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The Best of Broadway Music Trivia Quiz

So you've seen the best of Broadway out there and think you know every musical by heart, down to the very last lyric. Here is a quiz on the lyrics and songs from my favorite timeless B'Way musicals. Enjoy!

A multiple-choice quiz by WIreneAr15. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
WIreneAr15

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
296,251

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
2420

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 51 (5/10), pughmv (9/10), PAULAB2024 (4/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. From what musical are the lyrics
"Uptown you're messengers and mailroom clerks
eating all your lunches at the
hot dog carts"?
Hint

Little Shop of Horrors

South Pacific

Sweeney Todd

Oklahoma!

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Question 2 of 10

2. In what 60s musical starring Carol Channing are the lyrics "It's so nice to be back home where I belong" sung? Hint

Hello, Dolly!

Xanadu

Guys and Dolls

A Chorus Line

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Question 3 of 10

3. "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" is a well-known musical number originally sung by Rex Harrison on Broadway in 1956. In what stage musical did it appear? Hint

Funny Girl

Anne of the Thousand Days

My Fair Lady

The Sound of Music

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Question 4 of 10

4. "The lives of the wicked should be made brief and for the rest of death will be a relief" is a musical line from what 1979 hit by Stephen Sondheim? Hint

Follies

Sweeney Todd

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way To Forum

West Side Story

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Question 5 of 10

5. The popular B'Way songs "Easy Street", "Tomorrow", and "N.Y.C." all have what in common? Hint

Lyrics to all three were written by Mel Brooks

None appeared in the West End versions of their respective musicals

They were all sung by Julie Andrews

They are musical numbers in "Annie"

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Question 6 of 10

6. What is the name of the musical number from "The Phantom of the Opera" in which The Phantom calls to Christine mysteriously in her dressing room? Hint

"Think of Me"

"The Mirror (Angel of Music)"

"The Point of No Return"

"Stranger Than You Dreamt It"

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Question 7 of 10

7. What is the first musical number in Stephen Sondheim's "West Side Story", after the "Overture" and "Prologue"? Hint

One Hand One Heart

Jet Song

America

I Feel Pretty

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Question 8 of 10

8. In "My Fair Lady", what stays "mainly in the plain"? Hint

The snow in Yorkshire

The snow in Cambodia

The wind in Texas

The rain in Spain

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which Rodgers and Hammerstein musical came first chronologically? Hint

Oklahoma!

South Pacific

The Sound of Music

The King and I

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which of the following was Bernadette Peters' character in the 1982 adaptation of "Annie"? Hint

Ms. Aggie Hannagan

Annie

Pepper

Lily St. Regis

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. From what musical are the lyrics "Uptown you're messengers and mailroom clerks eating all your lunches at the hot dog carts"?

Answer: Little Shop of Horrors

These lyrics are from Alan Menken's "Little Shop of Horrors", a musical about a young shophand by the name of Seymour Krelborn who raises a human flesh-eating Venus Fly Trap in secrecy inside Mushnik's Skid Row Florists where he works. The musical was quite successful and, based upon the 1960 low-budget film of the same name, has inspired many adaptations including a 1982 film directed by Frank Oz as well as several Broadway Revivals!

2. In what 60s musical starring Carol Channing are the lyrics "It's so nice to be back home where I belong" sung?

Answer: Hello, Dolly!

Sung by Carol Channing, the words appear in the title song of Jerry Herman's magnum opus, "Hello, Dolly!". In this scene, Dolly Levi returns to Harmonia Gardens, the high-class restaurant at which her fond memories of "way back when" with her late husband were created.

3. "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" is a well-known musical number originally sung by Rex Harrison on Broadway in 1956. In what stage musical did it appear?

Answer: My Fair Lady

This song is from "My Fair Lady", a production often cited by many as "the perfect musical". Harrison also appeared in the film version of this 1956 stage musical opposite Audrey Hepburn.

4. "The lives of the wicked should be made brief and for the rest of death will be a relief" is a musical line from what 1979 hit by Stephen Sondheim?

Answer: Sweeney Todd

From the Broadway hit "Sweeney Todd", this line is delivered by the title character, a murderous barber whose wife and child were taken away from him by an envious judge. A film adaptation was even made decades later and starred Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter in 2007!

5. The popular B'Way songs "Easy Street", "Tomorrow", and "N.Y.C." all have what in common?

Answer: They are musical numbers in "Annie"

All three of these songs are from the 1977 musical "Annie". It won Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Original Score, and Best Book.

6. What is the name of the musical number from "The Phantom of the Opera" in which The Phantom calls to Christine mysteriously in her dressing room?

Answer: "The Mirror (Angel of Music)"

"The Mirror (Angel of Music)" was the sequence in which the protagonist hears The Phantom's voice through her mirror and enters the specter's lair. This smash hit Broadway musical was by Andrew Lloyd Webber and starred Sarah Brightman and Michael Crawford, who also had appeared in the film adaptation of Jerry Herman's "Hello, Dolly!" sixteen years earlier.

7. What is the first musical number in Stephen Sondheim's "West Side Story", after the "Overture" and "Prologue"?

Answer: Jet Song

"West Side Story" premiered on Broadway in '57 with lyrics by Stephen Joshua Sondheim. This was Sondheim's very first work as a lyricist on Broadway, and is what made him famous.

8. In "My Fair Lady", what stays "mainly in the plain"?

Answer: The rain in Spain

In the "Rain in Spain" sequence of the popular musical "My Fair Lady", Professor Henry Higgins teaches Eliza Doolittle proper Queen's English by making her repeat the phrase "the rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain".

9. Which Rodgers and Hammerstein musical came first chronologically?

Answer: Oklahoma!

"Oklahoma!" was Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's very first collaboration, and opened in 1943.

10. Which of the following was Bernadette Peters' character in the 1982 adaptation of "Annie"?

Answer: Lily St. Regis

In 1982, Bernadette Peters played Rooster Hannagan's blonde girlfriend, Lily St. Regis, in the film adaptation of the popular musical. The film also spawned a made-for-television Disney version in 1999 which featured Kathy Bates as Agatha Hannagan.

Source: Author WIreneAr15

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