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Quiz about The Best of Broadway Music
Quiz about The Best of Broadway Music

The Best of Broadway Music Trivia Quiz


So you've seen the best of Broadway out there and think you know every musical by heart, down to the very last lyric. Here is a quiz on the lyrics and songs from my favorite timeless B'Way musicals. Enjoy!

A multiple-choice quiz by WIreneAr15. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
WIreneAr15
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
296,251
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
2326
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 68 (9/10), Guest 24 (7/10), Guest 85 (7/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. From what musical are the lyrics
"Uptown you're messengers and mailroom clerks
eating all your lunches at the
hot dog carts"?
Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. In what 60s musical starring Carol Channing are the lyrics "It's so nice to be back home where I belong" sung? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" is a well-known musical number originally sung by Rex Harrison on Broadway in 1956. In what stage musical did it appear? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. "The lives of the wicked should be made brief and for the rest of death will be a relief" is a musical line from what 1979 hit by Stephen Sondheim? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. The popular B'Way songs "Easy Street", "Tomorrow", and "N.Y.C." all have what in common? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. What is the name of the musical number from "The Phantom of the Opera" in which The Phantom calls to Christine mysteriously in her dressing room? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. What is the first musical number in Stephen Sondheim's "West Side Story", after the "Overture" and "Prologue"? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. In "My Fair Lady", what stays "mainly in the plain"? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Which Rodgers and Hammerstein musical came first chronologically? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Which of the following was Bernadette Peters' character in the 1982 adaptation of "Annie"? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. From what musical are the lyrics "Uptown you're messengers and mailroom clerks eating all your lunches at the hot dog carts"?

Answer: Little Shop of Horrors

These lyrics are from Alan Menken's "Little Shop of Horrors", a musical about a young shophand by the name of Seymour Krelborn who raises a human flesh-eating Venus Fly Trap in secrecy inside Mushnik's Skid Row Florists where he works. The musical was quite successful and, based upon the 1960 low-budget film of the same name, has inspired many adaptations including a 1982 film directed by Frank Oz as well as several Broadway Revivals!
2. In what 60s musical starring Carol Channing are the lyrics "It's so nice to be back home where I belong" sung?

Answer: Hello, Dolly!

Sung by Carol Channing, the words appear in the title song of Jerry Herman's magnum opus, "Hello, Dolly!". In this scene, Dolly Levi returns to Harmonia Gardens, the high-class restaurant at which her fond memories of "way back when" with her late husband were created.
3. "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" is a well-known musical number originally sung by Rex Harrison on Broadway in 1956. In what stage musical did it appear?

Answer: My Fair Lady

This song is from "My Fair Lady", a production often cited by many as "the perfect musical". Harrison also appeared in the film version of this 1956 stage musical opposite Audrey Hepburn.
4. "The lives of the wicked should be made brief and for the rest of death will be a relief" is a musical line from what 1979 hit by Stephen Sondheim?

Answer: Sweeney Todd

From the Broadway hit "Sweeney Todd", this line is delivered by the title character, a murderous barber whose wife and child were taken away from him by an envious judge. A film adaptation was even made decades later and starred Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter in 2007!
5. The popular B'Way songs "Easy Street", "Tomorrow", and "N.Y.C." all have what in common?

Answer: They are musical numbers in "Annie"

All three of these songs are from the 1977 musical "Annie". It won Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Original Score, and Best Book.
6. What is the name of the musical number from "The Phantom of the Opera" in which The Phantom calls to Christine mysteriously in her dressing room?

Answer: "The Mirror (Angel of Music)"

"The Mirror (Angel of Music)" was the sequence in which the protagonist hears The Phantom's voice through her mirror and enters the specter's lair. This smash hit Broadway musical was by Andrew Lloyd Webber and starred Sarah Brightman and Michael Crawford, who also had appeared in the film adaptation of Jerry Herman's "Hello, Dolly!" sixteen years earlier.
7. What is the first musical number in Stephen Sondheim's "West Side Story", after the "Overture" and "Prologue"?

Answer: Jet Song

"West Side Story" premiered on Broadway in '57 with lyrics by Stephen Joshua Sondheim. This was Sondheim's very first work as a lyricist on Broadway, and is what made him famous.
8. In "My Fair Lady", what stays "mainly in the plain"?

Answer: The rain in Spain

In the "Rain in Spain" sequence of the popular musical "My Fair Lady", Professor Henry Higgins teaches Eliza Doolittle proper Queen's English by making her repeat the phrase "the rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain".
9. Which Rodgers and Hammerstein musical came first chronologically?

Answer: Oklahoma!

"Oklahoma!" was Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's very first collaboration, and opened in 1943.
10. Which of the following was Bernadette Peters' character in the 1982 adaptation of "Annie"?

Answer: Lily St. Regis

In 1982, Bernadette Peters played Rooster Hannagan's blonde girlfriend, Lily St. Regis, in the film adaptation of the popular musical. The film also spawned a made-for-television Disney version in 1999 which featured Kathy Bates as Agatha Hannagan.
Source: Author WIreneAr15

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