Musicals Trivia Questions and Answers - Great for Seniors!
How old is the oldest member of the Von Trapp brats?
A: Going on 17.
How are Cabaret, Mamma Mia! and Fiddler on the Roof connected?
A: They all have songs involving money.
What Greta Garbo movie was made later into a musical?
A: Ninotchka.
The song, Getting to Know You, comes from which Rodgers and
Hammerstein musical?
A: The King and I.
What musical movie has the song "It's the Hard-Knock Life"?
A: Annie.
What film and stage musical does My
Funny
Valentine come from?
A: Pal Joey.
A group of nuns conclude that "Maria is not an asset to the
Abbey" in what musical?
A: The Sound of Music.
In which 1961 movie did Riff lead the
Jets?
A: West Side Story.
Anna Leonowens is the central female character in what
1956
musical film?
A: The King and I.
Which musical film contains the song
Kansas City?
A: Oklahoma!
In the musical Chicago, who played Matron Mama Morton?
A: Queen Latifah.
The Oscar winning song "Secret
Love" features in which musical?
A: Calamity Jane.
The musical Hairspray is set in what American city?
A: Baltimore.
Who did Howard Keel play when Doris Day played Calamity Jane?
A: Wild Bill Hickok.
I Hate Men in the movie version of Kiss Me Kate was sung by what
musical star?
A: Ann Miller.
The novelty number Triplets come from which MGM musical?
A: The Band Wagon.
Eleanor Parker played Baroness Elsa Schrader in what musical
movie?
A: The Sound of Music.
The Trolley Song comes from which MGM musical?
A: Meet Me in St. Louis.
According to the opening song, how many miles has Doris Day's
Calamity Jane covered today on the Deadwood Stage?
A: 23.
Elvis Presley sings Teddy
Bear in which one of his musicals?
A: Loving You.
The name of the nightspot in Berlin where Liza Minnelli
entertains in Cabaret is what?
A: The Kit-Kat Club
In the 1969 musical Sweet Charity, who sang If My Friends Could
See Me Now?
A: Shirley MacLaine.
The song The Heather on the Hill was featured in which
1950s
musical?
A: Brigadoon.
In which musical did the heroine "wash that man right out of her
hair"?
A: South
Pacific.
Oh What a Lovely War was a 1969 musical the marked the
directorial debut of whom?
A: Richard Attenborough.
The Milkman and Other Stories is a
book that which musical was
based on?
A: Fiddler on the Roof.
What vehicle is Doris Day aboard, according to the song, at the
start of Calamity Jane?
A: Deadwood Stage.
Who plays the part of the King of Siam in the musical movie The
King and I.
A: Yul Brynner.
