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1 Fill in this quote: "Look love, I may be the _____ but it's got nothing to do with me!"
Answer: milkman

"But y'cant stop the milk, I'm pregnant!" - Mrs J
"Look love, I may be the milkman but it's got nothing to do with me" - Milkman

This is near the beginning of the show, which gives the background of the Johnstone family, as Mrs J can't pay the milk bill.
    Your options: [ fireman ] [ milkman ] [ bin man ] [ doctor ]
  From Quiz: 'Blood Brothers' Quotes
2 What did Mrs Johnstone call her first child? (think of the first song)
Answer: Darren Wayne

"When the baby came along, we called him Darren Wayne, then three months on I found that I was in the club again.." - From the song "Marilyn Monroe".
  From Quiz: Willy Russell's "Blood Brothers"
3 What does the milkman bring Mrs Johnstone?
Answer: Bread and eggs

Quote: He brings me bread and eggs, says "I've got legs like Marilyn Monroe."
  From Quiz: "Blood Brothers" General Knowledge
4 How many children does Mrs. Johnstone have before Mickey and Eddie come along?
Answer: Seven

"By the time that I was 25 I looked like 42, with seven hungry mouths to feed and one more nearly due."
  From Quiz: Ever heard the story of the Johnstone twins?
5 What was the name of the twin Mrs Johnstone gave away?
Answer: Eddie

Mrs Johnstone cannot afford to keep both babies, so she is persuaded to give one of them away to her employer who cannot have children... with disastrous results.
  From Quiz: Willy Russell's "Blood Brothers"
6 "It's going to be a long Sunday _________."
Answer: Afternoon

This is a great song performed by Mickey and Eddie who are twin brothers that were separated at birth. The become best friends but are unaware that they are brothers.
    Your options: [ Night ] [ Morning ] [ Afternoon ] [ Day ]
  From Quiz: "Blood Brothers" -- Songs from the Show
7 Complete this sentence: "Actually I've given up the milk round and gone in to medicine, I'm your ______"
Answer: gynaecologist

"What are you doing here? The milk bill's not due til next Thursday" - Mrs J
"Actually I've given up the milk round and gone in to medicine, I'm your gynaecologist" - Milkman/Gynaecologist

This is the part of the show where Mrs J finds out she is expecting twins.
    Your options: [ doctor ] [ gynaecologist ] [ conscience ] [ boss ]
  From Quiz: 'Blood Brothers' Quotes
8 Complete the quote: "There's shoes upon the table, and a joker in the pack. The ____'s been spilled and the looking glass cracked..."
Answer: salt

The narrator says this line just after Mrs J panics about Mrs Lyons putting her new shoes on the table.
    Your options: [ salt ] [ drink ] [ water ] [ sugar ]
  From Quiz: Willy Russell's "Blood Brothers"
9 Who does Mrs Johnstone marry?
Answer: Teddy

She meets him at the club and they go dancing.
  From Quiz: "Blood Brothers" General Knowledge
10 Why do the Johnstones move to the country?
Answer: They have been rehoused

"Oh bright new day, we're moving away, we're starting all over again..!"
  From Quiz: Ever heard the story of the Johnstone twins?
11 In the opening song, what three words does Mrs Johnstone sing after "by the time that I was twenty five I looked...." ?
Answer: like forty two

Poor Mrs Johnstone, she would look like 42 with "seven hungry mouths to feed, and one more nearly due".
  From Quiz: Willy Russell's "Blood Brothers"
12 "My best friend he can swear like a __________."
Answer: Soldier

This song is from "Long Sunday Afternoon" and is performed by Mickey and Eddie. They are singing about how they wish they could be like each other. Eddie has been brought up in an upper class family and Mickey has been brought up by his poor working class mother.
    Your options: [ Pilot ] [ Man ] [ Soldier ] [ Sailor ]
  From Quiz: "Blood Brothers" -- Songs from the Show
13 Who does Mickey marry?
Answer: Linda

Mickey marrys Linda after Christmas. You can hear the church bells in the OLC.
  From Quiz: "Blood Brothers" General Knowledge
14 How long is Mickey's prison sentence for the robbery?
Answer: 7 years

"The jury found him guilty, sent him down for seven years."
  From Quiz: Ever heard the story of the Johnstone twins?
15 What is the title of the song Mrs Johnstone and Mrs Lyons sing together?
Answer: My Child

Mrs Lyons promises Mrs Johnstone to look after her child: "I'd keep him warm in the winter and cool when it shines, I'd pull out his splinters without making him cry".
  From Quiz: Willy Russell's "Blood Brothers"
16 It doesn't matter the whole thing's just a ____________."
Answer: Game

This is the only song in the show that the children sing all together. All the kids are playing together and act out different characters; it's great.
    Your options: [ Scratch ] [ Day ] [ Game ] [ Dream ]
  From Quiz: "Blood Brothers" -- Songs from the Show
17 Fill in the missing lyric: "He wouldn't have to worry where his next ____ was coming from..."
Answer: meal

"If my child was raised in a palace like this one, he wouldn't have to worry where his next meal was coming from..." - Mrs J

This is when Mrs J is thinking what would happen if she gave away her son - the name of the song is 'My Child'
    Your options: [ pay cheque ] [ meal ] [ drink ] [ dinner ]
  From Quiz: 'Blood Brothers' Quotes
18 What is the name Eddie gives to the policeman when he is caught throwing stones with Mickey and Linda?
Answer: Adolf Hitler

"What's yer name, son?" "Adolf Hitler!"
  From Quiz: Willy Russell's "Blood Brothers"
19 What crime is Sammy guilty of?
Answer: Shooting someone

The shooting happens during the robbery.
  From Quiz: "Blood Brothers" General Knowledge
20 How many children does Donna-Marie have?
Answer: Three

"...Our Donna-Marie's already got three. She's a bit like me that way."
  From Quiz: Ever heard the story of the Johnstone twins?
21 Who sings the song "Shoes upon the Table"?
Answer: The Narrator

This song, all about superstition, comes back to haunt Mrs Johnstone... "you sold a son, and you can't tell anyone".
  From Quiz: Willy Russell's "Blood Brothers"
22 "Oh! You know the devil's got your ___________."
Answer: Number

The narrator sings this song. The narrator plays a huge part in the show; he represents the consciences of the two mothers.
    Your options: [ Baby ] [ Name ] [ Number ] [ Life ]
  From Quiz: "Blood Brothers" -- Songs from the Show
23 Fill in this quote from Mrs J: "We were in the middle of our tea one night when they arrived for the ____"
Answer: table

"I am sorry love" - Repo Man
"Ahh it's alright. We were in the middle of our tea one night when they arrived for the table!" - Mrs J

Mrs J arrives home from the hospital after giving birth to twins to find she is being repossessed.
    Your options: [ oven ] [ table ] [ dishes ] [ chairs ]
  From Quiz: 'Blood Brothers' Quotes
24 In the London performance, in "Marilyn Monroe 2" Sammy appears wearing a jacket with the name of which band on the back?
Answer: Status Quo

"I know our Sammy burnt the school down, well it's very easily done..." Sammy appears with his back to the audience, with Status Quo on the back of his jacket.
    Your options: [ Status Quo ] [ Deep Purple ] [ The Nolan Sisters ] [ T-Rex ]
  From Quiz: Willy Russell's "Blood Brothers"
25 What does Sammy hope will bring the victim back to life?
Answer: Counting from one to ten

This was inspired by a childhood game.
  From Quiz: "Blood Brothers" General Knowledge
26 What is the missing word in this lyric? "My best friend always had ______ to share, he knew every word in the dictionary."
Answer: sweets

"My best friend always had sweets to share." Mickey singing of Eddie in "My Friend." The first time Mickey and Eddie had met, Eddie had sweets which he shared with Mickey.
  From Quiz: Ever heard the story of the Johnstone twins?
27 On what date were the twins born?
Answer: July 18th

When they discover they were born on the same day, Mickey asks Eddie if he would like to become his blood brother. They seal the pact by each cutting the palm of their hand and clasping them together. An image seen on all the theatre advertising posters.
  From Quiz: Willy Russell's "Blood Brothers"
28 "Tell me it's not true, say it's just a ________."
Answer: Story

This is the final song of the show performed by Mrs. Johnstone and the cast. It is a very emotional song and usually has the whole audience in tears.
    Your options: [ Game ] [ Dream ] [ Story ] [ Lie ]
  From Quiz: "Blood Brothers" -- Songs from the Show
29 Fill in this lyric: "It just isn't fair, mine's the colour of ______"
Answer: gravy

"Just look at his hair, his hair's dark and wavy, it just isn't fair, mine's the colour of gravy" - Mickey and Eddie

This comes from the song 'That Guy' when Mickey and Eddie meet at the age of 14.
    Your options: [ poo ] [ gravy ] [ peanut butter ] [ chocolate ]
  From Quiz: 'Blood Brothers' Quotes
30 Complete this quote: "Oh SHUT UP Perkins you boring little ____!"
Answer: Turd

"Sir, Sir!" "OH SHUT UP Perkins you BORING little turd!"
    Your options: [ Turd ] [ Geek ] [ Child ] [ Worm ]
  From Quiz: Willy Russell's "Blood Brothers"
31 What does Mickey become after the shooting?
Answer: Chronically depressed

The doctor wrote him a prescription to take some tablets for this condition.
  From Quiz: "Blood Brothers" General Knowledge
32 After moving house, what does the milkman insist Mrs. Johnstone call him?
Answer: Joe

"Since I pay the bills on time the milkman insists I call him Joe."
  From Quiz: Ever heard the story of the Johnstone twins?
33 Complete this line from the song "Bright New Day" - "for it's no longer fitting for me to be sitting on a sofa I know for a fact..."
Answer: was knocked off

The Johnstone family are ecstatic to be moving to a new house, 65 Skelmersdale Lane, "away from the muck and the dirt ...".
    Your options: [ was knocked off ] [ is not paid for ] [ is on H.P. ] [ was second hand ]
  From Quiz: Willy Russell's "Blood Brothers"
34 "His mind's gone ___________."
Answer: Dancing

Just like Marilyn Monroe! (B.B fans know what it means.)
    Your options: [ Walking ] [ Blank ] [ Dancing ] [ Crazy ]
  From Quiz: "Blood Brothers" -- Songs from the Show
35 Fill in Linda's line: "Oh leave him alone, you ______" (Linda)
Answer: big worm

"Oh leave him alone, you big worm" (Linda)

This is in the classroom scene when Mickey is being yelled at by the teacher.
    Your options: [ soft get ] [ big worm ] [ meanie ] [ little maggot ]
  From Quiz: 'Blood Brothers' Quotes
36 What is the name of the chip shop owner mentioned in 'Summer Sequence'?
Answer: Mrs Wong

"...and your friends are there to talk away the night. Or until Mrs Wong switches off the chippy light".
  From Quiz: Willy Russell's "Blood Brothers"
37 Edwards sees birds in two places. Where?
Answer: In his dreams and in magazines

This is sung during the song "That Guy."
  From Quiz: "Blood Brothers" General Knowledge
38 Who tells Mickey of Linda and Eddie's relationship?
Answer: Mrs. Lyons

Mrs. Lyons relveals Linda and Eddie's relationship to Mickey. Mickey then goes mad and goes after Eddie.
  From Quiz: Ever heard the story of the Johnstone twins?
39 What does Eddie wear that causes him to be suspended from school?
Answer: A locket

The locket is a secret between Mrs Johnstone and Eddie. She gives it to Eddie so that he always has something to remember her and Mickey by. Eddie's mother, Mrs Lyons goes berserk when she finds out, and confronts Mrs Johnstone.
  From Quiz: Willy Russell's "Blood Brothers"
40 "Once I had a husband, you know the sort of _________."
Answer: Chap

This is the opening song from the show and sets up the story of the Johnstone twins!
    Your options: [ Boy ] [ Man ] [ Chap ] [ Lad ]
  From Quiz: "Blood Brothers" -- Songs from the Show
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