Bumper Movie Musicals Quiz
- 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.
SPOTIFY PLAYLIST LINK HERE https://open.spotify.com/user/1154769589/playlist/0iFjDuE3mIoiLi5khQpHvv
Round 1
Name the musicals &
Answer the following questions:
What were Dorothy, Tin Man, Scarecrow and Cowardly Lion looking for?
Which song from this musical was about Easter?
Which character is pictured here?
What was the movie about (in terms of the film industry)?
True or False. In real life, she had a rumoured relationship with Wild Bill Hickok?
What was Marilyn Monroe's birth name?
What was the original 1942 movie called?
What breed of dog was Lady?
What are the other seven states of the USA which start and end with a vowel?
What is the ancient kingdom of Siam now called?
Where was the musical set (it was the name of one of the songs)?
What were the names of the two rival gangs?
Round 2
Name the musicals &
Answer the following questions:
What type of vehicle did they travel to Greece on?
True or False. In 2017 Dick Van Dyke apologised for his "atrocious Cockney accent" in this movie?
What was Audrey Hepburn's character's name?
What is the name of the Austrian flower sang about in the movie?
Who wrote the 1894 book?
What was Dick Van Dyke's character name?
What was the name of Barbra Streisand's character?
Who wrote the 1837 book?
Name the two adult cats?
What period was the musical set in?
Which TV detective was Angela Lansbury's greatest role (perhaps)?
Name the singing actor?
Round 3
Name the musicals &
Answer the following questions:
Who wrote the 1964 book?
What was the name of the Berlin club where the film was set?
Which female character sang the song 'I Don't Know How To Love Him'?
Who is the character on the left?
Who starred alongside Barbra Streisand?
Which pop group wrote and performed most of the music for this movie?
What were their character's names?
What was her dog's name?
Name the 1939 book this musical was based on?
What was her character's name?
Name the three lions?
What was the girl's nickname?
Round 4
Name the musicals &
Answer the following questions:
Which female artist composed the song 'I Will Always Love You'?
Which part did Antonio Banderas play?
What closed down to make them all redundant?
Which song did 'ABBA' win the 'Eurovision Song Contest' with in 1974?
Who was the lead singer of 'T-Rex'?
This place in Paris is famous for which dance?
Who is Catherine Zeta-Jones married to?
In which city is this story set, i.e. where is the 'Opera'?
Who wrote the 1862 novel?
Who is the story about?
What was Freddie Mercury's name originally and where was he from?
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
Song: 'Over The Rainbow' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW2QZ7KuaxA
'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
Song: 'Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kpWM292c1Q
'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
Song: 'Deadwood Stage' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_xmujSyxkU&t=5s
'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
Song: 'White Christmas' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QW65Amj0vM
'Lady And The Tramp', 1955
Starring: Peggy Lee, Larry Roberts, Bill Baucom, Verna Felton
Music by: Oliver Wallace
Song: 'He's A Tramp' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhJcyrkfjQg
'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
Song: 'Tonight' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7xTvb-FAhQ
'Summer Holiday', 1963
Starring: Cliff Richard & Lauri Peters
Music by: Cliff Richard & The Shadows
Song: 'Summer Holiday' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxuapKdqIZw
'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
Song: 'Chitty Bang Bang' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTTzcXSLjhI
'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
Song: 'Wandering Star' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jYk5u9vKfA
'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
Song: 'Pure Imagination' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y8aYd9uqFY
'Cabaret', 1972
Starring: Liza Minelli & Michael Yordk
Music by: Kander & Ebb
Song: 'Maybe This Time' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMpSQV1-bsA
'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
Song: 'Time Warp' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC1E8yVJIS4
'A Star Is Born', 1976
Starring: Barbra Streisand & Kris Kristofferson
Music by: Rupert Holmes & others
Song: 'Evergreen' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udLeOOy6em4
'Saturday Night Fever', 1977
Starring: John Travolta & Karen Gorney
Music by: The Bee Gees
Song: 'Night Fever' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=op5FxEs1aR0
'Grease', 1978
Starring: John Travolta & Olivia Newton John
Music by: Barry Gibb & Others
Song: 'Summer Nights' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW0DfsCzfq4
'Annie', 1982
Starring: Aileen Quinn, Albert Finney & Carol Burnett
Music by: Charles Strouse
Song: 'Tomorrow' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yop62wQH498
'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
Song: 'Hail Holy Queen' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctjG4MjJwEA
'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
Song: 'Time Of My Life' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpmILPAcRQo
'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
Song: 'Dancing Queen' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRoWiTcO7dk
'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
Song: 'Come What May' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKFFAup-eFg
'Chicago', 2002
Starring: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renee Zelwegger & Richard Gere
Music by: John Kander, Danny Elfman & Steve Bartek
Song: 'Nowadays' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luef1H24hU8
'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
Song: 'One Day More' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv-BxH3SVS8
'The Greatest Showman', 2017
Starring: Hugh Jackman & Zac Effron
Music by: Benj Pasek & Justin Paul
Song: 'This Is Me' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj4Yu9Utdw0
'Bohemian Rhapsody', 2018
Starring: Rami Malek, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy & Joseph Mazello (as Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor & John Deacon
Music by: Queen
Song: 'Movie Trailer' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP0VHJYFOAU
'Rocketman', 2019
Starring: Taron Egerton
Music by: Elton John
Song: 'Your Song' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HUCI4GWu28
Round 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
Which song from this musical was about Easter? - 'MEET ME IN ST LOUIS' / "IN MY EASTER BONNET'
Which character is pictured here? - 'SONG OF THE SOUTH' / UNCLE REMUS
What was the movie about (in terms of the film industry)? - 'SINGING IN THE RAIN' / THE INTRODUCTION OF TALKING MOVIES
True or False. In real life, she had a rumoured relationship with Wild Bill Hickok? - 'CALAMITY JANE' / TRUE
What was Marilyn Monroe's birth name? - 'GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES' / NORMA JEAN MORTENSON
What was the original 1942 movie called? - 'WHITE CHRISTMAS' / 'HOLIDAY INN'
What breed of dog was Lady? - 'LADY AND THE TRAMP' / AMERICAN COCKER SPANIEL
What are the other seven states of the USA which start and end with a vowel? - 'OKLAHOMA' / ALABAMA, OHIO, INDIANA, ARIZONA, ALASKA, IOWA & IDAHO
What is the ancient kingdom of Siam now called? - 'THE KING AND I' / THAILAND
Where was the musical set (it was the name of one of the songs)? - 'SOUTH PACIFIC' / BALI HAI
What were the names of the two rival gangs? - 'WEST SIDE STORY' / JETS & SHARKS
What type of vehicle did they travel to Greece on? - 'SUMMER HOLIDAY' / LONDON BUS
True or False. In 2017 Dick Van Dyke apologised for his "atrocious Cockney accent" in this movie? - 'MARY POPPINS' / TRUE
What was Audrey Hepburn's character's name? - 'MY FAIR LADY' / ELIZA DOOLITTLE
What is the name of the Austrian flower sang about in the movie? - 'SOUND OF MUSIC' / EDELWEISS
Who wrote the 1894 book? - 'THE JUNGLE BOOK' / RUDYARD KIPLING
What was Dick Van Dyke's character name? - 'CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG' / CARACTACUS POTTS
What was the name of Barbra Streisand's character? - 'FUNNY GIRL' / FANNIE BRICE
Who wrote the 1837 book? - 'OLIVER (TWIST)' / CHARLES DICKENS
Name the two adult cats? - THE ARISTOCATS' / THOMAS O'MALLEY & DUCHESS
What period was the musical set in? - 'PAINT YOUR WAGON' / THE CALIFORNIAN GOLD RUSH 1848-1855
Which TV detective was Angela Lansbury's greatest role (perhaps)? - 'BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS' / JESSICA FLETCHER IN 'MURDER THEY WROTE'
Name the singing actor? - 'FIDDLER ON THE ROOF' / CHAIM TOPOL
Who wrote the 1964 book? - 'WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY' / ROALD DAHL
What was the name of the Berlin club where the film was set? - 'CABARET' / 'THE KIT KAT CLUB'
Which female character sang the song 'I Don't Know How To Love Him'? - 'JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR' / MARY MAGDELENE
Who is the character on the left? - 'THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW' / FRANK N FURTER
Who starred alongside Barbra Streisand? - 'A STAR IS BORN' / KRIS KRISTOFFERSON
Which pop group wrote and performed most of the music for this movie? - 'SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER' / THE BEE GEES
What were their character's names? - 'GREASE' / SANDY OLSSEN & DANNY ZUKO
What was her dog's name? - 'ANNIE' / SANDY
Name the 1939 book this musical was based on? - 'CATS' / 'OLD POSSUM'S BOOK OF PRACTICAL CATS' BY T.S. ELIOT
What was her character's name? - 'SISTER ACT' / DELORIS VAN CARTIER
Name the three lions? - 'THE LION KING' / MUFASA, NALA & SIMBA
What was the girl's nickname? - 'DIRTY DANCING' / BABY
Which female artist composed the song 'I Will Always Love You'? - 'THE BODYGUARD' / DOLLY PARTON
Which part did Antonio Banderas play? - 'EVITA' / CHE GUEVARA
What closed down to make them all redundant? - 'THE FULLY MONTY' / A STEEL MILL
Which song did 'ABBA' win the 'Eurovision Song Contest' with in 1974? - 'MAMMA MIA' / 'WATERLOO'
Who was the lead singer of 'T-Rex'? - 'BILLY ELLIOT' / MARC BOLAN
This place in Paris is famous for which dance? - 'MOULIN ROUGE' / CAN CAN
Who is Catherine Zeta-Jones married to? - 'CHICAGO' / MICHAEL DOUGLAS
In which city is this story set, i.e. where is the 'Opera'? - 'PHANTOM OF THE OPERA' / PARIS
Who wrote the 1862 novel? - 'LES MISERABLES' / VICTOR HUGO
Who is the story about? - 'THE GREATEST SHOWMAN' / P.T. BARNUM
What was Freddie Mercury's name originally and where was he from? - 'BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY' / FARROKH BULSARA AND HE WAS BORN IN ZANZIBAR
What was Elton John's birth name? - 'ROCKET MAN' / REGINALD DWIGHT
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