How Much Do You Really Know About "Wicked"?

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. Where can Glinda (Galinda) say is her home town? Upperuplands Quox Utensia Big Appleton

2. Nessarose is described as 'beautifully tragic'. (This question is based on the primer of characters in "Wicked: The Grimmerie"). True False

3. The opening number, "No One Mourns the Wicked", was written first out of all the songs. True False

4. About how many individual lighting units does lighting designer Kenneth Posner have in the Gershwin Theatre? 600 800 1000 1200

5. One of the most famous reviews for "Wicked" is "If every musical had a brain, a heart and the courage of 'Wicked', Broadway would really be a magical place." A spokesperson from which of these newspapers or magazines said this? USA Today Time Newsweek Chicago Tribune

6. What company was originally going to make "Wicked" into a movie before the musical was produced? Marc Platt was going to be the producer of it. Warner Brothers Universal New Line Cinema Paramount

7. Winnie Holmzman and Stephen Schwartz wanted originally the opening number to feature a "newscaster or spokesperson". This person would declare that the Wicked Witch of the West, Elphaba, is dead. They would also interview the scarecrow. True False

8. Which of these Tony Awards did "Wicked" not win in 2004? Best Score in a Musical (Stephen Schwartz) Best Scenic Design (Eugene Lee) Best Costume Design (Susan Hilferty) Best Actress in a Musical (Idina Menzel)

9. The song "Which Way is the Party" was thrown out in San Francisco because the audiences didn't understand it was Fiyero's philosophy. True False

10. Many of Eugene Lee's set pieces are based on drawings from L. Frank Baum's original book. What was the name of Baum's illustrator for "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"? E.E. Cumming M.M. Earnest D.D. Wilson W.W. Denslow