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Can you answer these questions about the lyrics to various songs from the Kander and Ebb musical "Cabaret"? (All lyrics taken from the original Broadway show.)

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

Author
anthonyrappfan

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
222,050

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Tough

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Question 1 of 10

1. In "Wilkommen", what does the Emcee have to struggle to do each night? Hint

Keep the audience from dancing

Keep the girls' clothes on

Keep the audience from rioting

Keep the girls sober

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Question 2 of 10

2. In the song "So What?", Fraulein Schneider, the old landlord, sings about her life. Complete the line: "Now I scrub up the floors and I wash down the ____________"

Answer: (one word)

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Question 3 of 10

3. Sally Bowles is a new singer at the Kit Kat Club. In the song "Don't Tell Mama", what does Sally say about her uncle? Hint

The Emcee is her uncle

He's her agent.

He's a frequent customer

He has no idea where she is

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Question 4 of 10

4. What does Herr Schultz give Fraulein Schneider as a gift? Hint

A diamond

A pear

An orange

A pineapple

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Question 5 of 10

5. According to Fraulein Schneider and Herr Schultz, what can love NOT do? Hint

Change the world

Make despair go away

Begin life

Make a palace rise from a two-room flat

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Question 6 of 10

6. In "Meeskite", Herr Schultz sings about a man whose face could stop what? Hint

An entire crowd

Time itself

A race

A clock

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Question 7 of 10

7. In "Two Ladies", what does the Emcee say he does? Hint

He does nothing

He earns the daily bread

He does the cooking

He makes the beds

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Question 8 of 10

8. Finish this lyric from "If You Could See Her": "But if you could see her through my eyes/She isn't a ____________ at all!" Hint

Meeskite

Ape

Jew

Woman

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Question 9 of 10

9. In the title song, Sally sings about her friend Elsie. How many rooms did they share? Hint

Four

One

Two

Three

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Question 10 of 10

10. In the final number, portions of other songs are heard. Which one is NOT heard? Hint

'So What?'

'Cabaret'

'Why Should I Wake Up?'

'Meeskite'

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In "Wilkommen", what does the Emcee have to struggle to do each night?

Answer: Keep the girls' clothes on

"Outside it is Winter, but in here it is so hot,
Every night we have the battle to keep the girls from taking off
all their clothing!
So don't go away, who knows,
Tonight we may lose the battle!"

The heavily made-up Emcee welcomes the audience to the Kit Kat Club in pre-World War Two Germany.

2. In the song "So What?", Fraulein Schneider, the old landlord, sings about her life. Complete the line: "Now I scrub up the floors and I wash down the ____________"

Answer: walls

Fraulein Schneider is Cliff's landlord. She is romantically pursued by Herr Schultz, a Jewish grocer.

3. Sally Bowles is a new singer at the Kit Kat Club. In the song "Don't Tell Mama", what does Sally say about her uncle?

Answer: He's her agent.

"You can tell my uncle here and now
'Cause he's my agent anyhow . . ."

In addition, Sally claims her father is a frequent customer at the Club, her grandma might someday work there, and if her brother reveals Sally's occupation, then Sally will tell Mama about the brother's unrevealed secret.

4. What does Herr Schultz give Fraulein Schneider as a gift?

Answer: A pineapple

In "It Couldn't Please Me More", Fraulein Schneider sings:

" . . . If you bought me roses
Like some gents
Might bring to other girls
It couldn't please me more
Than the gift I see
A pineapple for me!"

Schultz had already bought Fraulein Schneider apples and pears, and a pineapple is very expensive.

5. According to Fraulein Schneider and Herr Schultz, what can love NOT do?

Answer: Begin life

Although they both sing about being married, they never walk down the aisle. Herr Schultz is Jewish, and marrying a Jew in pre-World War Two Germany was looked down upon, to say the least.

In the actual song, stopping despair, changing the world and making a palace are mentioned, but being alive is not.

6. In "Meeskite", Herr Schultz sings about a man whose face could stop what?

Answer: A clock

"Looking in the mirror
He would say
'What an awful shock!
I've got a face that could stop a clock!'"

7. In "Two Ladies", what does the Emcee say he does?

Answer: He earns the daily bread

"Two Ladies" is, as one would guess, sung by the Emcee and two ladies in the chorus. One of the girls does the cooking, the other makes the beds. The Emcee goes out daily to earn their daily bread.

8. Finish this lyric from "If You Could See Her": "But if you could see her through my eyes/She isn't a ____________ at all!"

Answer: Meeskite

"If You Could See Her" is sung by the Emcee as he dances with a person in an ape suit. The ape turns out to be a Jewish woman.

9. In the title song, Sally sings about her friend Elsie. How many rooms did they share?

Answer: Four

"I used to have a girlfriend known as Elsie
With whom I shared four sordid rooms in Chelsea
She wasn't what you'd call a blushing flower
As a matter of fact she rented by the hour . . ."

10. In the final number, portions of other songs are heard. Which one is NOT heard?

Answer: 'Why Should I Wake Up?'

While Sally sings part of 'Cabaret', Herr Schultz sings some of 'Meeskite' and Frauleing Schneider sings a snippet of 'So What?', Cliff does not come out and sing from 'Why Should I Wake Up?'.

Source: Author anthonyrappfan

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