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Name the Sondheim Show Trivia Quiz

So you think you know your Sondheim? Can you pick the show given just a brief phrase from the lyrics? Good luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by spod. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
spod

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
279,766

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
465

Last 3 plays: Sweeper11 (8/10), Guest 220 (5/10), Guest 147 (7/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. In which show would you hear the line "Whatever you can do with them, she's done"? Hint

Company

Merrily We Roll Along

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Follies

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which show includes the line "This is the world I meant"? Hint

Sweeney Todd

Into the Woods

Sunday in the Park with George

Anyone Can Whistle

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Question 3 of 10

3. In which show does a character sing "Too busy to know that they're fools"? Hint

Assassins

Company

Passion

Sweeney Todd

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which show has a song with the line "Where others would hurry I stroll"? Hint

Follies

Anyone Can Whistle

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Merrily We Roll Along

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Question 5 of 10

5. In which show would you hear "I was just acting for someone up there"? Hint

Sweeney Todd

Assassins

Anyone Can Whistle

Passion

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which show has the line "We'll do wonders, won't we"? Hint

Sweeney Todd

Follies

Merrily We Roll Along

Company

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Question 7 of 10

7. In which show would you hear someone sing "And there's every indication that they're planning to stay"? Hint

Pacific Overtures

A Little Night Music

Company

Into the Woods

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which show includes a song with the line "She'll grow older by the hour"? Hint

Sunday in the Park with George

A Little Night Music

Follies

Sweeney Todd

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Question 9 of 10

9. In which show would you hear "The choice may have been mistaken"? Hint

Follies

A Little Night Music

Assassins

Sunday in the Park with George

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Question 10 of 10

10. In which show would you hear the line "He has lots of hills to climb"? Hint

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Sunday in the Park with George

Anyone Can Whistle

Assassins

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Apr 09 2024 : Sweeper11: 8/10
Mar 11 2024 : Guest 220: 5/10
Feb 24 2024 : Guest 147: 7/10

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In which show would you hear the line "Whatever you can do with them, she's done"?

Answer: Follies

This is from the song "The Story of Lucy and Jessie", which is Phyllis' number in the Follies sequence at the end of the show. For the 1987 London revival, it was replaced with "Ah, but Underneath!", performed by Diana Rigg.

2. Which show includes the line "This is the world I meant"?

Answer: Into the Woods

From the beginning of the Witch's "Lament" for her adopted daughter Rapunzel, where she bitterly regrets the fact that she couldn't keep Rapunzel safe in her tower.

3. In which show does a character sing "Too busy to know that they're fools"?

Answer: Company

From the wonderful "The Ladies Who Lunch", where the acerbic Joanne, armed with her vodka stingers, reflects on the different ways of being a married woman. This line refers to "the girls who play wife".

4. Which show has a song with the line "Where others would hurry I stroll"?

Answer: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

From "I'm Calm", which is Hysterium's attempt to calm himself down after Pseudolus persuades him to dress up as a girl and play dead. It doesn't work!

5. In which show would you hear "I was just acting for someone up there"?

Answer: Assassins

Charlie Guiteau's defence for killing President Garfield, from "The Ballad of Guiteau". "But God was acquitted and Charlie committed".

6. Which show has the line "We'll do wonders, won't we"?

Answer: Sweeney Todd

Sweeney sings to his razors and Mrs Lovett sings to Sweeney in the disturbing duet "My Friends".

7. In which show would you hear someone sing "And there's every indication that they're planning to stay"?

Answer: Pacific Overtures

From "Chrysanthemum Tea", one of my favourite Sondheim numbers. "They" are of course the American ships who have arrived to cause havoc in an isolated Japan.

8. Which show includes a song with the line "She'll grow older by the hour"?

Answer: A Little Night Music

"And be hopelessly shattered by Saturday night". The Countess convinces her young friend Anne Egerman to go head to head with the woman she suspects is her husband's mistress, in the song "A Weekend in the Country".

9. In which show would you hear "The choice may have been mistaken"?

Answer: Sunday in the Park with George

"The choosing was not". From "Move On". I'm a fan of Jenna Russell's interpretation of Dot from the 2006 London production.

10. In which show would you hear the line "He has lots of hills to climb"?

Answer: Anyone Can Whistle

"And a hero doesn't come till the nick of time". From "There Won't be Trumpets", which was cut from the original production but included on the cast recording.

Source: Author spod

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