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Try To Remember "The Fantasticks" Quiz

"The Fantasticks" is one of the longest running musicals in the world. Can you answer questions about the lyrics and the plot? (This quiz contains spoilers!)

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

Author
anthonyrappfan

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
222,818

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
9 / 15

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Question 1 of 15

1. Matt and Luisa are two young people who are madly in love. What stops them from being married? Hint

They live miles away from each other

Their parents don't like each other

Matt is already married

Luisa is already married

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Question 2 of 15

2. According to Luisa, which color did her hair turn as she was brushing it? Hint

Mauve

Golden

Azure

Ashen

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Question 3 of 15

3. What happened in Luisa's dream? Hint

She and Matt were actually related

She and Matt were married

She was abducted by bandits

She and Matt never met again

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Question 4 of 15

4. The parents are pleased because Matt and Luisa are obviously in love. How do they choose to end their fake feud? Hint

Stage an abduction where Luisa saves Matt

Stage an abduction where Matt saves Luisa

Fake their own deaths

Have Matt save Bellomy's life

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Question 5 of 15

5. El Gallo enlists the help of two old actors: Henry and Mortimer. Henry is an old Shakespearean actor and Mortime specializes in faking his death in gory ways. What is Henry's last name? Hint

Jones

Albertson

Jameson

Alberts

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Question 6 of 15

6. In the opening number of Act Two, what does Matt request of Luisa? Hint

To put a ribbon in her hair

To stop putting too much makeup on

To not watch him while he's eating

To run away with him

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Question 7 of 15

7. Which duo sings "I Can See It"? Hint

Henry and Mortimer

Bellomy and Hucklebee

Luisa and Matt

Matt and El Gallo

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Question 8 of 15

8. While Matt is away, El Gallo seduces Luisa. While telling her about his adventures as a bandit, he brings up horseriding. Why did he eventually stop riding a horse? Hint

Horses were too slow

He enjoys walking more

He didn't want to fall

Because he got saddle rash

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Question 9 of 15

9. During the song "Round and Round", which of these painful situations is Matt NOT subjected to? Hint

Being made to lie on a bed of nails

Being set on fire

Being whipped

Being savagely beaten

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Question 10 of 15

10. At the end of the show everyone is living happily ever after after becoming a little wiser in the process. What does El Gallo tell the parents to do? Hint

Take the wall down

Leave up the wall between Matt and Luisa's house

Allow Matt and Luisa to marry

Let Matt and Luisa move away

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Question 11 of 15

11. Complete this lyric from "Metaphor": "My __________ of love." Hint

Mystery

Paramour

Object

Girl

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Question 12 of 15

12. Complete this lyric from "It Depends on What You Pay": "We've the obvious, open schoolboy __________" Hint

Abduction

Heists

Kidnappings

Rape

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Question 13 of 15

13. Complete this lyric from "Soon It's Gonna Rain": "Smell how the _________ rain is falling." Hint

Heavy

Velvet

Wet

Natural

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Question 14 of 15

14. Complete this lyric from "I Can See It": "Bright lights somewhere invite me to come there and ________" Hint

Learn

Live

Stay

Grow

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Question 15 of 15

15. Complete this lyrics from "Round and Round": "I seem to see ________, it's terribly chic." Hint

India

Venice

Athens

Austria

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Matt and Luisa are two young people who are madly in love. What stops them from being married?

Answer: Their parents don't like each other

The fathers, Hucklebee and Bellomy, are actually best friends. They pretend to feud only to get the younger couple to fall in love.

2. According to Luisa, which color did her hair turn as she was brushing it?

Answer: Mauve

Of course this didn't actually happen, but Luisa says many things throughout the show that makes her sanity questionable. But doesn't love make fools of us all?

3. What happened in Luisa's dream?

Answer: She was abducted by bandits

Oddly enough, her dream comes true later in Act One, when El Gallo, Henry and Mortimer attempt to kidnap her.

4. The parents are pleased because Matt and Luisa are obviously in love. How do they choose to end their fake feud?

Answer: Stage an abduction where Matt saves Luisa

Hucklebee and Bellomy decide to end the feud in grand style, hiring El Gallo to fake an elaborate kidnapping and allowing Matt to save her. El Gallo sings about the various kinds of kidnappings he can pull off in the song "It Depends on What You Pay".

5. El Gallo enlists the help of two old actors: Henry and Mortimer. Henry is an old Shakespearean actor and Mortime specializes in faking his death in gory ways. What is Henry's last name?

Answer: Albertson

"I'm Henry Albertson. Perhaps you recall my Hamlet?" says Henry as he introduces himself to El Gallo towards the end of Act One. Later in Act Two Henry and Mortimer kidnap Matt and savagely beat him.

6. In the opening number of Act Two, what does Matt request of Luisa?

Answer: To not watch him while he's eating

In "This Plum Is Too Ripe", Matt, Luisa, Hucklebee and Bellomy realize that their utopian lifestyle may not be exactly all it is cracked up to be. Luisa comments that Matt looks different in the sunlight, while the fathers invade each other's gardens.

7. Which duo sings "I Can See It"?

Answer: Matt and El Gallo

"I Can See It" is a duet between Matt and El Gallo. Matt sings of the idealized world he is setting out to see and El Gallo counters him, singing about the world he'll encounter.

8. While Matt is away, El Gallo seduces Luisa. While telling her about his adventures as a bandit, he brings up horseriding. Why did he eventually stop riding a horse?

Answer: Because he got saddle rash

El Gallo forsook horses when he got a very painful case of saddle rash. This exchange occurs shortly before the waltz "Round and Round".

9. During the song "Round and Round", which of these painful situations is Matt NOT subjected to?

Answer: Being whipped

As El Gallo and Luisa sing about a beautiful world, Henry and Mortimer abuse Matt in a myriad of painful ways. Luckily, Matt survives all this, but is much the worse for wear.

10. At the end of the show everyone is living happily ever after after becoming a little wiser in the process. What does El Gallo tell the parents to do?

Answer: Leave up the wall between Matt and Luisa's house

"You must always leave the wall." El Gallo proclaims as he sings a reprise of "Try to Remember". He hangs up a banner, signalling the end of the show.

11. Complete this lyric from "Metaphor": "My __________ of love."

Answer: Mystery

"Metaphor" is a love song sung by Matt and Luisa in Act One.

12. Complete this lyric from "It Depends on What You Pay": "We've the obvious, open schoolboy __________"

Answer: Rape

El Gallo insists on using the word "rape" in place of "abduction" or "kidnapping". Technically, he's right to use the word, for "rape" did not originally seem synonymous with sexual intercourse. El Gallo uses it in its original meaning: to kidnap. (This has caused some controversy, and alternate lyrics were written by the authors in the 1990's.)

13. Complete this lyric from "Soon It's Gonna Rain": "Smell how the _________ rain is falling."

Answer: Velvet

"Soon It's Gonna Rain" is a love duet between Matt and Luisa, where they describe their future life together. They'll "live and love within [their] own four walls."

14. Complete this lyric from "I Can See It": "Bright lights somewhere invite me to come there and ________"

Answer: Learn

Matt fights with Luisa and leaves. He sings about the exciting new life he's about the live while El Gallo lurks in the background, cynically offering his own opinion.

15. Complete this lyrics from "Round and Round": "I seem to see ________, it's terribly chic."

Answer: Athens

In "Round and Round", El Gallo and Luisa take a whirlwind tour of the world, stopping in Athens, India and Venice. As the duo sing, Henry and Mortimer physically torture Matt.

Source: Author anthonyrappfan

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