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Inspired by Cervantes's classic "Don Quixote", this musical starts with Cervantes in jail, waiting to face the Spanish Inquisition. He then recounts the story of Don Quixote to his fellow prisoners, to help pass the time. The show won five Tony Awards, including Best Musical Score - small wonder when it features the magnificent "The Impossible Dream".
3 quizzes and 45 trivia questions.
1.
  To Right the Unrightable Wrong    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
For a musical built around foolhardy idealism to the point of ridiculousness, "Man of La Mancha" provided the idol to those who charge ahead despite the impossibility of the task set before them. What is madness after all?
Tough, 10 Qns, bmrsnr, Nov 13 17
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Nov 13 17
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  Hear Me Now! A "Man of La Mancha" Quiz    
Multiple Choice
 25 Qns
"Man of La Mancha" is an interesting and highly amusing "play within a play" musical. Based on Cervantes's novel "Don Quixote", it is a swashbuckling farce of knights and chivalry that preaches we should see life not as it is, but how it should be.
Difficult, 25 Qns, danceswithcows, May 05 16
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3.
  Man of La Mancha    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
'Man of La Mancha' fans this one's for you!
Difficult, 10 Qns, SpideyGalMJ, May 05 16
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Man of La Mancha Trivia Questions
1. In the opening scene of the musical, we learn that Don Miguel de Cervantes and his manservant have been imprisoned by the Spanish Inquisition. What "crime" does the Governor initially suppose had been the reason for Cervantes's incarceration?

From Quiz To Right the Unrightable Wrong

Answer: Being a poet

The Governor asks Cervantes what his specialty is, suggesting possibly a cut-purse or a highwayman. Cervantes replies, "Oh, nothing so interesting! I am a poet." To which the Governor mockingly replies, "They're putting men in prison for that?" Ultimately we learn that Cervantes also works as a tax collector and was put in the impossible position of having to put a lien on a Catholic church, and had been incarcerated to face a charge of heresy.

2. Why were Cervantes and the Manservant thrown in jail?

From Quiz Hear Me Now! A "Man of La Mancha" Quiz

Answer: For foreclosing on a Church

Cervantes, in order to keep from starvation, had taken a brief job as a tax collector. When a church refused to pay its taxes, Cervantes foreclosed on the property. Not a smart move under the Spanish Inquisition.

3. 'For they say he seeks a lady who his own true love shall be, God forbid that in his madness, he should ever think its me!' Who sang this?

From Quiz Man of La Mancha

Answer: The House Keeper

In the song 'I'm only thinking of him' the Housekeeper reveals her fears about her master's homecomming.

4. What object from the trunk does Cervantes beg the Governor not to burn?

From Quiz Hear Me Now! A "Man of La Mancha" Quiz

Answer: A manuscript

A manuscript, presumably that of "Don Quixote" was taken out of the trunk in the prisoners' raid of it. Because of the message he wanted to send with that piece of literature, he begs the Governor, who sees no value in it, not to burn it.

5. 'Come, enter into my mind and see him...' Who said this?

From Quiz Man of La Mancha

Answer: Don Miguel

This is from the Don Quixote theme 'I am I Don Quixote the lord of LaMancha!' which shows the transition from narrator to character.

6. As the character of Don Quixote emerges, he and his squire Sancho are adventuring through the countryside when Don Quixote encounters a giant. Sancho attempts to explain, in vain, to his master that he is in fact preparing to attack what?

From Quiz To Right the Unrightable Wrong

Answer: A windmill

Don Quixote charges valiantly and is defeated soundly. The reason, he exclaims, is that he has not yet been dubbed a knight! A problem he intends to rectify immediately.

7. What is the sentence of a prisoner who has been found guilty in trial?

From Quiz Hear Me Now! A "Man of La Mancha" Quiz

Answer: A fine of all his posessions

No prisoner leaves without being tried by his fellow prisoners. Everyone, naturally, is found guilty and is fined all their posessions.

8. What is the name of Don Quixote's squire?

From Quiz Man of La Mancha

Answer: Sancho Panza

Sancho Panza was Quixote's traveling companion.

9. Which high ranking prisoner protested the method Cervantes was to present his defense with?

From Quiz Hear Me Now! A "Man of La Mancha" Quiz

Answer: The Duke & Duke

The Duke is a very serious, no nonsense man. He later takes on the role of Dr. Carrasco when Cervantes has sucked all the prisoners into participating in the play.

10. 'Oh I haven't faught a windmill in a fortnight, and the humble joys get duller every day. Why when I'm asleep a dragon with his fiery tounge a waggin whispers Sancho won't you ...' Finish this lyric

From Quiz Man of La Mancha

Answer: Please come out and play? & please come out and play? & please come out and play

From ' A Little Gossip'.

11. Don Quixote wishes to send a missive to his lady and employs Sancho as the deliveryman. Before he sends Sancho, however, Don Quixote has him commit the letter to memory. Why does Don Quixote do this?

From Quiz To Right the Unrightable Wrong

Answer: To account for the possibility that she can't read

We learn that not only can Aldonza not read but Sancho as well. The letter is a continuation of Don Quixote's admiration for Aldonza but she seems both perplexed and frustrated by Don Quixote's rose-colored view of her.

12. Which character becomes Sancho Panza in Cervantes's play?

From Quiz Hear Me Now! A "Man of La Mancha" Quiz

Answer: Cervantes's manservant

Naturally, the manservant is Sancho to Cervantes's Don Quixote. Sancho is Don Quixote's cheerful squire, always ready with a proverb and to help his confused master out.

13. Which pair is correct?

From Quiz Man of La Mancha

Answer: The Duke and Dr. Carasco

The Duke plays Dr. Carasco, as well as the Knight of Mirrors.

14. What did Don Quixote think the windmill was?

From Quiz Hear Me Now! A "Man of La Mancha" Quiz

Answer: An ogre

In one of the most famous scenes of all literature, Don Quixote charges at the windmill, thinking it is a "dark and dreaded ogre" that you can recognize by "the four great arms a-whirling on his back". Unfortunately for Don Quixote, the windmill easily wins this combat.

15. What words complete this lyric? 'I was spawned in a ditch by a mother who left me there, naked and cold and....'?

From Quiz Man of La Mancha

Answer: too hungry to cry & Too hungry to cry & Too hungry to cry. & too hungry to cry.

From the song 'Aldonza'.

16. What was the name of the creature Don Quixote thought the windmill was?

From Quiz Hear Me Now! A "Man of La Mancha" Quiz

Answer: Matagoger

"Look! It is that dark and dreaded ogre, by the name of Matagoger!"

17. Finish this lyric: ' You have shown me the sky but what good is the sky to a creature who will...'?

From Quiz Man of La Mancha

Answer: never do better than crawl? & Never do better than crawl & Never do better than crawl? & never do better than crawl

Again from 'Aldonza'.

18. What was the design on the banner of the inn (or "castle" as Don Quixote is convinced)?

From Quiz Hear Me Now! A "Man of La Mancha" Quiz

Answer: A cat on a tawny field with the inscription "meow"

Don Quixote, looking to get knighted, searches for a place where another knight or a Lord might reside. He yells out "Aha!" upon recognizing a "castle", which Sancho knows to be an inn. Don Quixote comments on the banners, bravely flaunting in the wind. Sancho asks if there is anything on them, and Don Quixote says "I see a cat on a field tawny...with the inscription 'meow'. Undoubtedly the insignia of some great lord."

19. Who said this line: '...let it not be worse then the disease.'?

From Quiz Man of La Mancha

Answer: Padre

This was the Padre's reply to Sanson's line 'We know the sickness, now to find the cure.'

20. According to the script, how many muleteers are there?

From Quiz Hear Me Now! A "Man of La Mancha" Quiz

Answer: Seven

There are seven greedy, amorous, and loud muleteers. These guys are busy herding their mules and giving Aldonza a very hard time. They have stopped at the same inn Don Quixote quickly approaches.

21. 'Forgive me my dear, when I close my eyes, I see a white horse and it beckons me mount.' Who said this and who was it directed to?

From Quiz Man of La Mancha

Answer: Quixana to Antonia

Quixana says this to his niece, Antonia on his death bed. After he has been convinced that his adventures were simply dillusions of 'a disorded mind'.

22. What are the first two words, spoken or sung in the play?

From Quiz Man of La Mancha

Answer: Esta Fuego & esta fuego

This was a tricky one, many directors opt to cut it out. The words 'Esta Fuego' are sung as the curtain opens by a cantor with a guitar.

23. Don Quixote proclaims in "Dulcinea" that her "name is like ______".

From Quiz Hear Me Now! A "Man of La Mancha" Quiz

Answer: a prayer an angel whispers

Don Quixote, convinced that Aldonza (who is merely a lowly kitchen girl and part time prostitute) is the woman for whom he dedicates all things, named Dulcinea, sings to her about her glory and how happy he is to have found her, saying "and thy name is like a prayer an angel whispers".

24. One of the prisoners is absolutely thrilled to the point of giggling with the role he receives in the play. What role is he given?

From Quiz Hear Me Now! A "Man of La Mancha" Quiz

Answer: Padre

The man chosen to be the Padre giggles with delight at his role, but Cervantes reminds him that a religious man must be serious.

25. What is Dr. Carrasco's first name?

From Quiz Hear Me Now! A "Man of La Mancha" Quiz

Answer: Sanson

Dr. Sanson Carrasco, played by the Duke, a man who is embarassed by his soon to be uncle-in-law, Alonso Quijana. Quijana, driven to madness by old age and too much reading, has become convinced that he is the knight Don Quixote. He has also foolishly run out on some sort of quest. Dr. Carrasco, recognizing a challenge (as well as wealth and property), and the Padre set out to find Quijana and cure him of this strange madness.

26. What is Sancho's reason for following Don Quixote around?

From Quiz Hear Me Now! A "Man of La Mancha" Quiz

Answer: He likes him

After giving Aldonza a love missive from Don Quixote, she questions Sancho why he follows the mad knight everywhere. Sancho sings, "I like him".

27. What are the two names that Aldonza refers to the horses by?

From Quiz Hear Me Now! A "Man of La Mancha" Quiz

Answer: Old Hack and Little Burro

While feeding (and strangely, talking to) the horses, Aldonza refers to them by the names Old Hack and Little Burro.

28. What is the Padre's last name?

From Quiz Hear Me Now! A "Man of La Mancha" Quiz

Answer: Perez

When Dr. Carrasco and the Padre arrive at the inn, Don Quixote recognizes them. He also refers to the Padre as "Padre Perez".

29. Where is the legendary "golden helmet" from?

From Quiz Hear Me Now! A "Man of La Mancha" Quiz

Answer: Mambrino

Don Quixote attacks a poor barber, mistaking the shaving basin he's wearing on his head for the legendary golden helmet of Mambrino. Wearing it renders the wearer invincible.

30. What event prompts "The Combat"?

From Quiz Hear Me Now! A "Man of La Mancha" Quiz

Answer: Pedro attacking Aldonza

Pedro had been kept waiting by Aldonza, who was listening to Don Quixote talk about his quest. Furious, he shoves Aldonza to the ground. Don Quixote springs into action by stabbing Pedro's butt. Pedro summons the muleteers, and fighting begins. Don Quixote, Sancho, and Aldonza somehow get lucky in the fighting due to mishaps and movements at just the right moment.

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