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Former postulant marries naval captain and escapes Nazi Germany. Which man should she choose as her date for the box social? Con man sells musical instruments and band uniforms to people in a small Iowa town. Can you identify these musical plots?
15 quizzes and 165 trivia questions.
1.
  Musicals, The Storyline That Made Them!    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
All musicals have to have a story, naturally. This quiz gives you the basic story and your task is to identify the show. No multiple choice this time as I'm really testing your 'Musicals' knowledge.
Average, 10 Qns, Kwizling, Oct 27 09
Average
Kwizling
1878 plays
2.
Who Framed Rodgers and Hammerstein
  Who Framed Rodgers and Hammerstein? editor best quiz   great trivia quiz  
Photo Quiz
 10 Qns
From just a photo found at the scene and the few clues given, can you determine the circumstances of the Rodgers & Hammerstein crime, uh... I mean, musical?
Average, 10 Qns, reedy, Nov 07 22
Average
reedy gold member
Nov 07 22
1070 plays
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  Musical Summaries in Four Words   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Another in my series of "Summaries in Four Words." You name the musical that corresponds to the four words that describe the plot or an important part of a musical. Have fun!
Easier, 10 Qns, Caseena, Oct 06 10
Easier
Caseena
1699 plays
4.
  Knock on the Door   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A knock on the door ... "Five minutes to stage Mr D". Mr D (fictitiously) appears in the following musicals that seem to mirror his own life story. Identify the musicals and read his story.
Easier, 10 Qns, pollucci19, Jun 05 14
Easier
pollucci19 gold member
771 plays
5.
  Brief Plots of Musicals    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
I will provide you with a brief plot description and you will be asked to match it with the musical.
Very Easy, 10 Qns, lout62001, Dec 29 18
Very Easy
lout62001 gold member
Dec 29 18
832 plays
6.
  My Top 10 Broadway Musicals   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
These are My Top 10 Broadway Musicals. I give you a clue about the musical and you click the best answer. Enjoy!
Easier, 10 Qns, siritory101, Sep 17 10
Easier
siritory101
1630 plays
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  More Musical Summaries in Four Words    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
It's been eight years since I wrote "Musical Summaries in Four Words", but I've been inspired by a TRIC challenge to write another one. I give you four words and you pick the musical that they bring to mind.
Easier, 10 Qns, Caseena, Jan 07 19
Easier
Caseena
Jan 07 19
590 plays
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  Hits of Broadway    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Can you name these Broadway hits and do it before the lights go out?
Easier, 10 Qns, pennie1478, Sep 09 21
Easier
pennie1478 gold member
Sep 09 21
4239 plays
9.
  Guess That Musical    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Welcome to my 'Guess That Musical' quiz. It's simple, really. I'll give you a plot outline, and you tell me what musical it's from.
Average, 15 Qns, rosieh, May 26 13
Average
rosieh
2121 plays
10.
  A Fine Romance   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Musicals often tell a tale of romance, often featuring unlikely pairs. Can you suspend your disbelief and identify the couples in these classic musicals?
Easier, 10 Qns, chicagojanet, Nov 08 17
Easier
chicagojanet
473 plays
trivia question Quick Question
Spunky redhead and her dog move in with rich billionaire. What show is this?

From Quiz "Guess the Show!"




11.
  Bare Basics of Musical Plots    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I give you the barest basics of the plot of a musical, and you give me the name of the musical.
Easier, 10 Qns, enjoltaire, Nov 08 13
Easier
enjoltaire
735 plays
12.
  Rock 'n' Roll Jukebox Musicals    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Jukebox musicals have become a popular format of the Broadway musical. They usually are a collection of songs by a particular artist or various artists that are assembled for the show and tied together with a plot.
Tough, 10 Qns, Billkozy, Apr 24 19
Tough
Billkozy
Apr 24 19
174 plays
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  Guess the Show!    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I'll give you the basic storyline and you give me an answer. Have fun!
Average, 10 Qns, at34712, Sep 29 17
Average
at34712
2386 plays
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  Musical Theatre Synopsis    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
For each of the following excerpts from synopses of popular pieces of musical theatre, replace the word "HALIFAX" with the correct title of the show.
Average, 15 Qns, LemonCurry, Nov 22 23
Average
LemonCurry
Nov 22 23
2182 plays
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  Guess Musical by Plot    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
In this quiz, one can guess which musical I am talking about from a brief plot summary.
Difficult, 15 Qns, JohnJAsper, Sep 03 21
Difficult
JohnJAsper
Sep 03 21
1130 plays

Plots of Musicals Trivia Questions
1. Masked man terrorizes Parisians.

From Quiz More Musical Summaries in Four Words

Answer: The Phantom of the Opera

One of the longest-running musicals in history, "The Phantom of the Opera" is based on a book by Gaston Leroux. In Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical version, a disfigured man secretly teaches young Christine to sing, falling in love with her. He shows he's not to be trifled with when others stand in Christine's way to fame. The design of the Phantom's mask was altered to aid the actor's singing, though the original design still appears on posters.

2. There were bells all around, but this madam librarian never heard them ringing until she met her someone (a con man from Gary, Indiana) right here in River City, Iowa. Name this unlikely couple.

From Quiz A Fine Romance

Answer: Marian Paroo and Harold Hill

Harold is a traveling salesman who typically takes orders for band instruments then skips town with the money. Marian realizes he is a fraud but falls in love with him because of the way he transforms the town's children, including her own brother. Harold has a chance to get away but chooses to stay because he's in love with Marian. They sing beautifully together, but will Harold really like settling down to direct a real boy's band in a small town?

3. Felines cavort in junkyard.

From Quiz Musical Summaries in Four Words

Answer: Cats

Most of the lyrics from "Cats" come from the T.S. Eliot book "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats." The cats, with names like Munkustrap, Mungojerrie, Rumpelteazer, Shimbleshanks, and Mr. Mistoffelees, sing and dance at a junkyard one night while they wait to see whom Old Deuteronomy will choose to be reborn. Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote the music.

4. This musical features a man who is sold by his brothers and goes on a journey to become the most important man in Egypt. What is the musical?

From Quiz My Top 10 Broadway Musicals

Answer: "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"

"Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" is a modern interpretation of a story in the Bible. The music is by Andrew Lloyd Webber, who is my absolute favorite composer of all time. Some songs are "Any Dream Will Do" and "Close Every Door."

5. An American and a Russian compete in a board game. What show is this?

From Quiz Guess That Musical

Answer: Chess

Yes, 'Chess' the boardgame is also a musical, with lyrics by Tim Rice (who also wrote the lyrics for 'Jesus Christ Superstar') and music by Benny and Bjorn from ABBA.

6. Spunky redhead and her dog move in with rich billionaire. What show is this?

From Quiz Guess the Show!

Answer: Annie

This musical is a family favorite. It was so successful, they even created a sequel, "Annie Warbucks".

7. A man is released from prison and is befriended by a kind bishop.

From Quiz Hits of Broadway

Answer: Les Miserables

Jean Valjean becomes the father of a young girl, Cosette, whose mother, Fantine, has died.

8. "HALIFAX" began as a five-hour-long amateur show presented in a Chicago trolley barn in the summer of 1971. What should replace "HALIFAX" to give the correct title of the show described here?

From Quiz Musical Theatre Synopsis

Answer: Grease

The five hour version was 'discovered' by two young New York producers, cut down to a more acceptable length and eventually made the journey to Broadway where it stayed for almost seven-and-a-half years!

9. Annie Moses was an Ohio farm girl whose skill with a rifle saved her impoverished family from starvation. It is true that she beat touring sharpshooter Frank Butler in a competition and became his partner. What is the name of this musical?

From Quiz Musicals, The Storyline That Made Them!

Answer: Annie, Get Your Gun & Annie Get Your Gun

"Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better" as the song goes in this show. It would appear that truth is greater than fiction, and she proved it.

10. A woman kills her boyfriend. She then seeks fame and fortune. What show is it?

From Quiz Guess Musical by Plot

Answer: Chicago

The music and lyrics are by Kander and Ebb. It was directed by Bob Fosse. This show originally starred Gwen Verdon and Chita Rivera. In the revival, Bebe Neuwirth and Ann Reinking starred in the same roles.

11. Social commentary in Japan.

From Quiz More Musical Summaries in Four Words

Answer: The Mikado

Gilbert intended his operetta to comment on current British social mores, specifically on sexuality. The Mikado has outlawed flirting (punishable by death!) and betrothed his son to an older woman he doesn't love. The son disguises himself as a poor minstrel, secretly marries a girl, and wacky hijinks ensue. The film "Topsy-Turvy" dramatizes the original production of the musical (and is an excellent film if you haven't seen it).

12. The mission doll and the gambler had never been in love before they spend the evening in Havana. If she were a bell she'd ring, so she decides to marry the man today and change his ways tomorrow. What musical features this unlikely pair?

From Quiz A Fine Romance

Answer: Guys and Dolls

Sarah Brown and Obediah "Skye" Masterson discover they have a lot of chemistry. But can a woman who's vowed never to marry a gambler really be happy with a man who honors a commitment to her by shooting craps? The second couple in the story, gambler Nathan Detroit and cabaret singer Miss Adelaide, also marry at the end of the play...after a 14-year engagement. As it says in the title song, "Love is the thing that has licked 'em? And it looks like I am just another victim."

13. The musical starts off with a seemingly normal family. As the show goes on, we find out that the son is really dead and the mom is insane. Which musical details one woman's spiral into insanity and how her family deals with it?

From Quiz Bare Basics of Musical Plots

Answer: Next to Normal

"Next to Normal"'s lyrics were written by Brian Yorkey and its music was written by Tom Kitt, and its Broadway premier was in April 2009. It closed in January 2011 after over 750 performances.

14. The furniture fight back.

From Quiz Musical Summaries in Four Words

Answer: Beauty and the Beast

This musical is based on the Disney film from 1991. The Beast is a selfish, angry prince who will become human again if he can learn to love another and earn her love. Belle is the beauty who learns to look beneath and surface and unearth the kind man beneath. The servants have been turned into furniture as part of the curse and defend the castle against the townsfolk at the end.

15. This musical is about an English performer and her relationship with an American journalist in Berlin at the time of the Nazis' rise to power. What is the musical?

From Quiz My Top 10 Broadway Musicals

Answer: "Cabaret"

"Cabaret" is a phenomenal musical with some amazing music. It focuses on a group of people who are trying to have fun with their lives amongst all this racism and violence. Some songs are "Cabaret" and "Don't Tell Mama." The nationalities of the performer and the journalist were reversed for the movie that came out in 1972.

16. A boy who loves dancing comes to a very uptight, Christian town, heavily influenced by the minister. What show is this? (It was a movie first, then a stage show).

From Quiz Guess That Musical

Answer: Footloose

'Footloose', the popular 1980s movie starring Kevin Bacon and John Lithgow, was transferred to the stage as a musical including songs such as 'Let's Hear It For The Boy' and 'Mama Says'.

17. Con-man comes to small Iowa town and falls in love with a librarian. Do you know what musical this is?

From Quiz Guess the Show!

Answer: The Music Man

This show turned out many famous songs, including "Trouble", "76 Trombones", and "Till there was You".

18. An opera house is haunted by a masked man.

From Quiz Hits of Broadway

Answer: The Phantom of the Opera & Phantom of the Opera & Phantom

Christine is lured to an underground lair where the phantom of the opera falls in love with her and she has to make a choice whether to stay with him or he will kill Raoul.

19. This guy was one of the most colourful characters in American history, and the musical sticks reasonably close to the facts. However, his affair with opera star Jenny Lind depicted in the musical is pure fiction. What is this musical called?

From Quiz Musicals, The Storyline That Made Them!

Answer: Barnum

"There's a suclker born every minute"! is the quote credited to Mr P.T. Barnum. I wonder if he said it?

20. A mixed up theatre troupe performs a play with no ending. What is the Show?

From Quiz Guess Musical by Plot

Answer: The Mystery of Edwin Drood & Drood

The music, lyrics and script are written by Rupert Holmes. The original story is written by Charles Dickens. The show starred Betty Buckley as Edwin Drood.

21. Trouble outside, fun inside.

From Quiz More Musical Summaries in Four Words

Answer: Cabaret

Bob Fosse helmed this musical based on the play "I Am a Camera". In the 1930s, the Nazis begin to come to power while various dramas unfold in the lives of a cabaret singer and a writer. The Emcee of the Kit Kat Klub tells the nightclub patrons that they should leave their troubles outside and enjoy the show. In the 1972 film adaptation, the cabaret numbers explicitly mirror the action that takes place outside the club.

22. In which musical does an extra-ordinary son of a king sit on the floor and talk 'til dawn with an average, ordinary kind of woman (practical as salt, modest to a fault)?

From Quiz A Fine Romance

Answer: Pippin

"Pippin" follows the adventures of Charlemagne's son as he searches for meaning. ln Act 1 he sings "So many men seem destined to settle for something small. But I won't rest til I know I have it all." At the end, he passes up the chance for a glorious finish to settle down with a widow and her son. He sings, "If I'm never tied to anything, I'll never be free." But is he really ready to settle down and become the guy who loses sleep over size of the compost heap?

23. She's better than you.

From Quiz Musical Summaries in Four Words

Answer: Annie Get Your Gun

This musical is based on the life of American sharpshooter Annie Oakley. It contains the songs "There's No Business Like Show Business" and "Anything You Can Do." In the latter song, Annie claims that she can do anything better than Frank, the star of the Wild West show. They compete over who can sing sweeter, sing louder, and hold a note longer. In at least one recording, Annie holds the note for almost twenty seconds.

24. This musical is based around a group of a kind of animal singing songs about themselves while waiting for the moon to rise. What is the musical?

From Quiz My Top 10 Broadway Musicals

Answer: "Cats"

"Cats," another musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, is based on poems from the collection, "Possum's Book of Practical Cats" by TS Eliot. It doesn't really have a plot, but it's a lot of fun. One really well known song from "Cats" is "Memory."

25. During war time, a nurse from a small American town falls in love with a reclusive Frenchman. Which musical am I talking about?

From Quiz Guess That Musical

Answer: South Pacific

'South Pacific' was written by Rogers and Hammerstein. It contains such popular show tunes as 'Some Enchanted Evening', 'Bali Hai' and 'I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair'.

26. Girl moves to the city and uses men to become first lady. Can you name this musical?

From Quiz Guess the Show!

Answer: Evita

"Evita" is actually based on Eva (Evita) Duarte de Peron, the wife of Argentine leader Juan Peron. It's also the show that gave us the song "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina". Madonna starred in the film version with Antonio Banderas.

27. After witnessing a murder, a tormented young boy becomes a master at pinball.

From Quiz Hits of Broadway

Answer: Tommy

Tommy sees his father killed by his mother's lover. He withdraws into himself and finds that the game of pinball brings him out of his tormented mind.

28. "HALIFAX" was conceived as an 'opera-ballet' - and, indeed, the Marvin Hamlisch score only comes to a complete halt three times during the show. What should replace "HALIFAX" to give the correct title of the show described here?

From Quiz Musical Theatre Synopsis

Answer: A Chorus Line

God, I hope you got it!

29. A man falls for an innocent woman and dies. Then, he comes back years later and sets things straight. What show is it?

From Quiz Guess Musical by Plot

Answer: Carousel

The music and lyrics are by Rogers and Hammerstein. The musical is based of the short play 'Lilium' by Ferenc Molnar. The movie starred Shirley Jones and Gordon MacRae.

30. No, don't ban dancing!

From Quiz More Musical Summaries in Four Words

Answer: Footloose

Based on the 1984 film of the same named, "Footloose" is about a young man who moves to a town that has banned dancing, blaming it for the deaths of several students. He encourages the student population to rebel against this rule. Some of Kenny Loggin's songs return for the stage show, though some are rearranged: "Holding Out for a Hero" is now imagined as a fantasy concert whereas in the movie it plays over a bout of tractor chicken. Tom Snow and Dean Pitchford contributed more music and lyrics. This is the only musical that I've performed in, though I only danced, since I can't sing (I mouthed the lines instead).

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