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'Guys and Dolls' draws heavily on the short stories of Damon Runyon for its characters and plot, which begins with Nathan Detroit needing a home for his illegal gambling game, and ends with all the leading ladies happily married to their reformed men. It includes such memorable Frank Loesser songs as 'Luck Be a Lady', 'A Bushel and a Peck' and 'Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat'.
7 quizzes and 85 trivia questions.
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  Who Sang That In "Guys And Dolls"?   best quiz  
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Can you match the song from the 1950 musical "Guys And Dolls" with the character or character who sings it? This is based on the original stage version, not the 1955 film.
Average, 10 Qns, stedman, Dec 07 23
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stedman editor
Dec 07 23
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  The Ultimate Guys and Dolls Quiz   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
I dearly love the irony regarding this quiz about musical gamblers...this was the result of a dare. A sincere 'thank you' to you-know-who for making me relive it again.
Average, 20 Qns, Oddball, Jul 19 14
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Oddball
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  "Guys and Dolls" Lyrics    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is all about you knowing the lyrics of "Guys and Dolls".
Average, 10 Qns, tangyfishlips, Mar 18 09
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tangyfishlips
1781 plays
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  15 Questions on Guys and Dolls    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
This is for anyone who knows the glory that is "Guys and Dolls". Prepare for questions on songs, characters, and plot. (I'm new at this quiz writing lark, so I'm sorry if this isn't very good. Please go easy on me.)
Average, 15 Qns, Bulm, Sep 14 12
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Bulm
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  All About the Music: Guys and Dolls   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a quiz about the musical and movie versions of Guys and Dolls.
Average, 10 Qns, mizblusky, Nov 08 07
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mizblusky
693 plays
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  Guys and Dolls Test Your Knowledge    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Here are a few facts I just learned about 'Guys and Dolls' and thought I'd pass on!
Tough, 10 Qns, ladymacb29, Mar 06 05
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  Who Said What in G&D?    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I'll give a complete lyric and you tell me which character said it.
Average, 10 Qns, youngjewdork04, Mar 06 05
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trivia question Quick Question
Who sang this? "Before you take another swallow..."

From Quiz ""Guys and Dolls" Lyrics"




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  Guys and Dolls [Movies] (2 quizzes)


Guys and Dolls Trivia Questions
1. In the play, Who sings 'Beats me all to heck how I'll ever tend the farm, ever tend the farm when I want to keep my arms about you.'?

From Quiz All About the Music: Guys and Dolls

Answer: Miss Adelaide

This is from the song 'A Bushel and a Peck'. In the movie, it was replaced by the song 'Pet Me, Poppa'.

2. Who sang this line? "I'm picking Valentine 'cause on the morning line..."

From Quiz "Guys and Dolls" Lyrics

Answer: Benny Southstreet

This was from the song "Fugue for Tinhorns" sung by Rusty Charlie, Benny Southstreet and Nicely-Nicely Johnson.

3. Which duet by Sky and Sarah was cut from the film?

From Quiz Guys and Dolls

Answer: I've Never Been In Love Before

It's an outrage! The most beautiful song in the whole show (or I think so, anyway), and it was removed. Apparently that's because Marlon Brando's voice was too weak to do it justice.

4. "I've never been in love before, now all at once it's you."

From Quiz Who Said What in G&D?

Answer: Sky

"So please forgive this helpless haze I'm in..."

5. 'Guys and Dolls' was based on a short story by this New York author:

From Quiz Guys and Dolls

Answer: Damon Runyon

The musical was based on Runyon's short story, 'The Idylls of Miss Sarah Brown'.

6. Who wrote the music to this musical?

From Quiz Guys and Dolls

Answer: Frank Loesser

The musical is based upon a short-story written by Damon Runyan.

7. Finish the lyric: 'From the moment we kissed tonight___________'

From Quiz All About the Music: Guys and Dolls

Answer: Thats the way I've got to behave

This is from the song 'If I Were a Bell'.

8. Who wrote both the music and lyrics?

From Quiz "Guys and Dolls" Lyrics

Answer: Frank Loesser

Both Abe Burrows and Jo Swerling wrote the screenplay which was based on a story by Damon Runyon.

9. Which song replaced 'Never Been In Love Before' in the film?

From Quiz Guys and Dolls

Answer: Woman in Love

I don't know how to feel about this song. On the one hand, it replaced 'Never Been In Love Before', which immediately puts me off it, but on the other hand, it's quite a nice song in its own right. And it got rid of 'My Time Of Day', so it can't be all bad!

10. "This 'X' means the horse likes mud."

From Quiz Who Said What in G&D?

Answer: Nicely Nicely Johnson

"I got the horse right here!"

11. Who is the operator of the 'oldest established permanent floating crap game in New York'?

From Quiz Guys and Dolls

Answer: Nathan Detroit

Detroit was portrayed in the 1951 initial Broadway run by Sam Levene and in the 1955 movie by Frank Sinatra.

12. Who wrote the lyrics?

From Quiz Guys and Dolls

Answer: Frank Loesser

"In 1976, a Broadway revival was staged with an all-black cast." (http://www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/albm39.html)

13. Who sang this? "Before you take another swallow..."

From Quiz "Guys and Dolls" Lyrics

Answer: Sarah Brown

This lyric is from the song "Follow the Fold". We hear it when the Save-A-Soul Mission first comes out on stage (led by Miss Sarah Brown of course).

14. In 'Fugue For Tinhorns', what does Nicely-Nicely Johnson tell us "this X" means?

From Quiz Guys and Dolls

Answer: the horse likes mud

These are all lines from the song, apart from "the horse won't run", which I made up. Rusty Charlie mentions the horse showing class, and Benny Southstreet comes out with the line "This guy says the horse has chance". Twice.

15. "With a sheep's eye and a licorice tooth / And the strong arms to carry you away."

From Quiz Who Said What in G&D?

Answer: Arvide & Uncle Arvide & Arvide Abernathy & Abernathy

"But more I cannot wish you..."

16. Sarah Brown worked for this organization:

From Quiz Guys and Dolls

Answer: The Save-A-Soul Mission

A missionary intent on saving the souls of gamblers and other degenerates.

17. At what theatre did the musical premiere in in New York City?

From Quiz Guys and Dolls

Answer: 46th Street Theater

The musical is about two craps gamblers. One, Nathan Detroit, bets the other, Sky Masterson, that Sky won't get the next girl he sees to fall in love with him.

18. According to Adelaide, what kind of illness can you get from a lack of community property?

From Quiz All About the Music: Guys and Dolls

Answer: A cold

From a lack of community property and a feeling she's getting too old a person can develop a bad, bad cold. Adelaide sings about her sicknesses in the appropriately named 'Adelaide's Lament'.

19. Finish the lyric. "There are well-______shooters everywhere, everywhere."

From Quiz "Guys and Dolls" Lyrics

Answer: heeled

This lyric is taken from the song "Oldest Establishment".

20. "What's playin' at the Roxy? I'll tell you what's playin' at the Roxy."

From Quiz Who Said What in G&D?

Answer: Nicely Nicely Johnson

The guy's only doin' it for some doll.

21. Nathan Detroit and Miss Adelaide have been engaged for how long?

From Quiz Guys and Dolls

Answer: 14 years

This is a constant source of consternation for Adelaide, resulting in a psychosomatic cold.

22. When did the musical premiere in New York?

From Quiz Guys and Dolls

Answer: November 24, 1950

The plot is your basic one that showcases the differences among two very different groups of people. In this case, between the gamblers and those who are more apt to join the Salvation Army.

23. Finish the lyric. "Involving the eye, the ear and the nose and ______"

From Quiz "Guys and Dolls" Lyrics

Answer: throat

This lyric is taken from the song "Adelaide's Lament". Adelaide sings it right after she sings at the Hot Box.

24. In the first scene of the show, we find out that Nathan and Adelaide have been engaged for 14 years, but which song mentions this fact later on?

From Quiz Guys and Dolls

Answer: Adelaide's Lament

It comes up in the line "Then they get off at Saratoga for the fourteenth time". Because of her thinking she's being taken out for an anniversary trip, you see?

25. "You can spray her wherever you figure the streptococci lurk..."

From Quiz Who Said What in G&D?

Answer: Adelaide

26. What is the name of the nightclub where Adelaide is a chanteuse?

From Quiz Guys and Dolls

Answer: The Hot Box

For the record, Minsky's was a famous New York house of Burlesque. The 'green room' is the name given to any waiting room of actors before they go on stage, regardless of the actual color of the room. Pere Lachaise is the name of a celebrity cemetery in Paris. Interred are such luminaries as Oscar Wilde, Jim Morrison and Edith Piaf.

27. At what theater did the musical premiere in in London?

From Quiz Guys and Dolls

Answer: London Coliseum

Did you know the casting sheet says that the character of Sky Masterson should be a baritone between the ages of 26 and 38?

28. What does Sky say is the only thing to have been in more hotels than him?

From Quiz Guys and Dolls

Answer: the Gideon Bible

It's in the scene when he tells Sarah that the Bible quotation she has on her desk is attributed to the wrong part.

29. "Carefully expose him to domestic life and if he ever tries to stray from you..."

From Quiz Who Said What in G&D?

Answer: Sarah

But marry the man today!

30. Joey Biltmore would be more than happy to let the game take place in his garage, but needs this up front for 'insurance':

From Quiz Guys and Dolls

Answer: A thousand dollars

Lt. Brannigan has been laying the heat on Nathan pretty hot as of late.

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