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Quiz about Gilbert and Sullivan The Mikado

Gilbert and Sullivan- The Mikado Quiz

This should be a fairly easy quiz on Gilbert and Sullivan's most popular operetta.

A multiple-choice quiz by bleedingwhiterose. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
bleedingwhiterose

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
111,420

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
10 / 15

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1184

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 15

1. In what year was "The Mikado" first performed? Hint

1885

1891

1888

1876

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Question 2 of 15

2. What is "The Mikado's" alternative title? Hint

The Town of Titipu

A More Humane Mikado

The Lord High Executioner

The Lord High Everything Else

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Question 3 of 15

3. Which of the following is NOT one of the "Three little maids from school"? Hint

Yum- Yum

Peep- Bo

Pitti- Sing

Katisha

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Question 4 of 15

4. Which character sings "A Wandering Minstrel I"? Hint

Pish- Tush

Go- To

Ko- Ko

Nanki Poo

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Question 5 of 15

5. For what crime has Ko-Ko been condemned to death? Hint

Flirting

Winking

Kissing

Cheating

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Question 6 of 15

6. Which of the following is NOT on Ko-Ko's "Little List" of potentially executionable offenders? Hint

Young children who are up in dates

Piano organists

People who eat peppermint and puff it in your face

People who read the last page first

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Question 7 of 15

7. Which character sings "For He's Going to Marry Yum-Yum"? Hint

Pish-Tush

Peep- Bo

Pitti- Sing

Katisha

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Question 8 of 15

8. Complete the quote: "Oh pray make no mistake we are not shy/ we're really wide awake ... "

Answer: (Four Words)

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Question 9 of 15

9. With which song does Ko-Ko woo Katisha? Hint

Alone and yet alive

The Flowers that bloom in the spring

Tit Willow

There is beauty in the bellow of the blast

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Question 10 of 15

10. "The Mikado" was Gilbert and Sullivan's last collaboration.

True

False

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Question 11 of 15

11. Fill in the missing word:
"So he decreed, in words succinct,
That all who flirted, leered or _______"

Answer: (one word)

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Question 12 of 15

12. It was lyricist William Gilbert who got the idea for "The Mikado".

True

False

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Question 13 of 15

13. Complete the quotation: "Three little maids who all unwary, come from a ladies' ..."

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 14 of 15

14. Complete the quote: "Sometimes I sit and wonder in my artless _________ way why it is that I am so much more attractive than anyone else in the whole world."

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 15 of 15

15. Which of the following is not the title of a re-working of "The Mikado"? Hint

The Mad Mikado

The Swing Mikado

The Hot Mikado

The Black Mikado

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In what year was "The Mikado" first performed?

Answer: 1885

It was first perfomed in 1885 at The Savoy theatre in London; the story behind its creation has recently been told in the film "Topsy Turvy."

2. What is "The Mikado's" alternative title?

Answer: The Town of Titipu

So named after the operetta's setting. "A More Humane Mikado" is one of the song titles, and The Lord High Executioner and Lord High Everything Else are other characters.

3. Which of the following is NOT one of the "Three little maids from school"?

Answer: Katisha

Katisha is an elderly lady who is in love with Nanki- Po. The other three are all wards of Ko-Ko.

4. Which character sings "A Wandering Minstrel I"?

Answer: Nanki Poo

Nanki Poo is the son of The Mikado, at this point disguised as a wandering minstrel "A thing of shreds and patches" searching for Yum Yum, the girl with whom he is in love.

5. For what crime has Ko-Ko been condemned to death?

Answer: Flirting

Alarmed at the lack of executions taking place in Titipu, The Mikado has made flirting punishable by death.

6. Which of the following is NOT on Ko-Ko's "Little List" of potentially executionable offenders?

Answer: People who read the last page first

In the highly amusing "They'd None of them be Missed", Ko-Ko lists the many possible offenses: "Young children who are up in dates and bore you with them flat/ all people who on shaking hands shake hand with you like that!"- "-And the piano organist- I've got him on the list!/ the people who eat peppermint and puff it in your face/ they'd none of 'em be missed- they'd none of 'em be missed!"

7. Which character sings "For He's Going to Marry Yum-Yum"?

Answer: Pitti- Sing

Yum-Yum's sister Pitti-Sing sings this very catchy song when Katisha attempts to stop Yum-Yum's marriage to Nanki-Poo. The operetta ends with her singing the very similar "For he's gone and married Yum- Yum." The third sister, Peep-Bo, really doesn't get much to sing at all!

8. Complete the quote: "Oh pray make no mistake we are not shy/ we're really wide awake ... "

Answer: the moon and I

In this very beautiful song Yum Yum, sad on the day before her wedding after hearing that Nanki-Poo is to be executed and she is to be buried alive, thinks about how beautiful she is and her connection to nature.

9. With which song does Ko-Ko woo Katisha?

Answer: Tit Willow

In this very sweet song Ko-Ko describes a bird dying of love and says he will do the same if Katisha, having been rejected by Nanki-Po, will not marry him.

10. "The Mikado" was Gilbert and Sullivan's last collaboration.

Answer: False

They went on to write six more operettas together, though Sullivan did write one on his own.

11. Fill in the missing word: "So he decreed, in words succinct, That all who flirted, leered or _______"

Answer: winked

From "Our Great Mikado, virtuous man", this section sung by Pish-Tush.

12. It was lyricist William Gilbert who got the idea for "The Mikado".

Answer: True

Arthur Sullivan had requested a topic with more emotional potential than their previous flights of fantasy, and after some argument and a trip to the Japanese exhibition his partner came up with just the thing.

13. Complete the quotation: "Three little maids who all unwary, come from a ladies' ..."

Answer: seminary

From probably the most famous song in "The Mikado"- "Three little maids from school". I noticed while humming this the other day that the tune to this part sounds a lot like the typical big top music. I'm not sure if this is coincidence or not but if anyone knows I'd like to know!

14. Complete the quote: "Sometimes I sit and wonder in my artless _________ way why it is that I am so much more attractive than anyone else in the whole world."

Answer: Japanese

This is in Yum-Yum's speech before she sings "The Sun whose Rays". It is not she says "Vanity? No! Nature is lovely and rejoices in her loveliness!" Myself, I sit and wonder how it is that two men as opposed to women's liberation as Gilbert and Sullivan were could create such strong and endearing female characters.

15. Which of the following is not the title of a re-working of "The Mikado"?

Answer: The Mad Mikado

Though I think it would be neat if there was! The Hot and Swing Mikados came out in the late 1930's, "The Black Mikado" in the 1970's. There was also a film "The Cool Mikado" and a "Metropolitan Mikado" in 1985. Many thanks to The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company's booklet accompanying their complete recording of "The Mikado" for giving me much of the information contained herein!

Source: Author bleedingwhiterose

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