Q 01/05

Buster Keaton's stoic, unsmiling screen expression earned him what nickname?

A) The Sad Clown

B) The Great Stone Face

C) The Iron Mask

D) The Silent Sphinx

Answer · why

B) The Great Stone Face

He adopted the deadpan on stage as a child after noticing that audiences laughed less when he smiled.

Q 02/05

What were Buster Keaton's real first and middle names?

A) Francis Joseph

B) Joseph Frank

C) John Buster

D) Frank Harold

Answer · why

B) Joseph Frank

He was born on October 4, 1895, into a touring vaudeville family.

Q 03/05

Keaton was born in 1895 in Piqua, a small town in which US state?

A) Kansas

B) Ohio

C) Michigan

D) Missouri

Answer · why

A) Kansas

Family lore also claimed a storm once carried the infant Buster four blocks and set him down unharmed.

Q 04/05

By Keaton's own story, which famous performer nicknamed him 'Buster' after he tumbled down stairs unhurt?

A) W. C. Fields

B) Harry Houdini

C) George M. Cohan

D) Al Jolson

Answer · why

B) Harry Houdini

The tale is probably apocryphal; another version credits an actor named George Pardey.

Q 05/05

As a small child, Keaton performed with his parents in a vaudeville act billed as what?

A) The Three Keatons

B) The Flying Keatons

C) The Keaton Family

D) The Human Mops

Answer · why

A) The Three Keatons

His father would hurl him around the stage, and the act ran up against laws banning child performers.