Trivia

1.Clowns have 2 major descendant arts what are they??
Harlequinade, comedian

2. give full definition of a clown...
a comic performer, as in a circus, theatrical production, or the like, who wears an outlandish costume and makeup and entertains by pantomiming common situations or actions in exaggerated or ridiculous fashion, by juggling or tumbling, etc.

3.The clowns ancestor arts is??
Jester

4.The word clown is believed to come from?? and means??
Scandinavia

5.What is the earliest record of the word clown??
1560

6. Who was the first panto clown to wear white face make-up instead of a mask??
Joseph Grimaldi

7.Who declared international clown week and when??
President Richard Nixon, On August 2, 1971

8. What is the full name of Krusty the clown on the Simpsons?? who did Krusty voice??
   -Herschel Shmoikel Pinchas Yerucham Krustofsky
   -Dan Castellaneta

9.What is the nickname of a clown?? who inspired the nickname?? and when??
   -Joey
   -Joseph Grimaldi
   -1811-1820

10.Traditional clowning centers on the relationship of?? and??
playing musical instruments, juggling and spinning plates