VIXEN VOCAB
A MAN'S GAME
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GOTTA HAVE A GIMMICK
WORKING WOMEN
100
The term for burlesque performed in the 1990s or later
What is neo-burlesque?
100
A producer famous for his many follies
Who is Florenz Ziegfeld?
100
Dancer whose "horribly pretty" troupe took New York by storm in the 19th century.
Who is Lydia Thompson?
100
Dancer with "remote control" over the tassels on her breasts.
Who is Carrie Finnell?
100
As of 2023, this is the number of unionized strip clubs.
What is ONE strip club in North Hollywood?
200
These "living pictures" allowed performers to legally appear unclothed as long as they remained completely still...
What is a tableau vivant?
200
Burlesque slang for the top-billed comic in a show.
What is the 'top banana'?
200
This dancer performed her act with trained doves...
Who is Rosita Royce?
200
A woman with a speaking role in a burlesque comic sketch.
What is a 'talking woman'?
200
The 2-word slang expression for "flashing" or excessively dirty humor.
What is 'working strong'?
Or what is 'working blue'?
300
This contemporary style of burlesque prominently features specific fandoms and characters from popular culture...
What is nerdlesque?
300
Brothers whose name became synonymous with 'burlesque'.
Who are the Minsky Brothers?
300
Dancer often credited as the first 'exotic dancer' in the United States.
Who is 'Little Egypt'?
300
This performer famously danced with snakes
Who is Zorita?
300
This dancer was permanently scarred after falling through glass during a performance...
Who is Faith Bacon?
400
The word 'burlesque' comes from an Italian word that roughly translates as:
What is 'a joke'?
400
Banned burlesque in the City of New York in 1937
Who is Fiorello La Guardia?
400
Before it became known as the 'Burlesque Hall of Fame', this museum was known as...
What is 'Exotic World'?
400
This dancer wrote and starred in a 1960s show entitled This Was Burlesque...
Who is Ann Corio?
400
Rose La Rose's FIRST Toledo theater, the Town Hall, was forced to close for this reason...
What is urban renewal?
500
Traditionally, the term for 1 of 3 songs in a burlesque act.
What is a 'trailer'?
500
Choreographer famous for the precise, mechanized dancing of his chorus girls
Who is Ned Wayburn?
500
This dancer used the stage name, Connie Ray
Who is Rose La Rose?
500
The title of Gypsy Rose Lee's first mystery novel
What is The G-String Murders?
500
This dancer died after catching fire in a backstage Boston theater...
Who is Buddy Wade?
600
A pubic wig dancers used to fake 'flashing' on stage.
What is a merkin?
600
Vendor who sold sweets, cheap trinkets, and adult magazines during a burlesque show.
What is a 'candy butcher'?
600
This dancer started the Exotic Dancers League.
Who is Jennie Lee?
600
A performance bill of variety acts produced on the popular American stage.
What is vaudeville?
600
A two-verb slang expression for the act of burlesque dancing.
What is the 'bump n' grind'?