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Inside Information on Hit Songs From Musicals
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Many songs from musicals have gone on to become hit songs and have an after-life outside of musical theatre. Here are some interesting facts about them!
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Song Mixture
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Difficult
10 Q
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jmm75093
May 24 09
849 plays
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My (Hopefully) Wonderful Quiz on "Wonderful Town"
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"Wonderful Town" was a big hit when first presented on Broadway in 1953 and a big hit all over again when revived fifty years later. Try this quiz and hopefully you will learn more about this interesting musical.
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W
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Tough
10 Q
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jmm75093
Jul 23 07
111 plays
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"Applause" vs. "Sunset Boulevard"
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"Applause" and "Sunset Boulevard" are both Broadway musicals which feature female stars concerned with being past their prime. In addition, both take a sharp, satiric look at show business. Is that where the similarities end? Let's see!
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Something in Common
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Tough
10 Q
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jmm75093
Sep 06 09
60 plays
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Really, REALLY, Trivial "I Love Lucy" Facts
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"I Love Lucy" debuted on TV in 1951, and has been enjoyed by viewers in its original run as well as flourishing in countless reruns. There are also plenty of books about the show. See how much obscure information about the series you know! :-)
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I Love Lucy
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Difficult
10 Q
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jmm75093
Oct 30 09
207 plays
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Famous Guest Stars on "I Love Lucy"
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During the nine year run of the hit sitcom "I Love Lucy," many famous Hollywood and TV stars guest starred on various episodes. Let's see how much you know about these appearances!
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I Love Lucy
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Tough
10 Q
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jmm75093
Jun 08 09
726 plays
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How "The Golden Girls" Got Its Start
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"The Golden Girls" is one of the most beloved TV Series of all time. Its inception is quite fascinating. Let's all learn together how the four women in a home in Miami we love came to be!
All questions are True and False--have a great time!
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'Golden Girls' - Seasons and Episodes
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Tough
10 Q
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jmm75093
Aug 01 09
381 plays
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"I Love Lucy"--"Lucy Does a TV Commercial"
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The "Lucy Does a TV Commercial" episode of "I Love Lucy," which some know as the "Vitameatavegamin" episode, is one of the most popular episodes of the series and contains Lucille Ball's favorite comedy bit.
Relive the hilarity by taking this quiz!
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'I Love Lucy' - Seasons and Episodes
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Difficult
10 Q
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jmm75093
Jul 14 09
315 plays
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"I Love Lucy" Inconsistencies
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Although "I Love Lucy" was one of the most popular television series of all time, it was riddled with a number of facts and events on various episodes that were inconsistent with other episodes. How inconsistent was the series? Let's see!
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I Love Lucy
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Tough
10 Q
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jmm75093
Aug 26 09
450 plays
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A Broadway Musical By Any Other Name
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Many favorite musicals started life with a different title. In this quiz, see how many of these unused titles you can recognize. Have fun and good luck!
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Origins of Musicals
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Very Difficult
25 Q
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jmm75093
Sep 08 07
528 plays
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Many Musicals Started Out as Something Else
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Many musicals were based on other sources--movies, plays, novels, short stories. However, many changes were made in plots and characters when adapting these works into musicals. Let's explore some of these changes!
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Origins of Musicals
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Difficult
10 Q
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jmm75093
Sep 03 08
570 plays
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"Annie Get Your Gun" vs. "Calamity Jane"
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"Annie Get Your Gun" and "Calamity Jane" were both film musicals from the 1950s which featured female sharpshooters as their heroines. Let's see what else they had in common! (Knowledge outside of the films is required to answer some questions.)
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Musicals Mixture
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Tough
10 Q
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jmm75093
Oct 01 09
159 plays
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Minor Characters in "Gone With the Wind"
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Margaret Mitchell's classic novel goes on for 1,037 pages, which gave her plenty of space to introduce numerous minor characters. This quiz was developed using the first printed version of the novel, as published by Macmillian in 1936.
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Mitchell, Margaret
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Tough
25 Q
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jmm75093
Sep 05 09
165 plays
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Broadway Musicals--Linked
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Hello, welcome to my Broadway Musicals Linked Quiz. Test your knowledge and see how well you know what one Broadway musical has in common with another. Good Luck, and please take a minute to let me know what you thought of the quiz!
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Something in Common
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Very Difficult
10 Q
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jmm75093
Aug 13 07
423 plays
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Musicals: Was It On Stage, On Film, or Both?
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Sometimes, Broadway musicals go through significant changes when filmed. I'll name something about a musical.
Let's see if you know if it happened on the original Broadway stage version, the film version, or both.
Good luck and have fun!
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Musicals Mixture
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Very Difficult
10 Q
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jmm75093
Jul 24 09
366 plays
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"The Golden Girls" vs. "Designing Women"
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"The Golden Girls" initially aired from 1985 to 1992; "Designing Women" was on from 1986 to 1993. Both series featured four mature women who lived in the South. Let's compare the two and look at their similarities and differences!
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80s Comedy
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Very Difficult
10 Q
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jmm75093
Aug 13 09
498 plays
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The Many, Many Men of Dorothy Zbornak
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Although constantly ridiculed by the women she lived with for her looks (even by her own Mother!), Dorothy Zbornak had more than her share of boyfriends on "The Golden Girls."
Let's share some fun facts about them together!
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Golden Girls
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Tough
10 Q
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jmm75093
Aug 10 09
300 plays
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Broadway Musicals--Standbys And Understudies
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Being the standby or understudy to the star in a Broadway musical can be a thankless job--or the opportunity of a lifetime! See how much you know about some of the performers who have "waited in the wings" for somebody else in a Broadway show.
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Cast and Characters
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Difficult
10 Q
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jmm75093
Sep 09 07
213 plays
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The Bonfire Of The Vanities
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Tom Wolfe's "The Bonfire Of The Vanities" was first published in 1987. The novel tells a tale of New York City and how one episode impacted the lives of several people.
Please note: this quiz is based on the novel, not the subsequent film version.
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W
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Average
10 Q
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jmm75093
Aug 02 07
138 plays
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@#$%&*!--Censorship in Film Versions of Musicals
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Due to strict Hollywood Censorship from the 1930s through the 1960s, many film versions of Broadway musicals had to apply minor tweaks to their lyrics so they would be more acceptable. Let's look at some of these interesting changes!
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Musicals Mixture
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Very Difficult
10 Q
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jmm75093
Apr 01 09
279 plays
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Fascinating Moments in Musical Theatre History
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There have been many moments in Musical Theatre History that have been full of coincidence and irony, or just plain extraordinary. Let's explore some of these fascinating facts that prove that fact can be stranger than fiction!
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Musicals Mixture
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Difficult
10 Q
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jmm75093
Sep 08 08
276 plays
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"Oh, Promise Me..." Wedding Scenes in Musicals
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Many musicals have scenes that take place right before or during weddings or at post-wedding celebrations. I will supply quotes from one of these scenes--please tell me which musical they're from. Please take a minute to rank this quiz--thanks! :-)
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Musicals Mixture
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Very Difficult
10 Q
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jmm75093
Aug 27 08
492 plays
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Broadway Musicals Analogies
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Hello, in this quiz you have to determine the relationship between two Musical Theatre items (it could be events, characters, songs) to give the correct answer to the question.
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Something in Common
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Very Difficult
10 Q
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jmm75093
Aug 22 07
351 plays
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Schlesinger Poll of Presidential Ratings
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To quote David Boorstin in the Congressional Quarterly, "In 1962, professor Arthur Schlesinger, Sr. asked for the views of 75 highly regarded historians to rate all the presidents." Let's look at this poll and see how the Chief Executive were rated.
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Presidential Trivia
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Tough
10 Q
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jmm75093
Sep 01 09
108 plays
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Cut!: Songs Dropped From Musicals
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This quiz is about songs that were cut from musicals. Some of these songs have very interesting after-lives--let's talk about them!
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Musicals Mixture
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Very Difficult
10 Q
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jmm75093
Aug 24 08
351 plays
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Broadway Musicals -- Which One Doesn't Belong?
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Curtain going up! Test your knowledge of Broadway Musicals by selecting which answer doesn't belong with the other three. Good Luck! :-)
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Something in Common
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Impossible
10 Q
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jmm75093
Aug 06 07
582 plays
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