101 Musical Trivia Questions To Earn A Standing Ovation

1. In 2009, it was announced that a musical was to be made to tell the life story of which former Big Brother contestant?

2. According to Mary Poppins, how much sugar helped the medicine go down?

3. The 'Eisteddfod' is a musical festival associated with which country in the UK?

4. Which musical instrument did the Stradivari family build?

5. Voice tuning on a mobile app was made famous by which musical artist?

6. Which song from the 1980 musical 'Fame' won a Best Original Song Oscar?

1. Romantic era musical composer Umberto Giordano was from which country?

2. Which musical instrument is Kenny G. famous for playing?

3. When playing musical instruments, the tones that can be played are called what?

4. Which part of the Pacific is the setting for a musical?

5. Around which pop band's songs is the movie Mamma Mia! based?

6. The musical 'The King and I' is set in what country?

1. Who completes the musical duo K-Ci and.. ?

2. Which musical has the line, 'You can't just walk out of a drive-in'?

3. Which musical instrument did the older Smothers Brother play?

4. Howard Hewett was part of which musical threesome?

5. What modern musical instrument is based on the medieval sackbut?

6. Which of these is a real musical?

1. I Want You Back' and 'ABC' are two songs by which musical group?

2. Which of these musicals started its West End run first?

3. What musical starred John Savage as Claude who becomes friendly with a group of New York hippies?

4. Which musical instrument represents Ireland on the Royal Standard?

5. Debbie Gibson played Sandy in a London theatre production of which musical?

6. The musical 'Cats' is based on the collection 'Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats' of which poet?

1. Which 1960 musical features a character who became an unwitting member of Fagin's gang?

2. Which boulevard is the title of a musical?

3. Stephane Grappelli is associated with which musical instrument?

4. The film version of which musical starred Renee Zellweger, Richard Gere, and Catherine Zeta-Jones?

5. In which musical do we hear, 'Don't be so British!'?

6. Sandi Patti is best known for which kind of musical style?

1. As well as piano/keyboards, what other musical instrument does Lionel Richie play?

2. Starting with the earliest, put these musicals in order of opening.

3. Which of these musical genres influenced the creation of rock and roll?

4. Spandau Ballet's Tony Hadley landed the lead role in which stage musical?

5. Which musical is the song Ol' Man River from?

6. Which American musical by Kander and Ebb is named after a US city?

1. Walk The Line is a film based on the life of which singer?

2. In the musical 'Charlie and Algernon', what is kind of animal is Algernon?

3. Which of these musical instruments can have a letter added to the beginning to make another musical instrument?

4. The 'Mamma Mia' Musical is based around the music of which band.

5. Which of these is the highest-earning musical film?

6. What type of musical instrument is a Tambura?

1. In a musical capacity, what does the abbreviation 'vc' stand for?

2. Which musical instrument does Ravi Shankar play?

3. Which London-based acid jazz group takes its name from a Native American Indian tribe and 'Jam', as in musical jamming?

4. What high school television series revolves around a club called New Directions?

5. What musical artists real name is Stacy Ferguson?

6. A 'kit' is an archaic type of what musical instrument?

1. The 1980s Broadway musical 'La Cage aux Folles' is set in which country?

2. Which musical deals with the politics of Argentina?

3. What does the musical term 'adagio' indicate?

4. Which of these words can be reversed to give a musical instrument?

5. When did Haidy el-Baroudi join Egyptian Musical Professions Syndicate?

6. Which L holds the International Musical Eisteddfod every year?

1. Which of these musical voices is the lowest?

2. During its first 10 years, how many people have seen the stage musical 'Mamma Mia!'?

3. Which musical tells the story of a singer placed in protective custody in a convent?

4. In which musical do we hear, 'Let's go kick some Hunny buns! Yee-ha!'?

5. On which band's music is the musical 'Mamma Mia!' based?

6. Mozart wrote an opera about a which type of magical musical instrument?

1. As of 2009, which of these musicals was NOT later made into a movie?

2. What musical instrument does Lebanese singer Assi El Hellani play?

3. Which musical instrument is a shallow drum with jingles?

4. Whoopi Goldberg starred in the film version of which musical?

5. Musical notes are made up using how many letters?

6. Which of these musical instruments has strings, hammers and keys?

1. I Could Be That Guy' and 'Lady in the Long Black Dress' are songs from which musical?

2. What type of musical instrument is a marimba?

3. Who wrote the music for the stage musical 'Johnny Johnson'?

4. When did the rock musical 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch' have its premiere?

5. Which of these is NOT a musical written by Rodgers and Hammerstein?

6. Who won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical in 2012 for his role as Guy in 'Once'?

1. Which of these actors starred in School of Rock?

2. Who played the part of Che in the original production of the musical 'Evita'?

3. Which musical instrument is Vanessa Mae famous for?

4. The song, 'The Circle of Life', is a song from which hit musical?

5. Which of these is the name of a musical note?

6. Finish these High School Musical lyrics: 'It's hard to believe that I couldn't...'

1. Which musical genre first emerged in the 1950s?

2. Segovia is associated with which musical instrument?

3. John Travolta in leather and slicked by hair, the classic musical is called...?

4. Which musical features the song 'Oh What A Beautiful Morning'?

5. Which musical term means 'slow'?

6. What is the musical comedy about McKinley High's less cool kids?

1. In The Big Bang Theory, who did Penny play in the Rent musical?

2. Which US rock band wrote the musical 'American Idiot'?

3. Which Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber musical opened in 1978?

4. Which musical instrument links Eric Clapton and Brian May?

5. Which musical is based on the play

6. Another Suitcase In Another Hall' comes from which musical?

1. You're The One That I Want' comes from which musical?

2. David Essex's 'Oh What A Circus' came from which musical?

3. Which musical opened in New York in October 1967?

4. In which musical do we hear, 'Did someone say my name?'

5. Which rock opera was briefly the longest-running musical in history?

6. In the musical 'Annie', what is the name of orphan Annie's dog?

1. Which musical is based on the lives of the Four Seasons members and their music?

2. Who sang the original soundtrack of Mamma Mia?

3. The Prodigy's name was inspired by a type of which musical device?

4. Which musical instrument is also another word for 'clay'?

5. Which '90s musical is about down-and-out New Yorkers?