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  Sunset Boulevard: The Greatest Star of All    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is just a reletively easy quiz on the Andrew Lloyd Webber version of "Sunset Boulevard", in my opinion one of his best shows ever. Good Luck...
Average, 10 Qns, phantom_paige, Apr 03 06
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  "Sunset Boulevard" Tunes    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Andrew Lloyd Webber is notorious for repeating tunes. I give you a line from the show and you tell me the tune (not necessarily what song it's in, but what tune it is sung to). Enjoy!
Tough, 10 Qns, Jacifan, Mar 13 05
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  'Sunset Blvd' Quotes    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I'll give you the quote, you tell me who said it. All of the scene references are taken from the 'Sunset Blvd' book written by Don Black and Christopher Hampton.
Average, 10 Qns, ladymacb29, Mar 13 05
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trivia question Quick Question
These three songs all belong in which Wodehouse-inspired musical? "That Was Nearly Us" "Travel Hopefully" "Half A Moment"

From Quiz "More Musical Melodies"




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  Lloyd Webber, Andrew [Humanities] (43 quizzes)

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Sunset Boulevard Trivia Questions
1. "I guess it was five A.M. A homicide had been reported from one of those crazy mansions up on Sunset."

From Quiz "Sunset Boulevard" Tunes

Answer: "Let's Have Lunch"

Joe opens the show with this line. He has been murdered, but serves as the narrator throughout the show. He says, "If you want to know the real facts, you've come to the right place."

2. 'Will we see you New Year's Eve?'

From Quiz 'Sunset Blvd' Quotes

Answer: Artie

Act I, scene 6, Joe ends up going to Norma's party first.

3. "No more wars to fight, white flags fly tonight."

From Quiz "Sunset Boulevard" Tunes

Answer: "Surrender"

Joe flees from some bill collectors and finds himself at a beautiful mansion, where lives the silent movie star Norma Desmond. She's in her fifties now and forgotten by her fans, but she's completely oblivious to this. She asks Joe to help her edit a screenplay she's written. It's a truly horrendous script, but Joe agrees to stay on and help because the salary he'll get for this will help pull him out of debt.

4. 'Shut up. Open it. Read what it says.'

From Quiz 'Sunset Blvd' Quotes

Answer: Norma

Act I, scene 11, Norma says this while giving Joe a cigarette case with "Mad about the boy" written inside.

5. Complete this line from "Surrender": " No more wars to fight, white flags..."

From Quiz Sunset Boulevard: The Greatest Star of All

Answer: fly tonight

"You are out of danger now." Norma sings to the body of her dead chimp.

6. "Once, you won't remember, if you said 'Hollywood,' hers was the face you'd think of."

From Quiz "Sunset Boulevard" Tunes

Answer: "The Greatest Star of All"

Joe discusses Norma's pathetic delusions with her butler, Max. Max begins talking about Norma's fame in the past - how men would literally kill themselves to touch her.

7. 'It must be about that appalling script of hers. What shall I say?'

From Quiz 'Sunset Blvd' Quotes

Answer: Demille

Scene 14. Norma had sent her script to Demille so he could film her 'return'.

8. "Max, what's on this evening? I hope it's not one of her weepy melodramas."

From Quiz "Sunset Boulevard" Tunes

Answer: "The Greatest Star of All"

Joe begins to grow weary of the job he has editing Norma's screenplay. It takes several weeks, and in the meantime Norma lavishes him with expensive gifts. He tries to tell her he's not interested in such a relationship, but she doesn't listen.

9. 'Go away: and don't you dare speak to her.'

From Quiz 'Sunset Blvd' Quotes

Answer: Max

Scene 14. Norma had tried to commit suicide because Joe didn't want to stay with her.

10. "Sunset Boulevard's" world premier was at London's Adelphi Theatre in which year?

From Quiz Sunset Boulevard: The Greatest Star of All

Answer: 1993

It opened on July 12th of 1993.

11. "Ring out the old, ring in the new, a midnight wish to share with you."

From Quiz "Sunset Boulevard" Tunes

Answer: "The Perfect Year"

Norma throws a New Year's party with Joe as the only guest. When he finds this out, he's a bit wary, and then Norma announces she's in love with him. Joe tries to let her down easy, by saying he's not the kind of guy she should get involved with. She slaps him and runs upstairs sobbing, so Joe, unsure what to do, leaves the house and goes to a friend's New Year's party instead. While he's there, he calls Max and discovers that Norma has tried to slit her wrists. Joe immediately returns back to the house and, overwhelmed with pity, agrees to stay with Norma for a while longer.

12. 'Shouldn't we open some champagne?'

From Quiz 'Sunset Blvd' Quotes

Answer: Betty

Scene 17. She and Joe had just finished writing their script.

13. "Did you see how they all came crowding around?"

From Quiz "Sunset Boulevard" Tunes

Answer: "New Ways to Dream"

Norma pays a visit to Hollywood to ask about her script, and the people who have been working there long enough to remember her come crowding around, greeting her. This convinces her that she's not forgotten, and that her script is going to be produced simply because she is in it.

14. 'I was the first husband.'

From Quiz 'Sunset Blvd' Quotes

Answer: Max

Scene 18. This is when Max reveals to Joe why he stays with Norma.

15. ALW's "Sunset Boulevard" musical is based on the film made in the '50s by which director?

From Quiz Sunset Boulevard: The Greatest Star of All

Answer: Billy Wilder

The film was directed by Billy Wilder and starred Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond and William Holden as Joe Gillis.

16. "When I was a kid, I played on this street. I always loved illusion."

From Quiz "Sunset Boulevard" Tunes

Answer: "Too Much in Love to Care"

Joe, in the meantime, has been working on a screenplay with a young girl named Betty Schaefer, and in this song they discover they're in love with each other.

17. 'No one ever leaves a star.'

From Quiz 'Sunset Blvd' Quotes

Answer: Norma

Scene 19. And then she shoots Joe.

18. Complete this extract from "New Ways To Dream": "Talkies came, I stayed with her took up this life, threw away fame, please understand..."

From Quiz Sunset Boulevard: The Greatest Star of All

Answer: she was my wife

Max was the first of Norma's 3 husbands.

19. "I want to spare you a lot of sadness. I don't know what he's told you, but I can guarantee you he doesn't live with Mother or what you'd call a roommate."

From Quiz "Sunset Boulevard" Tunes

Answer: "Sunset Boulevard"

Norma finds out about Betty and calls her up, saying, "You do know a Mr. Gillis? Well, exactly how much do you know about him?" Joe finds her doing this, grabs the phone, and tells Betty to come over to the house and ask him herself. She does, and he admits that he's liked the comforts that money can give him. Betty leaves the house in tears since she can't persuade him to come with her. Norma thanks Joe tearfully, but he silently goes up to his room, packs his things, and starts to leave. Norma tries to persuade him not to, saying she needs him desperately, but he only tells her the truth - that her fans have forgotten about her and Hollywood is never going to produce her horrible script. Norma calmly picks up a gun and shoots him on his way out.

20. 'This is my life. It always will be. There is nothing else.'

From Quiz 'Sunset Blvd' Quotes

Answer: Norma

Scene 20. Norma is talking about how she should not have left movies.

21. "This is the staircase of the palace and they're waiting for your dance."

From Quiz "Sunset Boulevard" Tunes

Answer: "The Greatest Star of All"

The scene changes to the next morning, as police and reporters surround Norma's house, investigating the murder. Norma herself is wandering around, dazed and confused, singing softly to herself.

22. 'I'll be at Schwab's on Thursday.'

From Quiz 'Sunset Blvd' Quotes

Answer: Betty

Scene 2. Betty wants Joe to help her write a script based upon one of his stories.

23. How many times did Norma shoot Joe before he fell into the pool, dead?

From Quiz Sunset Boulevard: The Greatest Star of All

Answer: 3

" No one ever leaves a star...!"

24. "This time I'm staying, I'm staying for good. I'll be back where I was born to be."

From Quiz "Sunset Boulevard" Tunes

Answer: "With One Look"

Max tells the dazed Norma that she is back in the studio, ready to make a picture. She descends the stairs, slowly, majestically, and makes a heartfelt speech, saying that movies are her life, and always will be, and she will never leave them again. She closes the show with a reprise of "With One Look."

25. 'There's soap and a toothbrush in the bathroom.'

From Quiz 'Sunset Blvd' Quotes

Answer: Max

Scene 5. Max had gotten the guest apartment ready before Norma even asked Joe to stay.

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