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Quiz about Comedic Duets for Girls Showtunes

Comedic Duets for Girls (Showtunes) Quiz

Recently it was asked on musicals.net what some good comedic duets for females were. How many of the suggestions do you know? I give you the lyric and you tell me what show it's from.

A multiple-choice quiz by Jacifan. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Jacifan

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
193,288

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. First girl: "I hate doing dishes."
Second girl: "All that grease!"
First girl: "I hate Mrs. Carlucci."
Second girl: "May she rest in peace."
Both: "There's more than a few things on which we agree. The apple doesn't fall very far from the tree." Hint

The Rink

John and Jen

A New Brain

Into the Woods

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Question 2 of 10

2. First girl: "But you can sew a button on. That's wonderful!"
Second girl: "What's so wonderful? Bet you go to discos. That's wonderful!"
First girl: "What's so wonderful?" Hint

South Pacific

Kiss Me Kate

The Music Man

Woman of the Year

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Question 3 of 10

3. First girl: "You simply gotta gamble!"
Second girl: "You get no guarantee!"
First girl: "Now doesn't that kind of apply to you and I?"
Second girl: "You and me." Hint

Guys and Dolls

Anything Goes

Hello, Dolly!

Les Miserables

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Question 4 of 10

4. The first girl sings, "He was a cutie - I admit I used to care, but it's my duty to myself to take the air." Later on, the second girl responds with "Thanks, little mousey, for the present and all that, but in this housy, I would rather keep a rat." Hint

You're a Good Man Charlie Brown

Oklahoma!

Pal Joey

Hello, Dolly!

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Question 5 of 10

5. First girl: "And another small detail, that you haven't yet mentioned."
Second girl: "He thinks as I, he feels as I."
First girl: "I am speaking of sex, dear, when you and he are all alone."
Second girl: "He shares the same ideas as I." Hint

The Rocky Horror Show

Rent

Starlight Express

She Loves Me

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Question 6 of 10

6. First girl: "It's not enough to know your line, to polish and routine it."
Second girl: "And heaven knows I know your line, the whole routine, I've seen it."
Both: "Ya gotta mean it!" Hint

Cats

Dracula: The Musical

Les Miserables

City of Angels

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Question 7 of 10

7. First girl: "Whether in theatre or music or dance, they have to be given the chance."
Second girl: "To fly by the seat of their pants."
First girl: "To develop their minds and be nurtured."
Both: "Like plants." Hint

Fame

The Wizard of Oz

Peter Pan

Les Miserables

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Question 8 of 10

8. First girl: "Take me for what I am."
Second girl: "A control freak!"
First girl: "Who I was meant to be."
Second girl: "A snob, yet over-attentive." Hint

Beauty and the Beast

Hairspray

Grease

Rent

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Question 9 of 10

9. First girl: "Not a man ever born ever could resist a well-turned calf, a slender wrist, a silhouette as airy as the morning mist,
and a dainty dimpled knee."
Second girl: "Every male I may meet must acclaim for weeks my twinkling thighs, my flaxen cheeks, my memorable mammaries like Alpine Peaks, high above a wine-dark sea." Hint

Phantom of the Opera

The Music Man

Wicked

Candide

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Question 10 of 10

10. First girl: "Her neck is no whiter than a swan's."
Second girl: "She's only as dainty as a daisy."
First girl: "She's only as graceful as a bird..."
Both: "So why is the fellow going crazy?" Hint

The Music Man

Cinderella

Steel Pier

Flower Drum Song

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. First girl: "I hate doing dishes." Second girl: "All that grease!" First girl: "I hate Mrs. Carlucci." Second girl: "May she rest in peace." Both: "There's more than a few things on which we agree. The apple doesn't fall very far from the tree."

Answer: The Rink

From "The Apple Doesn't Fall", where a mother and a daughter (Anna and Angel) find unexpected similarities between them.

2. First girl: "But you can sew a button on. That's wonderful!" Second girl: "What's so wonderful? Bet you go to discos. That's wonderful!" First girl: "What's so wonderful?"

Answer: Woman of the Year

From "The Grass is Always Greener", where two women compare each other's lives. Each one thinks the other is luckier.

3. First girl: "You simply gotta gamble!" Second girl: "You get no guarantee!" First girl: "Now doesn't that kind of apply to you and I?" Second girl: "You and me."

Answer: Guys and Dolls

The song is "Marry the Man Today", where Sarah and Adelaide decide to marry their two lovers with all their faults... after all, they can always change them into model husbands later!

Answer: Pal Joey

From "Take Him", in which Linda and Vera both graciously give up their man to the other woman.

5. First girl: "And another small detail, that you haven't yet mentioned." Second girl: "He thinks as I, he feels as I." First girl: "I am speaking of sex, dear, when you and he are all alone." Second girl: "He shares the same ideas as I."

Answer: She Loves Me

From "I Don't Know His Name". In this song, Amalia shares with a friend how she has fallen in love with someone she only knows through letters. Amalia talks of how much she loves him while her more skeptical friend, Ilona, tries to illuminate the possible problems with this relationship.

6. First girl: "It's not enough to know your line, to polish and routine it." Second girl: "And heaven knows I know your line, the whole routine, I've seen it." Both: "Ya gotta mean it!"

Answer: City of Angels

From "What You Don't Know About Women", in which Oolie and Gabby inform a ladies' man that he's hardly as high and mighty as he thinks he is, and that neither one of them is going to fall for him.

7. First girl: "Whether in theatre or music or dance, they have to be given the chance." Second girl: "To fly by the seat of their pants." First girl: "To develop their minds and be nurtured." Both: "Like plants."

Answer: Fame

From "The Teacher's Argument", where two teachers, Miss Bell and Miss Sherman, argue about the importance of art over academics in the high school.

8. First girl: "Take me for what I am." Second girl: "A control freak!" First girl: "Who I was meant to be." Second girl: "A snob, yet over-attentive."

Answer: Rent

From "Take Me Or Leave Me", where loving couple Maureen and Joanne have a heated argument - Maureen's been flirting with other women and Joanne is not amused.

9. First girl: "Not a man ever born ever could resist a well-turned calf, a slender wrist, a silhouette as airy as the morning mist, and a dainty dimpled knee." Second girl: "Every male I may meet must acclaim for weeks my twinkling thighs, my flaxen cheeks, my memorable mammaries like Alpine Peaks, high above a wine-dark sea."

Answer: Candide

From "We Are Women", sung by Cunegonde and the Old Lady. They are very proud of being women and having the sensual power they have.

10. First girl: "Her neck is no whiter than a swan's." Second girl: "She's only as dainty as a daisy." First girl: "She's only as graceful as a bird..." Both: "So why is the fellow going crazy?"

Answer: Cinderella

From "The Stepsisters' Lament", where Cinderella's stepsisters (who have varying names, depending on the performance of the show) talk about how ordinary and plain Cinderella is, why should the Prince fall in love with her?

Source: Author Jacifan

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