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

Stan Laurel was born in Ulverston in 1890 and brought Hardy home in 1947 to cheer crowds from the Coronation Hall balcony; the town now has a Laurel a...

Q 02/05

What was Stan Laurel's real surname?

A) Jefferson

B) Johnson

C) Jenkins

D) Jarvis

Answer · why

A) Jefferson

Jefferson: born Arthur Stanley Jefferson, he was billed as Stan Jefferson on Fred Karno's 1910 American tour and only later switched his stage name to...

Q 03/05

In which US state was Oliver Hardy born?

A) Texas

B) Florida

C) Georgia

D) Alabama

Answer · why

C) Georgia

Oliver Hardy was born in Georgia in 1892; while running a cinema in Milledgeville he became convinced he could do better than the actors on screen, an...

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

Babe was what friends, Laurel included, called him; born Norvell Hardy, he took the first name Oliver as a tribute to his father, who died when he was...

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) Roscoe Arbuckle

Answer · why

A) Charlie Chaplin

Laurel understudied Charlie Chaplin in Fred Karno's company and sailed with it to America in 1910 and again in 1912, staying on in the United States a...