Answer Sheet

May 2007
"Spring Fling"
Winner: FREDENM


1. In what song do two lovers hope to locate four limbs of a tree? Soon It's Gonna Rain from THE FANTASTICKS

2. In what number does a regal inquire "whence this fragrance wafting through the air"?
The Lusty Month of May from CAMELOT

3. What musical's title translates into "Little Flower"?
FIORELLO

4. In what tune does a character sing "I'd be the first one to agree, that I'm preoccupied with me"?
I Won't Send Roses from MACK & MABEL

5. In what number is it said the "sludge will be thick on the Seine"?
The Spring of Next Year from DEAR WORLD

6. In what flowery tune are the lyrics "
Pretty boys, witty boys, You may sneer, At our disintegration.
Haughty boys, naughty boys, Dear, dear, dear! Swooning with affectation."? What show is it from?
Green Carnations from BITTERSWEET

7. In this number the Day was Gray but this fiesta shut down early. What's the song & the show?
Here's That Rainy Day from CARNIVAL IN FLANDERS

8.  In what 1982 musical does a character hope to be crowned for a Springtime month? What is the song and show? Queen Of The May from DO BLACK PATENT LEATHER SHOES REALLY REFLECT UP?

9. No, her name's not June. What is it?
April

10. In what springtime number did a chorus boy always "accidentally" lose his boater hat, and have it flown back to him Frisbee-like across the stage by the leading man?
If The Rain's Got To Fall from HALF A SIXPENCE

11. This Group of Six were the Pussycat Dolls of their day. Who were they and what was the show?
The Floradora Sextette from FLORADORA

12. In what 19th Century musical theater song is a woman decribed as having "a caricature of a face"?
The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring from THE MIKADO

13. Seven lonesome polecats sure were happy to warm up to this tune.
Spring, Spring, Spring from SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS

14. We learn where hurricanes hardly happen in this number.
The Rain In Spain from MY FAIR LADY

15. Cut from a beatnik themed musical show, this song has become a jazz standard on it's own. 
Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most from THE NERVOUS SET

16. Her Is the choice, at least in the reprise. What is this female character's apropos name?
Mae in THE PAJAMA GAME

17. What cut song from a musical with a tiny cast spoke of a large number of buds?
Thousands of Flowers from I DO! I DO!

18. He didn't want to be an accountant any more, he wanted to wear that hat.  What's his last name?
Bloom

19. What aptly titled character decided that vocalizing merrily was the best way to beat the Great Depression?
Flora, the Red Menace

20. What thematically apt musical about a British place of lodging had a score by the composer of the James Bond films?
PASSION FLOWER HOTEL

21. When is Moscow very gay, according to a certain chanteuse?
The First of May

22. In what song does a character chant "cumulo...cumulo nimbo"?
The Rain Song from 110 IN THE SHADE



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