Pantomime – a Christmas tradition – VB

1. [Match]

Match the words with their definitions. Oh yes, you can!

Answers for Quiz [1].

• 1. clever, especially in a dishonest or secretive way (correct)
• 2. a good or favoured person, especially a hero in a story or film (correct)
• 3. situation in which what is traditionally done by males is done by females and vice versa (correct)
• 4. relating to current affairs (correct)
• 5. ridiculous but amusing behaviour (from the Italian for a ‘clown’) (correct)
• 6. a basic type of amusing acting in which the actors behave in a silly way, such as by throwing things, falling over, slipping on a banana skin (correct)
• 7. continuously throwing into the air and catching a series of objects (correct)
• 8. an amusing anecdote shared exclusively by a particular group (correct)
• 9. a remark or remarks that suggest something sexual or unpleasant but do not refer to it directly (correct)
• 10. the main sequence of events in a play, film or novel (correct)
• 11. a way in which sth is usually done (correct)
• 12. (of a man) dressed in women’s clothing (correct)
• 13. to be too difficult or strange for you to understand (correct)
• 14. part of a song which is repeated, usually after each verse (correct)
• 15. set of clothes worn by an actor or performer for a rôle or show (correct)
• 16. set of actors in a play or film (correct)
• 17. a well-known, popular person invited to appear as a ‘star’ in order to attract a larger audience (correct)
• 18. used of ideas or culture which are intellectual (correct)
• 19. a very small, insignificant rôle involving an actor being on stage for a short time, and speaking very few or no words (correct)
• 20. someone who does not work regularly for one person or organization but does small pieces of work for different people, used of an actor / plumber / builder/ gardener etc. (correct)