Much Ado About Puppets Trivia Quiz

Answer: Baroness Schraeder

Baroness Schraeder was planning to marry the Captain and had come to visit him and meet his children. Maria and the "kids" entertained the Baroness and the Captain with an original puppet show and songs about "The Lonely Goatherd".

Answer: Edgar Bergen

Edgar Bergen was a famous ventriloquist who often performed on radio in the 1940s and 1950s. So it really didn't matter much if he moved his mouth when his dummies talked ... and he usually did!

Answer: Clarabell

Clarabell was a mute clown who interacted with the characters, both wooden and human, on the show. In what is surely one of the most poignant moments in television history, Clarabell finally spoke, closing out the show's last episode with a soft and tearful, "Goodbye, kids," as the picture faded to black.

Answer: Winky Dink

As a teenager In 1952, Shari Lewis won first prize for her puppet artistry on "Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts". In 1956, she and Lamb Chop appeared on "Captain Kangaroo," and she landed her own show on two local television stations. "The Shari Lewis Show" ran on NBC from 1960 to 1963.

Answer: Johnny Martin

Señor Wences drew a new "Johnny" onstage for each performance, topping the "face" with a straggly wig. He also had conversations with an unseen puppet named Pedro, often asking in a Spanish accent, "Saw-right?" upon which Pedro answered from his box, "Saw-right." The finale usually consisted of juggling and plate-spinning as the "voices" of Johnny and Pedro heckled their master.

He died in 1999, one day before his 103rd birthday.

Answer: Miss America

Vonda Kay Van Dyke was a student at Arizona State University when she was crowned Miss America in 1964. She was the first contestant to perform a ventriloquism act in the pageant's talent competition and, as of 2010, is the only ventriloquist to take home the Miss America crown.

Answer: Geppetto

In Carlo Collodi's 1883 book, Geppetto was an old man who carved Pinocchio, a marionette that could move and talk on his own. He was disobedient and ran away from home, but eventually, Pinocchio abandoned his own wishes to take care of his father, and the puppet's dream of becoming a real boy finally came true.

Answer: Jimmy Nelson

Who could resist the catchy "N-E-S-T-L-E-S ... Nestlé's makes the ve-ry best ... Chawwwk-lit!" as Jimmy, Danny and Farfel enticed thousands of 1960s-era kids to ask Mom for the sweet, powdery cocoa drink mix? Paul Winchell is another famous ventriloquist of years past, and Jerry Mahoney and Knucklehead Smiff were his lovable dummies.

Answer: Punch and Judy

In 1662, diarist Samuel Pepys recorded having watched "an Italian puppet play ... which is very pretty." Punch and Judy shows are often performed in a puppet booth draped with red and white striped material. The expression, "pleased as punch," is believed to have originally referred to the self-satisfied personality of the Punch character.

Answer: Miss Piggy

"Who, moi?" If ever there was an elegant porker, she's the one. Voiced by Frank Oz, Miss Piggy not only speaks French, but she sings, acts, and dresses impiggably, right down to her tiara, feather boa and perfume. Muppet master Jim Henson died in 1990, but his spirit will forever live on in Piggy and all of the other wonderful characters he created.