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"The elevated regions lower than a mountain are in a state of vivification that is accompanied by an acoustic phenomenon which is pleasing to the ear" is not nearly as catchy an opening line for a musical's title song as is "The hills are alive with the sound of music".
9 quizzes and 90 trivia questions.
1.
  Winding our Way through Broadway   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Ten musicals are hidden in ten different puzzles. Whistle a happy tune while you breeze through this quiz.
Average, 10 Qns, zorba_scank, Dec 27 18
Average
zorba_scank gold member
Dec 27 18
1444 plays
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  Fractured Musicals   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Hi everybody! For this, my seventh quiz, I have decided to combine my two favorite categories--Humanities and Brain Teasers. This quiz acts as a "Fractured Word" quiz, except all the answers are the titles of musicals. Have fun and good luck.
Average, 10 Qns, bwaymizfit, Nov 26 09
Average
bwaymizfit
3898 plays
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  Fractured Showtunes    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Welcome one and all to this, my ninth quiz. This quiz is a sequel to my "Fractured Musicals" quiz. I will give you the fractured title of a showtune and the musical from which it comes, and you must provide me with the correct title. Good luck.
Average, 10 Qns, bwaymizfit, May 04 10
Average
bwaymizfit
890 plays
4.
  Musical Title Fractures 1    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A quiz consisting of fractured musical titles. Be sure to look at the hints if you get stuck!
Average, 10 Qns, Puzzgal, Mar 22 08
Average
Puzzgal
741 plays
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  The Broadway Musical Thesaurus    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
You, intrepid quiztaker, identify one-word Broadway musicals from the three synonyms given. For example, LACQUER/SHELLAC/FIXATIVE would be HAIRSPRAY. Belting out show tunes while answering is encouraged!
Difficult, 10 Qns, LilahDeDah, Aug 06 07
Difficult
LilahDeDah
2116 plays
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  Musical Title Fractures 2    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
More fractured titles of familiar musicals.
Average, 10 Qns, Puzzgal, Mar 29 08
Average
Puzzgal
483 plays
7.
  Musicals...But With A Cryptic Twist!    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This combines your musical knowledge with your cryptic skills. I will describe a famous musical or show tune in cryptic fashion. You have to deduce what it is. Trust me it is not too hard at all. Overtures and beginners please.
Average, 10 Qns, Kwizling, Aug 12 22
Average
Kwizling
Aug 12 22
1211 plays
8.
  Anagram Musical Heroines    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Unscramble the phrases below to come up with the names of Broadway musical heroines (character names only). Ignore all punctuation and capitalization in clues. All answers are two words, unless noted. Good Luck!
Very Difficult, 10 Qns, SparkyPooh, Aug 06 07
Very Difficult
SparkyPooh
1077 plays
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  Broadway Vocabulary    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Yes, this is one of the quizzes wherein I give a song and you guess the musical. There's a twist. I rearranged the titles in a long and highfalutin' manner. You'll have to know the song title and the musical where it was sung. Enjoy!
Very Difficult, 10 Qns, francodr, May 28 12
Very Difficult
francodr
709 plays
trivia question Quick Question
"A Magnificent Breath-taking Awesome Impressive Indefinite Object or Thing" This is the fancy name of a song from which musical?

From Quiz "Broadway Vocabulary"





Musicals Word Play Trivia Questions
1. Hidden Words: Find the musical hidden in the sentence. The vitality of the lead actress wowed both the audiences and the critics.

From Quiz Winding our Way through Broadway

Answer: Evita

thE VITAlity... "Evita" is based on the life of Eva Peron, the wife of Argentine president Juan Peron, who herself went on to play an important role in the country. The successful combination of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice provided the music and lyrics for the show respectively. "Evita" was the first British musical to win the Tony Award for Best Musical.

2. Scene Tore Rail Law

From Quiz Musical Title Fractures 1

Answer: Cinderella

Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II wrote "Cinderella" in 1957. It was broadcast on television with Julie Andrews in the starring role. It includes the songs "Ten Minutes Ago" and "Impossible".

3. "Certain Modest Unassuming People Shall Aquire and Obtain More Than the Average Person". This is the complicated version of the song. What's the name of the musical from which the song originated?

From Quiz Broadway Vocabulary

Answer: Little Shop of Horrors

This song is "The Meek Shall Inherit".

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From Quiz Fractured Showtunes

Answer: The Music of the Night

In "The Phantom of the Opera," the Phantom sings "The Music of the Night" to his muse, the chorus-girl-turned-leading-lady Christine, after he leads her from her dressing room into his underground lair. "Let your mind start a journey through a strange, new world! Leave all thoughts of the world you knew before! Let your soul take you where you long to be! Only then can you belong to me! DID YOU KNOW that when "The Phantom of the Opera" premiered on Broadway in January 1988, Michael Crawford (The Phantom) was almost 20 years (18 years 7 months to be exact) older than his co-star Sarah Brightman who played Christine?

5. Key is meek eight

From Quiz Fractured Musicals

Answer: Kiss Me, Kate & Kiss Me Kate

"Kiss Me, Kate" opened on Broadway on December 28, 1948 with music and lyrics by Cole Porter and enjoyed a healthy run of 1,070. There have been two revivals of "Kiss Me, Kate," most recently in 1999 starring Brian Stokes Mitchell and Marin Mazzie. Interesting Fact: "Kiss Me, Kate" won the first ever Tony Award offered for Best Musical in 1949.

6. Sly eyes grope (three words)

From Quiz Anagram Musical Heroines

Answer: Gypsy Rose Lee

From the musical "Gypsy". The musical was written specifically for Ethel Merman and has been revived with Angela Lansbury, Tyne Daly and on TV with Bette Midler.

7. 'I wish you'd stop sobbing about some South American country'. What is the song?

From Quiz Musicals...But With A Cryptic Twist!

Answer: Don't Cry For Me Argentina

This song produced 2 hit singles. Not only from the stage show, but also Madonna's version from the movie. Stage show version was miles better.

8. Fractured Words: Say the words out loud and a musical should spring to mind. Weak kid

From Quiz Winding our Way through Broadway

Answer: Wicked

"Wicked" is based on a novel by Gregory Maguire which itself is inspired by L. Frank Baum's book "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz". The plot pitches two witches against each other with one emerging as the 'Good Witch' and the other as the 'Wicked Witch'. There are several references to the original book from which it draws inspiration. The original Broadway production won three Tony Awards including the one for Best Actress.

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From Quiz Musical Title Fractures 2

Answer: Anyone Can Whistle

The score includes the songs "Me and My Town" and "I've Got You to Lean On".

10. Savant In Savant Tease Ex

From Quiz Musical Title Fractures 1

Answer: 1776 & Seventeen Seventy Six

This one-act musical, by Peter Stone and Sherman Edwards, shows the meeting of the Second Continental Congress. Actors portray such founding fathers as John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson.

11. "A Magnificent Breath-taking Awesome Impressive Indefinite Object or Thing" This is the fancy name of a song from which musical?

From Quiz Broadway Vocabulary

Answer: The King and I

This song title is actually "Something Wonderful".

12. Wet tide id furl of

From Quiz Fractured Showtunes

Answer: What I Did For Love

Led by Diana, the dancers in the company of "A Chorus Line" sing "What I Did For Love" as they profess their deep love for the art form--dance--which blessed them with talent and supported them throughout their lives. "Look my eyes are dry The gift was ours to borrow It's as if we always knew And I won't forget What I did for love." DID YOU KNOW that in the somewhat dreadful movie of "A Chorus Line," the context behind "What I Did For Love" was completely changed? Instead of being a song about seventeen gypsies (chorus dancers) and their passion for dance, "What I Did For Love," became an unneeded song about Cassie professing her love for Zach.

13. BROME GRASS...SUGAR PIE...BOARD GAME

From Quiz The Broadway Musical Thesaurus

Answer: CHESS

You should be singing: "One Night in Bangkok". Brome grass, also known as "chess" or "cheat", is a weed found in wheat fields. Chess pie is a southern USA specialty.

14. Ma I've err late tea

From Quiz Fractured Musicals

Answer: My Fair Lady

"My Fair Lady" opened in 1956 starring Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews and ran for 2,717 performances. A movie version was made in 1964 starring Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn. Interesting Fact: For the movie version, Rex Harrison's singing was recorded using one of the first examples of wireless microphones. Because of Rex Harrison's unique way of half-speaking his songs, prerecording and lip-synching them would have proved nearly impossible.

15. 'What is this novice nun doing with all these kids'? What show is this?

From Quiz Musicals...But With A Cryptic Twist!

Answer: The Sound of Music

Are you getting the hang of it? The 'novice nun' is Maria. 'All these kids' are the Von Trapp family. Easy isn't it?

16. Rebus: Combine synonyms for the terms given to form a musical. Mane + Foam

From Quiz Winding our Way through Broadway

Answer: Hairspray

"Hairspray" is the musical retelling of John Waters' film of the same name. Tracy Turnblad is the lead character who looks for fame as a dancer on a local television show, "The Corny Collins Show". The musical was a hit and won multiple Tony Awards including Best Musical. In turn it inspired another film, a musical also called "Hairspray" which released in 2007.

17. C'est Moi- Gamble Odd

From Quiz Musical Title Fractures 2

Answer: Camelot

"Camelot" originally starred Richard Burton, Robert Goulet, and Julie Andrews.

18. A slung a seen eat Smee

From Quiz Fractured Showtunes

Answer: As Long As He Needs Me

In "Oliver!" Nancy sings "As Long As He Needs Me," as she contemplates her difficult situation and firmly avers her love for her abusive boyfriend Bill Sykes. "I won't betray his trust Though people say I must I got to stay true, just As long as he needs me." DID YOU KNOW that Georgia Brown (Broadway's original Nancy) was born Lillian Klot? The classic Louis Armstrong song, "Sweet Georgia Brown" was the inspiration for her stage name.

19. Chose offend theme haze ink tack nee cull or tree am goat

From Quiz Fractured Musicals

Answer: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat & Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat

"Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" was written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and opened on Broadway on November 18, 1981 and ran for 747 shows. A short-lived revival ran for six months in 1993-1994. Interesting Fact: Although "Joseph..." opened more than a decade after "Jesus Christ Superstar," the former was written first. It began as a 15-minute short written for a London prep school in 1968.

20. 'I'm considering my options about giving up a life of crime'. What song is this?

From Quiz Musicals...But With A Cryptic Twist!

Answer: I'm Reviewing The Situation

Fagin's song from 'Oliver'. Ron Moody's performance of this song in the film was brilliant, and the way he interpreted the lyrics was done with such humour and pathos. Great Stuff.

21. Cryptic: Solve this cryptic clue and name the musical. Initially, Charlie actually thought some animals had wandered onto the stage.

From Quiz Winding our Way through Broadway

Answer: Cats

The word initially in the sentence is a clue that taking the first letters of subsequent words will spell out the musical. "Cats" is based on T.S. Eliot's "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats". The Jellicles are a tribe of cats and as the musical opens, Old Deuteronomy, the elderly leader must decide which cat should be selected to go up into the Heaviside Layer, the tribe's idea of heaven, and be born again in a new life.

22. Tough Fool Man Tea

From Quiz Musical Title Fractures 1

Answer: The Full Monty

This hysterically funny show, which is based on a 1997 film of the same name, was nominated for nine Tony Awards in 2001. Unfortunately, it was overshadowed by the box-office phenomenon "The Producers" and it failed to win any Tonys.

23. Thus hound dove muse hick

From Quiz Fractured Musicals

Answer: The Sound of Music

"The Sound of Music" opened on Broadway in 1959 starring Mary Martin as Maria. "The Sound of Music" tied with Fiorello! for the Tony Award for Best Musical that year and ran for 1,443 performances until 1963. A movie version was made in 1965 starring Julie Andrews. Interesting Fact: Lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II was very ill during the writing of "The Sound of Music" and died shortly after the musical opened. The last lyrics he ever wrote were to "Edelweiss."

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