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This musical comedy based on the famous book by Mark Twain had a short Broadway run in 2001.
3 quizzes and 30 trivia questions.
1.
  The Adventures of Tom Sawyer    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz features questions from "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: the Broadway Musical." The answers might not be found in the book by Mark Twain. Good Luck!
Tough, 10 Qns, inthedoghouse, Mar 04 06
Tough
inthedoghouse
1045 plays
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  The Kids of Broadway's Adventures of Tom Sawyer    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: The Broadway Musical" was a short-lived musical on Broadway, but has since become a popular offering by community and school theatres. (Topics and answers might not be the same as found in Mark Twain's novel.)
Tough, 10 Qns, inthedoghouse, Mar 04 06
Tough
inthedoghouse
580 plays
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  Grownups of "Adventures of Tom Sawyer"    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz regarding "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: The Broadway Musical" contains questions related to the adults in the play.
Average, 10 Qns, inthedoghouse, Feb 20 11
Average
inthedoghouse
556 plays
trivia question Quick Question
Before Aunt Polly comes in to sing the Reprise of "This Time Tomorrow," what does Tom have a dream about?

From Quiz "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"





Adventures of Tom Sawyer Trivia Questions
1. Who did Tom Sawyer remind Reverend Sprague of?

From Quiz Grownups of "Adventures of Tom Sawyer"

Answer: The children of Israel

Reverend Sprague made this comment after Tom Sawyer literally ran into him when rushing to school.

2. Who should have won the Scripture memory award?

From Quiz The Kids of Broadway's Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Answer: Sid Sawyer

Sid had memorized 2000 lines of Scripture. Tom Sawyer ended up winning the award, though. To impress Becky Thatcher, he accumulated the necessary number of Bible tickets by trading things with his friends for them.

3. Who does Aunt Polly refer to Tom Sawyer as?

From Quiz Grownups of "Adventures of Tom Sawyer"

Answer: The Prince of Darkness

She introduced him to Judge Thatcher using this descriptive title.

4. Who tried to scare a group of girls with a snake?

From Quiz The Kids of Broadway's Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Answer: Lyle Peters

To show off to Ben Rogers and Joe Harper, Lyle showed a snake to some of the girls. They weren't scared, made sarcastic comments and walked off.

5. What does Tom like best about the Bible?

From Quiz The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Answer: The lickin's

Tom then proceeds to sing about his favorite fights in "In the Bible." It sounds great to the church congregation...until he mentions Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham.

6. What are some of the words that Widow Douglas was helping Huckleberry Finn read?

From Quiz Grownups of "Adventures of Tom Sawyer"

Answer: light, smart, table

Huck did not know how to read until Widow Douglas began teaching him. She began with easy words.

7. What three books did Tom Sawyer have with him when he encouraged Huck Finn to learn how to read?

From Quiz The Kids of Broadway's Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Answer: "Robin Hood", "King Arthur", "Hamlet"

Huck Finn even recognized the first letter in the title of "Hamlet" as the first letter in his name. Tom went on to give a hilarious synopsis of what the story of "Hamlet" is all about.

8. What song starts the second act when the children get out of school for the summer?

From Quiz The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Answer: Ain't Life Fine

The song starts out with Mr. Dobbins saying "Ten seconds...five seconds...have a nice summer." The kids sing about how great summer is while their parents complain about the heat and all the work they have to get done.

9. Who was recently buried in the graveyard, before Tom and Huck's visit?

From Quiz Grownups of "Adventures of Tom Sawyer"

Answer: Hoss Williams

Tom and Huck went to Hoss Williams' grave with a dead cat as part of the process for curing their warts.

10. Finish this line: "Devil follow corpse, cat follows devil, _______".

From Quiz The Kids of Broadway's Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Answer: warts follow cat

Huck Finn explained that, to cure warts, this needed to be recited at midnight in the graveyard as you heave a dead cat at the devils who are retrieving a recently buried body.

11. Who was harrassing Widow Douglas?

From Quiz Grownups of "Adventures of Tom Sawyer"

Answer: Huck's father

Huck's pap was the town drunk.

12. How many letters of the alphabet did Huck Finn already know "real good" before Widow Douglas began to teach him?

From Quiz The Kids of Broadway's Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Answer: 8

Huck started by saying that he knew his letters, then revised this to most of his letters. Widow Douglas finally had to remind him that he had only known eight letters.

13. What is the name of the treasure that Injun Joe is searching for?

From Quiz The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Answer: Murrel's gold

Muff finds the map to the gold, but Injun Joe decides to find it for himself. The map says that it is buried in a place with 22 rooms and is under the cross.

14. What did Reverend Sprague threaten to do to Tom Sawyer if he didn't stop yawning in church?

From Quiz Grownups of "Adventures of Tom Sawyer"

Answer: Sew his lips together

Tom got in trouble for this, as well as for picking on Sid during the sermon.

15. What name did Becky Thatcher call Tom Sawyer?

From Quiz The Kids of Broadway's Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Answer: Benedict Arnold

Becky called him Benedict Arnold after finding out that he had once been engaged to Amy Lawrence.

16. When Tom pretends to not be able to walk, how does Sid trick him into moving?

From Quiz The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Answer: He tells Tom that Becky Thatcher is coming up the path

Tom hops out of bed to go look out the window so he can see her, but he soon realizes that Sid tricked him when Sid tells him what a relief it is to him to see that his legs are working.

17. What rumor had been heard by the children concerning the cave?

From Quiz Grownups of "Adventures of Tom Sawyer"

Answer: Boys tried to kiss girls in it

Amy Lawrence mentioned this to Alfred Temple while in the cave. Then puckered up expectantly.

18. How many times did Tom Sawyer kiss Becky Thatcher in the play?

From Quiz The Kids of Broadway's Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Answer: 0

When Tom tried to kiss Becky, she quickly turned away and said "Tom!". This led to the lovely duet "To Hear You Say My Name".

19. Schoolmaster Dobbins challenged Tom Sawyer to spell every state in the union. What letter did Tom begin with?

From Quiz Grownups of "Adventures of Tom Sawyer"

Answer: E

E. Then he continued with his spelling - v,e,r,y,s,t,a,t,e,i,n,t,h,e,u,n,i,o,n.

20. What did Becky Thatcher liken Joe Harper's smile to?

From Quiz The Kids of Broadway's Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Answer: Watching the sun come up in the east

Becky tells Tom Sawyer that Joe Harper is handsome and that his smile reminds her of "watching the sun come up in the east". Tom gets jealous and suggests that it is because Joe has a gold tooth.

21. Who gets killed in the graveyard?

From Quiz The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Answer: Doc Robinson

Injun Joe gets mad at the Doc because he had him arrested five years earlier for asking for something to eat. Injun Joe frames Muff so no one will know who did it, but he doesn't know that Tom and Huck witnessed the whole thing.

22. Where are Judge Thatcher and his daughter Becky headed when they meet Tom Sawyer for the first time?

From Quiz Grownups of "Adventures of Tom Sawyer"

Answer: The church

Tom Sawyer is whitewashing the fence when Judge and Becky Thatcher come by on their way to church.

23. Why did Tom Sawyer say that Amy Lawrence got on his nerves?

From Quiz The Kids of Broadway's Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Answer: She was too perky.

Tom and Becky were in the process of making up for their fight that had resulted in Tom bringing Amy Lawrence and Joe Harper bringing Becky to the picnic.

24. What does Tom give to Becky as an "engagement" gift?

From Quiz The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Answer: A doorknob

Tom sings to Becky about how much he loves to hear her say his name and she happily accepts the doorknob and promises never to love, or marry, anyone else. (The doorknob was one of the items Ben gave to Tom at the fence.)

25. What were the first words heard in the play?

From Quiz Grownups of "Adventures of Tom Sawyer"

Answer: Hey, Tom Sawyer!

Tom Sawyer's gang came out yelling (singing) "Hey, Tom Sawyer!". (No grownups involved in this one.)

26. What did Tom Sawyer, Becky Thatcher, and Huck Finn find in the cave?

From Quiz The Kids of Broadway's Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Answer: Murrell's gold

They also ran into Injun Joe who was in the cave searching for the gold.

27. When the boys are out playing Robin Hood, which three are called by their mothers to go to school?

From Quiz The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Answer: Joe Harper, Benjamin Rogers, and Jim Hollis

Tom tells them "Just 'cause they're havin' school, don't mean we gotta go to school!" Ben replies that last time they tried that idea, his mother found out and his backside glowed in the dark.

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