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This show brought America's Founding Fathers to life (including previously unsuspected talents as singers and dancers).
3 s.1776 quizzes and 35 s.1776 trivia questions.
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  '1776' (the Musical)   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
1776, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson work to create a free and independent United States. And with show-stopping musical numbers!
Average, 10 Qns, Czolgolz, Aug 09 10
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  "1776"-The Musical    
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"1776" is a musical chronicling the months leading up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. What do you know about those quirky founding fathers of America?
Average, 10 Qns, anthonyrappfan, Aug 08 10
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  "1776" - Legitimate Theatre    
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This is a relatively historically accurate musical. It's awesome! These questions are on the lyrics as heard on the soundtrack with the New Broadway Cast Recording.
Average, 15 Qns, youngjewdork04, Aug 08 10
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trivia question Quick Question
What were the names of the couriers two friends who died at Lexington?

From Quiz ""1776" - Legitimate Theatre"





s.1776 Trivia Questions
1. Act One opens on the founding fathers in Philadelphia. How's the weather there?

From Quiz "1776"-The Musical

Answer: It's very hot

John Adams urges the delegates to vote for independence from Britain, but all anyone else cares about is how hot it is!

2. What is Benjamin Franklin doing when Adams finds him?

From Quiz "1776"-The Musical

Answer: Posing for a painter

According to Franklin himself, he is "posing for posterity". Adams, however, doesn't think too highly of the portrait.

3. Who will not "use a pen in Pennsylvania"?

From Quiz "1776" - Legitimate Theatre

Answer: Benjamin Franklin

"But! Mr. Adams, but, Mr. Adams, / The things I write are only light extemplorania. / I won't put politics on paper, it's a mania, / So I refuse to use a pen in Pennsylvania."

4. All the delegations have very strong opinions on the independence question, save one. Which colony perpetually 'abstains...courteously' whenever a vote is called?

From Quiz '1776' (the Musical)

Answer: New York

The New York delegation, led by Lewis Morris, refuses to take a stand on any issue, saying that the leaders back in Albany have given them no specific instructions. It is only upon learning that his estates have been burned by the British and that his older sons have joined Washington's army, does Morris find the courage to vote for independence.

5. John Adams is "obnoxious and disliked". Who eventually proposes that independence be discussed by the Continental Congress?

From Quiz "1776"-The Musical

Answer: Richard Henry Lee

The slightly shallow Richard Henry Lee of Virginia is volunteered by Franklin to return to Virginia and produce a resolution concerning independence from Britain.

6. Who is obnoxious and disliked?

From Quiz "1776" - Legitimate Theatre

Answer: John Adams & Adams

Even Richard Henry Lee knows it! ("Johnny here is obnoxious and disliked.")

7. Which delegate goes back to his home state to die from cancer?

From Quiz "1776"-The Musical

Answer: Caesar Rodney

Caesar makes an eleventh hour return to vote for independence from Britain in Act Two. By doing so, he was denying himself proper medical treatment for his cancer, which could only be found in Britain.

8. Why does Adams think that Martha Jefferson "managed to get away"?

From Quiz "1776" - Legitimate Theatre

Answer: Winters are softer in Virginia.

John tells this to his own wife, Abigail, when asking her to come to Philadelphia. Abigail can't because the winter hit Massachusetts so hard.

9. John Adams suggests Robert Livingston, delegate from New York, write the Declaration of Independence. What excuse does Livingston give?

From Quiz "1776"-The Musical

Answer: He's going back to New York to see his newborn son

In the song "But Mr. Adams-", the last person that Adams thinks should write the Declaration is Thomas Jefferson, a silent delegate from Virginia.

10. How does one make saltpeter?

From Quiz "1776" - Legitimate Theatre

Answer: By treating sodium nitrate with potassium chloride.

Oh, yes! Of course!

11. Which character begins the song "Momma Look Sharp"?

From Quiz "1776"-The Musical

Answer: Courier

The heartbreaking ballad "Momma Look Sharp" describes a soldier who won't be coming home from battle.

12. How does Tom woo Martha?

From Quiz "1776" - Legitimate Theatre

Answer: He plays the violin.

She can't recall being wooed with words at all.

13. In the song "The Egg", Adams, Jefferson and Franklin debate what the national bird should be. Adams suggests the eagle, Franklin votes for the turkey. What bird does Jefferson favor?

From Quiz "1776"-The Musical

Answer: The dove

The dove is recognized as a bird of peace, which is presumably why Jefferson chose it, but he soon capitulates to Adams' idea of the eagle being the national bird.

14. What exclamation is repeated in "Cool, Cool Considerate Men"?

From Quiz "1776" - Legitimate Theatre

Answer: Hosanna

McNair is the one who always says "Sweet Jesus."

15. What controversial issue nearly stops the Declaration from being ratified?

From Quiz "1776"-The Musical

Answer: Slavery

Edward Rutledge of South Carolina objects to the Declaration opposing slavery. He launches into the song "Molasses to Rum".

16. What were the names of the couriers two friends who died at Lexington?

From Quiz "1776" - Legitimate Theatre

Answer: Timothy Lowell and William Pickett

Their mommas went to look for them when they didn't come home for supper.

17. Whom does Adams order to convince Rutledge to vote for independence?

From Quiz "1776"-The Musical

Answer: Jefferson

Jefferson is ordered to talk if it takes all night to persuade Rutledge.

18. Molasses to rum to ______.

From Quiz "1776" - Legitimate Theatre

Answer: slaves

This is a very powerful song.

19. In 1972, '1776' was made into a film. President Richard Nixon, after seeing the film, convinced producer Jack L. Warner to cut one of the songs. Which song was eliminated in the theatrical release?

From Quiz '1776' (the Musical)

Answer: 'Cool, Cool, Considerate Men' (offensive to conservatives)

In 'Cool, Cool, Considerate Men,' John Dickinson and the other wealthy delegates (except for John Hancock) waltz together, and sing about how protecting their wealth trumps any thoughts of American independence. They dance 'always to the right.' Nixon took offense at this portrayal of conservatives as unpatriotic and convinced Warner, a friend of his, to cut the number. The song was not restored for decades.

20. At the eleventh hour, Doctor Lyman Hall arrives to alter his state's decision on independence from "Nay" to "Yea". What state does Doctor Hall represent?

From Quiz "1776"-The Musical

Answer: Georgia

Hall was convinced to change his earlier decision by a speech he recalled made by a member of British Parliament.

21. What is in the kegs that Abigail sends to John?

From Quiz "1776" - Legitimate Theatre

Answer: saltpeter

"SALTPETER John!"

22. Who DOESN'T send their compliments with the kegs?

From Quiz "1776" - Legitimate Theatre

Answer: Protestant Women for Independence

"Abigail?... What's in these kegs?"

23. "Is anybody there? _______________?"

From Quiz "1776" - Legitimate Theatre

Answer: Does anybody care

"Does anybody see what I see?"

24. What DOESN'T John see in "Commitment"?

From Quiz "1776" - Legitimate Theatre

Answer: flags waving

"I see fireworks / I see the pageants and pomp and parades / I hear the bells ringing out / I hear the cannons roar / I see Americans all Americans free / For evermore!"

25. What Lee isn't mentioned in "The Lees of Old Virginia"

From Quiz "1776" - Legitimate Theatre

Answer: Instant

"For I am FFV: The first family in the sovereign colony of Virginia!"

26. From what does Little Abby ail in "Piddle, Twiddle and Resolve"?

From Quiz "1776" - Legitimate Theatre

Answer: The measles

Little Tom keeps turning blue. Abigail is coming down with the flu. She fears they may all get smallpox.

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