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Quiz about Lyrics from Popular Musical Songs

Lyrics from Popular Musical Songs Quiz

So, do you think you are the ultimate musical buff? Lyrics from "The Sound of Music" to "Annie Get Your Gun". Take this quiz and test your knowledge of lyrics from popular musicals.

A multiple-choice quiz by shermanator7. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
shermanator7

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
140,185

Updated
Nov 17 23

# Qns
10

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Question 1 of 10

1. What musical has the song with such lyrics as "I have confidence in sunshine. I have confidence in rain. I have confidence that spring will come again; besides which, you see, I have confidence in me."? Hint

The Sound of Music

Annie Get Your Gun

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Oklahoma!

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Question 2 of 10

2. Complete the lyrics from Annie Get Your Gun: "I got the sun in the morning and _________." Hint

stars all night

a great man, too

the moon at night

and big shotgun

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is not a lyric from the song "My Favorite Things"? Hint

"Christmas and stockings and calico kittens"

"Doorbells and sleighbells and schnitzel with noodles"

"Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens"

"Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes"

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who sings "Just you wait, 'enry 'iggins, till you're sick, and you scream to fetch a doctor double quick"? Hint

Lizzie Doolittle

Eliza Doolittle

Lisa Cray

Liz Cray

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Question 5 of 10

5. What musical is this lyric from? "Out I go with my Joe or John or Billy, like a filly who is ready for the race." Hint

Flower Drum Song

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Song and Dance

A Date with Judy

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which lyric is from "Mary Poppins"? Hint

"Every street lamp seems to beat a fatalistic warning."

"Why do neighbors chatter all day, behind their doors?"

"And I know, it's only in my mind that I'm talking to myself and not to him."

"All around the cathedral, the saints and the apostles look down as she sells her wares."

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Question 7 of 10

7. What song is the only one of these that was originally sung on Broadway? Hint

I Have Confidence

Sixteen Going on Seventeen

Stepsisters' Lament

Think of Me

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Question 8 of 10

8. The musical "The Fantasticks" was off-Broadway before it retired in 2002.

True

False

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Question 9 of 10

9. What song wasn't originally a duet? Hint

My Favorite Things

Unexpected Song

If Momma Was Married

Sisters

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Question 10 of 10

10. What is not a name from a Broadway musical? Hint

Betty Rizzo

Momma Rose

Marian Paroo

Sandra Brown

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: The Sound of Music

"I Have Confidence" is from the 1965 film "The Sound of Music". This song was not in the Broadway show, but was added in the movie version. Maria von Trapp sings this song after leaving the convent to help her courage.

2. Complete the lyrics from Annie Get Your Gun: "I got the sun in the morning and _________."

Answer: the moon at night

Annie sings this when she knows that she has to sell her sharpshooting medals to salvage the bankrupt show, to comfort herself.

3. What is not a lyric from the song "My Favorite Things"?

Answer: "Christmas and stockings and calico kittens"

"My Favorite Things" is from "The Sound of Music" by Rogers and Hammerstein. In the Broadway show, Mother Abbess is trying to cheer up Maria by singing this song, but in the movie Maria sings it to the kids in a thunderstorm.

4. Who sings "Just you wait, 'enry 'iggins, till you're sick, and you scream to fetch a doctor double quick"?

Answer: Eliza Doolittle

"Just You Wait" is from "My Fair Lady" and is sung by Eliza Doolittle, a cockney girl, who is being taught how to speak proper English from Henry Higgins. She is so mad at him making her do all the language exercises, so she imagines him about to die.

5. What musical is this lyric from? "Out I go with my Joe or John or Billy, like a filly who is ready for the race."

Answer: Flower Drum Song

The song is "I Enjoy Being a Girl" from the Rogers and Hammerstein musical "Flower Drum Song". This song is sung by a Chinese American, showing how American she has come in contrast to her Chinese parents.

6. Which lyric is from "Mary Poppins"?

Answer: "All around the cathedral, the saints and the apostles look down as she sells her wares."

"All around the cathedral, the saints and the apostles look down as she sells her wares" is from "Feed the Birds" from "Mary Poppins", which opened in London in 2004. Mary is telling the children about an old woman who takes care of the birds in London. "Every street lamp seems to beat a fatalistic warning." is from the song "Memory" in "Cats" when Grizabella sings this at the end of the show. "And I know, it's only in my mind that I'm talking to myself and not to him" is from the song "On My Own" from "Les Miserables" when Eponine sings about being in love with Marius, even though he could never love her. "Why do neighbors chatter all day, behind their doors?" is from the song "People Will Say We're in Love" from "Oklahoma!" when Laurey and Curly sing this duet before dating.

7. What song is the only one of these that was originally sung on Broadway?

Answer: Think of Me

"Think of Me" is from "The Phantom of the Opera" (Christine, a chorus girl, is singing in place for the lead lady, Carlotta, who refuses to perform), "Stepsisters' Lament" was first sung in the 1957 television version of "Cinderella" (Cinderella's stepsisters are very jealous of Cinderella dancing with the prince at the ball), "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" (Liesl starts to like the one-year older Rolf) and "I Have Confidence" are both from the film "The Sound of Music".

8. The musical "The Fantasticks" was off-Broadway before it retired in 2002.

Answer: True

One of the only off-Broadway shows that has done very well.

9. What song wasn't originally a duet?

Answer: Unexpected Song

"Unexpected Song" is from the 1981 "Song and Dance". This song is sung by Emma, an English girl living in New York.

10. What is not a name from a Broadway musical?

Answer: Sandra Brown

Betty Rizzo-"Grease", Marian Paroo-"The Music Man", Momma Rose-"Gypsy"

Source: Author shermanator7

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