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A Merry Quiz on "Merrily We Roll Along"

This is a quiz on Sondheim's show "Merrily We Roll Along." This is a quiz on the revival, not on the original Broadway play. (There were some changes made in the script for the revival).

A multiple-choice quiz by LuthienT. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
LuthienT

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
202,014

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
11 / 20

Plays
241

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 20

1. In this play, there are three best friends. What are their names? Hint

Dory, Joe, Frank

Gussie, Tyler, Frank

Scotty, Bunker, Frank

Mary, Charley, Frank

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Question 2 of 20

2. With which of these women was Frank never in a romantic relationship? Hint

Beth

Meg

Mary

Gussie

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Question 3 of 20

3. By what news agency are Charley and Frank interviewed?

Answer: (Abbreviation, three letters, no spaces or punctuation.)

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Question 4 of 20

4. During the interview, Charley sings "Franklin Shepard, Inc." Finish this lyric in the song. "He flies off to California / I discuss him with my _____." Hint

Shrink

Wife

Mother

Agent

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Question 5 of 20

5. During the scene where Frank has just come back from his cruise, he discovers that he is not wearing a certain article of clothing. What did he forget to wear? Hint

His pants

His underwear

His shirt

His jacket

6. When Gussie visits Frank in his new apartment, she tells him that she envisions "all the furniture in here the hues of anemones." She then shows swatches of color for four pieces of furniture. What are they and in what order are they said? Hint

A chair, a chair, a footstool, and a sofa.

A chair, a piano, a chair, and a lounge.

A chair, a table, a rug, and a couch.

A chair, a shelf, a lounge, and a chair.

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Question 7 of 20

7. Frank had slept with Gussie before he and Beth were divorced.

True

False

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Question 8 of 20

8. At the Divorce Court, all of Frank's friends try to comfort him and get him to go on a cruise. According to Tyler, what is the best revenge? Hint

Being happy

Living well

Marrying Gussie

Loving Beth

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Question 9 of 20

9. What important event happens during the opening night of Frank and Charley's first show? Hint

Gussie faints onstage.

Mrs. Spencer dies.

Charley's wife goes into labor.

Beth decides to file for divorce.

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Question 10 of 20

10. Which of the following characters does not go to the opening party? Hint

Frank

Gussie

Joe

Beth

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Question 11 of 20

11. In 1962 Charley, Frank, Mary, and Beth go to a party at Gussie's brownstone. During this party, Gussie tells Frank her first and second love. Her first love is singing. What is her second love? Hint

Frank

Joe

music

acting

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Question 12 of 20

12. When Gussie introduces Frank and Charley, she forgets Charley's last name. What is it?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 13 of 20

13. In "Bobby and Jackie and Jack," what president and his family are Beth, Frank, and Charley singing about? Hint

Nixon

Roosevelt

Eisenhower

Kennedy

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Question 14 of 20

14. What character does not sing in "Not A Day Goes By - Act 2"? Hint

Charley

Mary

Beth

Frank

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Question 15 of 20

15. In "Opening Doors" Mary mentions that she is writing captions. What publication is she writing captions for? Hint

Chic

True Romances

Red Book

Franklin Shepard, Inc.

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Question 16 of 20

16. During "Opening Doors", who mentions that his/her wallet was stolen? Hint

Mary

Joe

Beth

Frank

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Question 17 of 20

17. In what year does the last scene of the show take place? Hint

1942

1960

1957

1973

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Question 18 of 20

18. Charley says that girls who go to this college are dippy. Hint

Columbia

NYU

Julliard

Barnard

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Question 19 of 20

19. What phenomenon do the three best friends watch in the sky at the very end of the show? Hint

Sputnik

A Lunar Eclipse

A Comet

The Sunset

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Question 20 of 20

20. Charley mentions that he and Frank have very little in their apartment. What items does he mention that they have? Hint

A chair, a table, a rug, and a couch.

A couch, a bed, and a piano

A keyboard, a computer, a desk, and a bed

A typewriter, two mattresses and a piano.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In this play, there are three best friends. What are their names?

Answer: Mary, Charley, Frank

Mary, Charley, and Frank were best friends, although as their lives went on they grew apart. Scotty is Frank's agent. Dory, Tyler, and Bunker are guests at Frank's party in the first scene. Gussie is Frank's second wife, and the star of his first show. Joe is Gussie's ex-husband, although the play eventually goes far enough back in time for the audience to see them together during their marriage.

2. With which of these women was Frank never in a romantic relationship?

Answer: Mary

Although Mary is in love with Frank, the two of them never get together. Beth and Gussie are Frank's first and second wives, respectively, and in the first scene Frank is cheating on Gussie with Meg.

3. By what news agency are Charley and Frank interviewed?

Answer: NBC

K.T. is the person at NBC who interviews them.

4. During the interview, Charley sings "Franklin Shepard, Inc." Finish this lyric in the song. "He flies off to California / I discuss him with my _____."

Answer: Shrink

Charley then sings, "That's the story of the way we work, / Me and Franklin Shepard, Inc."

5. During the scene where Frank has just come back from his cruise, he discovers that he is not wearing a certain article of clothing. What did he forget to wear?

Answer: His pants

When he realizes this, Frank says to his son, "Why didn't you tell me I have no pants on?"

Answer: A chair, a chair, a footstool, and a sofa.

Gussie insists on decorating his new apartment, since she thinks that his old one was horrendous. Mary decorated the old one.

7. Frank had slept with Gussie before he and Beth were divorced.

Answer: True

Frank tells this to Beth after she sings "Not a Day Goes By".

8. At the Divorce Court, all of Frank's friends try to comfort him and get him to go on a cruise. According to Tyler, what is the best revenge?

Answer: Living well

Tyler says "Living well is the best revenge!" just before Scotty, Mary, Tyler, Charley, Frank, Joe, Jerome, and K.T. sing "Now You Know".

9. What important event happens during the opening night of Frank and Charley's first show?

Answer: Charley's wife goes into labor.

Joe gets annoyed that Charley, Beth, Mary, and Frank are making so much noise during the show, and Charley explains, saying "It was Evelyn. She suddenly, just like that, she went into labor." Mary adds, "And being Evelyn she wouldn't tell us until her pains were only five minutes apart. We just a second ago got her into a cab."

10. Which of the following characters does not go to the opening party?

Answer: Beth

Mary tries to dissuade Beth from going, saying that she shouldn't let Frank and Gussie be together at the opening party. Beth doesn't listen to Mary, however, because of her trust and love for Frank.

Answer: acting

Frank's first and second love are both music. In terms of husbands, Joe and Frank are actually Gussie's third and fourth loves since she married and divorced two other men before them.

12. When Gussie introduces Frank and Charley, she forgets Charley's last name. What is it?

Answer: Kringas

She is introducing them before they sing "Good Thing Going."

13. In "Bobby and Jackie and Jack," what president and his family are Beth, Frank, and Charley singing about?

Answer: Kennedy

They are singing about Robert Kennedy, John Kennedy, and Jackie O'Nassis. They also mention "Ethel and Ted and Eunice and Pat and Joan and Steve and Peter and Jean and Sarge," all members of the Kennedy family.

14. What character does not sing in "Not A Day Goes By - Act 2"?

Answer: Charley

During this song, Beth and Frank are getting married. Mary is singing because she is still in love with Frank.

15. In "Opening Doors" Mary mentions that she is writing captions. What publication is she writing captions for?

Answer: True Romances

Mary does mention getting jobs at Chic and Red Book, but she only says that she is writing captions for True Romances. She tells this to Frank when he asks if she is posing for True Romances.

16. During "Opening Doors", who mentions that his/her wallet was stolen?

Answer: Frank

Frank sings "My wallet was stolen." However, all three other characters do sing in this number.

17. In what year does the last scene of the show take place?

Answer: 1957

1960 is the year when Beth and Frank get married. The fateful interview at NBC takes place in 1973. There is no scene in the show that takes place in 1942.

18. Charley says that girls who go to this college are dippy.

Answer: Barnard

Charley thinks that Mary probably goes to Barnard. Charley went to Columbia and Frank went to Julliard. No one in the show goes to NYU, but it fits with the others since it's in New York.

19. What phenomenon do the three best friends watch in the sky at the very end of the show?

Answer: Sputnik

Mary asks whether Sputnik is pronounced with a long "u" or a short "u." That is how the audience knows what they are watching.

20. Charley mentions that he and Frank have very little in their apartment. What items does he mention that they have?

Answer: A typewriter, two mattresses and a piano.

When Mary learns that they have a piano, she realizes that Frank has been playing the piano music that she has been hearing. He gets worried that she was irritated by it, but in fact she enjoyed listening to it.

Source: Author LuthienT

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