Q 01/05

What was Marceau's surname at birth?

A) Manger

B) Marceaux

C) Mangel

D) Mandel

Answer · why

C) Mangel

He and his brother Alain adopted 'Marceau' during the German occupation of France.

Q 02/05

In which French city was Marceau born in 1923?

A) Toulouse

B) Strasbourg

C) Marseille

D) Bordeaux

Answer · why

B) Strasbourg

His father was a kosher butcher from Poland and his mother came from what is now Ukraine.

Q 03/05

What did Marceau call mime?

A) The art of the mask

B) The art of nothing

C) The art of the body

D) The art of silence

Answer · why

D) The art of silence

He said it 'speaks to the soul, like music, making comedy, tragedy, and romance'.

Q 04/05

What was the name of Marceau's famous stage persona?

A) Baptiste

B) Bop the Tramp

C) Pierrot

D) Bip the Clown

Answer · why

D) Bip the Clown

Bip became his alter ego just as the Little Tramp had been Chaplin's.

Q 05/05

What did Bip wear on his head?

A) A newspaper pirate hat

B) A battered, flower-topped opera hat

C) A black bowler with a bell

D) A red beret with a pom-pom

Answer · why

B) A battered, flower-topped opera hat

With his striped pullover, the outfit was meant to signify life's fragility.

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