What is the Comedy Festival Roadshow?

A touring show of festival acts

What is Class Clowns?

A comedy competition for school students

Which other festivals is it often compared with?

Edinburgh Fringe and Just for Laughs

Melbourne Comedy Festival Quiz: Stand-Up Down Under

This Melbourne comedy festival quiz grabs a seat for weeks of stand-up, sketch and silliness in Australia's arts capital. Play 10 interactive questions on its 1987 founding, Barry Humphries and Peter Cook, the Melbourne Town Hall hub, the Barry award, the Roadshow, Class Clowns, international acts and breakout shows like Nanette.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

City
Where is the festival held?
Founded
When was the festival founded?
Founders
Which two comedians helped launch it?
When
When is the festival usually held?
Hub
Which building is the festival's main hub?
Award
What is the top award called?
Tour
What is the Comedy Festival Roadshow?
Kids
What is Class Clowns?
Nanette
Whose show Nanette won the Barry in 2017?
Rank
Which other festivals is it often compared with?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Where is the festival held?
Answer: Melbourne
It is in Victoria, Australia.
Q2: When was the festival founded?
Answer: 1987
It has grown every decade.
Q3: Which two comedians helped launch it?
Answer: Barry Humphries and Peter Cook
Both were comedy legends.
Q4: When is the festival usually held?
Answer: March and April
It follows summer.
Q5: Which building is the festival's main hub?
Answer: Melbourne Town Hall
Many shows run there.
Q6: What is the top award called?
Answer: The Barry
It honors Barry Humphries.
Q7: What is the Comedy Festival Roadshow?
Answer: A touring show of festival acts
It visits towns across Australia.
Q8: What is Class Clowns?
Answer: A comedy competition for school students
Young talent gets a stage.
Q9: Whose show Nanette won the Barry in 2017?
Answer: Hannah Gadsby
It later became a Netflix special.
Q10: Which other festivals is it often compared with?
Answer: Edinburgh Fringe and Just for Laughs
They are among the biggest comedy events.

Melbourne Comedy Festival Quiz – Stand-Up Down Under

The Melbourne International Comedy Festival began in 1987, launched with the help of comedy legends Barry Humphries and Peter Cook. It now runs for several weeks each March and April.

Melbourne Town Hall serves as its hub, and hundreds of shows fill theaters, bars and halls across the city. The top prize, the Barry, honors Humphries, and Hannah Gadsby's Nanette won it in 2017.

The Comedy Festival Roadshow takes acts around Australia, and Class Clowns gives school students a chance to perform. It is often ranked with Edinburgh and Montreal's Just for Laughs among the world's biggest comedy events, drawing huge crowds every year.

What This Quiz Teaches

Comedy fans will enjoy these questions.

When it began
Who founded it
Where shows happen
Which awards it gives
How it supports new talent

Did You Know?

Many international comedians debut shows there.
The Gala opening is broadcast on TV.
Raw Comedy helps find new stand-ups.
Shows range from stand-up to puppetry.
Melbourne is known as Australia's cultural capital.