky

Richard Wagner

Thomas Tryon

Wolfgang Mozart

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Question 2 of 10

2. How did legendary puppeteer Jim Henson exit this world? Hint

Flesh eating virus

Accidental drug interaction

Pneumonia

Organ failure caused by undiagosed strep

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which puppeteer watched his wooden puppet, whose nose grew when he lied, turn into a real boy with the help of the blue fairy? Hint

Gepetto

Pinocchio

Lombardi

Carmine

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Question 4 of 10

4. What famous children's puppet-based show from the 1950s gave us the term "peanut gallery" for an audience (particularly of children)? Hint

"Alpha Squad"

"Lambchop and Friends"

"Howdy Doody"

"Jimmy and James"

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Question 5 of 10

5. "Kukla, Fran and Ollie" was a very popular early children's television show featuring puppets interacting with a human being. Which one was the main puppeteer? Hint

None of the choices

Fran

Kukla

Ollie

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Question 6 of 10

6. Though traditionally a mainstay of British puppet entertainment, Punch and Judy have origins in a far different place. Do you know where it was first performed?
Hint

Venezuela

Italy

France

Germany

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Question 7 of 10

7. Lambchop's famous puppetmaster died of uterine cancer in August 1998. Can you name this multi-talented woman? Hint

Lois Nettleton

Shari Lewis

Jim Nabors

Myrna Loy

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which Canadian children's television icon, best known for his "tickle trunk" and puppets Casey and Finnegan, was actually born in the United States? Hint

Fred Barber

Ernie Coombs

Uncle Jimmy

Ted Turner

9. Puppets Rusty the Rooster and Gerome the Giraffe had to look waaaaaaay up to see this character play his flute on this long running Canadian children's television show. What was the character's name? Hint

The Big Duck

Tony the Tall Guy

Gynormo

The Friendly Giant

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which Canadian puppet troop is renowned for their black light performances with often oversized puppets? Hint

Famous People Players

Overcomers Theatre

Association for Community Living Players

Puppets 'R' Us

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Some compare this eponymous puppet to Pinocchio but others suggest he is more like Frankenstein. Which of the following composers created the Russian ballet "Petrushka"?

Answer: Igor Stravinsky

Petrushka is made of straw and has a bag of sawdust for his body. He comes to life and develops emotions this of course leads to the angst of the story.

2. How did legendary puppeteer Jim Henson exit this world?

Answer: Organ failure caused by undiagosed strep

Jim Henson, of course, was the creator of the Muppets and he and his gang of puppeteers preferred to call themselves "muppeteers"!

3. Which puppeteer watched his wooden puppet, whose nose grew when he lied, turn into a real boy with the help of the blue fairy?

Answer: Gepetto

The puppet was Pinocchio who had many adventures with a cricket named Jiminy (at least in the Disney movie) who acted as his conscience.

4. What famous children's puppet-based show from the 1950s gave us the term "peanut gallery" for an audience (particularly of children)?

Answer: "Howdy Doody"

Hosted by Bob Smith the show introduced us to many icons of children's television including Howdy Doody himself, Cowboy Bob and Clarabelle the Clown.

5. "Kukla, Fran and Ollie" was a very popular early children's television show featuring puppets interacting with a human being. Which one was the main puppeteer?

Answer: None of the choices

The actual puppeteer was Burr Tillstrom the creator of the show. "Kukla, Fran and Ollie" was enjoyed equally by adults and children, in fact maybe even more so by adults, and was completely unscripted!

6. Though traditionally a mainstay of British puppet entertainment, Punch and Judy have origins in a far different place. Do you know where it was first performed?

Answer: Italy

The Punch and Judy show traces its origins to the commedia dell 'arte of 16th century Italy. The show's first mention in England dates to 1662 and was noted in the famous diary of Samuel Pepys. The puppet master is known widely as "the professor".

7. Lambchop's famous puppetmaster died of uterine cancer in August 1998. Can you name this multi-talented woman?

Answer: Shari Lewis

Ms. Lewis was a very well rounded performer known as much for her dancing and singing as her ventriloquism and was puppetmaster to the wise cracking Lambchop!

8. Which Canadian children's television icon, best known for his "tickle trunk" and puppets Casey and Finnegan, was actually born in the United States?

Answer: Ernie Coombs

Known as Mister Dressup, Ernie Coombs was much loved by Canadian children many of whom saw him first on the show "Butternut Square".

Answer: The Friendly Giant

"The Friendly Giant" was portrayed by Bob Homme, the show originated in the US in the 1950s and moved north lasting well into the 1980s.

10. Which Canadian puppet troop is renowned for their black light performances with often oversized puppets?

Answer: Famous People Players

This wonderful group was founded in 1974 by Diane Dupry. The cast are all either physically and/or mentally challenged in some way. They now own and run the "Dine and Dance" dinner theater. They were funded in part by the "Newman's Own" brand charity.

Source: Author howdyitsme

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