FREE! Click here to Join FunTrivia. Thousands of games, quizzes, and lots more!

Quiz about Funny Girl the Broadway Musical

"Funny Girl"- the Broadway Musical Quiz

"Funny Girl" was a highly fictionalized musical based on the life of vaudeville legend Fanny Brice. The show introduced much of the world to another legend, Barbra Streisand. (The answers to this quiz are found solely in the stage version.)

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

Author
shawneedean

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
321,882

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
203

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. As the show opens, Fanny awaits Nick in her dressing room. Who brings Fanny her costume?
Hint

Flo Ziegfeld

John, the stage manager

Emma, her maid

Mimsy, a showgirl

NEXT>

Question 2 of 10

2. Along with Mrs. Strakosh, Mrs. O'Malley and Mrs. Brice, who is the fourth card player in the first flashback scene of the show? Hint

Mrs. Meeker

Mrs. Minshin

Sadie Strakosh

Mrs. Nadler

NEXT>

Question 3 of 10

3. In the song "If a Girl Isn't Pretty", Mrs. Strakosh sings of Fanny's "incidentals". To what is she referring? Hint

her resume credits

her talent

her bosom

her boyfriends

NEXT>

Question 4 of 10

4. Continuing the song "If A Girl Isn't Pretty", Fanny's friends sing to her: "If a girl ain't perfection, better __________." What phrase fills completes the lyric? Hint

take up a collection

get her some protection

get used to rejection

drop out of inspection

NEXT>

Question 5 of 10

5. What does Fanny recommend when Nick complains about his ruffled shirt? Hint

a new shirt

a good ironing

starch

a better tailor

NEXT>

Question 6 of 10

6. Complete this lyric from Fanny's Ziegfeld Follies debut: "You ask your looking glass, what is it makes you so exquisite? The answer to your query _______..."
Hint

makes you teary

comes back dearie

sounds so cheery

comes back clearly

NEXT>

Question 7 of 10

7. What type of business does Fanny's mother operate? Hint

a laundry

a saloon

a rooming house

a tea room

NEXT>

Question 8 of 10

8. What city is Fanny in when she decides to leave the Follies tour and follow Nick? Hint

Chicago

Baltimore

Philadelphia

New York

NEXT>

Question 9 of 10

9. As Act 2 opens, Fanny sings of her aspiration to be a good wife, just like whom? Hint

Sarah

Mama

Sadie

Nellie

NEXT>

Question 10 of 10

10. In the final scene, what gift does Fanny tell Nick she couldn't have gotten for herself? Hint

a blue marble egg

her daughter, Frances

true love

a real china doll

(Optional) Create a Free FunTrivia ID to save the points you are about to earn:

Select a User ID:

Choose a Password:

Your Email:

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. As the show opens, Fanny awaits Nick in her dressing room. Who brings Fanny her costume?

Answer: Emma, her maid

The show is told in flashback, so the opening and the finale are actually set in the same period of time.

2. Along with Mrs. Strakosh, Mrs. O'Malley and Mrs. Brice, who is the fourth card player in the first flashback scene of the show?

Answer: Mrs. Meeker

Mrs. Strakosh, the epitome of a nosy neighbor, was played by Jean Stapleton (aka Edith Bunker) in the original Broadway cast.

3. In the song "If a Girl Isn't Pretty", Mrs. Strakosh sings of Fanny's "incidentals". To what is she referring?

Answer: her bosom

As the song says: "When a girl's incidentals are no bigger than two lentils, then to me that doesn't spell success!"

4. Continuing the song "If A Girl Isn't Pretty", Fanny's friends sing to her: "If a girl ain't perfection, better __________." What phrase fills completes the lyric?

Answer: take up a collection

By the end of the song, almost everyone in Fanny's life decries her lack of physical beauty.

5. What does Fanny recommend when Nick complains about his ruffled shirt?

Answer: starch

Nick's ruffled shirt is made from handkerchief linen which "goes rather limp".

6. Complete this lyric from Fanny's Ziegfeld Follies debut: "You ask your looking glass, what is it makes you so exquisite? The answer to your query _______..."

Answer: comes back dearie

Fanny was so insecure about singing her own praises, she stuffed a pillow under her wedding gown to appear pregnant- quite risque for that era!

7. What type of business does Fanny's mother operate?

Answer: a saloon

The real Fanny Brice's mother did, indeed, run a very successful saloon, making her and Mr. Brice quite well-to-do for their neighborhood.

8. What city is Fanny in when she decides to leave the Follies tour and follow Nick?

Answer: Baltimore

The show's big number, "Don't Rain On my Parade," is sung at the Baltimore train station.

9. As Act 2 opens, Fanny sings of her aspiration to be a good wife, just like whom?

Answer: Sadie

Throughout the show, Mrs. Strakosh constantly refers to her "married daughter, Sadie", asserting that Fanny will never be happy until she, too, is hitched.

10. In the final scene, what gift does Fanny tell Nick she couldn't have gotten for herself?

Answer: a blue marble egg

The real Nick Arnstein was quite a cad and left Fanny after draining her bank account and leaving her almost penniless. The musical was produced by Brice's son-in-law, Ray Stark, who, along with his wife Frances Arnstein Stark, painted a highly romanticized picture of the Arnsteins' marriage.

Source: Author shawneedean

This quiz was reviewed by FunTrivia editor CellarDoor before going online.
Any errors found in FunTrivia content are routinely corrected through our feedback system.