There Might Be Strings Attached Quiz

Answer: Vietnam

Water puppets are lacquered wooden puppets that originated in the Red River Delta area of Vietnam. This type of puppet show takes place in a waist-deep pool of water. The puppets are attached to a large underwater wooden rod. These rods are controlled by puppeteers who are hidden behind a screen.

This form of entertainment is over 1,000 years old and was often performed in flooded rice paddies. They were originally performed to amuse and satisfy the important water spirits who influenced many parts of the peasants lives.

Answer: Ventriloquist dummy

Many people may be unaware that ventriloquism is a form of puppetry. Ventriloquism is the art of 'throwing' your voice so that it appears to be coming from the puppet or dummies head. The emphasis in this form of entertainment is the skill of the speakers voice while the use of other puppets requires emphasis on hand skills. Ventriloquist dummies can be made from wood, plastic, cloth or even metal and the varieties are limited only by the creators imagination. Jeff Dunham is one of the worlds most famous ventriloquists and has performed all over North America and Europe.

He has often been credited with reviving this old art form and bringing it into the 21st century.

Answer: Bunraku

Bunraku are among some of the most complex man-made puppets. They are manipulated by the use of control rods and it usually takes at least three people to manipulate each puppet. This skill can take over 25 years to learn. The puppeteers are usually in full view of the audience, dressed in black robes with black hoods.

These wooden puppets can be very realistic looking and bunraku has been practiced in Japan for over 300 years.

Answer: Petrushka

"Petrushka" premiered in 1911 featuring the great Russian dancer Vaslav Nijinsky. It tells the story of a puppet who comes to life by way of a spell from a magic flute. The puppet, who is made of sawdust and straw develops emotions as he comes to life through a spell from a magic flute. This ballet mixes fantasy, color, and romance and has been a perennial favorite for over 100 years.

Answer: Sesame Street

Created by Jim Henson in 1954, "The Muppets" are a group of puppet characters seen for many years on the children's television show "Sesame Street". These puppets appear to be soft to the touch, like a stuffed animal, as opposed to a wooden puppet. The puppeteers remain hidden behind the set or out of camera range. Muppets usually have very wide mouths and large protruding eyes but there are many variations.

Answer: Carlo Collodi

First published in 1883, "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Italian author Carlo Collodi, was made into a 1940 Walt Disney film with the shortened name of simply "Pinocchio". According to the original text, this puppet was made of hickory wood and wore clothing made of flowered paper and hat made of bread. Created by a woodcarver named Geppetto, Pinocchio dreamed of becoming a real boy.

This puppet character was also known for his nose which would grow every time he lied.

Answer: Sandie Shaw

"Puppet on a String" was the name of the song by Sandie Shaw which won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1967. This number one hit was popular on both sides of the Atlantic and has been remade countless times in other languages by other singers attempting to make their rendition a big hit. The lyrics and music of this song were written by Bill Martin and Phil Coulter.

Answer: False

Pupaphobia is the irrational, overwhelming fear of puppets, and is closely related to automatonophobia, the fear of team mascots, Halloween costumes and sometimes dolls. The symptoms of this phobia can vary from mild sweating and nausea to panic attacks than can cripple the sufferers social life.

This is a phobia that usually starts in childhood, sometimes after a frightening experience with a puppet. It is this fear that many move makers are aiming to trigger with movies about scary or evil puppets such as Dad Silence" in 2007 and "Puppet Master in 198. Tokophobia is the fear of pregnancy and childbirth.

Answer: Lion

Charlemane was a stringy-maned lion who was operated by influential puppeteer Bil Baird. This hand-puppet made occasional social commentary and provided a touch of humor during a period of high tensions in the U.S. Bill Baird provided the puppet sequences of many television programs and movies for over 60 years.

In 1965 he wrote the book "The Art of the Puppet" and in 1967 he opened the Bil Baird Marionette Theater in Greenwich Village which was open for more than a decade.

Answer: Thunderbirds

"Supermarionation" was a type of marionette puppetry created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson for their program "Thunderbirds" (1965-1966). The puppets features in this program were marionettes controlled by wires which also conducted electrical signals to components hidden inside the puppets heads.

This gave the puppets the ability to display much more emotional expression than marionettes of the past.