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Guys and Dolls Trivia Quiz

The Broadway stories of Damon Runyon are my regular bedtime reading - so I thought I would do a quiz on them.

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

Author
jasmine_brown

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
185,130

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
233

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Question 1 of 10

1. In 'Romance in the Roaring Forties' the narrator suggests only a rank sucker would take more than one peek at Dave the Dude's doll. Who was Dave's doll? Hint

Missouri Martin

Dream Street Rose

Lola Sapola

Billy Perry

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Question 2 of 10

2. In 'Old Em's Kentucky Home' Itchky Ironhat buys a truck for $60 to take Old Em (Itchky's horse) back to the Kentucky Bluegrass Country. What is wrong with the truck for this purpose? Hint

It doesn't go

It is too narrow

It has no licence

It is too short

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Question 3 of 10

3. In the story 'A Nice Price', Sam the Gonoph wants to fix a sporting event between Harvard and Yale so that Harvard win. What is the event? Hint

A baseball game

A running race

A football game

A boat race

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Question 4 of 10

4. In 'A Very Honourable Guy' we meet Feet Samuels. Why is he so called? Hint

He has huge feet

He is always moaning that his feet hurt

He is a great dancer

He is a chiropodist

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Question 5 of 10

5. In the story 'Cleo' there are two Cleos. One is Cleo the Pretty. Who or what is the other? Hint

Cleo the Cat

Cleo the Calf

Cleo the Chimp

Cleo the Ugly

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Question 6 of 10

6. In 'Breach of Promise' we meet Judge Goldfobber. What sort of a judge is he? Hint

A high court judge

He isn't a judge at all

A horseracing judge

A football line-call judge

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Question 7 of 10

7. In 'A Light in France' the narrator meets a guy called Blond Maurice that he thought was dead. He meets him in Mindy's restaurant. What is Maurice eating? Hint

Cheese blintzes

Gefillte Fish

Sturgeon Sandwich

Hungarian Goulash

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Question 8 of 10

8. In 'The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown', Miss Sarah Brown bets a guy called The Sky to win his soul. What amount does she stake against his soul? Hint

$2000

$200

$20000

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Question 9 of 10

9. In the story 'Barbeque' we learn that High-C Homer had wanted to be a professional singer. What prevented him? Hint

A vegetable

Lack of money

Lack of talent

His ever-loving wife

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which of these is not a collection of stories by Runyon? Hint

More than Somewhat

Take it Easy

Furthermore

Sense of Humour

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In 'Romance in the Roaring Forties' the narrator suggests only a rank sucker would take more than one peek at Dave the Dude's doll. Who was Dave's doll?

Answer: Billy Perry

Missouri Martin runs the Sixteen Hundred Club, Lola Sapola is the strong woman in the acrobatic troupe 'The Flying Sapolas' and Dream Street Rose belongs in another story altogether.

2. In 'Old Em's Kentucky Home' Itchky Ironhat buys a truck for $60 to take Old Em (Itchky's horse) back to the Kentucky Bluegrass Country. What is wrong with the truck for this purpose?

Answer: It is too short

They get round this problem by pushing Old Em's front legs back and her back legs forward. She also has to learn to lean as they go round corners.

3. In the story 'A Nice Price', Sam the Gonoph wants to fix a sporting event between Harvard and Yale so that Harvard win. What is the event?

Answer: A boat race

Sam accidentally achieves his object by chasing his enemy, Society Max, into the river where his head is hit by one of the Yale rowers, causing Harvard to get the advantage.

4. In 'A Very Honourable Guy' we meet Feet Samuels. Why is he so called?

Answer: He has huge feet

Dave the Dude says he uses violin cases for shoes. The narrator says that this can't be true unless it is a very large violin such as a cello.

5. In the story 'Cleo' there are two Cleos. One is Cleo the Pretty. Who or what is the other?

Answer: Cleo the Calf

The male lead in the story is a guy called Fat-fat. He gets in trouble with Cleo the Pretty for thinking Cleo the Calf's eyes remind him of Cleo the Pretty's eyes.

6. In 'Breach of Promise' we meet Judge Goldfobber. What sort of a judge is he?

Answer: He isn't a judge at all

The narrator tells us Judge Goldfobber is not a judge and never was a judge and is 100 to 1 against ever being a judge but it pleases him to be called "Judge".

7. In 'A Light in France' the narrator meets a guy called Blond Maurice that he thought was dead. He meets him in Mindy's restaurant. What is Maurice eating?

Answer: Cheese blintzes

The narrator knows Maurice is not a ghost as ghosts don't eat cheese blintzes.

8. In 'The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown', Miss Sarah Brown bets a guy called The Sky to win his soul. What amount does she stake against his soul?

Answer: $2

Miss Sarah Brown points out that this amount is far more than The Sky's soul is worth.

9. In the story 'Barbeque' we learn that High-C Homer had wanted to be a professional singer. What prevented him?

Answer: A vegetable

To be exact, a turnip. Thrown by a member of the audience at the Old Colonial theatre, it hits Homer in the throat and ruins his voice.

10. Which of these is not a collection of stories by Runyon?

Answer: Sense of Humour

'Sense of Humour' is a story in the collection called 'Furthermore'.

Source: Author jasmine_brown

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