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Here you will find quizzes on stage musicals whose titles start with the letter I, and for which we do not have enough quizzes to justify setting up a separate category for each one. If you find a favorite musical here, perhaps you'd like to write another quiz on it, so it can have a category of its own.
3 I Musicals quizzes and 30 I Musicals trivia questions.
1.
  Can you remember "In the Heights"?    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This was one of my favorite musicals of the decade and I saw there was not a quiz on it yet. Test how well you know this show. There are spoilers to the plot!
Average, 10 Qns, caitiesus, May 20 18
Average
caitiesus
May 20 18
488 plays
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  It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The musical debuted on Broadway in 1966 and lasted 129 performances. It has since been revived numerous times. Questions are both on the plot and the production of the show.
Average, 10 Qns, Shadowmyst2004, Mar 31 16
Average
Shadowmyst2004
130 plays
3.
  I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Try This Quiz!    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
"I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change" is a great musical comedy! See if you know your stuff about this hilarious show.
Tough, 10 Qns, papamambo, Jan 07 08
Tough
papamambo
200 plays
trivia question Quick Question
What show did both Lin-Manuel Miranda and Karen Olivo (Vanessa) work on after "In the Heights"?

From Quiz "Can you remember "In the Heights"?"





I Musicals Trivia Questions
1. Superman was an alien orphan from what planet?

From Quiz It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman

Answer: Krypton

He was sent to Earth when his planet was destroyed. At the time he was a baby. Due to the different makeup of Earth's atmosphere and the yellow sun he became a Superman on our planet.

2. Who was the composer and lyricist for "In the Heights"?

From Quiz Can you remember "In the Heights"?

Answer: Lin-Manuel Miranda

Lin-Manuel Miranda was both the composer and lyricist for the show. He did the first draft of the show when he was still in college and it opened on Broadway nine years later.

3. In the song "The Highway of Love" what are the names of the two children?

From Quiz I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Try This Quiz!

Answer: Noah and Emma

In this the four actors sit in the "car", represented by four rolling office chairs. During the song they spin around each other singing and yelling at each other. It's especially hard to choreograph, the actors usually bump into to each other for much of rehearsal!

4. Once on Earth, baby Superman was given what human name?

From Quiz It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman

Answer: Clark

He was adopted by the Kents, John and Martha. They pulled his spaceship out of a field and raised him until their own demise. It wasn't mentioned in the musical how old Clark was when they died, but he was at least in his late teens if not already a full adult.

5. What did the boat that rescued the main character's family really say?

From Quiz Can you remember "In the Heights"?

Answer: US Navy

Abuela Claudia tells Usnavi, "Your father said Usnavi, that's what we'll name the baby". In the song "Hundreds of Stories," we learn that "It really said US Navy".

6. In the song "Waiting" how many seconds are left until half-time?

From Quiz I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Try This Quiz!

Answer: 32 seconds

Then the woman askes her husband, "32 real life seconds? Or 32 football seconds?" Unfortunately for her it's 32 football seconds!

7. Superman, in his assumed identity, worked at the "Daily Planet" newspaper. What city was the paper based in?

From Quiz It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman

Answer: Metropolis

Clark toiled away at his desk across from Lois Lane. She barely notices that Clark exists, while lamenting to him that Superman barely notices her. Clark lusts after Lois, who lusts after Superman, who is Clark in disguise.

8. What school did Nina leave?

From Quiz Can you remember "In the Heights"?

Answer: Stanford

Nina felt like there was too much pressure and couldn't keep up. She lied about it to her parents because she was ashamed.

9. At whose funeral do Muriel and Arthur meet?

From Quiz I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Try This Quiz!

Answer: Judith

After they meet Arthur proceeds to hit on Muriel and askes her out for coffee. She at first resists, but in the end decides she "could live with that." And the two shuffle offstage. It's quite a touching scene.

10. Who is the villain in the storyline?

From Quiz It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman

Answer: Dr. Sedgwick

Dr. Abner Sedgwick, who hadn't won the Nobel Prize the year before, became the villain when he decided to use a death ray that was installed at his university. He was quite upset that he had lost the Nobel Prize ten times in all. The ray had been installed at the university to squash student uprisings the year before the play was set. Quite a piece of writing in the script.

11. What did Vanessa say she would do with $96,000?

From Quiz Can you remember "In the Heights"?

Answer: She'd be downtown in a nice studio, out of the barrio

Sonny said he would invest and protest to make the neighborhood better. Benny wanted to go to business school. Daniela wanted to move to Atlantic City.

12. In the monologue "The Very First Dating Video of Rose Ritz" what class has Rose just enrolled in at the High School Adult School?

From Quiz I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Try This Quiz!

Answer: Magic

She has to choose between step aerobics and magic. She decides on magic, because she thinks she can meet more guys. Too bad all the guys are across the hall in the step aerobics class trying to pick up girls!

13. Who debuted the role of Superman in the Broadway debut of the show?

From Quiz It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman

Answer: Bob Holiday

All four actors played the character, though Reeves, Cain and Welling were all on TV. Holiday played the role on Broadway for all 129 performances before it closed. He played both Clark Kent and Superman.

14. Which pair is a couple by the end of the show?

From Quiz Can you remember "In the Heights"?

Answer: Benny and Nina

Her father may not like it because Benny is not Hispanic, but they do get together, and her father is told to deal with it in "Enough".

15. Name the song this line is from. "But please don't make a fuss. 'Cause you inspire us, like Marlo Thomas and Mary Tyler Moore."

From Quiz I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Try This Quiz!

Answer: Hey There Single Guy/Gal

This song is sung by two parents who've just found out their son is breaking up with his long time girlfriend. The parents, of course, are convinced that their son should be married. Hilarious lyrics.

16. What is being sold throughout the show?

From Quiz Can you remember "In the Heights"?

Answer: Piragua

Piragua is a Puerto Rican frozen snack made of shaved ice and fruit syrup, similar to a snow cone, but shaped like a pyramid.

17. What kind of pizza is ordered in the song "He Called Me" ?

From Quiz I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Try This Quiz!

Answer: A pie, extra anchovies

The girl in this song is elated because the man she's dating actually called her when he said he would! Two pizza deliver men and her mother join in the celebration!

18. Who had to cover a story for Clark when he was suddenly "ill"?

From Quiz It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman

Answer: Lois

Clark had been tasked with covering a story about Superman having a building named after him. Clark nearly spilled the beans on his secret identity when trying to convince Lois to cover for him before he came up with his illness.

19. Where do Vanessa, Carla, and Daniela work?

From Quiz Can you remember "In the Heights"?

Answer: Salon

Vanessa sings, "The neighborhood salon is where I'm working at the moment" in "It Won't Be Long Now".

20. Name the song this line is from. "But then again, you should have seen her man Ken. All those calories he logged up. 'Til his arteries clogged up. He died on the couch watching ESPN."

From Quiz I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Try This Quiz!

Answer: Always a Bridesmaid

A woman sings this song about all the weddings she's been a bridesmaid at. She states that she's "been down the aisle, as much as Liz Taylor. But I've always stood off to the side." Another song with clever, witty lyrics.

21. Which song from the musical was used by the Pillsbury company in advertisements more than 30 years after it was recorded?

From Quiz It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman

Answer: You've Got Possibilities

"You've Got Possibilities" was used to sell Pillsbury rolls and biscuits during an ad campaign. The song has been recorded by Peggy Lee, Matt Monro and Linda Lavin among others. Lavin's version was the one used by Pillsbury for their ads. Another song from the show, "It's Superman", was used as the intro music for newscasts on WTOP for more than a decade.

22. Who does Sonny have a crush on?

From Quiz Can you remember "In the Heights"?

Answer: Nina

When he finds out she is with Benny, he claims that "she was my babysitter first!"

23. In the scene "Whatever Happened to Baby's Parents?" what is the baby's name?

From Quiz I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Try This Quiz!

Answer: Frank Jr.

He's known affectionately as "Franky Jr."

24. How many Tonys did the show win in 2008?

From Quiz Can you remember "In the Heights"?

Answer: Four

It was nominated for an impressive 13 awards and won four - Best Musical, Best Original Score, Best Orchestration, and Best Choreography. It also won the Grammy for Best Musical Show Album.

25. Name the song this line is from. "No whimprin' like a puppy. I gotta macho-uppy."

From Quiz I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Try This Quiz!

Answer: Tear Jerk

This is by and far my favorite song in the whole show. It's sung by a guy who askes a girl out to the movies. And as he says in the song "And that my friends, was my one big mistake!" She chooses a chick flick! His idea of a good movie is "Mindless, violent action." In the end he watches the movie, gets caught up and starts crying!

26. Who wrote the majority of the songs included in the musical?

From Quiz It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman

Answer: Charles Strouse

Strouse wrote the scores for 25 musicals between 1958 and 2009. He also wrote music for a handful of movies. He won three Tony awards for his work during his career.

27. What show did both Lin-Manuel Miranda and Karen Olivo (Vanessa) work on after "In the Heights"?

From Quiz Can you remember "In the Heights"?

Answer: West Side Story

Karen Olivo played Anita and won a Tony for her performance. Lin-Manuel Miranda did the translation for the lyrics, since some of the show is in Spanish.

28. Who wrote the lyrics for the show?

From Quiz I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Try This Quiz!

Answer: Joe DiPietro

A subsequent show of his played off-broadway. It's called "The Thing About Men".

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