Characters From Which Musical? Quiz

Answer: Hairspray

"Hairspray" tells the story of Tracy Turnblad who wins the role of a dancer on the popular Corny Collins Show. The show has a "Negro Day" once a month, which Motormouth Maybelle presents. It is set in the 1960s when segregation was commonplace. Tracy befriends the black dancers and Motormouth and they both fight for equality.

Answer: Avenue Q

"Avenue Q" has been described as an adult alternative to "Sesame Street". It focuses on a group of people, most of whom are puppets, living in New York. The story begins when a puppet named Princeton is looking for somewhere to live and ends up moving to the area.

Answer: Cabaret

"Cabaret" is set in Berlin during the 1930s when the Nazi party was in power. It surrounds the life of Sally Bowles, a performer at the Kit Kat Klub, who moves in with Clifford Bradshaw, a young American.

Answer: Kiss Me Kate

"Kiss Me Kate" is a version of the Shakespeare play "The Taming of the Shrew". It tells of a group of actors who are performing the play. The two stars were once married but are now playing each other's love interest.

Answer: Les Miserables

"Les Misérables" is a musical set over a period of time starting from 1815 and going on for several years. Jean Valjean is a prisoner who has been released after serving many years in prison for stealing bread for his family. He turns his life around but many others in France, where the musical is set, are unable to do so.

Answer: Little Shop of Horrors

The musical "Little Shop of Horrors" follows what happens to a small florist shop when they place a plant named Audrey II in their window to attract business. Seymour is an orphan who has grown up on Skid Row and is in love with his fellow employee, Audrey.

Answer: Hello Dolly!

"Hello Dolly" features a New York matchmaker who has been hired by Mr. Horace Vandergelder, even though she is in love with him herself. The two men who work for Mr. Vandergelder, Cornelius and Barnaby, decide to go to New York on the day that they are left in charge of his shop. While there, they meet Irene Molloy, to whom Mr. Vandergelder is going to propose, and her assistant Minnie.

Answer: Wicked

In "Wicked" the characters of the wicked witch of the west and the good witch of the north from "The Wizard of Oz" are shown during their schooldays. The two are forced to share a room at Shiz, where they are being educated. Fiyero is the love interest whom they both fall for, and Nessarose is Elphaba's wheelchair bound sister.

Answer: Oklahoma!

These characters appear in "Oklahoma!", a story about the people who live in a rural area of Oklahoma just prior to it joining the union. Laurie is a young woman in love with Curly, who lives with her Aunt Eller. Curly is also in love with Laurie but neither of them initially acts on this. Jud is the farmhand who lives on Aunt Eller and Laurie's farm and is also in love with Laurie.

Answer: The King and I

"The King and I" is set in Siam (now Thailand) and is the story of an English school teacher who is hired to teach the many children of the king of Siam. In the process she also teaches him some lessons. Tuptim is a gift for the king and is to be his latest wife but she is in love with Lun Tha, who was given the task of delivering her.