Classic Comedy Duos
Instructions: Famous comedy partnerships and double acts
- 1.
Which comedy duo performed the legendary 'Who's on First?' routine?
AAbbott and CostelloBLaurel and HardyCBurns and AllenDMartin and Lewis - 2.
In the Laurel and Hardy partnership, which comedian was the thin one?
AOliver HardyBThey alternated rolesCNeither, they were the same buildDStan Laurel - 3.
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis were a hugely popular duo in the 1950s. What was Dean Martin's role in the act?
AThe impersonatorBThe physical comedianCThe slapstick comedianDThe straight man and crooner - 4.
George Burns and Gracie Allen had a comedy partnership that lasted decades. What was their real-life relationship?
ACousinsBHusband and wifeCBrother and sisterDChildhood friends - 5.
Which comedy team starred in classic films like 'Duck Soup' and 'A Night at the Opera'?
AThe Marx BrothersBThe Three StoogesCAbbott and CostelloDLaurel and Hardy - 6.
Bob Hope and Bing Crosby starred together in a series of comedy films known as the '___' movies.
AHighwayBJourneyCRoadDTrail - 7.
Which member of the Three Stooges was known for his bowl haircut and 'nyuk nyuk nyuk' laugh?
AMoeBLarryCCurlyDShemp - 8.
Dan Rowan and Dick Martin hosted which popular sketch comedy TV show from 1968 to 1973?
AThe Smothers Brothers Comedy HourBRowan & Martin's Laugh-InCThe Carol Burnett ShowDHee Haw - 9.
Which comedy duo starred in the 1963 film 'It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World' and had their own TV variety show?
ARowan and MartinBStiller and MearaCNichols and MayDSmothers Brothers - 10.
In the Burns and Allen comedy act, Gracie Allen was famous for playing what type of character?
AThe bossy wifeBThe scatterbrained oneCThe angry neighborDThe serious intellectual - 11.
Which classic Laurel and Hardy short film features the duo trying to deliver a piano up a long flight of stairs?
AWay Out WestBSons of the DesertCThe Music BoxDBabes in Toyland - 12.
Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor first starred together in which 1976 comedy film?
ASilver StreakBAnother YouCSee No Evil, Hear No EvilDStir Crazy - 13.
Mike Nichols and Elaine May were a celebrated comedy duo of the late 1950s known for what style of comedy?
AVentriloquismBImprovisational comedyCSlapstickDMusical comedy - 14.
Which Marx Brother was known for never speaking on screen, communicating instead through honking a horn and visual gags?
AHarpoBGrouchoCChicoDZeppo - 15.
Which comedy team's catchphrase was 'Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into'?
ABurns and AllenBAbbott and CostelloCLaurel and HardyDMartin and Lewis