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Some musicals belong to the world, some are clearly tied to a single place. These quizzes are about a range of shows associated with one specific country.
9 quizzes and 95 trivia questions.
1.
  What Stage in the States for These Songs?   top quiz  
Label Quiz
 10 Qns
How well do you know your musicals? These ten are set all over the United States. Just match the settings to the numbers on the map.
Easier, 10 Qns, Midget40, Nov 05 23
Easier
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Nov 05 23
917 plays
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  Where in the World are These Works?   popular trivia quiz  
Label Quiz
 10 Qns
How well do you know your musicals? These ten are set all over the world. Just match the settings to the numbers on the map.
Easier, 10 Qns, Midget40, Oct 28 23
Easier
Midget40 gold member
Oct 28 23
680 plays
3.
  What Country on the Continent for These Concerts?   great trivia quiz  
Label Quiz
 10 Qns
How well do you know your musicals? These ten are set all over Europe. Just match the settings to the numbers on the map.
Easier, 10 Qns, Midget40, Oct 30 23
Easier
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Oct 30 23
511 plays
4.
  What Arena in Asia for These Arias?   popular trivia quiz  
Label Quiz
 10 Qns
How well do you know your musicals? These ten are set all over Asia. Just match the settings to the numbers on the map.
Very Easy, 10 Qns, Midget40, Nov 03 23
Very Easy
Midget40 gold member
Nov 03 23
296 plays
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  Where in the World Am I Singing?   popular trivia quiz  
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Match the name of the musical with the country in which it is primarily or completely set.
Very Easy, 10 Qns, bernie73, Mar 16 17
Very Easy
bernie73 gold member
1738 plays
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  Musicals and Their Venues    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
I have listed ten popular musicals. Can you match them with the countries in which they are set?
Very Easy, 10 Qns, Serenesh, Feb 20 21
Very Easy
Serenesh gold member
Feb 20 21
588 plays
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  More Where in the World Am I Singing    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Match the musical with the country which serves as its primary setting.
Easier, 10 Qns, bernie73, Feb 15 21
Easier
bernie73 gold member
Feb 15 21
525 plays
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  3 German Musicals    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
This is about three German musicals from the nineties. Find out if you know something about them... Enjoy!
Difficult, 15 Qns, PearlQ19, Sep 27 13
Difficult
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376 plays
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  Australian Musical Theatre    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The Australian Musical theatre scene is not as extensive as that of our American and English counterparts, but it is becoming quite obvious that Australian musical theatre performers are some of the world's best.
Difficult, 10 Qns, jigsy, Aug 07 07
Difficult
jigsy
279 plays

Musicals By Country Trivia Questions
1. This is the most successful German musical. It opened in 1992 in Vienna, Austria, and was moved to Essen, Germany, in 2001. It is about the most popular empress from the 19th century. What's it called?

From Quiz 3 German Musicals

Answer: "Elisabeth"

Of course, "Sisi" (1838 - 1898), the wife of Franz Joseph, the second-to-last emperor of the Austrian-Hungarian empire. The musical was written by Sylvester Levay (music) and Michael Kunze (book & lyrics), and it became famous all over the world.

2. In what year did the block buster musical "42nd Street" open at the, now demolished, Her Majesty's Theatre in Sydney?

From Quiz Australian Musical Theatre

Answer: 1989

The show introduced future star Todd McKenny to Australian audiences.

3. Who performed the leading role at both premieres, in Austria and in Germany, of Levay's and Kunze's 1992 musical?

From Quiz 3 German Musicals

Answer: Pia Douwes

The role of Elisabeth made Pia really famous, though she wasn't a "nobody" before that. She's from the Netherlands, an amazing and charismatic actress with a really stunning voice. Pia sings the role on both highlight-records (Vienna and Essen), whereas you can hear Maya Hakvoort (she's Dutch, too) on the complete recording from 1996.

4. The other leading role in the Levay's and Kunze's 1992 musical is a "timeless", handsome man, but he's not human. What is personified in him?

From Quiz 3 German Musicals

Answer: Death

The authors claim that Elisabeth longed for death all her life, and so Death appears throughout the show. He is handsome and charming. They first meet when Elisabeth has an accident as a child, and Death accompanies her through childhood, marriage and fame. He loves her, too, so there is kind of a happy end when they are united in the end. Our most popular musical singer, Uwe Kroeger, created this role - which made him famous - in Vienna and Essen, and he is simply irresistible. You can hear him on both highlight-records. On the complete recording, Addo Kruizinga (another Dutchman) played the role.

5. The empress's murderer was an Italian anarchist. He leads through the show, commenting on what is happening, and in the prologue he stands before the Judge of the Souls who asks him why he killed her. Do you know his name?

From Quiz 3 German Musicals

Answer: Luigi Lucheni

Lucheni murdered Elisabeth because the Duke of Orleans - whom he actually wanted to kill - didn't show up (that's a fact!). In the musical, Death tells him to (he also gives Lucheni the weapon), and Lucheni tells the Judge that he murdered the empress because she wanted him to - she was in love with Death.

6. Finally: The empress's song became the greatest hit of the show. What's it called?

From Quiz 3 German Musicals

Answer: "Ich gehoer nur mir"

Would be translated as "I Belong To Me". Elisabeth doesn't want to be told what to do, she wants to break free from all the obligations and conventions. "Der letzte Tanz" ("The Last Dance") is sung by Death at the wedding of Elisabeth and Franz Joseph, expressing that she might have resisted him this time, but someday the very last dance will be his. "Die Schatten werden laenger" ("The Shadows Grow Longer") is a powerful duet between Death and Elisabeth's son Rudolf where Death persuades Rudolf to join in a Hungarian conspiracy - with fatal results that lead to Rudolf's suicide in 1889. This song is my favorite. "Wenn ich dein Spiegel waer" ("If I Was Your Mirror") is sung by Rudolf to his mother, begging of her to save him from the emperor's anger after his conspiracy has failed. She refuses, thus abandoning her son and breaking the last chains still holding her to her husband and the court.

7. Who played Australia's first "Charity Hope Valentine" in "Sweet Charity"?

From Quiz Australian Musical Theatre

Answer: Nancye Hayes

Nancye is one of our greatest living legends of the stage and is still going strong treading the boards and is now also turning her hand at directing such as the 2001 production of "The Wizard Of Oz".

8. In the last 20 years of the 20th century there have been hundreds of Amateur productions of Rogers and Hammerstein's "Oklahoma" but what year was the only professional production staged at Sydney's Theatre Royal, during this time?

From Quiz Australian Musical Theatre

Answer: 1982

This production starred John Diedrich as "Curly" and Henri Zseps as "Ali Hackam".

9. Steve Barton performed the leading role at the premiere. Which role?

From Quiz 3 German Musicals

Answer: Graf von Krolock

Steve was fantastic. He died in July 2001, so the vampire was his last big success.

10. Which television actress played opposite Tom Burlinson at the Footbridge Theatre in Sydney in "How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying"?

From Quiz Australian Musical Theatre

Answer: Georgie Parker

Georgie also appeared in two more musicals after this including "High Society" and "Crazy For You".

11. What's the name of Chagall's daughter, whom Alfred immediately falls in love with?

From Quiz 3 German Musicals

Answer: Sarah & Sara

Conny Zenz created this role in Vienna.

12. Jim Steinman wrote many songs for Bonnie Tyler, and one of them made it into the show. Which one?

From Quiz 3 German Musicals

Answer: "Total Eclipse of the Heart"

"Totale Finsternis". The lyrics have been translated into German and slightly changed, but some lines have remained, e. g. "Forever's gonna start tonight". It's Sarah who sings this song, together with von Krolock, when she wanders through the castle, wondering about what will happen to her and why she is there.

13. Who sings the song "Tot zu sein ist komisch" ("Death Is Such An Odd Thing" - original version!)?

From Quiz 3 German Musicals

Answer: Magda

It's Magda, the maid, when she looks at Chagall's corpse. During the song, Chagall awakes, bites her and transforms her into a vampire, too.

14. Michael Kunze and Sylvester Levay worked together again on a musical about one of our most famous composers. Which one?

From Quiz 3 German Musicals

Answer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

The show is called "Mozart!". It opened in Vienna in 1999 and came to Hamburg in 2001.

15. What is so special about the show?

From Quiz 3 German Musicals

Answer: The man and the genius are played by different actors

There are two Mozarts on stage: The man Wolfgang, and the infant prodigy Amadé who follows the man like a shadow. While Wolfgang is gambling, fighting or loving, Amadé only sits there, composing. At a certain point, he starts to write with Wolfgang's blood.

16. The "bad guy" is the Archbishop of Salzburg. He employs the composer, but he humiliates him, and he wants to keep him under glass, not allowing him to be free and do what he wants. What's his name?

From Quiz 3 German Musicals

Answer: Hieronymus Colloredo

Colloredo's songs simply rock! Every time he comes on stage, the guitars play the loudest. In Vienna, it was Uwe (again) who played him, in Hamburg Felix Martin took over (and he was just as great as Uwe!).

17. One of the few outstanding hits of the show (the other songs don't stand alone) is the last song of act one, sung by the protagonist and the choir. It's called...?

From Quiz 3 German Musicals

Answer: "Wie wird man seinen Schatten los?"

Would be translated as "How Can You Get Rid Of Your Shadow?". Wolfgang realizes that his genius will follow him wherever he goes. It is during this song that Amadé first writes with blood instead of ink.

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