Musicals Quiz

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This quiz covers everything from jazz hands to falling chandeliers! If you think you can tell your Sondheim from your Schwartz without breaking into song, this is the quiz for you.

  • Testing your knowledge of famous musicals and their creators
  • Identifying iconic musical numbers and characters
  • Matching shows to their composers and songs
  • Exploring the history of Broadway and West End theatre

Whether you’re recreating the barricade with your furniture or practising your best “Memory” in the shower, this quiz will test your musical theatre knowledge. And remember – as they say in “Newsies”, seize the day! Take centre stage and show us what you know. Click ‘Start Quiz’ when you’re ready for your theatrical debut. You can find all the questions listed in the Preview Quiz Content section below, but where’s the drama in that? Take the quiz first!

Musicals Quiz

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This section contains all of the questions that could be a part of this quiz. The quiz will choose 15 random questions from the pool below. If you've found this section feel free to take a look but to start the quiz you should press "Start Quiz". You may also be thinking that some information is missing for some of the below questions and you'd be right! The answers listed below only contain answers that appear in the quiz, so as a hypothetical example, if a question asks about which musical character spent the most time swinging from chandeliers, and 4 options are given in the question, only the correct answer will appear in the below information. This is because this supplemental information is about the quiz itself and not intended as a comprehensive list. We hope you found the quiz to be entertaining and informative. If you haven't taken it yet, Good Luck!

Q1: Which musical holds the record for the longest-running show in Broadway history?

A1: The Phantom of the Opera

Q2: Select all the musicals that were written by Andrew Lloyd Webber:

A2: Evita, Cats, Starlight Express

Q3: Match each musical to its primary setting:

A3: Les Misérables - 19th Century France, West Side Story - 1950s New York, Miss Saigon - Vietnam War Era

Q4: Which musical features the songs "Do-Re-Mi" and "Edelweiss"?

A4: The Sound of Music

Q5: Who composed the music for "Hamilton"?

A5: Lin-Manuel Miranda

Q6: Arrange these musicals in chronological order of their Broadway premiere, from earliest to latest:

A6: Oklahoma!, Cats, Hamilton

Q7: Which musical features a chandelier falling as a major plot point?

A7: The Phantom of the Opera

Q8: Which musical is based on the life of Eva Perón?

A8: Evita

Q9: Match each musical with its signature song:

A9: Wicked - Defying Gravity, Chicago - All That Jazz, Rent - Seasons of Love

Q10: Select all the musicals that were adapted from Disney animated films:

A10: The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin

Q11: Which musical features the character Elphaba?

A11: Wicked

Q12: Arrange these Stephen Sondheim musicals in chronological order:

A12: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods

Q13: Which ABBA song is NOT featured in the musical "Mamma Mia!"?

A13: Ring Ring

Q14: Who wrote the music for "Rent"?

A14: Jonathan Larson

Q15: Which musical features the song "Cell Block Tango"?

A15: Chicago

Q16: Match each musical with its composer:

A16: Guys and Dolls - Frank Loesser, Fiddler on the Roof - Jerry Bock, South Pacific - Richard Rodgers

Q17: Which musical is based on T.S. Eliot's "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats"?

A17: Cats

Q18: Select all the musicals that won both the Tony Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama:

A18: Hamilton, Next to Normal, A Chorus Line

Q19: Which musical features the character Roxie Hart?

A19: Chicago

Q20: Arrange these musicals in order of their total Broadway performances, from most to least:

A20: Chicago (revival), The Lion King, Wicked

Q21: Which actor originated the role of Jean Valjean in the London production of Les Misérables?

A21: Colm Wilkinson