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Quiz about City of Angels Lyrics
Quiz about City of Angels Lyrics

City of Angels Lyrics Trivia Quiz

Though this musical is not very widely known, I have found that it has a very loyal cult following. See if you can complete the following lyrics (taken from the Original London Cast Recording).

A multiple-choice quiz by kristyn2003. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
kristyn2003
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
136,273
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
5 / 10
Plays
279
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Question 1 of 10
1. According to Stine, "Life double-crosses with style, forcing you into a smile, so it can" what? Hint


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Question 2 of 10
2. "I woke up only slightly shocked that I'd" what?

Answer: (three words)

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Question 3 of 10
3. "You don't need much __________ for the visual." Hint


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Question 4 of 10
4. In "It Needs Work," Gabby is berating Stine for a letter he wrote her. She critiques it as though it were one of his novels, saying that it needs work "excepting for the part about the" what? Hint


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Question 5 of 10
5. "Just what you are I'll spell out: you are a novel pain, one speck of lint that fell out the last time that I" what?

Answer: (Three Words)

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Question 6 of 10
6. "Three million people in the _______________, according to the last census; easily half of them up to something they don't want the other half to know." Hint


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Question 7 of 10
7. Why does Alaura's husband never play tennis with her? Hint


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Question 8 of 10
8. "Girls don't __________; everybody's gotta be somewhere." Hint


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Question 9 of 10
9. "You've been assigned to find out where I've been, and now you've found me" where? Hint


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Question 10 of 10
10. Stone turns down Alaura's proposition for a job because "I've been around the block enough times to already feel myself getting a blackjack facial somewhere down the line, or have somebody use my ribs for a" what? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. According to Stine, "Life double-crosses with style, forcing you into a smile, so it can" what?

Answer: kick you in the teeth

 "Funny," the song from which this lyric was extracted, is sung by Stine as he realizes he has lost control of his first film.
2. "I woke up only slightly shocked that I'd" what?

Answer: defrocked a priest

 From "You Can Always Count on Me," sung by Donna, the luckless secretary of Buddy Fiddler. In this song, she laments her inability to find the right kind of guy.
3. "You don't need much __________ for the visual."

Answer: prose

 From "The Buddy System," in which Buddy Fiddler is lecturing Stine about how to write a screenplay. In the London recording, Buddy is played by Henry Goodman. The role was originated on Broadway by Rene Auberjonois.
4. In "It Needs Work," Gabby is berating Stine for a letter he wrote her. She critiques it as though it were one of his novels, saying that it needs work "excepting for the part about the" what?

Answer: broken keys

 "Unlike the books you write, this plot is quite contrived the way it reads. And far too obvious, and filled with flaws and gross implausibilities, excepting for the part about the broken keys... it needs work."
5. "Just what you are I'll spell out: you are a novel pain, one speck of lint that fell out the last time that I" what?

Answer: picked my brain

 Martin Smith, who played the role of Stine on the London recording, sings this during one of the most memorable songs on the soundtrack. Stine and Stone (played by Roger Allam) argue about Stine selling out to Hollywood.
6. "Three million people in the _______________, according to the last census; easily half of them up to something they don't want the other half to know."

Answer: City of Angels

 This comes from the voice-over by Stone at the beginning of the second act. Roger Allam, who plays Stone on this recording, is most memorable for his performance as Javert on the original cast recording of "Les Miserables".
7. Why does Alaura's husband never play tennis with her?

Answer: he's too easily winded

 Alaura's husband is confined to an iron lung.
8. "Girls don't __________; everybody's gotta be somewhere."

Answer: vanish in thin air

 Stone is assigned the task of finding Alaura's daughter, Mallory, and he searches everywhere for her.
9. "You've been assigned to find out where I've been, and now you've found me" where?

Answer: in your bed

 Mallory shows up naked in Stone's bed and offers to make it worth his while if he doesn't turn her over to her parents.
10. Stone turns down Alaura's proposition for a job because "I've been around the block enough times to already feel myself getting a blackjack facial somewhere down the line, or have somebody use my ribs for a" what?

Answer: shoe rack

 One of the most memorable things about "City of Angels" is the old detective novel style of the dialogue.
Source: Author kristyn2003

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