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Free Humour quiz: 64 trivia questions and answers — wit, wordplay & great comedians. Easy to hard, with explained answers. No sign-up.
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From Raymond Devos to Pierre Desproges, by way of Frédéric Dard, this quiz explores the great names and witticisms that have shaped French-language comedy. A fun way to test your wit.
This quiz currently has 64 questions, ranging from easy to hard, available in French, English and Spanish when the Spanish translation is available.
Warm up before the quiz with these 12 trivia questions and their explained answers: click a question to reveal the answer.
Answer: Jean-Marie Bigard. Jean-Marie Bigard often plays rough, direct characters like 'la brute' in his shows and films.
Answer: Oscar Wilde. This quip is attributed to Oscar Wilde. In France it is sometimes wrongly credited to other comedians.
Answer: A pain so intense he no longer feels anything. Devos had the genius of building perfectly coherent chains of reasoning that led to perfectly insane conclusions. The pain that no longer hurts: impeccable logic.
Answer: Monty Python. In a café, Vikings sing 'Spam, spam, spam…' until all conversation is drowned out, like ads flooding an inbox. Spam was originally a brand of tinned meat.
Answer: A paper fish. The most-cited origin: New Year moving from 1 April to 1 January in 1564, under Charles IX; those still celebrating the old date were teased. In Spain, prank day is 28 December!
Answer: Éric Judor. The duo starred in "La Tour Montparnasse infernale" (2001). Éric Judor later created the series "Platane".
Answer: François Pirette. François Pirette is a master of absurdist humor, with shows like 'Pirette Circus'.
Answer: Kad Merad. Kad Merad often uses this expression in his sketches and films, such as 'Welcome to the Sticks' (Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis).
Answer: Georges Brassens. This remark is often attributed to singer-songwriter Georges Brassens, true to his free spirit, although no written source confirms it.
Answer: Being afraid of nothing, since nothing is the void. Raymond Devos was the champion of absurdist reasoning carried to its logical conclusion with the utmost seriousness. Impeccable logic leading to completely insane conclusions.
Answer: Bertrand Russell. This quote, often wrongly attributed to French comedians, actually comes from Bertrand Russell, the British philosopher and mathematician.
Answer: Marcel Béliveau. From 1987 to the late 1990s, he trapped celebrities in absurd situations before appearing to reveal all. His disguises became his trademark.
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