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She Loves Me Trivia Quiz

I worked backstage for this musical the fall of my senior year of college. It's not a well known musical, but I really enjoyed it. See how much you know about the show.

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

Author
Ilona_Ritter

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
144,603

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
17 / 25

Plays
413

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Question 1 of 25

1. What movie is the musical "She Loves Me" based on? Hint

You've Got Mail

Shop Around the Corner

Green Grow the Lilacs

Tales of the South Pacific

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Question 2 of 25

2. What country does this musical take place in? Hint

Hungary

England

USA

Spain

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Question 3 of 25

3. What is the name of the lead character? Hint

Georg

Ronald

Philip

Max

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Question 4 of 25

4. What kind of a shop do the characters work in? Hint

Shoe

Clothing

Perfume

Bakery

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Question 5 of 25

5. What does Kodaly say the musical cigarette box will do? Hint

"Sell like hot cakes."

"Make music lovers out of smokers, and smokers out of music lovers."

"Be stolen in two shakes of a lamb's tail."

"No one would ever buy those ugly things."

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Question 6 of 25

6. In the song "Sound While Selling" complete this line: "I would like an eyebrow...under my ______." Hint

arm

chin

leg

hair

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Question 7 of 25

7. Who owns the shop the characters work in? Hint

Mr. Novak

Mr. Maraczek

Mr. Kodaly

Mr. Arpad

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Question 8 of 25

8. In the song "Three Letters" what book does Georg ask "Dear Friend" if she has read? Hint

The Sun Also Rises

War and Peace

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

The Great Gatsby

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Question 9 of 25

9. Who tells Georg, "I'm an idiot, but at least I'm an idiot with a job."? Hint

Kodaly

Arpad

Ilona

Sipos

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Question 10 of 25

10. In the song "I Resolve" why does Ilona say she must be "cousin to a cat." Hint

"I always wind up with a rat."

"I love milk."

"I have fleas."

"I have a cool hat."

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Question 11 of 25

11. What is supposed to be in the book that Amalia has so Georg will know she is "Dear Friend"? Hint

rose

carnation

bookmark

his letters

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Question 12 of 25

12. Georg was having an affair with Maraczek's wife

True

False

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Question 13 of 25

13. What does Amalia try to find in her room so she can go to work, because she thinks Georg thinks she's lying about being sick? Hint

purse

shoe

keys

coat

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Question 14 of 25

14. What kind of ice cream does Georg bring Amalia? Hint

Vanilla

Strawberry

Chocolate

Maple Walnut

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Question 15 of 25

15. Amalia complains about the ice cream because it has too much salt in it. Georg tells her "Is it any wonder, you've been crying in it." What does Amalia reply? Hint

"Shut up."

"I better cry in the other direction then."

"I did not."

"I can't help it, I love you so much Georg."

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Question 16 of 25

16. According to Georg in the song "She Loves Me" why is Georg freezing? Hint

"I have Malaria."

"That's because it's cold out."

"I'm catching influenza."

"That's because I'm standing in snow now."

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Question 17 of 25

17. Ilona meets a man at the library which she tells the others about in "Trip to the Library." What is the man's name? Hint

Bob

Saul

Paul

Peter

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Question 18 of 25

18. Ilona is illiterate.

True

False

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Question 19 of 25

19. Who gets fired in the second act of the show? Hint

Georg

Kodaly

Ilona

Amalia

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Question 20 of 25

20. Which one of these is not a day sung about in "Twelve Days To Christmas"? Hint

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Question 21 of 25

21. Arpad is willing to give up something if he can become a sales person. What is he willing to give up? Hint

he's not willing to give up anything.

dog

bike

blood

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Question 22 of 25

22. Kodaly says he doesn't want to come back to the store, and Sipos says "You couldn't you were just fired." How does Kodaly reply? Hint

"Ah Sipos, I see you also believe the lies."

"Wanna take this outside four-eyes."

"All right, believe that, if it makes you happy."

"Your muthah!"

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Question 23 of 25

23. How long did Georg know who Amalia was before he lets her know? Hint

1 month

2 weeks

1 day

3 weeks

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Question 24 of 25

24. What are the words that Georg sings that suddenly make Amalia realize that "Dear Friend" and Georg are the same person? Hint

"Butterfingers, do that again that's the end of your career."

"She loves meeeeeeeeee."

"I am so sorry about last night."

"It's been grand knowing you, grand being your friend."

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Question 25 of 25

25. What is the name of the modern movie that came from "Shop Around the Corner" that also has a plot much like "She Loves Me"? Hint

Dirty Dancing

Risky Business

You've Got Mail

The Secret of My Success

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What movie is the musical "She Loves Me" based on?

Answer: Shop Around the Corner

"You've Got Mail" is the modern version of "Shop Around the Corner" but since "She Loves Me" came in the 60's obviously it wasn't based on a 90's movie. "Green Grow the Lilacs" is the book that "Oklahoma" is based on. "Tales of the South Pacific" is the book that "South Pacific" is based on.

2. What country does this musical take place in?

Answer: Hungary

Sipos sings that Hungary is "one of many countries on this continent of which there are several continents."

3. What is the name of the lead character?

Answer: Georg

Georg Novak is the man who is exchanging letters with a Amalia Bolish.

4. What kind of a shop do the characters work in?

Answer: Perfume

Whenever someone leaves, all the sales people sing "Thank You" to them.

5. What does Kodaly say the musical cigarette box will do?

Answer: "Make music lovers out of smokers, and smokers out of music lovers."

Georg said that no one would buy musical cigarette boxes, so Mareczek asks Kodaly what he thinks.

6. In the song "Sound While Selling" complete this line: "I would like an eyebrow...under my ______."

Answer: chin

This song shows what it sounds like when people are shopping, all the words are jumbled because you hear bits and pieces of everyone's conversations.

7. Who owns the shop the characters work in?

Answer: Mr. Maraczek

Arpad is the delivery boy. Georg Novak and Stephen Kodaly are salesmen in the shop. Later on, Arpad also becomes a salesman.

8. In the song "Three Letters" what book does Georg ask "Dear Friend" if she has read?

Answer: War and Peace

"If it weren't for your endearing letters, I'd be flying south with all the geese. By the way, have you read, 'War and Peace'?"

9. Who tells Georg, "I'm an idiot, but at least I'm an idiot with a job."?

Answer: Sipos

Sipos tells him this right before he sings "Perspectives" in which he gives Georg his five words of advice "Do not lose your job."

10. In the song "I Resolve" why does Ilona say she must be "cousin to a cat."

Answer: "I always wind up with a rat."

She sings this when she wises up to the fact that Kodaly has been cheating on her. She has resolved "Not to be so stupid".

11. What is supposed to be in the book that Amalia has so Georg will know she is "Dear Friend"?

Answer: rose

The rose is inside the book "Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy.

12. Georg was having an affair with Maraczek's wife

Answer: False

It was Kodaly that was having the affair. Mr. Maraczek had been treating Georg wrong because he assumed it was Georg. He feels so badly about this that he tries to commit suicide but ends up shooting himself in the shoulder instead.

13. What does Amalia try to find in her room so she can go to work, because she thinks Georg thinks she's lying about being sick?

Answer: shoe

The song "Where's My Shoe?" is a hilarious song. If you've seen the show it's even funnier, because inside her closet when she opens it, it is full of shoes, yet she's frantically trying to search for this one shoe. She is worried about being late, so one would think she would just get another pair and go to work.

14. What kind of ice cream does Georg bring Amalia?

Answer: Vanilla

During this song Amalia starts to fall in love with Georg. She still doesn't realize he's "Dear Friend." Georg however, does know who she is because he saw her in the restaurant and then got rid of the flower so she wouldn't know who he was.

15. Amalia complains about the ice cream because it has too much salt in it. Georg tells her "Is it any wonder, you've been crying in it." What does Amalia reply?

Answer: "I better cry in the other direction then."

Georg reminds her of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. First he seems like this terrible man, but then when she gets to know him she finds he is a wonderful person.

16. According to Georg in the song "She Loves Me" why is Georg freezing?

Answer: "That's because it's cold out."

This show has great lyrics, especially in the song "She Loves Me". The lyrics were written by Sheldon Harnick. Music was written by Jerry Bock and the libretto was written by Joe Masteroff.

17. Ilona meets a man at the library which she tells the others about in "Trip to the Library." What is the man's name?

Answer: Paul

Paul is an optometrist.

18. Ilona is illiterate.

Answer: True

She says that Paul offered to teach her how to read.

19. Who gets fired in the second act of the show?

Answer: Kodaly

Mr. Maraczek has Georg fire Kodaly because Kodaly was sleeping with Mr. Maraczek's wife.

20. Which one of these is not a day sung about in "Twelve Days To Christmas"?

Answer: 2

Each day the shoppers get closer to Christmas, they become less cheerful especially towards those shoppers smart enough to do their shopping early and not wait until the last minute.

21. Arpad is willing to give up something if he can become a sales person. What is he willing to give up?

Answer: bike

Arpad tells Mareczek this in the song "Try Me." Later on in the scene, he says that perhaps he could keep his bike and be both a salesman and a delivery boy.

22. Kodaly says he doesn't want to come back to the store, and Sipos says "You couldn't you were just fired." How does Kodaly reply?

Answer: "All right, believe that, if it makes you happy."

Kodaly has the best exit song in the history of musicals. His exit song is "It's Been Grand Knowing You" in which you see the true personality of this man.

23. How long did Georg know who Amalia was before he lets her know?

Answer: 2 weeks

"Two weeks, I've known for two weeks. I wanted to tell you. I didn't dare."

24. What are the words that Georg sings that suddenly make Amalia realize that "Dear Friend" and Georg are the same person?

Answer: "I am so sorry about last night."

"She loves meeeee" is from the song "She Loves Me" which he sings when he realizes that Amalia loves him even though she doesn't realize yet it's him she loves because she doesn't know he's "Dear Friend". "It's been grand knowing you" was Kodaly's exit song. "Butterfingers, do that again that's the end of your career" is what the head waiter sings when another waiter trips and falls in "Romantic Atmosphere".

25. What is the name of the modern movie that came from "Shop Around the Corner" that also has a plot much like "She Loves Me"?

Answer: You've Got Mail

In this modern version, they get to know each other via the internet.

Source: Author Ilona_Ritter

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