Q 01/05

How many Marx brothers performed in the act at various times?

A) Four

B) Five

C) Six

D) Three

Answer · why

B) Five

Gummo and Zeppo both left over time, leaving Chico, Harpo and Groucho as the trio of the later films.

Q 02/05

How many feature films did the Marx Brothers make together?

A) 13

B) 17

C) 9

D) 21

Answer · why

A) 13

The American Film Institute put five of them among its top 100 comedies, two in the top fifteen.

Q 03/05

Which Marx brother's stage persona never spoke?

A) Zeppo

B) Harpo

C) Chico

D) Gummo

Answer · why

B) Harpo

Their uncle Al Shean wrote him almost no lines in Home Again; reviews kept saying he was better silent, and the wig and horn followed.

Q 04/05

What was Groucho Marx's real first name?

A) Adolph

B) Milton

C) Leonard

D) Julius

Answer · why

D) Julius

He was named after an unemployed uncle who lived with the family and, Groucho claimed, owed his father $85.

Q 05/05

Harpo was born Adolph but officially changed his first name in 1910 to what?

A) Alfred

B) Albert

C) Arthur

D) Anthony

Answer · why

C) Arthur

He had never liked Adolph; his memoir was titled Harpo Speaks!

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