Improvisational Comedy quiz

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1. 1 Easy

   What 2000 mockumentary followed eccentric owners at a dog show?

   Answer: Best in Show

   Why: Guest handed the cast a fifteen-page outline instead of a script, then cut sixty hours of improvised footage down to ninety minutes.

2. 2 Medium

   Who is widely celebrated as the mother of modern improvisational theater?

   Answer: Viola Spolin

   Why: Spolin originally designed her theater exercises in the 1930s to help immigrant children overcome cultural and language barriers.

3. 3 Easy

   Which style of improv relies on quick, rule-based games with strict artificial constraints?

   Answer: Short-form

   Why: Whose Line Is It Anyway? took short form games to Channel 4 in 1988, where the points were arbitrary and often handed to the audience.

4. 4 Easy

   Who directed the largely improvised 1984 mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap?

   Answer: Rob Reiner

   Why: Most people think lead actor Christopher Guest directed Spinal Tap, but Rob Reiner helmed it and played documentarian Marty DiBergi.

5. 5 Easy

   Who improvised Andy's network problem line in Parks and Rec?

   Answer: Chris Pratt

   Why: The show's writers joked that they were annoyed because Pratt's off-the-cuff line beat months of script planning.

6. 6 Easy

   Which 2004 comedy starring Will Ferrell as a 1970s news anchor featured heavily improvised scenes?

   Answer: Anchorman

   Why: So much alternate footage was shot that producers assembled a full bonus companion movie titled Wake Up, Ron Burgundy.