Fiddler on the Roof Trivia Questions & Answers

Answer: Hodel

When the three girls are singing, they mention the order in which they must be married. Tzeitel first, and then Hodel, and then Chava.

Answer: Tradition

Tevye opens the movie discussing how their village survives and how they have survived for many years. He says, "How did this tradition get started? I'll tell you... I don't know, but it's a tradition."

Answer: Hodel

This breaks the tradition of keeping men and women separated at weddings.

Answer: Her mother

Chava begins dancing with her mother who passes her on to her two older sisters. Each sister dances for a moment and then moves away to be with their mates. Chava dances with Fyedka and for a moment she is beckoned to choose between the fiddler who represents her culture and Fyedka. She returns to Fyedka. It is a quite beautiful scene.

Answer: A sewing machine

Motel comments that it will take him much less time to make clothes. The machine ensures their financial success (although they are still quite poor).

Answer: Pretty

A young boy looks out of the school house and spies a young girl leaning against a post staring sweetly at him, presumably his future bride.

Answer: Men and women danced together

It was such a new and radical thing to have men and women dancing with each other. The rabbi suitably compromised by holding onto a scarf to dance with Hodel (without touching her).

Answer: three

In a scene all too familiar to Jewish villages across Russia (and the world for that matter), the town was required to leave their home.