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This 1937 Rodgers and Hart musical includes such amazing songs as 'The Lady is a Tramp' and 'My Funny Valentine'. A group of Long Island teenagers decide to put on a show in order to avoid being sent to a work farm when their parents hit the road with a vaudeville show. the 1939 movie with Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney had a significantly different plot, and only two of the same songs.
2 quizzes and 30 trivia questions.
1.
  "They Call Us Babes in Arms"    
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
I am in charge of props for the musical "Babes in Arms" at my community theatre. This quiz is about that musical. Most of the quiz is lyrics, but there are some other questions in it as well.
Tough, 20 Qns, Ilona_Ritter, Oct 31 16
Tough
Ilona_Ritter
244 plays
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  Babes in Arms    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a great show! It's a little bit different than the movie but it's still good!
Tough, 10 Qns, hollylouise83, Oct 31 16
Tough
hollylouise83
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Babes in Arms Trivia Questions
1. What composing and lyricist team wrote this musical?

From Quiz "They Call Us Babes in Arms"

Answer: Rodgers and Hart

"Babes in Arms" first opened on April 14, 1937. It was redone in the 1950's with the version that is usually done on stage now, as the show takes place in the 1950's.

2. Who are the owners of the Playhouse?

From Quiz Babes in Arms

Answer: Bunny and Mr. Fleming

Bunny is trying to pay off Mr. Fleming with her share of the Playhouse, because her father got into debt with him. That's why the appretences want to but on the revue so bad.

3. Compete the lyrics from the title song: "They call us babes in arms, but we are babes in ____________."

From Quiz "They Call Us Babes in Arms"

Answer: armour

Val is the lead singer in this ensemble number. The kids in the show all want to be taken seriously as actors, but they are seen as just "babes in arms".

4. What is the name of the Playhouse?

From Quiz Babes in Arms

Answer: Surf and Sand Playhouse

5. What is the name of the play that Lee Calhoun wrote, directed and stars in?

From Quiz "They Call Us Babes in Arms"

Answer: The Deep North

Lee Calhoun is a southerner who hates the north.

6. Who does Susie like?

From Quiz Babes in Arms

Answer: Val

Val likes her too but he won't admit it because she's 2 years younger.

7. How does Gus know who Lee is when he first sees him?

From Quiz "They Call Us Babes in Arms"

Answer: He heard his accent

Lee: "Did you see my picture?" Gus: "No I heard your accent." Lee: "Come down here and say that again." Gus: (coming down off ladder) "I heard your accent." Lee: "You can go back up now." Lee is my favorite character in the show. He tries to act like a big tough southerner who hates the north, but he's nothing more than a cocky little man.

8. Who does Val have a relationship with?

From Quiz Babes in Arms

Answer: Jennifer

There is a connection between them right from the start.

9. Complete the lyric: "I miss the kisses and I miss the __________."

From Quiz "They Call Us Babes in Arms"

Answer: bites

This song is song by Terry and Gus. They are the on again, off again couple. They seem to be happier together and fighting, than when they are not together.

10. What is one of the main reasons Val goes for Jennifer instead of Susie?

From Quiz Babes in Arms

Answer: It's a good career move for him

11. Complete the lyric: "And so it seems that we have met before, and laughed before, and loved before, but who knows __________________."

From Quiz "They Call Us Babes in Arms"

Answer: where or when

This song was song by Val and Jennifer when they first meet each other.

12. What does Phyllis Owen do to get her way with her daughter?

From Quiz Babes in Arms

Answer: she pretends to be sick

She is always telling Jennifer that she has to remember 'mother's blood pressure' Plus she faints for Val.

13. Where does Bunny come from?

From Quiz "They Call Us Babes in Arms"

Answer: New York

They tell her she can't be a western singer becuase she's from New York.

14. What couple are always fighting with each other but really do like each other?

From Quiz Babes in Arms

Answer: Terry and Gus

Gus always seems to be doing something wrong to make Terry mad at him.

15. Complete the lyrics: "Where seldom is heard an _______________ word."

From Quiz "They Call Us Babes in Arms"

Answer: intelligent

This comes from "Way Out West On West End Avenue."

16. What is the name of Lee Calhoun's play that they're doing?

From Quiz Babes in Arms

Answer: The Deep North

This is the one that Jennifer Owen is starring in.

17. Who sings the song "My Funny Valentine"?

From Quiz "They Call Us Babes in Arms"

Answer: Suzie

Suzie is head over heels in love with Val, but Val is interested in Jennifer Owens.

18. What is the name of the kids revue?

From Quiz Babes in Arms

Answer: Babes in Arms

It's the name of the first song that they sing in the show. All about how they're parents were in the theatre and now they want to be too!

19. What does Terry say she'll sell to become rich?

From Quiz "They Call Us Babes in Arms"

Answer: Her body

This is in the beginning of Act II. All the apprentices have given up hope of ever making it as actors.

20. Yes or No: Do they end up putting on the revue for Steve Edwards?

From Quiz Babes in Arms

Answer: yes

They do it in the barn for them (the last 2 scenes of the show). Steve is really Susie's brother so she gets him to come see it, unlike Jennifer who never kept her promise!

21. Complete this line by Terry when Suzie sings to them to "Imagine". "Then you must be ______, my pet."

From Quiz "They Call Us Babes in Arms"

Answer: nuts

Suzie is trying to cheer them all up by having them imagine there lives how they want it.

22. Complete the lyric from "The Lady is a Tramp." "I get too hungry for dinner at eight, I like the theatre but never come late, I never bother with people I ________!"

From Quiz "They Call Us Babes in Arms"

Answer: hate

Bunny sings "The Lady is a Tramp."

23. Why does Lee think that Steve Edwards is " a man with no taste, intelligence ability or discrimination"?

From Quiz "They Call Us Babes in Arms"

Answer: Steve turned down Lee's play

Lee thinks he is the greatest thing since sliced bread. Anyone who doesn't agree, especially a northerner, is simply no good and unworthy of his respect.

24. Who is Suzie quite obviously in love with?

From Quiz "They Call Us Babes in Arms"

Answer: Valentine & Val

They do get together by the end of the show.

25. Who is Suzie's brother?

From Quiz "They Call Us Babes in Arms"

Answer: Steve

No one believes Suzie when she says Steve is her brother. They all think she and Steve are lovers.

26. Complete this line spoken by Lee: "That's enough. Ah am going back South. And ah will never come North again except as the head of a ______________________.

From Quiz "They Call Us Babes in Arms"

Answer: Confederate Army

The plan worked, they sabotaged Lee's play and he had left. This means Steve has time to see Val's play because "The Deep North" won't be running anymore.

27. What does Peter reply to the question: "Well, how about how Mother Goose got her name?"

From Quiz "They Call Us Babes in Arms"

Answer: We want to hear a clean story.

Peter apparently gets the references, even though he is just a kid.

28. Complete the lyric: "Poor Johnny One-Note, got in _______."

From Quiz "They Call Us Babes in Arms"

Answer: Aida

Johnny was forced to sing only one note because of a curse put on him by a soprano's fairy godmother.

29. The last line in the show is "You see? A musical comedy can have a happy ending." Who says this line?

From Quiz "They Call Us Babes in Arms"

Answer: Press Agent

Steve liked the show and gave Val a check. Suzie got Val, Steve has Jennifer, Lee is gone. Everything worked out for the best.

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