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Puppet on a String Trivia Quiz


Take a trip down memory lane into the magical world of marionettes. See what you can remember of these famous and sometimes infamous television and movie puppets.

A multiple-choice quiz by leith90. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
leith90
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
325,303
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
3251
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. Children, and indeed some adults in the '60s were riveted to their television screens to watch the latest installments of "Supercar", "Fireball XL5" and "Stingray". Which genius created these science fiction puppet classics? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. In the "Sound of Music" (1965), Maria and the von Trapp children put on a puppet show. What yodeling song did they perform it to? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Which 1940 Disney classic immortalized a wooden puppet with an enlargeable appendage? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. For over forty years, Australian children have been delighting in the adventures and drawings of an alien with a pencil for a nose. Who is this lovable puppet? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. From 1947 until 1960, American children grew up watching a freckled cowboy marionette with red hair. Which puppet did Buffalo Bob Smith voice? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Puppet shows have for many years, been very popular in the UK. One show, which first aired in 1950, was shown for twenty years before a new series was finally made. Which puppet lived in a picnic basket with a Teddy Bear and a rag doll named Looby Loo? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Few puppet shows stand the test of time, but one show, first screened in 1964, is as popular today as it was when it first screened. Which Anderson Productions creation boasts a cult following with members of all ages? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Three "savvy, sophisticated and witty" office marionettes feature in an international soft drink advertisement released in 2010. What drink are they advertising? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Satirizing cult television programs, stage musicals, and big budget action films, which 2004 comedy was produced by Kenny and Cartman's creators? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. One delightful children's television program from the 1950s was criticised for having a made-up language called Oddle Poddle, which, it was said, would stop children from learning to speak properly. Which lovable show featured two friends and a tremulous little weed? Hint



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1. Children, and indeed some adults in the '60s were riveted to their television screens to watch the latest installments of "Supercar", "Fireball XL5" and "Stingray". Which genius created these science fiction puppet classics?

Answer: Gerry Anderson

Gerry Anderson's first puppet production was "The Adventures of Twizzle" in 1957, and over the next thirty years he produced several more shows of this genre. During this time he also created several space-themed real-life shows such as "UFO" (1969) and "Space: 1999" (1975). In 2005 a computer-animated sequel to "Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons" was released. Called "Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet" it cost ₤23 million to produce.
Gerry was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 2001.
2. In the "Sound of Music" (1965), Maria and the von Trapp children put on a puppet show. What yodeling song did they perform it to?

Answer: The Goatherd Song

In the movie, the puppet performance is put on for the children's father, with Maria (Julie Andrews) singing the song. The puppetry in the show was performed by master puppeteers Bil Baird and Cora Eisenberg.

In the stage production of 1959, Maria sings the "Goatherd Song" to comfort the children during a thunderstorm, whilst other productions have the song at fairs or a concert.
3. Which 1940 Disney classic immortalized a wooden puppet with an enlargeable appendage?

Answer: Pinocchio

Pinocchio was a fictional character first created in 1883 by Italian writer, Carlo Collodi. "Pinocchio" is a wooden puppet made by a lonely carver, and is brought to life by a fairy. In order to become a real boy, Pinocchio, with the help of his conscience, Jiminy Cricket, must learn to be "brave, truthful and unselfish".
Walt Disney released "Pinocchio" as an animated movie in 1940.
4. For over forty years, Australian children have been delighting in the adventures and drawings of an alien with a pencil for a nose. Who is this lovable puppet?

Answer: Mr Squiggle

Mr Squiggle is a marionette with blue hair and a pencil for a nose. Once a show he flies down from his home on the moon to draw pictures from squiggles sent in by children. Inevitably they were drawn wrong way up and Mr Squiggle would jump around saying "upside down". Over the course of the show he was aided by one of several female assistants, and the bad tempered blackboard whose catch cry was "hurry up!"
The show first screened in 1959, and continued until 1999.
5. From 1947 until 1960, American children grew up watching a freckled cowboy marionette with red hair. Which puppet did Buffalo Bob Smith voice?

Answer: Howdy Doody

Howdy Doody was a pioneer in children's television, and was created and produced by Roger Muir.
Buffalo Bob not only provided the voice of Howdy Doody, he was the host of the show as well. Other puppets on the show included Heidi Doody (Howdy's sister), Dilly Dally and Flub-a-dub. Other human characters included Clarabell the Clown, who never spoke until the final episode, and Chief Thunderthud.
The original Howdy Doody marionette is on display at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
6. Puppet shows have for many years, been very popular in the UK. One show, which first aired in 1950, was shown for twenty years before a new series was finally made. Which puppet lived in a picnic basket with a Teddy Bear and a rag doll named Looby Loo?

Answer: Andy Pandy

Originally only twenty-six fifteen-minute episodes were made, but they were shown repeatedly on television for twenty years! In 1970, new episodes were filmed, this time in colour. In 2002, a new series of Andy Pandy was made, although with the advances in technology, the new Andy was not a puppet. Stop-motion engineering, like that used to create "Wallace and Gromit" and 'The Nightmare Before Christmas" brought Andy Pandy to life.
7. Few puppet shows stand the test of time, but one show, first screened in 1964, is as popular today as it was when it first screened. Which Anderson Productions creation boasts a cult following with members of all ages?

Answer: Thunderbirds

"Thunderbirds" was an Anderson production, which first screened in the U.K. from 1964. Although only 32 50-minute episodes were made, the series has had a resurgence in its popularity since 1991 when the series was re-screened.

The series has spawned spin-offs in the form of two puppet movies: "Thunderbirds Are Go" (1966) and "Thunderbird 6" (1968); a live stage show called "Thunderbirds FAB" (1984); books, video games and extensive merchandising. A live-action "Thunderbirds" movie (2004) promised much but delivered little, to the disappointment of fans worldwide. Possibly, had Gerry Anderson had been involved, it would have stayed true to the original series and therefore may have been a bigger hit.
8. Three "savvy, sophisticated and witty" office marionettes feature in an international soft drink advertisement released in 2010. What drink are they advertising?

Answer: Diet Coke

Diet Coke's "Love it Light" campaign features three fashion magazine workers: Eleanor, Bernadette and Irene dancing to "She's a Maniac" from the 1983 movie, "Flashdance".
Diet Coke hired London ad shop "Mother" to create the catchy ad that screens in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Europe.
9. Satirizing cult television programs, stage musicals, and big budget action films, which 2004 comedy was produced by Kenny and Cartman's creators?

Answer: Team America: World Police

"South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone got the inspiration for "Team America: World Police" after watching an episode of "Thunderbirds" on television, but it took them two and a half years before the idea became a reality. Unlike "Thunderbirds" where the creators tried (rather unsuccessfully) to hide the strings, Parker and Stone accented them.
In true "South Park" style where nothing is sacred, "Team America" satirists politics, terrorism, the musical "Rent", and several Hollywood stars including George Clooney, Alec Baldwin and Matt Damon.
10. One delightful children's television program from the 1950s was criticised for having a made-up language called Oddle Poddle, which, it was said, would stop children from learning to speak properly. Which lovable show featured two friends and a tremulous little weed?

Answer: Bill and Ben

"Bill and Ben, The Flowerpot Men", the brainchild of Freda Lingstrom and Maria Bird, first screened in Britain in the 1950s, with a second series made in 2001. Bill and Ben live behind a shed in a garden with their friend Little Weed, who looks like a mixture of a sunflower and a dandelion. Each week a small mishap would occur and the narrator would ask, "Was it Bill? Or was it Ben?"
Peter Hawkins, who voiced the Daleks from "Doctor Who" created the language spoken by the two flowerpot men, which sounded very much like gibberish.
A major change in the 2002 series involved Little Weed, who went from only saying "weeeeeed" in the first series to speaking English in the second, and helping Bill and Ben in their adventures.
Source: Author leith90

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