Q 01/05

In which Lancashire town was Stan Laurel born in 1890?

A) Blackpool

B) Ulverston

C) Preston

D) Lancaster

Answer · why

B) Ulverston

There is a Laurel and Hardy museum there today, one of three in the world.

Q 02/05

What was Stan Laurel's real surname?

A) Jefferson

B) Johnson

C) Jenkins

D) Jarvis

Answer · why

A) Jefferson

He only changed his name legally in 1931, having used the stage name since 1917.

Q 03/05

In which US state was Oliver Hardy born?

A) Texas

B) Florida

C) Georgia

D) Alabama

Answer · why

C) Georgia

His birthplace, Harlem, has a Laurel and Hardy museum of its own.

Q 04/05

What was Oliver Hardy's nickname among friends and in his early film billing?

A) Babe

B) Sonny

C) Tubby

D) Ollie

Answer · why

A) Babe

It came from an Italian barber in Florida who patted his face with talc and said 'That's nice-a baby!'

Q 05/05

Before films, Laurel toured with Fred Karno's troupe as understudy to which comedian?

A) Charlie Chaplin

B) Buster Keaton

C) Harold Lloyd

D) Harry Langdon

Answer · why

A) Charlie Chaplin

He went to America with the troupe in 1912 and never went home; he later did a Chaplin impression in a vaudeville trio.