Q 01/05

For which studio did the Three Stooges make their famous 190 comedy shorts?

A) Columbia Pictures

B) Paramount Pictures

C) Warner Bros.

D) Universal Studios

Answer · why

A) Columbia Pictures

They stayed 24 years and, thanks to Harry Cohn's scare tactics, never once asked for a raise.

Q 02/05

Which two Stooges were the constants across the act's entire 1922–1970 run?

A) Moe and Shemp Howard

B) Moe and Curly Howard

C) Moe Howard and Larry Fine

D) Larry Fine and Shemp Howard

Answer · why

C) Moe Howard and Larry Fine

Six men were Stooges over the years, but only three at any one time.

Q 03/05

Under which vaudeville comedian did the act begin in 1922?

A) Milton Berle

B) Ted Healy

C) Eddie Cantor

D) Ed Wynn

Answer · why

B) Ted Healy

Healy sang or told jokes while his noisy stooges interrupted, and he retaliated with abuse.

Q 04/05

What does the show-business term "stooge" originally mean?

A) A heckler in the audience

B) A stand-in for a star

C) A joke writer

D) An on-stage assistant

Answer · why

D) An on-stage assistant

Healy's act was also billed as His Southern Gentlemen and His Racketeers.

Q 05/05

What was the first Hollywood feature film Ted Healy and His Stooges appeared in, in 1930?

A) Hollywood Party

B) Dancing Lady

C) Meet the Baron

D) Soup to Nuts

Answer · why

D) Soup to Nuts

Fox singled out the Stooges and offered them a contract without Healy, who furiously got it withdrawn.