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Freaks Trivia Quiz

Tod Browning's 1932 horror classic was banned in the UK for 30 years. How much do you know about this controversial work?

A multiple-choice quiz by ubermom. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
ubermom

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
159,480

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
750

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. What are the freaks doing when we first meet them in the movie? Hint

Eating a meal together

Holding a meeting to discuss their plight

Performing in the sideshow

Dancing in a forest clearing

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Question 2 of 10

2. Hans, the Dwarf, is smitten with Cleopatra. What's her role in the circus? Hint

Snake charmer

Bareback rider

Trapeze artist

Contortionist

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Question 3 of 10

3. How does Hans' fiancee, Frieda, respond when Cleopatra encourages Hans' romantic advances? Hint

She asks the other freaks to help her sabotage Cleopatra's equipment.

She flirts with another man to make Hans jealous.

She confronts Cleopatra.

She breaks the engagement.

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Question 4 of 10

4. What was unusual about Phroso's friend Johnny? Hint

His knees bent the wrong way.

He was a human cannonball.

He had no arms or legs.

He had no body from the waist down.

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Question 5 of 10

5. Phroso and his friends were excited because somebody just had a baby. Who? Hint

one of the Siamese Twins

The Fat Lady

The Bearded Lady

The Bird Lady

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Question 6 of 10

6. How does Cleopatra find out that Hans is rich? Hint

She intercepts a letter from his family.

Frieda lets it slip when she pleads with Cleopatra to stay away from Hans.

Hans tells her in an attempt to impress her.

She overhears Madam Tetrallini mentioning it.

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Question 7 of 10

7. What is the name of Cleopatra's strongman lover? Hint

Samson

Hercules

Anthony

Olympus

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Question 8 of 10

8. What do the freaks do at the wedding feast? Hint

They humiliate Cleopatra by disrupting the feast.

They try to poison Cleopatra.

They initiate a ceremony to make Cleopatra one of them.

They cast Hans out of their fellowship.

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Question 9 of 10

9. How does Cleopatra try to get rid of Hans? Hint

She stages an accident.

She poisons him.

She asks Hercules to kill him.

She tries to suffocate him with a pillow.

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Question 10 of 10

10. What eventually happens to Hercules? Hint

He marries Cleopatra.

The freaks kill him.

We don't know. The movie focuses on the freaks' revenge on Cleopatra.

Madame Tetrallini banishes him from the circus.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What are the freaks doing when we first meet them in the movie?

Answer: Dancing in a forest clearing

The freaks are taking a break from the circus under the care of Madame Tetrallini, who speaks up for them when the owner of the land tries to shoo them away.

2. Hans, the Dwarf, is smitten with Cleopatra. What's her role in the circus?

Answer: Trapeze artist

Screen siren Olga Baclanova plays "Cleopatra, Queen of the Air."

3. How does Hans' fiancee, Frieda, respond when Cleopatra encourages Hans' romantic advances?

Answer: She confronts Cleopatra.

Frieda was played by Daisy Earles, sister of actor Harry Earles who played Hans. She was a bareback rider in the film. Hans was the ringmaster.

4. What was unusual about Phroso's friend Johnny?

Answer: He had no body from the waist down.

Johnny was Johnny Eck, "The Half Boy." Johnny's real name was John Eckhart, Jr., and he had a normal twin brother.

5. Phroso and his friends were excited because somebody just had a baby. Who?

Answer: The Bearded Lady

The father, The Skeleton Dude, passed out cigars while his wife showed off their new daughter.

6. How does Cleopatra find out that Hans is rich?

Answer: Frieda lets it slip when she pleads with Cleopatra to stay away from Hans.

Cleopatra was just toying with Hans for entertainment until Frieda accused her of just wanting Hans' money.

7. What is the name of Cleopatra's strongman lover?

Answer: Hercules

Hercules was played by Henry Victor.

8. What do the freaks do at the wedding feast?

Answer: They initiate a ceremony to make Cleopatra one of them.

Angeleno (Angelo Rossitto) brings a chalice around the table for everyone to drink from as the freaks chant, "One of us! One of us! We accept her! We accept her!"

9. How does Cleopatra try to get rid of Hans?

Answer: She poisons him.

She poisons his wine at the wedding feast, which makes him ill. She then gives him poison instead of medicine while supposedly nursing him back to health.

10. What eventually happens to Hercules?

Answer: We don't know. The movie focuses on the freaks' revenge on Cleopatra.

The original ending, which has been lost, has Hercules singing soprano in a freak show, indicating that the freaks had castrated him. But the test audience response to that scene was so overwhelmingly negative that the scene was cut. We see the freaks approaching him in a threatening manner, but we never see what they do to him.

Source: Author ubermom

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