Answer Sheet
May 2009 Quiz
"Name Dropping"
Winner: GGEVAS
Answer the
following Musical Theatre questions dealing with names of songs/shows.
1. Name the
original name of Dick & Oscar's first stage success.
AWAY
WE GO
2. Before Louis
Armstrong had a hit with the 2nd title tune this show had a different name.
What was it?
DOLLY,
A DAMNED EXASPERATING WOMAN
3. Before Miss L
used it to teach Mongut's brood, this tune had a different title in a different
show. Name the first title and first show.
Suddenly Lucky in SOUTH PACIFIC
4. Although he
had a Fine marriage, this fast talker had a real name much longer than his stage
name. Please give both.
Danny
Kaye / David Daniel Kaminsky (Kaminski)
5. Before it was
about equines who like mud, etc , this triplicate tune had another name &
lyrics. What was it and what did it become?
Three
Corned Tune / Fugue For Tinhorns
6. Give two
earlier titles of the award winning Lenny/Steve/Arthur triumph.
East
Side Story / Gangway
7. This Tony
award winning female choreographer was married to a dancer/performer. Who were H
& D?
Helen
Tamiris and Daniel Nagrin
8. Before Ms
Hovick sang it in a Chinese restaurant, this tune was featured in a TV musical,
albeit with different lyrics. Name both variations.
You'll
Never Get away From Me / I'm In Pursuit of Happiness
9. It was a song
of Hope, later used by three WPA witches. What are the two versions of this
tune?
Call
Me Savage / Double Bubble
10. Early on she
cut the ?zim? but kept her vim. Who was this brassy dame?
Ethel
Merman
11. Ms Channing
did a silent film era flop with two working titles. What were they?
DELILAH / THE VAMP
12. This tune
was cut from a sassy musical (but used as background music in the Italian film
star scene) then resurrected with Swedish & English lyrics for a three-ring
musical. Name both versions of the song.
Love
Makes Such Fools Of Us All / When Did You Know
13. This musical
had two names but the Abominable Showman pulled the plug in previews. Name the
titles of this show that went capote.
HOLLY
GOLIGHTLY / BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S
14. Two songs
share the same tune but different lyrics & titles in this Holmes-ian musical
mystery. What are they?
Settling Up The Score / Don't Quit While You're Ahead
15. This song
was Golden in London in 1968, then new lyrics came for a show that would ?close
a little faster? in 1983. Name both titles.
What
Became of Me? / Dance A Little Closer
16. This song
title was used for two different tunes/lyrics for two different shows by the
same composer, bock to bock. First was a show about a reformer, second was about
lonely hearts. Name the song title.
Dear
Friend
17. This song
started out for Eliza, was cut and used later for Gigi. What's the song.
Say A
Prayer For Me Tonight
18. He was on
Broadway before that flight to Rio with Miss R., what was his real name and
stage name?
Fred
Astaire / Fred Austerlitz
19. This curly-maned
musical star took her father's first name as her theatrical surname. Who is this
girl from Ozone Park?
Bernadette Lazzara (Peters)
20. The only theatre on
Broadway named for a caricaturist, it was previously named for a vaudeville
theater owner. Name both theater names.
Martin Beck /
Al Hirschfeld
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