Silent Cinema Quiz: Before the Talkies
Four questions on how early films told stories, drew crowds and found their voices.
- Questions
4 - Length
About 2 min
Spoiler: show the questions 4 questions
- In Japan, what did a benshi do during a silent film?
- Why does this strip of film have a row of holes down the edge?
- Which silent-film comedian made a bowler hat, cane and tiny mustache part of his signature look?
- How could black-and-white film turn blue?