60 Fiddler on the Roof Trivia Questions & Answers

Answer: Matchmaker, Matchmaker

The three eldest daughters sing this song. They fear that the matchmaker will match them with old, ugly, or otherwise objectionable husbands.

"For Papa, make him a scholar.
For Mama, make him rich as a king.
For me, well, I wouldn't holler
If he were as handsome as anything."

Answer: Feed; Master

This is from the song "Tradition" which is the opening song.

Answer: Topol

Chaim Topol (goes by Topol) was born in 1935 in Tel Aviv. He died in 2023. He has also played roles as Galileo and in the "War and Remembrance" series.

Answer: cow

Lazar Wolf laughs really hard when he finds this out.

Answer: Miracle of Miracles

The timid tailor who has just won the eldest daughter's hand sings this triumphant, joyful song, and his fiancee joins in.

"When David slew Goliath (yes!), that was a miracle.
When God gave us manna in the wilderness, that was a miracle too.

But of all God's miracles large and small,
The most miraculous one of all
Is the one I thought could never be:
God has given you to me."

Answer: Bride

This is from the song "To Life".

Answer: He conjures a dream.

He conjures a very elaborate dream in which Golde's grandmother blesses the union between Motel and Tzeitel and in which Lazar Wolf's first wife curses the union.

Answer: 5

Tzeitel, Hotel, Chava, and two littler ones.

Answer: Anatevka

In the original stories of Sholom Aleichem, which 'Fiddler on the Roof' is based on, the family does not live in Anatevka, but on a farm nearby.

Answer: Grandma Tzeitel's song in Tevye's dream

Grandma Tzeitel (who is long dead) sings this song about her granddaughter's fiance. A bunch of other decrepit ghosts join in.

"A worthy boy is he
(Mazel Tov, Mazel Tov)
Of pious family
(Mazel Tov, Mazel Tov)
They named him after my
Dear Uncle Mordechai
The tailor Motel Camzoil"

Answer: ring; match

This is from the song "Matchmaker", when the girls are reminiscing about who they want the matchmaker to match them with.

Answer: Law and Order

Neva Small has had a few bit parts on "Law and Order". In each episode, she plays a different character.

Answer: To life

Lazer Wolf and Tevye sing a rousing song with this title to celebrate the engagement of Lazer to Tevye's daughter Tzeitel.

Answer: Tradition

The daughters of the village sing this verse of "Tradition" near the beginning of the movie.

"And who does Mama teach to mend and tend and fix,
Preparing me to marry whoever Papa picks?

The daughter, the daughter! Tradition!
The daughter, the daughter! Tradition!"

Answer: Swiftly

This is from the song "Sunrise, Sunset", sung when Tzeitel and Motel are getting married.

Answer: She married a man who was not Jewish.

It was very difficult for Tevye to come to terms with his daughter's marriage. His culture taught him that to leave the faith was to desert your people. In the end, he struggles but acknowleges Chava and her husband.

Answer: Harnick

He's the one responsible for sticking words in your head!

Answer: If I Were a Rich Man

Tevye, a poor farmer who delivers milk to his fellow villagers, sings this song in which he fantasizes about life as a wealthy man.

"I'd see my wife, my Golde, looking like a rich man's wife
With a proper double-chin.
Supervising meals to her heart's delight.
I see her putting on airs and strutting like a peacock.
Oy, what a happy mood she's in.
Screaming at the servants, day and night."

Answer: "God has given you to me"

Motel, until confronting Tevye about his love for Tzeitel is portrayed as a weak, blabbering character. His outburst of song is his proclamation that he has stood up for what he most wanted.

Answer: biddy biddy bum

In my humble opinion, it's the only good song in the movie (other than 'Miracle of Miracles').

Answer: Leonard Frey

Richard Dreyfuss, John Ritter, and Rob Reiner all auditioned for the same role, but in the end, the part went to Frey, who played it on Broadway.

Answer: Fruma Sarah Wolfe

Fruma Sarah (who is dead) clearly does not want her widowed husband Lazar Wolfe to remarry. She is a scary but funny ghost.

"If Tzietl marries Lazer Wolfe
I pity them both!
She'll live with him three weeks
And when three weeks are up
I'll come to her by night
I'll take her by the throat and
This I'll give your Tzietl!
That I'll give your Tzietl!
This I'll give your Tzietl!
That I'll give your Tzietl!
Here's my wedding present if she marries Lazer Wolfe!"

Answer: Why; What

This is from the song "Far From the Home I love", when Hodel is about to move to Siberia where Perchik (her future husband) was going to be in prison.