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Here you will find quizzes on stage musicals whose titles start with the letter N, 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.
2 N Musicals quizzes and 30 N Musicals trivia questions.
1.
  Noises Off    
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
This is about the play "Noises Off", not the movie
Tough, 20 Qns, durikaj, Sep 24 06
Tough
durikaj
295 plays
2.
  A New Brain    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I noticed that there were no quizzes on this show, so I decided to make the first one. Test your knowledge of this great musical!
Tough, 10 Qns, at34712, Aug 09 07
Tough
at34712
192 plays

N Musicals Trivia Questions

1. Finish the lyric: "Stories of illness, songs of improving, and everyone talks about _____________"

From Quiz
A New Brain

Answer: Change

This is from "Heart and Music", which sort of introduces the moral of the show. "Oh, you gotta have heart and music! You gotta have heart and music! Heart and music get along! Oh you gotta have heart and music! You gotta have heart and music! Heart and music make a song!"

2. How many plates of sardines are coming on and off "in Act I alone?"

From Quiz Noises Off

Answer: 4

Garry says to Lloyd: "It's all well and good for you sitting out there, but we've got to WORK with these sardines!"

3. Which two actors have worked together in the past?

From Quiz Noises Off

Answer: Dotty and Selsdon

Dotty mentions this while they're looking for Selsdon, who is napping in the stalls.

4. When Rhoda asks 'Why is the smart son always the gay son?', everyone tells her it's which of Schwinn's laws of genetics?

From Quiz A New Brain

Answer: 2nd

This is from "Gordo's Law of Genetics", which explains Gordo's theory that the bad trait will 'always predominate'. "Smart or dumb, the dumb will predominate. Fat or thin, the fat will predominate. Lazy or not, the lazy will predominate."

5. What is the last word of the play, (in the revival)?

From Quiz Noises Off

Answer: Curtain!

"Sardines" is the final line of Act 1. "Curtain" is actually the last line in Act 2 and Act 3.

6. What comes next? "Sitting becalmed in the lee of Cuttyhunk, hotter than a __________!"

From Quiz A New Brain

Answer: Pregnant cow

This is from "Sitting Becalmed in the Lee of Cuttyhunk," which shows Gordo trying to remain calm with thoughts of sailing while getting an MRI scan. "Wating for the wind to carry us somewhere, somehow."

7. In what year did "Noises Off" premiere?

From Quiz Noises Off

Answer: 1982

Michael Frayn came up with the idea for "Noises Off!" after watching a pair of actors in a quick-change show while he was standing backstage. He thought the off-stage stuff was funnier than what was going on on-stage!

8. What does Rita think will help change the government?

From Quiz A New Brain

Answer: Killing the mayor

This is from the song "Change", which introduces Rita the homeless lady. "Pennies, or nickels, or dimes! We live in perilous times!"

9. What does the term "Noises Off" mean?

From Quiz Noises Off

Answer: Sounds heard from the wings during a play.

Oddly enough, this is never said in the play, though Lloyd says it several times in the movie.

10. How does the lyric end? "Yes, I'll survive whatever you throw at me! Yes, the world is _______!"

From Quiz A New Brain

Answer: Grand

From "Yes", which is a song Gordo is writing for his 'satanic' boss, Mr. Bungee. "Yes is a good word. No is a bad word. The preferred word in any situation is 'Yes, I can'. 'Yes I'd like to that.'"

11. Vicki runs around in her underwear for much of the play. What is the name of the actress (in the play) who plays Vicki?

From Quiz Noises Off

Answer: Brooke Ashton

Katie Finneran appeared in a three-episode arc of "Frasier" as new station manager Poppy!

12. In the beginning of the show, the cast sings "Heart and Music." At the end, the song is reprised, substituting 'Heart' with what word?

From Quiz A New Brain

Answer: Time

From "Time and Music", which is used to tie everything together, and stress the importance of making the most of the time you have. "Time and music make a song!" I hope you had a fun time!

13. Which actress won a 2002 Tony Award for the Broadway revival of "Noises Off?"

From Quiz Noises Off

Answer: Katie Finneran

Carol, Patti, and Dorothy have all played Dotty Otley/Mrs. Clackett, but Katie won for her portrayal of Brooke. I saw Katie in the show and knew instantly that she'd win!

14. Which actress appeared as Dotty in the 2001 Broadway revival of "Noises Off?"

From Quiz Noises Off

Answer: Patti LuPone

Carol Burnett played the role in the movie; Dorothy Loudon played the role in the London premiere; Madonna played "Evita", the role originated on Broadway by Ms. LuPone.

15. Complete the quote: "And God said be fruitful, and multiply, and..."

From Quiz Noises Off

Answer: fetch Tim to fix the doors!

After the doors malfunction during rehearsal, Lloyd bellows: "And God said POPPY! And there was Poppy! And God said be fruitful, and multiply and fetch Tim to fix the doors!"

16. Complete the quote: "And God said 'Let there be..."

From Quiz Noises Off

Answer: doors that open when they open and close when they close!"

Lloyd says this to Tim, the stage manager, who hasn't slept in 48 hours.

17. Freddy says: "You know how _______ I am about doors!"

From Quiz Noises Off

Answer: stupid

Freddy later says "You know how stupid I am about blocking" and "You know how stupid I am about these sorts of things."

18. When Dotty asks Lloyd "Am I at least getting some of the words right?" what is Lloyd's response?

From Quiz Noises Off

Answer: Some of them have a very familiar ring.

It's just before midnight on the night before they open, and Dotty still doesn't know her lines or her blocking!

19. How did Lloyd think that God felt when he sat out there in the darkness creating the world?

From Quiz Noises Off

Answer: Very pleased he'd taken his Valium.

A classic line!

20. Who played Lloyd in the 2001 Broadway revival of "Noises Off?"

From Quiz Noises Off

Answer: Peter Gallagher

Oddly enough, the two biggest stars in the revival (Peter Gallagher and Patti LuPone) were panned by many critics as the two "weak links" in the revival!

21. What's the only thing that Lloyd wants to hear from Brooke near the end of Act I?

From Quiz Noises Off

Answer: "What's that Dad?"

It's just after 1AM and the show opens tonight. Lloyd has had it with the cast at this point and yells at Brooke (with whom he happens to be carrying on).

22. What does NOT happen in Act 2?

From Quiz Noises Off

Answer: Garry pulls a chair from under Freddy.

Quite simply the most hilarious 35 minutes I've ever spent in the theatre!

23. The actor who portrayed Freddy in the 2001 Broadway revival of "Noises Off" had a recurring role in what hit television series?

From Quiz Noises Off

Answer: Frasier

Edward Hibbert played snooty Gil Chesterton. Thanks for playing!

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