1. When did the clown emerge as a type of professional comic actor?

2. Which clown was developed in the 16th century by Italian traveling acting companies?

3. What stock character is believed to have made the whiteface makeup of the clown a tradition?

4. Appearing for the first time in England in 1805, this clown is often called one of the earliest of the true circus clowns. Who is he?

5. Who took on the charactacter of Pierrot in the early 19th century and created the famous lovesick, pathetic clown persona?

6. This American circus clown is known for his role as "Weary Willie." Who is he?

7. Who, as one of the first professional stage clowns, played Dogberry in the first-ever performances of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing?

8. What type of comic entertainer was allowed to mock even the most exalted of his patrons?