VAUDEVILLE HISTORY QUIZ

BASIC

QUIZ ON THE STUDY GUIDE

1. What was the most popular form of entertainment in the early 1900’s?
2. What skills did vaudevillians have?
3. Where did vaudeville begin?
4. Who helped move vaudeville from the saloons to the theaters?
5. Who was the first African-American vaudeville star?
6. What is a vaudeville circuit?
7. What are the names of some of the circuits?
8. What do the Theater Managers do?
9. What do the Booking Managers do?
10. What is a vaudeville bill?
11. In which city was the Palace Theatre located?
12. Name three families who performed in vaudeville.
13. What three things destroyed vaudeville?
14. Who were some of the famous vaudevillians on radio?
15. What was the first moving picture that had sound? Who was the main actor?
16. What is a kinetoscope?
17. Who created the first moving picture theater?
18. What is foot juggling called?
19. Name three different types of rope spinning tricks.
20. Who was Will Rogers?

BASIC

QUIZ ON THE SHOW

1. What skills did the Lazer Vaudevillians exhibit?
2. How do you think Lazer Vaudeville travels around?
3. Where did Lazer Vaudeville perform in your town?
6. How many colors did you see in the black light?
7. What other acts did you see?
8. How many balls or clubs did the performers juggle at one time?
9. What was your favorite act? Which act would you like to try? 

ADVANCED

QUIZ ON THE STUDY GUIDE

1. What was the Val de Vire?
2. Why was Vaudeville important for immigrants? for women?
3. If you were to create a vaudeville circuit what would you need?
4. What famous baseball player showed up in vaudeville?
5. What famous blind and deaf woman showed up in vaudeville?
6. Who were some of the prominent African-American vaudevillians?
7. How did vaudeville play a role in breaking down racial discrimination in America?
8. What types of vaudeville acts would play well on the radio? Name some that did.
9. Describe a vaudeville dirty deal.
10. How did movies develop in America?
11. What silent vaudeville performer made it into the movies?
12. Why is November 16, 1932 considered the end of the vaudeville era?
13. How does improvisation help a vaudeville performer? 

ADVANCED

QUIZ ON THE SHOW

1. Which Lazer Vaudeville acts could you have seen 80 years ago? Which acts could you only see today?
2. What styles of vaudeville acts did you see?

ESSAY POSSIBILITIES:

1. Write about what your life would be like without television, VCR’s, video games, computers, radios, cassette or record players.
2. What would it be like to live in the early 1900’s and see radio discovered, then silent films, talking movies, then TV and computers?
3. Interview your grandparents about what it was like to live when they were your age. Do they remember seeing vaudeville when they were young? How many vaudevillians can they remember seeing or hearing about?

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