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2nd Test Your Circus IQ! Take this quiz and check your circus history knowledge.

1.  When did the slogan "Greatest Show on Earth" originate?

2.  Which American circus man introduced the circus tent to England?

3.  Who was the first circus performer to be paid $1000 per week?

4.  When did the steam calliope become the traditional final element in the American circus parade?

5.  Whose 1880s Harlem mansion recently sold (2009) for over a million dollars?

6.  Barnum & London featured Jumbo; who did Adam Forepaugh exhibit?

7.  Who was the first bareback rider to throw a backward somersault on a horse, without the use of a pad?

8.  What instrument did Al Ringling introduce to signal act changes?

Answers will be posted November 22. If you didn't answer at least five questions correctly, consider yourself a "First of May." (Questions and answers are from the Circus Historical Society Board of Trustees.)

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