Q 01/05
A) Manger
B) Marceaux
C) Mangel
D) Mandel
Answer · why
He and his brother Alain adopted 'Marceau' during the German occupation of France.
Q 02/05
A) Toulouse
B) Strasbourg
C) Marseille
D) Bordeaux
Answer · why
His father was a kosher butcher from Poland and his mother came from what is now Ukraine.
Q 03/05
A) The art of the mask
B) The art of nothing
C) The art of the body
D) The art of silence
Answer · why
He said it 'speaks to the soul, like music, making comedy, tragedy, and romance'.
Q 04/05
A) Baptiste
B) Bop the Tramp
C) Pierrot
D) Bip the Clown
Answer · why
Bip became his alter ego just as the Little Tramp had been Chaplin's.
Q 05/05
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
With his striped pullover, the outfit was meant to signify life's fragility.
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