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1. Some compare this eponymous puppet to Pinocchio but others suggest he is more like Frankenstein. Which of the following composers created the Russian ballet "Petrushka"?
2. How did legendary puppeteer Jim Henson exit this world?
3. Which puppeteer watched his wooden puppet, whose nose grew when he lied, turn into a real boy with the help of the blue fairy?
4. What famous children's puppet-based show from the 1950s gave us the term "peanut gallery" for an audience (particularly of children)?
5. "Kukla, Fran and Ollie" was a very popular early children's television show featuring puppets interacting with a human being. Which one was the main puppeteer?
6. Though traditionally a mainstay of British puppet entertainment, Punch and Judy have origins in a far different place. Do you know where it was first performed?
7. Lambchop's famous puppetmaster died of uterine cancer in August 1998. Can you name this multi-talented woman?
8. Which Canadian children's television icon, best known for his "tickle trunk" and puppets Casey and Finnegan, was actually born in the United States?
9. Puppets Rusty the Rooster and Gerome the Giraffe had to look waaaaaaay up to see this character play his flute on this long running Canadian children's television show. What was the character's name?
10. Which Canadian puppet troop is renowned for their black light performances with often oversized puppets?
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