"Honk!" A Musical Comedy Trivia Quiz

Answer: Drake

Drake is alone, center stage. He begins to sing "A Poultry Tale" in which Ida and Turkey are first introduced. Ugly doesn't even hatch until the pre-reprise of "Different".

Answer: sheep

This is actually the first line after the song. Drake tries to leave Ida so he doesn't have to talk with her but she spots him. "Drake! It's no good paddling away, I've seen you. And it doesn't do for a duck to look sheepish, it confuses the other animals."

Answer: Maureen

Ida feels upset because of Drake's poor fathering skills when Maureen comes to cheer her up. Maureen is the only other character present when the ducklings are born. Lowbutt is a hen that we meet in Act Two along with her sidekick cat friend, Queenie. Henrietta is yet another hen.

Answer: Buddy

The ducklings are Billy, Beaky, Fluff, and Downy. Ugly is the other child but he is, of course, a swan.

Answer: honk

Ida is singing about how the egg is different from the rest (it is quite larger because it is a swan's egg and not a duck egg) when all-of-a-sudden it hatches. Ugly rises out of the egg lifting Ida upon her shoulders as a result simultaneously proclaiming his not-yet famous "Honk".

Answer: his first swimming lesson

Drake has already taken the other ducklings for a swim and has left Ida with the egg-sitting. Ugly then hatches and she decides to give him a lesson. It turns out he is a very talented swimmer and she must struggle to keep up with him.

Answer: cranberry sauce

Drake and the ducklings return from their swimming lesson. They are shocked and afraid. Drake insists that Ugly is a turkey in which case he says, "Cranberry sauce," to see how he reacts. Ida then says, "See, he didn't even flinch!"

Answer: Beatrix Potter

"Tell me, that big chappie at the back, whatever happened there? He's not exactly your classic Beatrix Potter is he?" Grace said that in reference to Ugly. Beatrix Potter penned such wonders as "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" and "The Tale of Tom Kitten." Lewis Carroll wrote "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and Felix Salton wrote "Bambi." Anderson was famous for his several fairy tales including "The Ugly Duckling."

Answer: French

"I heard the children from the farmhouse are throwing French bread into the water. It sounds tres chic . . ." This is said by Maureen. When all the animals are gathering around trying to enjoy the French treat, Ugly feels excluded and the Cat comes to take advantage of him and persuades Ugly to come with him.

Answer: Duck a' l'Orange

The Cat takes Ugly to his lair where he leafs through a cookbook, " . . . Casserole of Duck, Duck with Cherries, Duck and Chestnuts, Duck and Pineapple, Duck Pate, Duck Pancakes with Plum Sauce, ah here we are, Duck a' l'Orange." At the end of "Play with Your Food" he shoves an orange in Ugly's mouth.

Answer: ball

The children lose control of the ball while the offstage Boy's Voice keeps calling "Duck!" The Cat mistakes this warning as an obvious statement that Ugly is indeed a duck. He then gets hit by the ball in the head and passes out but not before the clever line, "Struck out by a fowl ball."

Answer: The Elegy

"Tonight the ugly duckling sleeps beneath an angel's wings." Ida is left on stage looking off and determined when all-of-a-sudden a film crew appears. It is the worst possible moment for that.

Answer: Maggie Pie

The male is named Jay Bird but the girl is named Maggie Pie. Thus a male would probably wear a blue suit while a female dresses like a magpie.

Answer: Every Tear a Mother Cries

Jay Bird/Maggie Pie leaves with this, "I'm going to leave the final word with Ida, just in case her son is out there watching. But for now this is Jay Bird from "America's Most Feathered" . . . All right Ida, it's all yours . . . " The camera focuses on her and she sings this song.

Answer: Dot

Greylag is a goose who leads the other geese in a military style. Dot is his wife who acts as a flight attendant during the song "Wild Goose Chase". "Good afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen. My name is Dot, I am your Senior Flight Attendant and, on behalf of Captain Greylag, I would like to welcome you to this afternoon's flight from Boggy Marshland to some far-flung farm." Barnacles, Snowy, and Pinkfoot are other geese among the countless nameless ones.

Answer: a cottage

Ugly wanders into the garden of this cottage after seeing the feathers drop from the sky as a result of the geese getting shot. He sees the shadow of the Old Woman so he sneakily enters the cottage.

Answer: sit and chat

Queenie and Lowbutt are two old animals. Queenie (the cat) and Lowbutt (the hen) don't have much in common except for their common interest of needlepoint. When asked what they do all day Queenie says, "We sit and chat and sit and chat and sometimes I will arch my back and let sparks fly from my fur." Lowbutt then says, "Then we sit and chat and sit and chat and sometimes I will lay an egg." To quote Queenie, "What else is there for civilized folk to do?"

Answer: Cat

His entire goal throughout this show is to eat Ugly. He comes, disguised as Ugly's father (Drake), in hopes of retrieving Ugly and eating him. When he sees Queenie, though, he discards his disguise and sings a love song with her called "Together".

Answer: She is tangled in fishing line.

"I'm Penny. Please, do you think you can untangle me?" Of course Ugly does because he is so kind but is also captivated by her beauty. He has never seen a swan before then.

Answer: false

She begs him to go but he says, "Oh, Penny, I'd love to, I'd really love to, but I can't . . . I can't fly, at least not well enough to go with you." Plus, he needs to find his mother, Ida.

Answer: ugly

Ugly is feeling particularly down at this point, he feels rather ugly but then he meets the Bullfrog (the only character in the show uglier than he is, but has a good spirit about it). The Bullfrog says, "It's a question of taste. But you mark my words, one day 'ugly' will be 'in'." This leads up to the fun ditty "Warts and All".

Answer: Warts and All

"Out there somewhere someone's gonna love you: warts and all!" "Together" and "Now I've Seen You" are two other songs from the show. "With Big Kisses" isn't even a song, it's just there to confuse you.

Answer: True

Ugly has been caught in a net by the farmer. The Cat, after the Farmer leaves for a minute, appears out of nowhere and offers to take Ugly back to the farm one last time to see his mother before he is eaten. Ugly agrees, thinking procrastinated eating is better than immediate plucking.

Answer: he goes crazy

The next spring the Cat sees Ugly who is now a swan. The Cat then sings "Melting Moggy". It is a crazy song filled mostly with incoherent phrases. This all happens as a result of chasing Ugly for a year and never getting to eat him. He then says, "I quit! I give up! I surrender! I've been working too hard . . . Take me to the Betty Fur Clinic . . . Aaaarrrgh!" He then runs off stage screaming.

Answer: the red band

The red band goes to the most distinguished of birds on the lake. Grace has always worn it but decides that she is getting old and Ugly is indeed fine so she gives it to him. "Wear it with pride, my dear, for you are indeed the finest bird on the lake . . . from this day forth, the Red Band shall be known as the Cygnet Ring!"

And they all lived happily ever after . . .