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'My Fair Lady' Vol. 1 Trivia Quiz

Another in the 'Musicals' series. Like the others I've written, it is not too difficult, but challenging.

A multiple-choice quiz by Kwizling. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Kwizling

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
70,535

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
4865

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 94 (8/10), crossesq (8/10), Rumpo (10/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who wrote the lyrics to 'My Fair Lady'? Hint

Frederick Loewe

Lorenz Hart

Richard Rodgers

Alan Jay Lerner

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Question 2 of 10

2. The character Doolittle, Eliza's father, is very rarely mentioned by his christian name. Can you tell me what it is? Hint

Alfred P

Charlie P

Albert P

Harold P

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Question 3 of 10

3. Eliza is at the races in Ascot in all her finery. As the race comes to its exciting climax, what does Eliza shout out to the horse she has picked? Hint

'What a lazy old nag'

'Come on fer Gawd's sake'

'Move yer bloomin' arse!'

'I've lost all me bleedin' money'

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Question 4 of 10

4. What is the name of the Colonel who partners Professor Higgins in his 'experiment' with Eliza? Hint

Hubert Pentecost

Harold Prendergast

Henry Pierce

Hugh Pickering

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Question 5 of 10

5. Rex Harrison's voice was dubbed by another singer. True or False?

True

False

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which of the songs features the lines '...are second nature to me now. Like breathing out and breathing in'? Hint

'I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face'

'On The Street Where You Live'

'Show Me'

'I Could Have Danced All Night'

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Question 7 of 10

7. Freddy pines for the love of Eliza and waits outside the house of Professor Higgins, where he sings 'On The Street Where You Live'. What street in London is where she lives? Hint

Wimpole St.

Welbeck St.

Wigmore St.

Whitfield St.

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Question 8 of 10

8. 'Lots of chocolate for me to eat, lots of coal makin' lots of 'eat. Warm face, warm hands, warm feet'. What comes next? Hint

'Oh, Wouldn't It Be Loverly'

'Show Me'

'I'm Getting Married In The Morning'

'I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face'

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Question 9 of 10

9. 'My Fair Lady' is an adaptation of which famous play? Hint

Bittersweet

Pygmalion

The Urchin

Arabesque

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Question 10 of 10

10. And finally, in what year did the movie version of 'My Fair Lady' starring Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn open? Hint

1966

1963

1964

1965

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who wrote the lyrics to 'My Fair Lady'?

Answer: Alan Jay Lerner

One of the 'Daddies' of lyric writers. He took hold of cockney London and made it his own. Likewise, the command of the English language and the use of rhyme in 'Why Can't A Woman' are unsurpassed.

2. The character Doolittle, Eliza's father, is very rarely mentioned by his christian name. Can you tell me what it is?

Answer: Alfred P

He is, as I have been informed, called Alfred, twice! Once by Eliza when she berates him for asking for beer money. Once in the song 'I'm Getting Married In The Morning' when his mates try to get him out of the pub!

3. Eliza is at the races in Ascot in all her finery. As the race comes to its exciting climax, what does Eliza shout out to the horse she has picked?

Answer: 'Move yer bloomin' arse!'

Having had a fresh strawberry tea with Duchesses, mixed with the upper class and dressed like a Princess, she forgets herself for one brief moment to cry out to the horse, 'Move yer bloomin' arse!'. I mean, what else could one say !

4. What is the name of the Colonel who partners Professor Higgins in his 'experiment' with Eliza?

Answer: Hugh Pickering

The delightful Wilfrid Hyde-White played Pickering as Prof. Higgins was to always call him. Pickering was an absolute gent. He was very British, very 'Club Tie' and always charming.

5. Rex Harrison's voice was dubbed by another singer. True or False?

Answer: False

Although not a singer, Rex Harrison sang every note of his songs. Stout Fellow!

6. Which of the songs features the lines '...are second nature to me now. Like breathing out and breathing in'?

Answer: 'I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face'

Lerner's lyric fill this song with such warmth.

7. Freddy pines for the love of Eliza and waits outside the house of Professor Higgins, where he sings 'On The Street Where You Live'. What street in London is where she lives?

Answer: Wimpole St.

Wimpole St. is today, still the area of professors, lawyers, doctors and specialists. But I don't think you'd find a Professor Higgins.

8. 'Lots of chocolate for me to eat, lots of coal makin' lots of 'eat. Warm face, warm hands, warm feet'. What comes next?

Answer: 'Oh, Wouldn't It Be Loverly'

Easy, but can't you taste the chocolate and feel the '(h)eat.

9. 'My Fair Lady' is an adaptation of which famous play?

Answer: Pygmalion

George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play 'Pygmalion' was first made into a film by Gabriel Pascal in 1938, starring Leslie Howard and Wendy Hiller. Then there was a stage show in 1956, and then the movie as we know it in 1964.

10. And finally, in what year did the movie version of 'My Fair Lady' starring Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn open?

Answer: 1964

The show is as fresh today as it was all those years ago.

Source: Author Kwizling

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