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1. With what rhyming ditty do Mrs. Lovett and Sweeney plan for his victims' disposal?
"Lawyer's rather nice.
If it's for a price.
Order something else, though, to follow,
Since no one should swallow it twice!"
2. In which duet do Mr. and Mrs. MacAfee bewail the difficulties of parenting teens?
"With their awful clothes and their rock an' roll!
Why can't they dance like we did
What's wrong with Sammy Caine?"
3. During which number do Maggie, the star, and Max, the producer, accuse each other of being self-centered?
"I am told you have admirers by the dozen
I am sure you lead them all a merry dance.
What a blow when they discover
you have found the perfect lover,
when they realize they just don't stand a chance."
4. As the show begins, George is painting and Dot is modeling. What song opens the show?
"Well, there are worse things
Than staring at the water on a Sunday
There are worse things
Than staring at the water
As you're posing for a picture
Being painted by your lover
In the middle of the summer
On an island in the river on a Sunday."
5. Surprised and elated at their fortune, what song do Vernon and Sonia sing?
"Don't say a word now,
Listen to that sweet melody
I'm happy to say,
In my own humble way
Every perfect note of that was written by me."
6. Daisy Mae still hasn't caught her man. What woeful tune does she sing with Marryin' Sam?
"I'm past my peak
You're an early antique.
Look at this physique
Just hear the old bones creak
Where there was a glow
There ain't a glow no more
Now the wrinkles show
Where art thou Romeo?"
7. In which song do the nefarious Queen Aggravain and the Wizard plan how to get rid of the Princess?
"Sensitive soul and sensitive stomach, sensitive hands and feet;
this is the blessing, also the curse, of being the true elite.
Common people don't know what exquisite agony is suffered by gentle people like me."
8. What number is actually performed as part of a show in a show by George and Rose?
"For the short time it takes
What a diff'rence it makes
In the ways of the people and things"
9. In which duet do Mrs. Brice and Eddie Ryan brag about their influence with Fanny?
"We taught her everything--
How to hoof and how to sing,
We taught her how to wack
A joke from here to Hackensack--ya, ha, ha, ha!
We taught her everything,
We taught her ev'rything she knows."
10. What ditty do Arthur and Guenevere sing to try to cheer up?
"Once, upon the road, I came upon a lad
Singing in a voice three times his size
When I asked him why, he told me he was sad
And singing always made his spirits rise."
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