P. T. Barnum: America's Greatest Showman

The movie, The Greatest Showman, can best be described as a:

• documentary about competition in the museum and circus industry.

• dramatization of the life of showman and entrepreneur P.T. Barnum.

P.T. Barnum's father took the risk to start and operate many different types of businesses. This is called:

• Marketing

• Entrepreneurship

This word is used to describe the possibility of loss:

• Risk

• Marketing

P.T. Barnum was named after his maternal grandfather. What did the initials P.T. stand for?

• Phillip Tyson

• Phineas Taylor

“Without promotion something terrible happens … nothing!” Who said this?

• Queen Victoria

• P.T. Barnum

When P.T. Barnum was 15, what traumatic event happened in his life?

• His father died.

• His brother died.

In 1835, at age 25, P.T. Barnum began his career as a showman by exhibiting:

• An elderly woman named Joice Heth who was supposedly 141 years of age.

• The FeeJee Mermaid which was a monkey sewn to the back half of a fish.

In the movie, Barnum goes to a bank to borrow money so that he can open his museum. Before loaning him money, the bank wants something. What does the bank want before making a loan?

• Collateral

• Insurance

After his business was initially unsuccessful, Barnum did not give up, he kept searching for new strategies and new ideas. This is called:

• Perseverance

• Politic

Barnum finds Charles Stratton and asks him to be the “star” of his show. What name did Barnum bestow on Charles Stratton?

• The Irish Giant

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