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What is a jesters hat called?

Cap & bells!

100

How does sozo know THIS MUCH about  jesters?

because  shes been a fan of clowns since he was a wee little bug. also wikipedia my beloved. 

100

What is a jesters staff called?

A marotte!!

100

What are other words to call a jester? / What other names do they have?

(20 Points each right answer!)

Fool, Balatro, Clown (can be argued), Buffoon, Minstrel, Joker, And several more!

200

The clothes a jester wears is called a ______ pattern!

Harlequin Motley, Or diamond pattern!

Motley is the traditional costume of the court jester, the motley fool. It is the costume of the arlecchino character in commedia dell'arte, the harlequin who wears a patchwork of red, green and blue diamonds. Present-day fashion occasionally adopts it as a motif.

200

What is the jesters privilege?

Jester's privilege is the ability and right of a jester to talk and mock freely without being punished. As an acknowledgement of this right, the court jester had symbols denoting their status and protection under the law.

Another thing is that Jesters could give bad news to the King that no one else would dare deliver. In 1340, when the English navy destroyed a French fleet at the Battle of Sluys, Philip VI of France's jester told him the English sailors "don't even have the guts to jump into the water like our brave French".

200

Who made the song "The Court Jester?"

( i dont listen to it much, i just thought the question  would  be fun (o: )

thquib! The song was sang by FUKASE too!

200

What skills are common for a jester to have? 

(20 Points for each!)

Song, music, and storytelling, but many also employed acrobatics, juggling, telling jokes (such as puns and imitation), and performing magic tricks. 

300

Who made the most famous  painting of a jester?

The most famous painting of a jester is Stańczyk created in 1862 by the Polish artist Jan Matejko.

300

What is the mascots name in the game Balatro?

Jimbo

300

What role does Dimentio and Kefka take in their respective  games? (SPM & FFIV)

They are Villans!

300

What are the 2 jester songs sang specifically by Teto, the Vocaloid?

(bonus points if you guess a song that wasnt listed)

Harlequin Contraption, Fools Masquerade.

Respectively by Vane Lily and Chimera!

400

What is the history of the word: Jester?

It derives from the older form gestour, or jestour, originally from French meaning 'storyteller' or 'minstrel'. 

400

When did Jesters start being called Jesters?

The modern use of the English word jester did not come into use until the mid-16th century, during Tudor times.

400

Who caused the end of the tradition of Jesters?

Charles II!


After the Restoration, Charles II did not reinstate the tradition of the court jester, but he did greatly patronise the theatre and proto-music hall entertainments, especially favouring the work of Thomas Killigrew.

Yet in 2015, the town of Conwy in North Wales appointed Russel Erwood (aka Erwyd le Fol) as the official resident jester of the town and its people, a post that had been vacant since 1295.

400

List as many jester characters  you can.

(You get 20 points each character. Yay)

Joker (BATMAN), Pomni (TADC), Chopin (HOND), Jevil (DELTARUNE), Harley Quinn (BATMAN),  Dimentio (SUPER PAPER MARIO), Fizzaroli (HELLUVA BOSS), Marx (KIRBY), Jester (DEVIL MAY CRY), Sundrop & Moondrop (SECURITY  BREACH), Spinel (STEVEN UNIVERSE (i forgot)), Shadow Milk Cookie (CRK), Cicero (SKYRIM), Kefka Palazzo (FFVI) SOZO (WHAT), Pierrot (TFC), JACKI (WHAT),   And so, so many more.. 

this question  took the longest because  i had to find them all

500

What is another use for the word Balatro, other than to call a jester?

In Horace, Balatro is used as a proper name: Servilius Balatro. An old scholiast derives the common word balatro from the proper name, suggesting that buffoons were called balatrones because Servilius Balatro was a buffoon, though others have since objected to this account. 

(There was also someone named Jane Foole! Employed by Henry VIII's daughter, Mary I!)

500

Who was polands most famous jester?

Stańczyk, employed by three kings; Alexander, Sigismund the Old and Sigismund Augustus.

Stańczyk is often cited as an archetypical example of a wise fool or to illustrate the sad clown paradox.

500

Do jesters exist in japan? 

Y/N

In Japan from the 13th to 18th centuries, the taikomochi, a kind of male geisha, attended the feudal lords (daimyōs). They entertained mostly through dancing and storytelling, and were at times counted on for strategic advice. By the 16th century they fought alongside their lord in battle in addition to their other duties. In Akira Kurosawa's 1985 film Ran with Sengoku era setting, Kyoami is a Shakespearean fool character, the jester of Hidetora. He is inspired by the Fool in King Lear.

500

Where can you usually  find a jester?

(Theres 2 answers to this question. 50 points for each!)

The royal court, or found as traveling performers!