satire
Satire often exaggerates flaws to expose them. This topic is part of Comedy within Arts & Culture. This page currently draws on 19 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
satire trivia questions
Satire uses humor to criticize what?
Answer: People, institutions, or society
Bonus fact: Satire often exaggerates flaws to expose them.
Which literary work by Jonathan Swift is a famous satire of politics and human nature?
Answer: Gulliver's Travels
Bonus fact: Swift used fantastic voyages to mock institutions and behavior.
What technique does satire often use by saying the opposite of what is meant?
Answer: Irony
Bonus fact: Irony creates a gap between surface meaning and intended criticism.
How does parody differ from satire?
Answer: Parody imitates a specific style or work; satire targets broader flaws
Bonus fact: A parody can also be satirical.
Which Dante film is a suburban satire starring Tom Hanks?
Answer: The 'Burbs
Bonus fact: The movie follows suspicious neighbors on a quiet cul-de-sac.
Who directed the 1992 Hollywood satire "The Player"?
Answer: Robert Altman
Bonus fact: The film marked a major comeback for Altman.
Comedy is intended primarily to make audiences do what?
Answer: Laugh
Bonus fact: Comedy can use wit, satire, absurdity, and physical humor.
Sketch comedy consists of what?
Answer: Short comedic scenes
Bonus fact: Sketches may feature recurring characters or topical satire.
Which Ionesco play depicts people turning into rhinoceroses?
Answer: Rhinoceros
Bonus fact: The transformation is often read as a satire on conformity.
What are Gargantua and Pantagruel?
Answer: Giants
Bonus fact: Their enormous appetites and adventures fuel the satire.
Who wrote The Way We Live Now?
Answer: Anthony Trollope
Bonus fact: The novel is a broad satire of money, politics, journalism, and social ambition.
The plot of "One, Two, Three" revolves around the daughter of an American businessman secretly marrying what kind of man?
Answer: A young East German communist
Bonus fact: The marriage sets off the film’s frantic satire of capitalism, communism, and corporate ambition.