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Quiz about Chicago  Music from the Movie
Quiz about Chicago  Music from the Movie

Chicago - Music from the Movie Quiz


The movie 'Chicago' is one of my all-time favourites, but it wouldn't be anything without the incredible songs. The original music, from the play 'Chicago', was written by John Kander with lyrics by Fred Ebb. Identify the song.

A multiple-choice quiz by skunkee. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
skunkee
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
150,493
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
13 / 15
Plays
13465
Awards
Top 10% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Luckycharm60 (13/15), Lizbetha (14/15), sw11 (15/15).
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Question 1 of 15
1. 'Ask any of the chickies in my pen, they'll tell you I'm the biggest mother hen. I love them all, and all of them love me, because the system works, the system called reciprocity.' Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. 'My sister and I had a act that couldn't flop. My sister and I were headed straight for the top. My sister and I earned a thou a week at least. Oh yeah. But my sister is now, unfortunately, deceased.' Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. 'While trucking down the road of life, although all hope seems gone, I just move on. When I can't find a single star to hang my wish upon, I just move on.' Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. 'Hold on hon, we're gonna bunny hug. I bought some aspirin down at United Drug, in case you shake apart and want a brand new start to do that...' Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. 'He ain't no Sheik, that's no great physique and Lord knows he ain't got the smarts. But look at that soul, I tell you that whole is a whole lot greater than the sum of his parts.' Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. 'He had it coming, he had it coming, he only had himself to blame. If you'd have been there, if you'd had seen it, I bet you, you would have done the same.' Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. 'There's men everywhere, jazz everywhere, booze everywhere, life everywhere, joy everywhere _______. You can like the life you're living, you can live the life you like, you can even marry Harry, but mess around with Ike.' Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. What is the song that appears twice on the CD, but not twice in the movie? I'll give you a hint, the second cut is a rap version. Do not confuse this with the song that does appear twice in the movie. Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. '...when you're in trouble go into your dance. Though you are stiffer than a girder, they'll let you get away with murder. ______________ 'em, and you got a romance.' Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. This is the one song that appears twice in the movie. It appears back to back, but with very different stagings, and slightly different lyrics. This version contains the following lyrics which were not in the other version. 'In fifty years or so, it's gonna change you know. But all is heaven _____________.' Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. 'Whatever happened to old values, and fine morals, and good breeding? Now no one even says 'oops' when they're passing their gas.' Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. 'The name on everybody's lips is gonna be_____. The lady raking in the chips is gonna be_____. I'm gonna be a celebrity, that means somebody everyone knows, They're gonna recognize my eyes, my hair, my cheeks, my boobs, my nose.'

Answer: (One Word, 5 letters)
Question 13 of 15
13. '___________is doing the guy in, who's picking on you, twisting the wrist that's turning the screw.' Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. 'And even without clucking like a hen, everyone gets noticed now and then. Unless, of course, that personnage should be invisible, inconsequential me.' Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. 'Stay away from, jazz and liquor, and the men who play for fun. That's the thought that came upon me, when...' Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. 'Ask any of the chickies in my pen, they'll tell you I'm the biggest mother hen. I love them all, and all of them love me, because the system works, the system called reciprocity.'

Answer: When You're Good to Mama

Mama is played by Queen Latifah, who belts out this very funny song, after a brief introduction by bandleader Taye Diggs. The song is staged in a nightclub where Queen Latifah moves among the patrons, adding very ribald movements to match the words. As entertaining as it is, it also serves to identify the atmosphere in the women's prison at the time, where one hand literally washes the other.

Interspersed with the nightclub scenes are cuts from Roxie being processed into prison, her naivete a wonderful contrast to Mama's blatant corruption.
2. 'My sister and I had a act that couldn't flop. My sister and I were headed straight for the top. My sister and I earned a thou a week at least. Oh yeah. But my sister is now, unfortunately, deceased.'

Answer: I Can't Do It Alone

Catherine Zeta-Jones, playing Velma Kelly, sings this song to Roxie, played by Renee Zellweger. Bandleader Taye Diggs introduces this song with the very funny line, 'Ladies and gentlemen, Miss Velma Kelly, in an act of desperation'. Velma's notoriety has been eclipsed by Roxie's new fame, and she is desperately, if also reluctantly, trying to make a partner out of Roxie, so that she can piggy-back her way back into the spotlight.
3. 'While trucking down the road of life, although all hope seems gone, I just move on. When I can't find a single star to hang my wish upon, I just move on.'

Answer: I Move On

This song is not actually in the movie, but plays during the final credits. It's sung by Catherine Zeta-Jones and Renee Zellweger and speaks to the transience of life, and fame, at the time.
4. 'Hold on hon, we're gonna bunny hug. I bought some aspirin down at United Drug, in case you shake apart and want a brand new start to do that...'

Answer: All That Jazz

This very powerful opening number is sung by Catherine Zeta-Jones, as Velma Kelly, in a Cabaret-style, choreographed dance. There is one brief line where Roxie, who is watching the performance, imagines herself in Zeta-Jones' place, which gives us the first sign of Roxie's rich fanatasy world. Velma is performing this song solo for the first time, having just killed her sister and husband, and is, in fact, arrested upon the song's conclusion.
5. 'He ain't no Sheik, that's no great physique and Lord knows he ain't got the smarts. But look at that soul, I tell you that whole is a whole lot greater than the sum of his parts.'

Answer: Funny Honey

This is Roxie's first full 'fantasy song', where she imagines herself dressed to kill, and performing in front of an audience while perched atop Taye Diggs' piano. She starts out by dedicating this number to her husband, in gratitude for saying that he was the one who shot 'the burglar'.

This number is very well done, as it is perfectly timed with the conversation her husband is having with the police, and Roxie's devotion turns to anger, as he realizes that she has played him for a fool, and admits that she did the shooting.
6. 'He had it coming, he had it coming, he only had himself to blame. If you'd have been there, if you'd had seen it, I bet you, you would have done the same.'

Answer: Cell Block Tango

This powerful number was sung by Catherine Zeta-Jones, Susan Misner, Deidre Goodwin, Denise Faye and Ekaterina Chtchelkanova, with Mya Harrison contributing in the monologue. This very clever song and dance occurs the first night Roxie spends in prison, cut with scenes from daily prison life, where Roxie questions the women about why they are there.

It beautifully summarizes the moral atmosphere of Chicago at the time the play/movie was set, where anything, even murder, was seen as defensible.
7. 'There's men everywhere, jazz everywhere, booze everywhere, life everywhere, joy everywhere _______. You can like the life you're living, you can live the life you like, you can even marry Harry, but mess around with Ike.'

Answer: Nowadays

The first appearance of this song in the movie was sung by Renee Zellweger, after an introduction by Taye Diggs. The song starts just after she is found not guilty, as one of Roxie's big-time fantasies. It ends with the reality of an audition, when she is having difficulty making a living.

The difference in the timbre of her voice between the two scenes is amazing, emphasizing the fact that she is much better in her fantasies than she is in real life.
8. What is the song that appears twice on the CD, but not twice in the movie? I'll give you a hint, the second cut is a rap version. Do not confuse this with the song that does appear twice in the movie.

Answer: Cell Block Tango

Queen Latifah, Lil' Kim and Macy Gray performed the rap version.
9. '...when you're in trouble go into your dance. Though you are stiffer than a girder, they'll let you get away with murder. ______________ 'em, and you got a romance.'

Answer: Razzle Dazzle

This song is sung by Billy Flynn, played by Richard Gere, with a large chorus of heavily-sequined female performers. Just before entering court for her trial, Roxie admits that she's nervous about the outcome. This song is Billy's way of reassuring her and takes place during the court proceedings.
10. This is the one song that appears twice in the movie. It appears back to back, but with very different stagings, and slightly different lyrics. This version contains the following lyrics which were not in the other version. 'In fifty years or so, it's gonna change you know. But all is heaven _____________.'

Answer: Nowadays

This version of the song is sung by both Catherine-Zeta Jones and Renee Zellweger. After being released from prison, they find that there have been so many incidents of women killing their husbands, that it's no longer enough on it's own to guarantee fame. Banding together and performing as a duo is the solution that works for them, and this number, their performance to an adoring public, is the grand finale of the movie.
11. 'Whatever happened to old values, and fine morals, and good breeding? Now no one even says 'oops' when they're passing their gas.'

Answer: Class

This song was sung by Queen Latifah and Catherine Zeta-Jones, but was cut from the final version of the movie. It was originally sung in Mama's office, while they were listening to Roxie's trial on the radio. It's an interesting song, loaded with irony, but the pace and tone are definitely out of step with the rest of the musical numbers. It's easy to see why it was cut.
12. 'The name on everybody's lips is gonna be_____. The lady raking in the chips is gonna be_____. I'm gonna be a celebrity, that means somebody everyone knows, They're gonna recognize my eyes, my hair, my cheeks, my boobs, my nose.'

Answer: Roxie

This is arguably the best song in the movie, sung by Renee Zellweger in fantasy mode, with a large male chorus. Zellweger's performance as a Marilyn Monroe type entertainer, with breathy self-absorbtion, is fantastic. I gained a lot more respect for her after seeing this movie, especially this number. Once Billy becomes Roxie's lawyer he launches a campaign to make her name a household word, and she becomes caught up in the glamour of it all.

This song represents her vision of how things will be when she's released from prison.
13. '___________is doing the guy in, who's picking on you, twisting the wrist that's turning the screw.'

Answer: All I Care About

Taye Diggs introduced this first song for Richard Gere who performed it with a large female chorus. It's a fun number that really captured the burlesque feel of the era. Gere's character is making all these altruistic statements about why he does what he does, meanwhile the number is cut with scenes of him living in the lap of luxury.

In fact when he first meets Roxie he states that all she means to him is $5,000.
14. 'And even without clucking like a hen, everyone gets noticed now and then. Unless, of course, that personnage should be invisible, inconsequential me.'

Answer: Mister Cellophane

John C. Reilly played Amos, Roxie's long suffering husband. He did a great job of playing the invisible husband, used by everyone around. Every time he has a meeting with Roxie's lawyer, Billy calls Amos by the wrong name, manipulates him to get what he wants, and then carries on with business, forgetting that Amos is even in the room. Amos sings this song after one of these such meetings, in front of an imaginary theatre crowd that accepts it with very little enthusiasm.
15. 'Stay away from, jazz and liquor, and the men who play for fun. That's the thought that came upon me, when...'

Answer: We Both Reached For the Gun

Richard Gere sings most of the lyrics, while holding Renee Zellweger on his lap, in puppet like fashion. Christine Baranski, Cleve Asbury, and Rick Negron, from the chorus of reporters, also sing lines. Zellweger is outstanding as a wooden marionette, controlled by Gere.

This number is staged after Billy first agrees to act as Roxie's lawyer, and represents the lies told at her press conference.
Source: Author skunkee

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