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Bumper Movie Musicals Quiz

  • Writer: Simon O'Donovan
    Simon O'Donovan
  • Apr 19
  • 9 min read

Updated: Apr 20




This quiz is a companion to the 'Music From The Movies Quiz', but this time it focuses entirely on musicals that have been made into movies, or vice versa.


You can play it two ways.


Firstly, you could take screenshots of the rounds and make them into a handout and ask members to identify the movies from the screenshots and ask the questions. Then after each round play a song to break it up a bit.


The second way of playing is to print out the movie posters for the tables, then play music clips from the Spotify Playlist for members to match the music to the movies.


After this, they might like to rank their top three musical movies, as a group.


Take time to discuss favourite movies as you work through them and if one is a particular favourite play a couple more songs from it.


Hope you like this one. Please do let me know.


As usual, films are arranged in chronological order.









Round 1




Name the musicals &

Answer the following questions:



  1. What were Dorothy, Tin Man, Scarecrow and Cowardly Lion looking for?

  2. Which song from this musical was about Easter?

  3. Which character is pictured here?

  4. What was the movie about (in terms of the film industry)?

  5. True or False. In real life, she had a rumoured relationship with Wild Bill Hickok?

  6. What was Marilyn Monroe's birth name?

  7. What was the original 1942 movie called?

  8. What breed of dog was Lady?

  9. What are the other seven states of the USA which start and end with a vowel?

  10. What is the ancient kingdom of Siam now called?

  11. Where was the musical set (it was the name of one of the songs)?

  12. What were the names of the two rival gangs?





Round 2




Name the musicals &

Answer the following questions:



  1. What type of vehicle did they travel to Greece on?

  2. True or False. In 2017 Dick Van Dyke apologised for his "atrocious Cockney accent" in this movie?

  3. What was Audrey Hepburn's character's name?

  4. What is the name of the Austrian flower sang about in the movie?

  5. Who wrote the 1894 book?

  6. What was Dick Van Dyke's character name?

  7. What was the name of Barbra Streisand's character?

  8. Who wrote the 1837 book?

  9. Name the two adult cats?

  10. What period was the musical set in?

  11. Which TV detective was Angela Lansbury's greatest role (perhaps)?

  12. Name the singing actor?





Round 3




Name the musicals &

Answer the following questions:



  1. Who wrote the 1964 book?

  2. What was the name of the Berlin club where the film was set?

  3. Which female character sang the song 'I Don't Know How To Love Him'?

  4. Who is the character on the left?

  5. Who starred alongside Barbra Streisand?

  6. Which pop group wrote and performed most of the music for this movie?

  7. What were their character's names?

  8. What was her dog's name?

  9. Name the 1939 book this musical was based on?

  10. What was her character's name?

  11. Name the three lions?

  12. What was the girl's nickname?





Round 4




Name the musicals &

Answer the following questions:



  1. Which female artist composed the song 'I Will Always Love You'?

  2. Which part did Antonio Banderas play?

  3. What closed down to make them all redundant?

  4. Which song did 'ABBA' win the 'Eurovision Song Contest' with in 1974?

  5. Who was the lead singer of 'T-Rex'?

  6. This place in Paris is famous for which dance?

  7. Who is Catherine Zeta-Jones married to?

  8. In which city is this story set, i.e. where is the 'Opera'?

  9. Who wrote the 1862 novel?

  10. Who is the story about?

  11. What was Freddie Mercury's name originally and where was he from?

  12. What was Elton John's birth name?





Movie Posters


Next are the movie posters, by way of answers, and music video links for each film:




'Wizard Of Oz', 1939


Starring: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger & Bert Lahr

Music by: Harold Arlen






'Meet Me In St Louis', 1944


Starring: Judy Garland & Margaret O'Brien

Music by: Various

Song: 'Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CreWsnhQwzY







'Song Of The South', 1946


Starring: James Baskett

Music by: Sam Coslow & Arthur Johnson






'Singing In The Rain', 1952


Starring: Gene Kelly, Don O'Connor & Debbie Reynolds

Music by: Nació Herb Brown, Arthur Freed & Lennie Hayton

Song: 'Singing In The Rain' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swloMVFALXw





'Calamity Jane', 1953


Starring: Doris Day & Howard Keel

Music by: Ray Heindorf






'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes', 1953


Starring: Jane Russell & Marilyn Monroe

Music by: Jule Styne & Leo Robin

Song: 'Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfsnebJd-BI






'White Christmas', 1954


Starring: Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney & Vera Ellen

Music by: Irving Berlin






'Lady And The Tramp', 1955


Starring: Peggy Lee, Larry Roberts, Bill Baucom, Verna Felton

Music by: Oliver Wallace







'Oklahoma', 1955


Starring: Shirley Jones & Gordon MacRae

Music by: Rogers & Hammerstein

Song: 'Oh What A Beautiful Morning' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5APc0z49wg






'The King And I', 1956


Starring: Deborah Kerr & Yul Brynner

Music by: Rogers & Hammersmith

Song: 'Getting To Know You' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vlx6gQWfjp0






'South Pacific', 1958


Starring: Mitzi Gaynor & Rossano Brazzi

Music by: Rogers & Hammerstein

Song: 'There Is Nothing Like A Dame' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ljm9CDRAhMQ






'West Side Story', 1961


Starring: Natalie Wood & Richard Beymer

Music by: Leonard Bernstein






'Summer Holiday', 1963


Starring: Cliff Richard & Lauri Peters

Music by: Cliff Richard & The Shadows






'Mary Poppins', 1964


Starring: Julie Andrews & Dick Van Dyke

Music by: Richard M Sherman

Song: 'A Spoonful Of Sugar' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L4qauTiCY4






'My Fair Lady', 1964


Starring: Audrey Hepburn & Rex Harrison

Music by: Lerner & Loewe

Song: 'Wouldn't It Be Loverly' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5fW7sERw7I






'The Sound Of Music', 1965


Starring: Julie Andrews & Christopher Plummer

Music by: Rogers & Hammerstein

Song: 'My Favourite Things' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G6dd7ikrXs







'The Jungle Book', 1967


Starring: Phil Harris as Baloo The Bear, Sebastian Cabot as Bagheera The Panther, Louis Prima as King Louie Of The Apes & Bruce Reitherman as Mowgli The Man Cub

Music by: George Bruns

Song: 'The Bare Necessities' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BH-Rxd-NBo






'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang', 1968


Starring: Dick Van Dyke & Sally Ann Howes

Music by: Robert & Richard Sherman







'Funny Girl', 1968


Starring: Barbra Streisand & Omar Sharif

Music by: Jule Styne

Song - 'People Who Need People' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPlQ6EtArSc






'Oliver', 1968


Starring: Ron Moody, Oliver Reed & Mark Lester

Music by: Lionel Bart

Song: 'Consider Yourself' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZxky51fxCg







'The Aristocats', 1970


Starring: Eva Gabor & Phil Harris

Music by: Richard & Robert Sherman

Song: 'Everybody Wants To Be A Cat' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rrXR6n0RTY






'Paint Your Wagon', 1969


Staring: Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood & Jean Seberg

Music by: Lemer & Loewe






'Bedknobs & Broomsticks', 1971


Starring: Angela Lansbury & David Tomlinson

Music by: Richard & Robert Sherman

Song: 'The Beautiful Briny Sea' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frfadf6LjmE






'Fiddler On The Roof', 1971


Starring: Chaim Topol

Music by: Jerry Bock

Song: 'If I Were A Rich Man' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1TC1n9lhXU






'Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory', 1971


Starring: Gene Wilder

Music by: Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley






'Cabaret', 1972


Starring: Liza Minelli & Michael Yordk

Music by: Kander & Ebb





'Jesus Christ Superstar', 1973


Starring: Ted Neeley

Music by: Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice

Song: 'I Don't Know How To Love Him' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS2nX4fuzqc 







'The Rocky Horror Picture Show', 1975


Starring: Tim Curry & Richard O'Brien

Music by: Richard O'Brien & Richard Hartley






'A Star Is Born', 1976


Starring: Barbra Streisand & Kris Kristofferson

Music by: Rupert Holmes & others






'Saturday Night Fever', 1977


Starring: John Travolta & Karen Gorney

Music by: The Bee Gees






'Grease', 1978


Starring: John Travolta & Olivia Newton John

Music by: Barry Gibb & Others






'Annie', 1982


Starring: Aileen Quinn, Albert Finney & Carol Burnett

Music by: Charles Strouse






'Cats', 1982


Starring: Elaine Paige

Music by: Andrew Lloyd Webben Song: 'Memory' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdBVJbzkoqo






'Sister Act', 1992


Starring: Whoopi Goldberg

Music by: Marc Shaiman






'The Lion King', 1994


Starring: Matthew Broderick & James Earl Jones (Simba & Mufasa)

Music by: Elton John & Tim Rice

Song: 'The Circle Of Life' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GibiNy4d4gc






'Dirty Dancing', 1987


Starring: Patrick Swayze & Jennifer Grey

Music by: Various







'The Bodyguard', 1992


Starring: Kevin Costner & Whitney Houston

Music by: Various

Song: 'I Will Always Love You' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JWTaaS7LdU






'Evita', 1996


Starring: Madonna & Antonio Banderas

Music by: Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice

Song: 'Don't Cry For Me Argentina' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD_1Z8iUDho








'The Full Monty', 1997

Starring: Robert Carlyle Music by: Various

Song: 'You Can Leave Your Hat On' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70TBABOzKSk (starts at 2:52)






'Mamma Mia', 1998


Starring: Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried, Pierce Brosnan & Colin Firth

Music by: ABBA






'Billy Elliot', 2000


Starring: Jamie Bell & Julie Walters

Music by: Various

Song: 'I Love To Boogie', T-Rex - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTORCxqO0wM






'Moulin Rouge', 2001


Starring: Nicole Kidman & Ewan McGregor

Music by: Baz Luhrman






'Chicago', 2002


Starring: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renee Zelwegger & Richard Gere

Music by: John Kander, Danny Elfman & Steve Bartek






'Phantom Of The Opera', 2004


Starring: Gerard Butler & Emmy Rossum

Music by: Andrew Lloyd Webber

Song: 'The Music Of The Night' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77umP7IRxD4






'Les Miserables', 2012


Starring: Hugh Jackman & Russell Crowe

Music by: Claude-Michel Schonberg






'The Greatest Showman', 2017


Starring: Hugh Jackman & Zac Effron

Music by: Benj Pasek & Justin Paul






'Bohemian Rhapsody', 2018


Starring: Rami Malek, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy & Joseph Mazello (as Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor & John Deacon

Music by: Queen






'Rocketman', 2019


Starring: Taron Egerton

Music by: Elton John







Round 1



  1. What were Dorothy, Tin Man, Scarecrow and Cowardly Lion looking for? - WIZARD OF OZ' / DOROTHY WANTED TO GO HOME, TIN MAN NEEDED A HEART, SCARECROW WANTED A BRAIN & COWARDLY LION WAS LOOKING FOR COURAGE


  2. Which song from this musical was about Easter? - 'MEET ME IN ST LOUIS' / "IN MY EASTER BONNET'


  3. Which character is pictured here? - 'SONG OF THE SOUTH' / UNCLE REMUS


  4. What was the movie about (in terms of the film industry)? - 'SINGING IN THE RAIN' / THE INTRODUCTION OF TALKING MOVIES


  5. True or False. In real life, she had a rumoured relationship with Wild Bill Hickok? - 'CALAMITY JANE' / TRUE


  6. What was Marilyn Monroe's birth name? - 'GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES' / NORMA JEAN MORTENSON


  7. What was the original 1942 movie called? - 'WHITE CHRISTMAS' / 'HOLIDAY INN'


  8. What breed of dog was Lady? - 'LADY AND THE TRAMP' / AMERICAN COCKER SPANIEL


  9. What are the other seven states of the USA which start and end with a vowel? - 'OKLAHOMA' / ALABAMA, OHIO, INDIANA, ARIZONA, ALASKA, IOWA & IDAHO


  10. What is the ancient kingdom of Siam now called? - 'THE KING AND I' / THAILAND


  11. Where was the musical set (it was the name of one of the songs)? - 'SOUTH PACIFIC' / BALI HAI


  12. What were the names of the two rival gangs? - 'WEST SIDE STORY' / JETS & SHARKS


  13. What type of vehicle did they travel to Greece on? - 'SUMMER HOLIDAY' / LONDON BUS


  14. True or False. In 2017 Dick Van Dyke apologised for his "atrocious Cockney accent" in this movie? - 'MARY POPPINS' / TRUE


  15. What was Audrey Hepburn's character's name? - 'MY FAIR LADY' / ELIZA DOOLITTLE


  16. What is the name of the Austrian flower sang about in the movie? - 'SOUND OF MUSIC' / EDELWEISS


  17. Who wrote the 1894 book? - 'THE JUNGLE BOOK' / RUDYARD KIPLING


  18. What was Dick Van Dyke's character name? - 'CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG' / CARACTACUS POTTS


  19. What was the name of Barbra Streisand's character? - 'FUNNY GIRL' / FANNIE BRICE


  20. Who wrote the 1837 book? - 'OLIVER (TWIST)' / CHARLES DICKENS


  21. Name the two adult cats? - THE ARISTOCATS' / THOMAS O'MALLEY & DUCHESS


  22. What period was the musical set in? - 'PAINT YOUR WAGON' / THE CALIFORNIAN GOLD RUSH 1848-1855


  23. Which TV detective was Angela Lansbury's greatest role (perhaps)? - 'BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS' / JESSICA FLETCHER IN 'MURDER THEY WROTE'


  24. Name the singing actor? - 'FIDDLER ON THE ROOF' / CHAIM TOPOL


  25. Who wrote the 1964 book? - 'WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY' / ROALD DAHL


  26. What was the name of the Berlin club where the film was set? - 'CABARET' / 'THE KIT KAT CLUB'


  27. Which female character sang the song 'I Don't Know How To Love Him'? - 'JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR' / MARY MAGDELENE


  28. Who is the character on the left? - 'THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW' / FRANK N FURTER


  29. Who starred alongside Barbra Streisand? - 'A STAR IS BORN' / KRIS KRISTOFFERSON


  30. Which pop group wrote and performed most of the music for this movie? - 'SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER' / THE BEE GEES


  31. What were their character's names? - 'GREASE' / SANDY OLSSEN & DANNY ZUKO


  32. What was her dog's name? - 'ANNIE' / SANDY


  33. Name the 1939 book this musical was based on? - 'CATS' / 'OLD POSSUM'S BOOK OF PRACTICAL CATS' BY T.S. ELIOT


  34. What was her character's name? - 'SISTER ACT' / DELORIS VAN CARTIER


  35. Name the three lions? - 'THE LION KING' / MUFASA, NALA & SIMBA


  36. What was the girl's nickname? - 'DIRTY DANCING' / BABY


  37. Which female artist composed the song 'I Will Always Love You'? - 'THE BODYGUARD' / DOLLY PARTON


  38. Which part did Antonio Banderas play? - 'EVITA' / CHE GUEVARA


  39. What closed down to make them all redundant? - 'THE FULLY MONTY' / A STEEL MILL


  40. Which song did 'ABBA' win the 'Eurovision Song Contest' with in 1974? - 'MAMMA MIA' / 'WATERLOO'


  41. Who was the lead singer of 'T-Rex'? - 'BILLY ELLIOT' / MARC BOLAN


  42. This place in Paris is famous for which dance? - 'MOULIN ROUGE' / CAN CAN


  43. Who is Catherine Zeta-Jones married to? - 'CHICAGO' / MICHAEL DOUGLAS


  44. In which city is this story set, i.e. where is the 'Opera'? - 'PHANTOM OF THE OPERA' / PARIS


  45. Who wrote the 1862 novel? - 'LES MISERABLES' / VICTOR HUGO


  46. Who is the story about? - 'THE GREATEST SHOWMAN' / P.T. BARNUM


  47. What was Freddie Mercury's name originally and where was he from? - 'BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY' / FARROKH BULSARA AND HE WAS BORN IN ZANZIBAR


  48. What was Elton John's birth name? - 'ROCKET MAN' / REGINALD DWIGHT













 
 
 

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