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Musical Similarities

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Musical Similarities game quiz
"Although many musicals are unique... most have at least something in common with other musicals. Can you guess at which parts of which musicals seem to "go together"?"

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1. When musicals are similar, song titles seem to be repeated often. To start off, which character does NOT have a "Lament"?
    Fiyero from "Wicked"
    Adelaide from "Guys and Dolls"
    Chip from "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee"
    The "Diva" from "Spamalot"


2. What two musicals have a song titled "It Takes Two"?
    "Guys and Dolls" and "Rent"
    "Into the Woods" and "A Chorus Line"
    "Hairspray" and "Into The Woods"
    "Hairspray" and "Spamalot"


3. Which two musicals, respectively, have a song about saying "hello," and then "goodbye," to love?
    "Into The Woods" and "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels"
    "Rent" and "Wicked"
    "A Chorus Line" and "Rent"
    "Cats" and "A Chorus Line"


4. Now here's a twist: Both "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" and "Wicked" have songs that tell that "I'm not that _____" something. What are they about, respectively?
    good, wicked
    guy, smart
    funny, pretty
    smart, girl


5. Which two musicals tell us "I can" with the songs "I Can Do That" and "I Can Hear the Bells"?
    "Hairspray" and "Guys and Dolls"
    "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" and "A Chorus Line"
    "Into the Woods" and "Once on this Island"
    "A Chorus Line" and "Hairspray"


6. For a twist, two musicals give the audience completely different messages in "Forget About the Boy" and "Marry the Man Today." "Marry the Man Today" is from "Guys and Dolls." Which musical is "Forget about the Boy" from?
    Little Shop of Horrors
    Once on This Island
    The Wedding Singer
    Thoroughly Modern Millie


7. Which two of these musicals insult French people as a recurring joke?
    "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" and "Spamalot"
    "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" and "Spamalot"
    "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" and "Into The Woods"
    "Chicago" and "Hairspray"


8. Dancing in musicals is a give-in, but which of these musicals does not have a song specifically about dancing?
    Seussical
    Rent
    A Chorus Line
    Once on this Island


9. A good show also has to have a character's view on life! Which character does not have a song about their life views?
    Fiyero in "Wicked"
    Marcy in "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee"
    Patsy in "Spamalot"
    Sally in "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown"


10. Cats are a very popular animal in musicals (Does the famous musical titled simply "Cats" ring a bell?). Which of these musicals involve talking cats (and no, Cats isn't one of the options!)?
    "Into The Woods" and "Honk!"
    "Honk!" and "Seussical"
    "Once on This Island" and "Wicked"
    "Wicked" and "Annie"


11. Puppets - they are a staple in most musicals. But which show has survived without the fabric creatures in their cast?
    Little Shop of Horrors
    Forbidden Broadway
    Hairspray
    Avenue Q


12. In every good musical, there has to be some kind of romance, right? But one of these shows has no romance at all! *Gasp*! Which one is it?
    Once on This Island
    The Wiz
    Little Shop of Horrors
    The Wedding Singer


13. And of course, as "Spamalot" put it, all Broadway shows have to have a wedding, or at least an engagement! But which of these shows does not have either?
    Guys and Dolls
    The Wedding Singer
    Chicago
    Wicked


14. These two shows have a ton in common, namely the general plot scheme of men betting on women. They even share the same line, in two separate songs. The line is "I thought I knew the score." Name those musicals!
    "Guys and Dolls" and "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels"
    "Hairspray" and "Rent"
    "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" and "Chicago"
    "Rent" and "Guys and Dolls"


15. These musicals may have the most in common of any in this whole quiz! Which two musicals show hopefuls competing in a competition while telling tales of their adolescences?
    "A Chorus Line" and "Into the Woods"
    "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" and "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee"
    "Grease" and "Hairspray"
    "A Chorus Line" and "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee"


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Compiled May 21 13