Q 01/05

What was Groucho Marx's famous moustache made of in the brothers' films?

A) Glued-on horsehair

B) Greasepaint

C) Shoe polish

D) Black felt

Answer · why

B) Greasepaint

Greasepaint. By the usual story he arrived late at a theatre with no time to glue on his false moustache, smeared one on instead, and found it so much...

Q 02/05

In a Duck Soup routine, a disguised intruder pretends to be Groucho's what?

A) Twin brother

B) Shadow

C) Reflection

D) Portrait

Answer · why

C) Reflection

Reflection. The routine looks like pure Marx invention, but it was an old one: Charlie Chaplin and Max Linder had both filmed gags like it years earli...

Q 03/05

Which instrument was Chico Marx's solo speciality in the brothers' films?

A) Harp

B) Violin

C) Accordion

D) Piano

Answer · why

D) Piano

Piano. Chico had earned his keep at the keyboard in nickelodeons and saloons before he joined his brothers, and his trick playing became a fixture of ...

Q 04/05

What was Groucho Marx's real first name?

A) Herbert

B) Manfred

C) Samuel

D) Julius

Answer · why

D) Julius

Julius. He said he was named after an Uncle Julius, and the stage name took years to stick: reviewers were still calling him Julius when the act reach...

Q 05/05

Harpo Marx was born Adolph but changed his first name to what?

A) Edwin

B) Albert

C) Arthur

D) Walter

Answer · why

C) Arthur

Arthur. He made the switch by the First World War at the latest, so it had nothing to do with Hitler, who was still unknown when Adolph Marx dropped t...