Puppets


1Which popular puppet show of the 80s and 90s specialised in political satire?
2Which hand puppet would you associate with Shari Lewis?
3Who was Dr Bunsen Honeydew’s Muppet assistant, who seemed to get the worst of their experiments?
4Which popular childrens puppet series of the 50s and 60s was brought up to date in 2001 with the inclusion of a magpie, a hedgehog and a worm?
5Wayland Flowers was an American puppeteer, who had an outragious satirical old woman puppet, aimed at an adult audience, who would be dressed in evening attire and diamonds. Name her.
6Who is credited with inventing “Supermarionation”, where a puppets lips would move electronically?
7What defines a marionette?
8Who originally devised and presented Sooty on TV in the 1950s?
9Which 2004 “puppet” movie, made by the makers of South Park, satirises Americas politics and jingoism?
10Who would you associate with the puppet “Lord Charles”?
quiz kindly submitted by Fraenulum on 9th February 2010