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Quiz about A Fine Romance
Quiz about A Fine Romance

A Fine Romance Trivia Quiz


Musicals often tell a tale of romance, often featuring unlikely pairs. Can you suspend your disbelief and identify the couples in these classic musicals?

A multiple-choice quiz by chicagojanet. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
chicagojanet
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
379,031
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
466
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. There were bells all around, but this madam librarian never heard them ringing until she met her someone (a con man from Gary, Indiana) right here in River City, Iowa. Name this unlikely couple. Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. The mission doll and the gambler had never been in love before they spend the evening in Havana. If she were a bell she'd ring, so she decides to marry the man today and change his ways tomorrow. What musical features this unlikely pair? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. In which musical does an extra-ordinary son of a king sit on the floor and talk 'til dawn with an average, ordinary kind of woman (practical as salt, modest to a fault)? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Tonight, tonight won't be just any night when a couple from opposite sides of a gang war decide to make of their lives one life. Name the couple Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Hello young lovers, wherever you are, I hope you can name this musical. After the new teacher gets to know him, gets to know all about him, the king asks her to dance on a bright cloud of music. Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Name the musical: Some enchanted evening, a middle-aged French plantation owner meets a cock-eyed optimist who is younger than springtime. Can people from such different backgrounds make a life together? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. It's almost like being in love when a 20th century New Yorker goes roaming through the heather on the hill with a village girl who was born in 1722. Which musical tells their improbable story? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. A stowaway decides an heiress would be oh so easy to love; they get a kick out of each other all through the night. Which musical (book by P. G. Wodehouse, music by Cole Porter) features their romance?
Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Which musical features a flower seller who could have danced all night with the professor who has grown accustomed to her face? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Will wonders never cease. A store clerk didn't like his colleague (couldn't stand her; wouldn't have her) until he discovers she is his pen pal. Then he brings her ice cream; vanilla ice cream and, will wonders never cease, a man that she despised has turned into a man she likes. Which musical features this unlikely turn-around? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. There were bells all around, but this madam librarian never heard them ringing until she met her someone (a con man from Gary, Indiana) right here in River City, Iowa. Name this unlikely couple.

Answer: Marian Paroo and Harold Hill

Harold is a traveling salesman who typically takes orders for band instruments then skips town with the money. Marian realizes he is a fraud but falls in love with him because of the way he transforms the town's children, including her own brother. Harold has a chance to get away but chooses to stay because he's in love with Marian.

They sing beautifully together, but will Harold really like settling down to direct a real boy's band in a small town?
2. The mission doll and the gambler had never been in love before they spend the evening in Havana. If she were a bell she'd ring, so she decides to marry the man today and change his ways tomorrow. What musical features this unlikely pair?

Answer: Guys and Dolls

Sarah Brown and Obediah "Skye" Masterson discover they have a lot of chemistry. But can a woman who's vowed never to marry a gambler really be happy with a man who honors a commitment to her by shooting craps? The second couple in the story, gambler Nathan Detroit and cabaret singer Miss Adelaide, also marry at the end of the play...after a 14-year engagement.

As it says in the title song, "Love is the thing that has licked 'em? And it looks like I am just another victim."
3. In which musical does an extra-ordinary son of a king sit on the floor and talk 'til dawn with an average, ordinary kind of woman (practical as salt, modest to a fault)?

Answer: Pippin

"Pippin" follows the adventures of Charlemagne's son as he searches for meaning. ln Act 1 he sings "So many men seem destined to settle for something small. But I won't rest til I know I have it all." At the end, he passes up the chance for a glorious finish to settle down with a widow and her son.

He sings, "If I'm never tied to anything, I'll never be free." But is he really ready to settle down and become the guy who loses sleep over size of the compost heap?
4. Tonight, tonight won't be just any night when a couple from opposite sides of a gang war decide to make of their lives one life. Name the couple

Answer: Tony and Maria

Tony and Maria are the main characters in the musical "West Side Story", based on the plot of "Romeo and Juliet". Unlike many other musicals, this couple doesn't end up together. The conflict between the Sharks and the Jets dooms their hopes of living happily ever after when Tony is killed in a rumble. Of course, cynics might question the wisdom of planning a future with someone from a totally different background that you've known for less than a week.
5. Hello young lovers, wherever you are, I hope you can name this musical. After the new teacher gets to know him, gets to know all about him, the king asks her to dance on a bright cloud of music.

Answer: The King and I

As unlikely as the plot seems, "The King and I" was based on the true story of Anna Leonowens, whom Mongkut, King of Siam, hired to teach his family. In this case, the relationship does not blossom into a romance. However, they do become friends despite their differences, and Anna contributes to the evolution of Thai culture.
6. Name the musical: Some enchanted evening, a middle-aged French plantation owner meets a cock-eyed optimist who is younger than springtime. Can people from such different backgrounds make a life together?

Answer: South Pacific

Nurse Nellie Forbush is posted to an island in the South Pacific during World War II. She meets and falls for Emile de Becque. Their romance is challenged when she discovers that he has two mixed-race children from a liaison with a native woman. During the musical, several characters need to face their prejudices, and learn that hatred "has to be carefully taught."
7. It's almost like being in love when a 20th century New Yorker goes roaming through the heather on the hill with a village girl who was born in 1722. Which musical tells their improbable story?

Answer: Brigadoon

The town of Brigadoon appears for one day, once every 100 years. No one is allowed to leave, but an outsider is allowed to stay if he loves someone in the town. Although he has only known Fiona one day, Tommy does decide to join her. As one of the characters says "If ye love someone deeply, anythin' is possible," even this most unlikely of relationships.
8. A stowaway decides an heiress would be oh so easy to love; they get a kick out of each other all through the night. Which musical (book by P. G. Wodehouse, music by Cole Porter) features their romance?

Answer: Anything Goes

Hope Harcourt is engaged to Lord Evelyn Oakleigh. Billy Crocker, a young Wall Street broker, meets her in a taxi, falls instantly in love, and stows away on SS American to try to win her heart. A nightclub singer and gangster advance this most unlikely plot. Of course, with songs such as "You're the Top", "Anything Goes", "Friendship", "It's De-Lovely", and "Blow, Gabriel, Blow", who really cares about the plot?
9. Which musical features a flower seller who could have danced all night with the professor who has grown accustomed to her face?

Answer: My Fair Lady

"My Fair Lady" is based on the play "Pygmalion" by George Bernard Shaw. Throughout the play, the cockney flower seller (Liza Doolittle) and the pompous professor who teaches her how to speak and act like a lady (Professor Henry Higgins) squabble. Shaw thought that pair was very mis-matched and ends his play with Liza marrying Freddy Eynsford-Hill, a young man who adores her.

When the musical was created, however, the power of romance won out, and Liza decides to stay with Henry.
10. Will wonders never cease. A store clerk didn't like his colleague (couldn't stand her; wouldn't have her) until he discovers she is his pen pal. Then he brings her ice cream; vanilla ice cream and, will wonders never cease, a man that she despised has turned into a man she likes. Which musical features this unlikely turn-around?

Answer: She Loves Me

"She Loves Me" is based on a Hungarian play that was also the basis for "The Shop Around the Corner" and "In the Good Old Summertime". The main characters argue with each other, while secretly falling in love through their letters. You may recognize the conceit...it also shows up in the movie "You've Got Mail". Perhaps the more unlikely (but equally charming couple) is Ilona, who has been seduced and rejected by one of the other clerks, and the kindly optometrist she meets at the library.
Source: Author chicagojanet

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