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Visit to the American Museum
Humbug
Man Behind the Curtain
Endings and Beginnings
Grab Bag
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7
How many grand saloons were in Barnum's museum
100
Humbug
PT Barnum was called "The Prince of..."
100
Barnum's drinking problem
Charity, Barnum's wife, blamed his bad behavior on what?
100
$1
At what price did Barnum sell the museum to John Greenword?
100
$3,400
Barnum had a grand buffalo hunt. How much did this make him?
200
Exit
What does "egress" mean?
200
Fejee Mermaid
What was Barnum's first big humbug in 1842 named?
200
4
How many little girls did Barnum have?
200
The Art of Money Getting
PT started doing a lecture tour called...
200
He would sell a 112 page guide mapping outlining where things were in the museum in order to make more money
PT Barnum would purposely put random things in each saloon in order to sell what? Why would he do this?
300
Representatives of the Wonderful
What did PT Barnum call the people that worked in "Barnum's Human Curiosities"?
300
horse
Barnum's 2nd humbug was a wooly...
300
Palace
Barnum made enough money to move his family into a...
300
Connecticut state legislature
In 1864, PT ran for what?
300
They burned down
What happened to Barnum's museum's
400
To get people to go inside the museum to get away from the horrible noise
Why did Barnum play a bras band to play "badly" outside his museum?
400
Yes. Because it drew people to his museum.
PT Barnum said he used all his "humbugs" as advertisements. Did this work for his business? How so?
400
Go to operas, read, visit friends
What did Barnum like to do in his spare time?
400
- His planned town in Connecticut. - People around the country donated money to PT.
What idea made Barnum declare bankruptcy? What did some people around the country do because of this?
400
A dead whale washed ashore
PT Barnum was walking on the beach when something odd happened. What was it?
500
Because he had been able to find a lot of exhibits that were out of the ordinary and he made sure he put his name on everything he was selling.
By 1845 PT Barnum had a unique public reputation. HIs name was synonymous with the curious, wonderous, and odd. Why is this?
500
Barnum paid newspapers to print a fake report about the Fejee Mermaid. And yes it worked.
What did Barnum do to get the public interested in his 1st humbug exhibit? Did this scheme work?
500
A minister begged the congregation to stop drinking, so Barnum did, and his family life got better.
What made Barnum give up drinking? What effects did this have on his life?
500
It was a sign to leave his old life behind and start living more modestly with his family.
When Iranistan burned down, Barnum took it as a sign to do what?
500
- he refused to stop drinking for her - when she was sick he would tell stories to make her feel worse. -made Charity climb down a long staircase and when she could go no further he left her there and kept going.
Barnum was a great businessman, but often could be downright mean to his wife. Give one example of how this is true.