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Quiz about How Much Do You Really Know About Wicked

How Much Do You Really Know About "Wicked"? Quiz

All of this information can be found in the book "Wicked: The Grimmerie"... or via the internet.

A multiple-choice quiz by bcr_chaps_76. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
bcr_chaps_76

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
226,379

Updated
Dec 03 21

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10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Where can Glinda (Galinda) say is her home town? Hint

Utensia

Big Appleton

Quox

Upperuplands

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Question 2 of 10

2. Nessarose is described as 'beautifully tragic'. (This question is based on the primer of characters in "Wicked: The Grimmerie").

True

False

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Question 3 of 10

3. The opening number, "No One Mourns the Wicked", was written first out of all the songs.

True

False

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Question 4 of 10

4. About how many individual lighting units does lighting designer Kenneth Posner have in the Gershwin Theatre? Hint

800

1000

600

1200

5. One of the most famous reviews for "Wicked" is "If every musical had a brain, a heart and the courage of 'Wicked', Broadway would really be a magical place." A spokesperson from which of these newspapers or magazines said this? Hint

Chicago Tribune

USA Today

Time

Newsweek

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Question 6 of 10

6. What company was originally going to make "Wicked" into a movie before the musical was produced? Marc Platt was going to be the producer of it. Hint

Universal

New Line Cinema

Warner Brothers

Paramount

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Question 7 of 10

7. Winnie Holmzman and Stephen Schwartz wanted originally the opening number to feature a "newscaster or spokesperson". This person would declare that the Wicked Witch of the West, Elphaba, is dead. They would also interview the scarecrow.

True

False

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which of these Tony Awards did "Wicked" not win in 2004? Hint

Best Score in a Musical (Stephen Schwartz)

Best Scenic Design (Eugene Lee)

Best Costume Design (Susan Hilferty)

Best Actress in a Musical (Idina Menzel)

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Question 9 of 10

9. The song "Which Way is the Party" was thrown out in San Francisco because the audiences didn't understand it was Fiyero's philosophy.

True

False

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Question 10 of 10

10. Many of Eugene Lee's set pieces are based on drawings from L. Frank Baum's original book. What was the name of Baum's illustrator for "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"? Hint

M.M. Earnest

E.E. Cumming

W.W. Denslow

D.D. Wilson

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Where can Glinda (Galinda) say is her home town?

Answer: Upperuplands

The back of "Wicked: The Grimmerie" says this place "boasts some of the nicest homes in Oz", "The shopping is the best in life here but it doesn't come cheap", and "people here know a goodness when they see one".

2. Nessarose is described as 'beautifully tragic'. (This question is based on the primer of characters in "Wicked: The Grimmerie").

Answer: False

Nessarose is described as 'tragically beautiful'. This information is said right before "The Wizard and I" in front of Madame Morrible.

3. The opening number, "No One Mourns the Wicked", was written first out of all the songs.

Answer: True

Stephen Schwartz says he usually doesn't write the first song in a musical first but he did with "Wicked".

4. About how many individual lighting units does lighting designer Kenneth Posner have in the Gershwin Theatre?

Answer: 800

The lights help define space in each scene, some of which can reposition and mix colors at the push of a computer button.

Answer: Time

This quote was made by Richard Zoglin of "Time". The first part of it said," 'Wicked' works because it has something Broadway musicals, so addicted to facetiousness and camp, have largely given up on: a story that adults can take seriously."

6. What company was originally going to make "Wicked" into a movie before the musical was produced? Marc Platt was going to be the producer of it.

Answer: Universal

Marc Platt, a producer at Universal, had the rights to it until Stephen Schwartz decided to do a musical. Platt said he knew his screenplay was missing something. It wasn't quite magical.

Answer: True

Here is a quote from notes by Holzman and Schwartz about the scene: "This just in... The Wonderful Wizard of Oz has required and requested that effigies be burned so a lesson might be learned: This is what is earned by being wicked!" After this the scarecrow would be interviewed. Of course, this was all replaced by "No One Mourns the Wicked".

8. Which of these Tony Awards did "Wicked" not win in 2004?

Answer: Best Score in a Musical (Stephen Schwartz)

"Wicked" lost to Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx with "Avenue Q" for the award for Best Score in a Musical. "Wicked" also lost in the following categories: Best Musical, Best Orchestrations, Best Lighting Design, Best Book of a Musical, Best Choreographer, and Kristin Chenoweth lost to Idina Menzel in the category of Best Actress.

9. The song "Which Way is the Party" was thrown out in San Francisco because the audiences didn't understand it was Fiyero's philosophy.

Answer: True

This was changed also because the song didn't fit Norbet Leo Butz and was, as many know, changed to "Dancing through Life".

10. Many of Eugene Lee's set pieces are based on drawings from L. Frank Baum's original book. What was the name of Baum's illustrator for "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"?

Answer: W.W. Denslow

The carriage Fiyero arrives in and the Wizomania Flatheads are based on Denslow's drawings.

Source: Author bcr_chaps_76

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