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Quiz about The Mikado  Complete the Lyrics
Quiz about The Mikado  Complete the Lyrics

"The Mikado" - Complete the Lyrics Quiz


W.S. Gilbert wrote some inventive rhyming lyrics for "The Mikado". Let's see how you would have completed some of his lines.

A multiple-choice quiz by askpau. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
askpau
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
161,529
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
1099
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Question 1 of 10
1. Let's start with the opening chorus.

"If you think we are worked by strings,
Like a Japanese _____,
You don't understand these things:
It is simply Court etiquette."
Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Nanki-Poo enters, carrying a "native guitar" on his back and a bundle of ballads in his hand.

"A wandering minstrel I -
A thing of shreds and patches,
Of ballads, songs and _____,
And dreamy lullaby!"
Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Ko-Ko, the Lord High Executioner, sings:

"As some day it may happen that a victim must be found,
I've got a little list, I've got a little list
Of society offenders who might well be underground,
And who never would be ____, who never would be ____."

Provide the one word that fills in both blanks and use proper spelling.

Answer: (One Word, rhymes with second line)
Question 4 of 10
4. Most people know this little ditty:

"Three little maids from school are we,
Pert as a schoolgirl well can be,
Filled to the brim with girlish ____,
Three little maids from school!"

Answer: (one word, rhymes with first two lines)
Question 5 of 10
5. Another trio (this time of men) says that they wouldn't much care:

"To sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock,
In a pestilential prison with a life-long lock,
Awaiting the sensation of a short, sharp shock,
From a cheap and chippy chopper on a big, black ____!"

Answer: (One Word - rhymes with the other lines)
Question 6 of 10
6. Katisha does not manage to complete this sentence, but what does she want to say about Nanki-Poo?

"In vain you interrupt with this tornado!
He is the only son of your _____!"

Answer: (One Word - rhymes on the page)
Question 7 of 10
7. "A more humane Mikado never
Did in Japan exist,
To nobody second,
I'm certainly reckoned,
A true _______."
Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. "B should be happy!
Oh, so happy!
Laughing, ha ha!
Chaffing, ha ha!
_____ quaffing, ha ha ha!"
Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Ko-Ko says to Katisha:

"Are you old enough to marry, do you think?
Won't you wait till you are eighty in the shade?
There's a fascination frantic
In a ruin that's romantic
Do you think you are sufficiently _____?"
Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Grand finale:

"For he's gone and married Yum-Yum,
Your anger pray bury,
For all will be merry,
I think you had better _____,
And join our expressions of glee."
Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Let's start with the opening chorus. "If you think we are worked by strings, Like a Japanese _____, You don't understand these things: It is simply Court etiquette."

Answer: marionette

The verse continues: "Perhaps you suppose this throng/Can't keep it up all day long?/If that's your idea, you're wrong!"
2. Nanki-Poo enters, carrying a "native guitar" on his back and a bundle of ballads in his hand. "A wandering minstrel I - A thing of shreds and patches, Of ballads, songs and _____, And dreamy lullaby!"

Answer: snatches

Nanki-Poo is the Romantic lead.
3. Ko-Ko, the Lord High Executioner, sings: "As some day it may happen that a victim must be found, I've got a little list, I've got a little list Of society offenders who might well be underground, And who never would be ____, who never would be ____." Provide the one word that fills in both blanks and use proper spelling.

Answer: missed

Koko's list is often updated in performance to include people currently in the news.
4. Most people know this little ditty: "Three little maids from school are we, Pert as a schoolgirl well can be, Filled to the brim with girlish ____, Three little maids from school!"

Answer: glee

The singers are Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo, Pitti-Sing. The names are politically incorrect, but I suppose they are amusing for precisely that reason.
5. Another trio (this time of men) says that they wouldn't much care: "To sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock, In a pestilential prison with a life-long lock, Awaiting the sensation of a short, sharp shock, From a cheap and chippy chopper on a big, black ____!"

Answer: block

Pretty easy if you caught the alliteration in the other lines.
6. Katisha does not manage to complete this sentence, but what does she want to say about Nanki-Poo? "In vain you interrupt with this tornado! He is the only son of your _____!"

Answer: Mikado

No wand'ring minstrel he - Nanki-Poo is indeed the son of the Mikado (the Emperor). In performance, the word "tornado" is pronounced "tor-nah-do" ("potato/po-tah-to"), so as to create a rhyme with "bravado", "gambado" and, of course, "Mikado".
7. "A more humane Mikado never Did in Japan exist, To nobody second, I'm certainly reckoned, A true _______."

Answer: philanthropist

The Mikado goes on to say: "My object all sublime/I shall achieve the time/To let the punishment fit the crime."
8. "B should be happy! Oh, so happy! Laughing, ha ha! Chaffing, ha ha! _____ quaffing, ha ha ha!"

Answer: nectar

Quaff (to drink deeply) is such a wonderful sounding word, I think we should use it more often.
9. Ko-Ko says to Katisha: "Are you old enough to marry, do you think? Won't you wait till you are eighty in the shade? There's a fascination frantic In a ruin that's romantic Do you think you are sufficiently _____?"

Answer: decayed

Ko-Ko and Katisha, the two most unsympathetic characters, end up marrying each other.
10. Grand finale: "For he's gone and married Yum-Yum, Your anger pray bury, For all will be merry, I think you had better _____, And join our expressions of glee."

Answer: succumb

Second verse, sung by Ko-Ko to Katisha:

"On this subject I pray you be dumb,
Your notions, though many,
Are not worth a penny,
The word for your guidance is "Mum" -
You've a very good bargain in me."

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