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1. The points on the three or four pointed hat often seen on images of jesters (like the one on Fun trivia) were said to represent what animal part?
2. It is a modern myth that the court jester often worn brightly colored outfits with bells and tassels.
3. Jesters often carried a fake sceptre called a marotte. What image was often carved on the end of a marotte?
4. Feste, the court jester, appears in which of Shakespeare's comedies?
5. What was the right that court jesters were often granted, that was not given to anyone else in the kingdom?
6. Those with physical deformities or mental deficiencies were often used as court jesters and were called natural fools. What was the proper term for someone trained to be a court jester?
7. What was the title for a female court jester?
8. Which Scottish king was tricked by his jester into signing a letter of abdication in the 16th century?
9. While most of us are somewhat familiar with the image of the court jester in the English court, which of the following countries also has a long history of using court jester albeit by another name?
10. It is often claimed the joker in a deck of playing cards is symbolic of the court jester.
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